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Null Controllability of a Degenerate Schrödinger Equation

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In this paper, we deal with the null controllability result of a degenerate Schrödinger equation. The null controllability phenomenon is the fact to bring a given system from its initial state to the zero equilibrium with the help of a suitable force called control and in a precise time called control time. Classically, to grapple such a question we have to prove the observability property of the associated adjoint model and this trend various techniques are employed to establish such an inequality. But firstly, we will prove that our model is well posed via a pertinent framework whose main pioneers are a weighted Sobolev spaces depending on the diffusion coefficient. Afterwards, a relevant Carleman estimate of the associated adjoint system is established based on a well chosen weighted functions. It is well-known that this kind of inequality is a weighted estimate of the solution and their derivatives. As an outcome of Carleman inequality, we prove our relevant observability inequality which allows us to deduce the existence of our control. To this end, we use the well-known HUM method laying on a cost function matched with the studied model and which can be shown continuous, coercive and convex. We highlight that such a control is a weak limit of a given subsequence.

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We want like to thank deeply the editor who handled the current paper for his attention and patience as well as the editor in chief. Also, the authors are greatful to the anonymous referee for his fruitful remarks and meticulous questions which allow us to enhance and perform the results of this item. The second author would like to dedicate this work to his parents Mohamed Echarroudi and Fatima Fakhri and his step parents Mohamed El Youfi and Fatima Rim.

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Chrifi, A., Echarroudi, Y. Null Controllability of a Degenerate Schrödinger Equation. Complex Anal. Oper. Theory 15, 18 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11785-020-01070-7

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