Sharp geometric condition for null-controllability of the heat equation on ${\mathbb{R}}^d$ and consistent estimates on the control cost

Abstract

In this note we study the control problem for the heat equation on ${\mathbb{R}}^d$, $d\ge 1$, with control set $\omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^d$. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition (called $(\gamma ,a)$-\emph{thickness}) on $\omega$ such that the heat equation is null-controllable in any positive time. We give an estimate of the control cost with explicit dependency on the characteristic geometric parameters of the control set. Finally, we derive a control cost estimate for the heat equation on cubes with periodic, Dirichlet, or Neumann boundary conditions, where the control sets are again assumed to be thick. We show that the control cost estimate is consistent with the ${\mathbb{R}}^d$ case.

To appear in Archiv der Mathematik with DOI :10.1007/s00013-018-1185-x. A section added with discussion of approximation of the control problem on cubes by the control problem on whole Euclidean space

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