Control and homogenization of a system of coupled parabolic equations with an oscillating coefficient

Abstract

In this article, we study the uniform null controllability problem for a system of coupled parabolic equations with an oscillating coefficient. This is done in three steps -- first, we study the spectral properties of an elliptic operator; second, we allow the system to evolve freely and obtain the required decay; third, we use a Carleman estimate to prove a suitable observability result. This uniform null controllability property is then used to homogenize the associated coupled parabolic system.

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