The Benjamin-Ono equation with 2D control input: approximate controllability and its application

Abstract

We establish the approximate controllability in $L^2$ for the nonlinear Benjamin-Ono equation on torus via two-dimensional control input. Our proof is based on adaptations of geometric control approach introduced by Agrachev and Sarychev. As an application of this control result, we study long-time dynamics of a randomly forced equation. It is proved that the trajectories are unbounded in Sobolev norms almost surely, when the random force is nondegenerate and statistically periodic in time.

17 pages. Comments are welcome