BOUNDARY CONTROL AND STABILIZATION OF KIRCHHOFF AND VON KARMAN PLATES

Mathematical techniques which have been developed during the study of control problems are not only interesting because of their application s, but they often can be linked to other mathematically fascinating pr operties of the equations. Our focus will be on the questions of bound ary control and stabilization. We will give an overview of the various types of problems which we have considered, such as linear and nonlin ear plate equations, and the techniques and properties involved in pro ving controllability, including microlocal analysis, compactness/uniqu eness arguments and local smoothing properties.