Controllability Problems for the Heat Equation with Variable Coefficients on a Half-Axis Controlled by the Neumann Boundary Condition

Abstract

In the paper, the problems of controllability and approximate controllability are studied for the control system $w_t=\frac{1}{\rho}\left(kw_x\right)_x+\gamma w$, $\left.\left(\sqrt{\frac{k}{\rho}}w_x\right)\right|_{x=0}=u$, $x>0$, $t\in(0,T)$, where $u$ is a control, $u\in L^\infty(0,T)$. It is proved that each initial state of the control system is approximately controllable to any target state in a given time $T>0$. To obtain this result, the transformation operator generated by the equation data $\rho$, $k$, $\gamma$ is applied. The results are illustrated by examples.