Null Controllability of a Linearized Korteweg--de Vries Equation by Backstepping Approach

Abstract

This paper deals with the controllability problem of a linearized Korteweg-de Vries equation on bounded interval. The system has a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition and a homogeneous Neumann boundary condition at the right end-points of the interval, a non homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition at the left end-point which is the control. We prove the null controllability by using a backstepping approach, a method usually used to handle stabilization problems.