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Books

[1] X. Zhang, Exact Controllability of Semi-linear Distributed Parameter Systems, Gaodeng Jiaoyu Chubanshe (Higher Education Press), Beijing, 2004.  (In Chinese). 144 pages. ISBN: 7-04-012953-1.

Invited Reviews

[1] X. Zhang, Recent progress on exact controllability theory of the wave and plate equations, Boletin de la Sociedad Española de Matemática Aplicada, 2004, no. 28, 99-128.

 

 

 

Articles published in conference proceedings

[1] X. Zhang, Exact internal controllability of Maxwell equations, Proceedings of the 17th Chinese Control Conference (1997, Lushan), Wuhan Press, 423-433.

[2] L. Pan, K. L. Teo and X. Zhang, State observation problem of a class of semilinear hyperbolic systems, Proceedings of The 14th World Congress of IFAC (1999, Beijing), Vol: E (Robust Control), Pergamon, 219-224.

[3] X. Zhang, Observability estimate: a direct method, Proceedings of the 19th Chinese Control Conference (2000, Hong Kong), Vol: 1, 181-186.

[4] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, The linearized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation: a spectral approach to unique continuation, Semigroups of Operators: Theory and Applications(Rio de Janeiro, 2001), C. Kubrusly et al., eds., 368-379, Optimization Software, New York, 2002.

[5] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Controllability of nonlinear partial differential equations, in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian methods for nonlinear control 2003, 239-243, IFAC,Laxenburg, 2003.

[6] I. Lasiecka, R. Triggiani and X. Zhang, Nonconservative Schrödinger equations with unobserved Neumann B. C.: Global uniqueness and observability in one shot, in Analysis and Optimization of Differential Systems (Constanta, 2002), V. Barbu et al., eds.,Kluwer Acad. Publ., Boston, MA, 2003, 235-246.

[7] X. Zhang, Global exact controllability of semi-linear time reversible systems in infinite dimensional space, Cohen, Gary C. (ed.) et al., Mathematical and numerical aspects of wave propagation, WAVES 2003, Proceedings of the sixth international conference on mathematical and numerical aspects of wave propagation, Jyväskylä, Finland, 30, June-4 July 2003, Berlin, Springer, 183-188 (2003).

[8] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Exact controllability of the semi-linear wave equation,in Sixty Open Problems in the Mathematics of Systems and Control, edited by V. D. Blondel and A. Megretski, Princeton University Press, 2004, 173-178.

[9] X. Zhang, Some progresses on inverse hyperbolic problem, Proceedings of the 22th Chinese Control Conference (2003, Yichang), Wuhan University of Technology Press, 389-392.

[10] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Stability and control on a model in fluid-structure interaction, Proceedings of the 22th Chinese Control Conference (2003, Yichang), Wuhan, University of Technology Press, 22-26. 

[11] W. Li and X. Zhang, Controllability of parabolic and hyperbolic equations: towards a unified theory, in Control theory of partial differential equations, Lect. Notes Pure Appl. Math., 242, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2005, 157-174.

[12] J. Yong and X. Zhang, Exact controllability of the heat equation with hyperbolic memory kernel, in Control theory of partial differential equations, Lect. Notes Pure Appl.Math., 242, Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2005, 387-401.

[13] X. Zhang, Unique continuation for stochastic partial differential equations and its application, Boletin de la Sociedad Española de Matematica Aplicada, 2006, no. 34, 251-256.

[14] X. Fu, X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, On the optimality of the observability inequalities for plate systems with potentials, in Phase Space Analysis of PDEs, A. Bove, F. Colombini, and D. Del Santo, eds., Birkhäuser, 2006, 117-132.

[15] Z. Li and X. Zhang, On fuzzy logic and chaos theory-from an engineering perspective, Ruan, Wang, Kerre (Eds.), Fuzzy Logic-A Spectrum of Theoretical & Practical Issues, Springer-Verlag, 2006.

[16] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Asymptotic behavior of a hyperbolic-parabolic coupled system arising in fluid-structure interaction, International Series of Numerical Mathematics, Vol. 154, Birkhäuser, Verlag Basel/Switzerland, 2006, 445-455.

[17] H. Li and X. Zhang, Periodic controllability of evolution equations, in Proceedings of the 26th Chinese Control Conference, Vol. 2, Press of Beihang University, 2007, 651–655.

[17] X. Zhang, Unique continuation and observability for stochastic parabolic equations and beyond, Preprint.

[18] X. Zhang, Unique continuation and observability for stochastic parabolic equations and beyond, in Control Theory and Related Topics (In Memory of Xunjing Li), S. Tang and J. Yong, eds., World Sci. Publ., Hackensack, NJ, 2007, 147–160.

[19] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, On the optimality of the observability inequalities for Kirchoff plate systems with potentials in unbounded domains, in Hyperbolic Problems: Theory, Numerics and Applications, S. Benzoni-Gavage and D. Serre, eds., Springer,2008, 233–243.

[20] X. Zhang, Observability estimates for stochastic wave equations, in Proceedings of the 27th Chinese Control Conference, Vol. 3, Press of Beihang University, 2008, 598–600.

[21] X. Zhang, C. Zheng and E. Zuazua, Exact controllability of the time discrete wave equation: a multiplier approach, to appear.

 

Articles published in Journal

[1] X. Zhang and F. Li, Existence, uniqueness and limit behavior of solutions to a nonlinear boundary-value problem with equivalued surface, Nonlinear Anal., 34(1998), no.4, 525-536.

[2] X. Zhang, Rapid exact controllability of the semilinear wave equation, Chin. Ann.Math. Ser. B, 20 (1999), no. 3, 377-384.

[3] X. Zhang, Solvability of nonlinear parabolic boundary value problem with equivalued surface, Math. Meth. Appl. Sci., 22 (1999), no. 3, 259-265.

[4] X. Zhang, Exact internal controllability of Maxwell equations, Appl. Math. Optim., 41 (2000), no. 2, 155-170.

[5] X. Zhang, Explicit observability estimate for the wave equation with potential and its application, Royal Soc. Lond. Proc. Ser. A Math. Phys. Eng. Sci., 456 (2000), no.1997, 1101-1115.

[6] X. Zhang, Uniqueness of weak solution for nonlinear elliptic equations in divergence form, Internat. J. Math. and Math. Sci., 23 (2000), no. 5, 313-318.

[7] A. López, X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Null controllability of the heat equation as singular limit of the exact controllability of dissipative wave equations, J. Math. Pures Appl., 79(2000), no. 8, 741-808.

[8] I. Lasiecka, R. Triggiani and X. Zhang, Nonconservative wave equations with unobserved Neumann B.C.: global uniqueness and observability in one shot, in Differential Geometric Methods in the Control of Partial Differential Equations, Contemp. Math.(Amer. Math. Soc.), 268 (2000), 227-325.

[9] Y. Tang and X. Zhang, A note on the singular limit of the exact internal controllability of dissipative wave equations, Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series, 16 (2000), no.4, 601-612. Shortened Chinese version: 数学学报(英文版), 45 (2002), no. 1,108-116.

[10] X. Zhang, Exact controllability of semilinear evolution systems and its applications, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 107 (2000), no. 2, 415-432. 

[11] L. Li and X. Zhang, Exact controllability for semilinear wave equations, J. Math.Anal. Appl., 250 (2000), no. 2, 589-597.

[12] X. Zhang, Explicit observability inequalities for the wave equation with lower order terms by means of Carleman inequalities, SIAM J. Control Optim., 39(2000), no. 3, 812-834.

[13] X. Zhang, Exact controllability of the semilinear plate equations, Asymptot. Anal., 27(2001), no. 2, 95-125.

[14] M. Yamamoto and X. Zhang, Global uniqueness and stability for an inverse wave source problem with less regular data, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 263 (2001), no. 2, 479-500.

[15] X. Zhang, A remark on null exact controllability of the heat equation, SIAM J. Control Optim., 40 (2001), no. 1, 39-53.

[16] K. Liu, B. Rao and X. Zhang, Stabilization of the wave equations with potential and indefinite damping, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 269 (2002), no. 2, 747-769.

[17] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Unique continuation for the linearized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation with space-dependent potential, Mathematische Annalen, 325 (2003),no. 3, 543-582.

[18] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Decay of solutions of the system of thermoelasticity of type III, Communications in Contemporary Mathematics, 5 (2003), no. 1, 25-83.

[19] K. Liu, M. Yamamoto and X. Zhang, Observability inequalities by internal observation, J. Optim. Theory Appl., 116 (2003), no. 3, 621-645.

[20] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Polynomial decay and control of a 1- d model for fluid-structure interaction, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris, 336 (2003), 745-750.

[21] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Control, observation and polynomial decay for a coupled heat-wave system, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris, 336 (2003), 823-828.

[22] M. Yamamoto and X. Zhang, Global uniqueness and stability for a class of multidimensional inverse hyperbolic problems with two unknowns, Appl. Math. Optim., 48(2003), no. 3, 211-228.

[23] I. Lasiecka, R. Triggiani and X. Zhang, Global uniqueness, observability and stabilization of nonconservative Schrödinger equations via pointwise Carleman estimates.Part I: H1(Ω)-estimates, J. Inverse Ill-Posed Problems, 12 (2004), no. 1, 43-123.

[24] I. Lasiecka, R. Triggiani and X. Zhang, Global uniqueness, observability and stabilization of nonconservative Schrödinger equations via pointwise Carleman estimates. Part II: L2(Ω)-estimates, J. Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems, 12 (2004), no. 2, 183-231.

[25] L. Pan, K. L. Teo and X. Zhang, State-observation problem for a class of semi-linear hyperbolic systems (Chinese), Chinese Ann. Math. Ser. A, 25 (2004), no. 2, 189-198.English version: Chinese Journal of Contemporary Mathematics, 25 (2004), no. 2, 163-172.

[26] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Polynomial decay and control of a 1-hyperbolic -parabolic coupled system, Journal of Differential Equations, 204 (2004), no. 2, 380-438.

[27] L. C. Wang and X. Zhang, Inequalities generated by chains of Jensen inequalities for convex functions, Kodai Mathematical Journal, 27 (2004), no. 2, 114-133.

[28] I. Lasiecka, R. Triggiani and X. Zhang, Carleman estimates at the -and L2(Ω)-level for nonconservative Schrödinger equations with unbounded Neumann B.C., Archives of Inequalities and Applications, 2 (2004), no. 2 & 3, 215-338.

[29] S. Tang and X. Zhang, Carleman inequality for backward stochastic parabolic equations with general coeffcients, C. R. Math. Acad. Sci. Paris, 339 (2004), no. 11, 775-780. 

[30] J. Rauch, X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Polynomial decay of a hyperbolic-parabolic coupled system, J. Math. Pures Appl., 84 (2005), no. 4, 407-470.

[31] B. Guo and X. Zhang, The regularity of multi-dimensional wave equation with partial Dirichlet control and observation, SIAM J. Control Optim., 44 (2005), no. 5, 1598-1613.

[32] L. Pan, X. Zhang and Q. Chen, Approximate solutions to infinite dimensional LQ problems over infinite time horizon, Science in China Series A-Mathematics, 49 (2006), no. 7, 865-876. Chinese version: Zhongguo Kexue A Ji-Shuxue, 36 (2006), no. 5, 588-600.

[33] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, A sharp observability inequality for Kirchoff plate systems with potentials, Comput. Appl. Math., 25 (2006), no. 2-3, 353–373.

[34] L. C. Wang and X. Zhang, New inequalities related to the Jensen-type inequalities with repetitive sample, International Journal of Applied Mathematical Sciences, 3 (2006), no. 1, 51–67.

[35] X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, Long time behavior of a coupled heat-wave system arising in fluid-structure interaction, Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 184 (2007), no. 1, 49–120.

[36] K. Phung, G. Wang and X. Zhang, On the existence of time optimal control of some linear evolution equations, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, Series B, 8(2007), no. 4, 925–941.

[37] X. Fu, J. Yong and X. Zhang, Exact controllability for the multidimensional semilinear hyperbolic equations, SIAM J. Control Optim., 46 (2007), no. 5, pp. 1578–1614.

[38] T. Duyckaerts, X. Zhang and E. Zuazua, On the optimality of the observability inequalities for parabolic and hyperbolic systems with potentials, Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré (C) Analyse Non Linéaire, 25 (2008), no. 1, pp. 1–41.

[39] X. Zhang, Unique continuation for stochastic parabolic equations, Differential and Integral Equations, 21 (2008), no. 1-2 , pp. 81–93.

[40] K. Phung and X. Zhang, Time reversal focusing of the initial state for Kirchoff plate, SIAM J. Appl. Math., 68 (2008), no. 6, pp. 1535–1556.

[41] X. Zhang, Carleman and observability estimates for stochastic wave equations, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 40(2008)  no. 2, pp. 851–868.

[42] X. Zhang, C. Zheng and E. Zuazua, Time discrete wave equations: boundary observability and control, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, 23 (2009), no.1&2, pp.571-604.

[43] J. Yong and X. Zhang, Heat equation with memory in anisotropic and non-homogeneous media, in preparation.

[44] X. Fu, J. Yong and X. Zhang, Controllability and observability of the heat equations with hyperbolic memory kernel, in preparation.

[45]  S. Tang  and X. Zhang, Null Controllability for forward and backward stochastic parabolic equations, in preparation.

[46] J. Yong and X. Zhang, A mixed parabolic and hyperbolic equation with memory, in preparation.