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A spectral inequality for the bi-Laplace operator

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On a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary, we prove a spectral inequality for the bi-Laplace operator with so-called ``clamped'' boundary conditions, that is, homogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann conditions simultaneously. This spectral inequality allows one to observe finite sums of eigenfunctions for this fourth-order elliptic operator, from an arbitrary open subset of the manifold. Moreover, the constant that appears in the inequality grows as $\exp( C \mu^{1/4})$ where $\mu$ is the largest eigenvalue associated with the eigenfunctions appearing in the sum. This type of inequality is known for the Laplace operator. As an application, we obtain a null-controllability result for a higher-order parabolic equation. The proof is based on the derivation of different types of Carleman estimates for an elliptic operator related to the bi-Laplace operator: in the interior and at some boundaries. One of these estimates exhibits a loss of one full derivative. Its proof requires the introduction of an appropriate semi-classical calculus and a delicate microlocal argument.
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hal-01194748 , version 1 (07-09-2015)
hal-01194748 , version 2 (07-01-2016)
hal-01194748 , version 3 (07-05-2016)
hal-01194748 , version 4 (16-09-2016)
hal-01194748 , version 5 (29-11-2017)

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Jérôme Le Rousseau, Luc Robbiano. A spectral inequality for the bi-Laplace operator. 2016. ⟨hal-01194748v2⟩
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