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Continuing the investigations started in the recent work [12] on semi-global controllability and stabilization of the (1+1)-dimensional wave maps equation with spatial domain

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and target

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, where semi-global refers to the

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Institute for Management Development2022

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The appearance of new forms of inhabiting the space has emerged to meet citizens' demands and new business paradigms. The contemporary city embraces a postmodern concept. The outcome is a new biopolitical project that affects citizens' living conditions th ...

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Global controllability and stabilization of the wave Maps equation from a circle to a sphere

Joachim Krieger, Shengquan Xiang

Continuing the investigations started in the recent work [12] on semi-global controllability and stabilization of the (1+1)-dimensional wave maps equation with spatial domain

S1

and target

Sk

, where semi-global refers to the

2π

-energy bound, we prov ...

2023