On the optimality of the observability inequalities for parabolic and hyperbolic systems with potentials

Duyckaerts, Thomas; Zhang, Xu; Zuazua, Enrique

Annales de l'I.H.P. Analyse non linéaire, Tome 25 (2008) no. 1, pp. 1-41.

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