Mathematical Control Theory for Stochastic Partial Differential Equations

Qi Lü is a professor at School of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. He is currently an associate editor/editorial board member of several journals including Systems & Control Letters.  His research interests include control theory for deterministic and stochastic partial differential equations and stochastic analysis.  Xu Zhang is a Cheung Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor at School of Mathematics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. He is a sectional speaker at International Congress of Mathematicians (Control Theory & Optimization Section, 2010). He is/was the editor in chief/corresponding editor/associate editor for several journals including Mathematical Control and Related Fields, ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations, and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. His research interests include control theory, partial differential equations and stochastic analysis.

“This book of about 600 pages presents in an appealing manner how control theory can be applied for stochastic partial differential equations. I recommend it to all students and researchers interested in these topics.” (‪Gheorghe Tigan, zbMATH 1497.93001, 2022)

• 1 Introduction.- 2 Some Preliminaries in Stochastic Calculus.- 3 Stochastic Evolution Equations.- 4 Backward Stochastic Evolution Equations.- 5 Control Problems in Stochastic Distributed Parameter Systems.- 6 Controllability for Stochastic Differential Equations in Finite Dimensions.- 7 Controllability for Stochastic Linear Evolution Equations.- 8 Exact Controllability for Stochastic Transport Equations.- 9 Controllability and Observability of Stochastic Parabolic Systems.- 10 Exact Controllability for a Refined Stochastic Wave Equation.- 11 Exact Controllability for Stochastic Schrödinger Equations.- 12 Pontryagin-Type Stochastic Maximum Principle.- 13 Linear Quadratic Optimal Control Problems.- References.- Index.