Miller's exact geometric conjecture for the heat observability constant

Let (M,g)({\mathcal M},g) be a Riemannian manifold and let ωM\omega\subset {\mathcal M} satisfy ωM\overline{\omega}\neq {\mathcal M}. Define

L(M,ω)=supxMdistg(x,ω).{\mathcal L}({\mathcal M},\omega)=\sup_{x\in {\mathcal M}}\operatorname{dist}_g(x,\omega).

Let Kheat(ω){\mathfrak K}_{heat}(\omega) denote the short-time heat observability constant. Miller's conjecture.

Kheat(ω)=L(M,ω)24.{\mathfrak K}_{heat}(\omega)=\frac{{\mathcal L}({\mathcal M},\omega)^2}{4}.

This conjecture makes precise the proposed relationship between heat observability and the maximal distance from the observation set. Miller proved the lower bound Kheat(ω)L(M,ω)2/4{\mathfrak K}_{heat}(\omega)\geq {\mathcal L}({\mathcal M},\omega)^2/4, while the equality for all such manifolds and observation sets remains open in the source.

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Camille Laurent and Matthieu Léautaud, “Observability of the heat equation, geometric constants in control theory, and a conjecture of Luc Miller”, arXiv:1806.00969 (2018).

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