This book reports on recent achievements in stability and feedbackstabilization of infinite systems. In particular emphasis is placed on secondorder partial dif... » 

This book reports on recent achievements in stability and feedbackstabilization of infinite systems. In particular emphasis is placed on secondorder partial differential equations such as EulerBernoulli beam equationswhich arise from vibration control of flexible robot arms and large spacestructures. Various control methods such as sensor feedback control and dynamicboundary control are applied to stabilize the equations. Many new theorems andmethods are included in the book. Proof procedures of existing theorems aresimplified and detailed proofs have been given to most theorems. In additionto benefiting from the presentation of new results on semigroups and theirstability readers can also learn several useful techniques for solvingpractical engineering problems. Until now the recently obtained researchresults included in this book were unavailable in one volume. This selfcontained book is an invaluable source of information for all those who arefamiliar with some basic theorems of functional analysis. «