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Boundary stabilization of wave equations with variable coefficients

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The aim of this paper is to obtain the exponential energy decay of the solution of the wave equation with variable coefficients under suitable linear boundary feedback. Multiplier method and Riemannian geometry method are used.

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Feng, S., Feng, D. Boundary stabilization of wave equations with variable coefficients. Sci. China Ser. A-Math. 44, 345–350 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02878715

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