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We consider the problem to control a vibrating string to rest in a given finite time. The string is fixed at one end and controlled by Neumann boundary control at the other end. We give an explicit representation of the L 2-norm minimal control in terms of the given initial state. We show that if the initial state is sufficiently regular, the same control is also L p-norm minimal for p > 2.
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