New results on the Stackelberg-Nash exact control of linear parabolic equations

This paper is concerned with Stackelberg-Nash strategies to control parabolic equations. We have one control, the leader, that is responsible for a null controllability property; additionally, we have a couple of controls, called the followers, that provides a Nash equilibrium for two cost functionals. This is a classical situation in many fields of science and, in mathematics, leads to a lot of interesting questions and open problems and possesses many applications. In the main result, we prove the existence of a leader such that the corresponding controlled system is driven to zero. This way, we improve some questions that were left open in previous works.Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Matemática, Coordenação de aperfeiçoamento de pessoal de nivel superior (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico)Mathamsud (Control Systems and Identification Problems)Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovació