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# Approximate controllability of semilinear reaction diffusion equations

• In this paper we prove the approximate controllability of the a broad class of semilinear reaction diffusion equation in a Hilbert space, with application to the semilinear $n$D heat equation, the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck equation, amount others.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 93B05; Secondary: 93C10.

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