摘要

This paper presents a new observability estimate for parabolic equations in Omega x (0, T), where Omega is a convex domain. The observation region is restricted over a product set of an open nonempty subset of Omega and a subset of positive measure in (0, T). This estimate is derived with the aid of a quantitative unique continuation at one point in time. Applications to the bang-bang property for norm and time optimal control problems are provided.