Extensions beyond an isolated radially symmetric singularity

Develop extensions of the analysis for the singular heat equation with an inverse-square potential from an isolated radially symmetric singularity to equations with multiple singularities or more general singular potentials.

Background

The results in the paper concern a single singular point at x=0x=0 and the radially symmetric inverse-square potential μ/∣x∣2\mu/|x|^2. The authors identify extending this framework to multiple singularities and to more general singular potentials as an unresolved direction. Such extensions would test whether the measurable-set observability, null-controllability, uniqueness, and bang-bang conclusions remain valid in more general singular geometries and potential classes.

References

Extensions to multiple singularities or more general singular potentials remain open.

— Time optimal control for the heat equation with inverse-square potentials  (2609.29059 - Lu et al., 24 Sep 2026) in Section Conclusion, first item of the concluding remarks