In this paper we prove the approximate controllability of the following semilinear system parabolic equations with delay on the state variable
∂z(t,x)∂t=DnormalΔz+Lzt+Bu(t,x)+f(t,z(t,x),u(t,x)),0.3em0.3emt∈](0,r,∂z∂η=0,0.3em0.3emt∈](0,r,0.3em0.3emx∈∂normalΩ,z(0,x)=φ0(x),0.3em0.3emx∈normalΩ,z(s,x)=ψ0(s,x),0.3em0.3ems∈)[−τ,0,0.3em0.3emx∈normalΩ,
where Ω is a bounded domain in
double-struckRN,D is a n × n non diagonal matrix whose eigenvalues are semi‐simple with non negative real part, the control u belongs to
L2([0,r];U)3.0235pt3.0235pt(U=L2(normalΩ,double-struckRm)) and B is a n × m matrix. Here τ≥0 is the maximum delay, which is supposed to be finite. We assume that the operator L:L2([−τ,0];Z)→Z is linear and bounded with
Z=L2(normalΩ;double-struckRn) and the nonlinear function f:[0,r] × IRn×IRm→IRn is smooth and bounded.