Abstract
The application of state-discontinuous feedback laws to infinite-dimensional control systems, with particular reference to sliding motions, is discussed for linear systems with distributed control. Using differential inclusions a definition of generalized solutions for the discontinuous closed loop system is introduced. Sliding modes can both be defined as viable generalized solutions or by extending the equivalent control method to infinite dimensional systems. Regularity properties of the sliding manifold under which the two methods are equivalent are investigated. Then, a comparison between classical results obtained for finite dimensional spaces and properties of infinite dimensional sliding modes is made.