In this paper we prove the existence of approximate controls for certain classes of parabolic problems with non-smooth coefficients and discuss as examples the problem of approximate controllability for the heat flow in heterogeneous media such as, periodic composites, perforated domains or periodic microstructures separated by rough interfaces.
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