This paper is concerned with the study of the wave equation on compact surfaces and locally distributed damping, described by utt −∆Mu+ a(x) g(ut) = 0 on M× ]0,∞[ , where M ⊂ R is a smooth (of class C) oriented embedded compact surface without boundary, such that M = M0 ∪M1, where M1 := {x ∈ M;m(x) · ν(x) > 0} and M0 = M\M1. Here, m(x) := x − x, (x ∈ R fixed) and ν is the exterior unit normal v...
