The self-similar problem of the diffusion mixing of vapour–gas–condensate systems

Self-similar solutions of the problem of the diffusion mixing of vapour–gas–condensate mixtures, which is a generalization of the Stefan problem, are constructed. It is established on the basis of the solution of the problem concerning the mixing a vapour with a gas that, depending on the initial temperatures, mixing can occur with the formation of an intermediate vapour–gas–condensate layer. A chart of the possible structures of the mixing zones of a vapour–gas–condensate system with a vapour-gas mixture is obtained.     

A three-component generalization of Camassa–Holm equation with N-peakon solutions

A three-component generalization of Camassa–Holm equation with peakon solutions is proposed, which is associated with a 3×3 matrix spectral problem with three potentials. With the aid of the zero-curvature equation, we derive a hierarchy of new nonlinear evolution equations and establish their Hamiltonian structures. The three-component generalization of Camassa–Holm equation is exactly a negative flow in the hierarchy and admits exact solutions with N-peakons and an infinite sequence of conserved quantities.     

Modeling filmwise condensation of vapor on curvilinear fins with condensate suction from interfin grooves

The nonstationary process of filmwise condensation of vapor on curvilinear fins with condensate suction from interfin grooves is numerically simulated with account taken of surface tension and gravity. The problem is reduced to solving a nonlinear evolution equation for the thickness of the condensate film. We performed calculations of the ethanol vapor condensation at atmospheric pressure on the fins of constant curvature for various temperature differences between the fin surface and the vapor saturation and for various values of the rate of condensate suction from the interfin space. Numerical calculations show that the condensation process is stable in the device (i.e., in the condenser) with condensate suction. Filling the interfin space leads to diminishing the zone of intense condensation and reducing the condensate inflow; therefore, this yields stable equilibrium between the condensation and condensate suction. The changes of the condenser temperature at a constant condensate suction entail variation of the filling level of the interfin groove and establishment of a stationary process, provided that the fin temperature becomes constant.     

Measurable solutions for stochastic evolution equations without uniqueness

A method for obtaining measurable solutions to stochastic evolution equations in which there is no uniqueness for the corresponding non-stochastic equation is presented. It involves a technique based on a measurable selection theorem for set-valued functions. No assumptions are needed on the underlying probability space. An application is given to the stochastic Navier–Stokes problem in arbitrary dimensions. We also show the existence of measurable solutions to stochastic ordinary differential equations in which there is no uniqueness. A finite-dimensional generalization is given to adapted solutions in the case of a normal filtration and path uniqueness.     

Kinetic Theory of Quantum Electrodynamic Plasma in a Strong Electromagnetic Field: I. The Covariant Formalism

We present a covariant approach to the kinetic theory of quantum electrodynamic plasma in a strong electromagnetic field. The method is based on the relativistic von Neumann equation for the nonequilibrium statistical operator defined on spacelike hyperplanes in Minkowski space. We use the canonical quantization of the system on hyperplanes and a covariant generalization of the Coulomb gauge. The condensate mode associated with the mean electromagnetic field is separated from the photon degrees of freedom by a time-dependent unitary transformation of the dynamic variables and the nonequilibrium statistical operator. This allows using expansions of correlation functions and of the statistical operator in powers of the fine structure constant even in the presence of a strong electromagnetic field. We present a general scheme for deriving kinetic equations in the hyperplane formalism.     

On a Frankl-type problem for a mixed parabolic-hyperbolic equation

We state a new nonlocal boundary value problem for a mixed parabolic-hyperbolic equation. The equation is of the first kind, i.e., the curve on which the equation changes type is not a characteristic. The nonlocal condition involves points in hyperbolic and parabolic parts of the domain. This problem is a generalization of the well-known Frankl-type problems. Unlike other close publications, the hyperbolic part of the domain agrees with a characteristic triangle. We prove unique solvability of this problem in the sense of classical and strong solutions.     

Free energy fluctuations for a mixture of directed polymers

We study the free energy fluctuations for a mixture of directed polymers, which was first introduced by Borodin et al. (2015) to investigate the limiting distribution of a stationary Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation. The main results consist of both the law of large numbers and the asymptotic fluctuation for the free energy as the model size tends to infinity. In particular, we find the explicit values (which may depend on model parameters) of normalizing constants in the fluctuation. This shows that such a mixture model is in the KPZ university class.     

Mixed problem for a nonlinear ultraparabolic equation that generalizes the diffusion equation with inertia

We consider a mixed problem for a nonlinear ultraparabolic equation that is a nonlinear generalization of the diffusion equation with inertia and the special cases of which are the Fokker-Planck equation and the Kolmogorov equation. Conditions for the existence and uniqueness of a solution of this problem are established. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 58, No. 9, pp. 1192–1210, September, 2006.     

The null energy condition and cosmology

Field theories that violate the null energy condition (NEC) are of interest both for the solution of the cosmological singularity problem and for models of cosmological dark energy with the equation of state parameter w < −1. We consider two recently proposed models that violate the NEC. The ghost condensate model requires higher-derivative terms in the action, and this leads to a heavy ghost field and energy unbounded from below. We estimate the rates of particle decay and discuss possible mass limitations to protect the stability of matter in the ghost condensate model. The nonlocal stringy model that arises from a cubic string field theory and exhibits a phantom behavior also leads to energy unbounded from below. In this case, the energy spectrum is continuous, and there are no particle-like excitations. This model admits a natural UV completion because it comes from superstring theory. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 155, No. 1, pp. 3–12, April, 2008.     

Boundary Value Problems for the Elliptic Sine-Gordon Equation in a Semi-strip

We study boundary value problems posed in a semistrip for the elliptic sine-Gordon equation, which is the paradigm of an elliptic integrable PDE in two variables. We use the method introduced by one of the authors, which provides a substantial generalization of the inverse scattering transform and can be used for the analysis of boundary as opposed to initial-value problems. We first express the solution in terms of a 2×2 matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem whose “jump matrix” depends on both the Dirichlet and the Neumann boundary values. For a well posed problem one of these boundary values is an unknown function. This unknown function is characterised in terms of the so-called global relation, but in general this characterisation is nonlinear. We then concentrate on the case that the prescribed boundary conditions are zero along the unbounded sides of a semistrip and constant along the bounded side. This corresponds to a case of the so-called linearisable boundary conditions, however, a major difficulty for this problem is the existence of non-integrable singularities of the function q _y at the two corners of the semistrip; these singularities are generated by the discontinuities of the boundary condition at these corners. Motivated by the recent solution of the analogous problem for the modified Helmholtz equation, we introduce an appropriate regularisation which overcomes this difficulty. Furthermore, by mapping the basic Riemann–Hilbert problem to an equivalent modified Riemann–Hilbert problem, we show that the solution can be expressed in terms of a 2×2 matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem whose “jump matrix” depends explicitly on the width of the semistrip L, on the constant value d of the solution along the bounded side, and on the residues at the given poles of a certain spectral function denoted by h(λ). The determination of the function h remains open.     

A constrained variational problem arising in attractive Bose–Einstein condensate with ellipse-shaped potential

We consider a minimization problem for the variational functional associated with a Gross–Pitaevskii equation arising in the study of an attractive Bose–Einstein condensate. Under an ellipse-shaped trapping potential, that is, the bottom of the trapping potential is an ellipse, we prove that any minimizer of the minimization problem blows up at one of the endpoints of the major axis of the ellipse if the parameter associated to the attractive interaction strength approaches a critical value.     

Temperature jump in degenerate quantum gases in the presence of a Bose-Einstein condensate

We construct a kinetic equation modeling the behavior of degenerate quantum Bose gases whose collision rate depends on the momentum of elementary excitations. We consider the case where the phonon component is the decisive factor in the elementary excitations. We analytically solve the half-space boundary value problem of the temperature jump at the boundary of the degenerate Bose gas in the presence of a Bose-Einstein condensate.     

A Third-Order Dispersive Flow for Closed Curves into Kähler Manifolds

This article is devoted to studying the initial value problem for a third-order dispersive equation for closed curves into Kähler manifolds. This equation is a geometric generalization of a two-sphere valued system modeling the motion of vortex filament. We prove the local existence theorem by using geometric analysis and classical energy method.     

A 2-component Camassa-Holm Equation,Euler-Bernoulli Beam Problem,and Noncommutative Continued Fractions

A new approach to the Euler-Bernoulli beam based on an inhomogeneous matrix string problem is presented. Three ramifications of the approach are developed:

1. motivated by an analogy with the Camassa-Holm equation a class of isospectral deformations of the beam problem is formulated;
2. a reformulation of the matrix string problem in terms of a certain compact operator is used to obtain basic spectral properties of the inhomogeneous matrix string problem with Dirichlet boundary conditions;
3. the inverse problem is solved for the special case of a discrete Euler-Bernoulli beam. The solution involves a noncommutative generalization of Stieltjes’ continued fractions, leading to the inverse formulas expressed in terms of ratios of Hankel-like determinants.

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Temperature jump in degenerate quantum gases with the Bogoliubov excitation energy and in the presence of the Bose-Einstein condensate

We construct a kinetic equation modeling the behavior of degenerate quantum Bose gases whose collision rate depends on the momentum of elementary excitations. We consider the case where the phonon component is the decisive factor in the elementary excitations. We analytically solve the half-space boundary value problem of the temperature jump at the boundary of the degenerate Bose gas in the presence of a Bose-Einstein condensate.     

A generalized structured doubling algorithm for the numerical solution of linear quadratic optimal control problems

We propose a generalization of the structured doubling algorithm to compute invariant subspaces of structured matrix pencils that arise in the context of solving linear quadratic optimal control problems. The new algorithm is designed to attain better accuracy when the classical Riccati equation approach for the solution of the optimal control problem is not well suited because the stable and unstable invariant subspaces are not well separated (because of eigenvalues near or on the imaginary axis) or in the case when the Riccati solution does not exist at all. We analyze the convergence of the method and compare the new method with the classical structured doubling algorithm as well as some structured QR methods. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solvability of Linear Matrix Boundary-Value Problem

We find solvability conditions and give a construction of generalized Green operator for a linear matrix boundary-value problem. We suggest an operator which reduces a linear matrix equation to a standard linearNoetherian boundary-value problem. To solve a linearmatrix systemwe use an operatorwhich reduces a linear matrix equation to a linear algebraic equation with rectangular matrix.     

The dressing method and nonlocal Riemann-Hilbert problems

Summary We consider equations in 2+1 solvable in terms of a nonlocal Riemann-Hilbert problem and show that for such an equation there exists a unified dressing method which yields: (i) a Lax pair suitable for obtaining solutions that are perturbations of an arbitrary exact solution of the given equation; (ii) certain integrable generalizations of the given equation. Using this generalized dressing method large classes of solutions of these equations, including dromions and line dromions, can be obtained. The method is illustrated by using theN-wave interactions, the Davey-Stewartson I, and the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili I equations. We also show that a careful application of the usual dressing method yields a certain generalization of theN-wave interactions.     

The behavior of domain decomposition methods when the overlapping length is large

In this paper, we introduce a new approach for the convergence problem of optimized Schwarz methods by studying a generalization of these methods for a semilinear elliptic equation. We study the behavior of the algorithm when the overlapping length is large.     

ℋ︁‐matrices for the convection‐diffusion equation

Hierarchical matrices (ℋ︁‐matrices) provide a technique for the sparse approximation of large, fully populated matrices. This technique has been shown to be applicable to stiffness matrices arising in boundary element method applications where the kernel function displays certain smoothness properties. The error estimates for an approximation of the kernel function by a separable function can be carried over directly to error estimates for an approximation of the stiffness matrix by an ℋ︁‐matrix, using a certain standard partitioning and admissibility condition for matrix blocks. Similarly, ℋ︁‐matrix techniques can be applied in the finite element context where it is the inverse of the stiffness matrix that is fully populated. Here one needs a separable approximation of Green's function of the underlying boundary value problem in order to prove approximability by matrix blocks of low rank. Unfortunately, Green's function for the convection‐diffusion equation does not satisfy the required smoothness properties, hence prohibiting a straightforward generalization of the separable approximation through Taylor polynomials. We will use Green's function to motivate a modification in the (hierarchical) partitioning of the index set and as a consequence the resulting hierarchy of block partitionings as well as the admissibility condition. We will illustrate the effect of the proposed modifications by numerical results.