Équation Périodique de Navier–Stokes sans Viscosité dans une Direction

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We study the periodic Navier–Stokes equation when the vertical viscosity vanishes, in a critical space (invariant by scaling). We shall prove local-in-time existence of the solution. When the tridimensional part of the initial data is small compared with the bidimesional part and with the horizontal viscosity, we shall show global existence of solutions.     

Solution of two-dimensional boundary value problems corresponding to initial-boundary value problems of diffusion on a right cylinder

We consider boundary value problems for the differential equations Δ₂ u + B u = 0 with operator coefficients B corresponding to initial-boundary value problems for the diffusion equation Δ₃ u − pu = ∂ _t u (p > 0) on a right cylinder with inhomogeneous boundary conditions on the lateral surface of the cylinder with zero boundary conditions on the bases of the cylinder and with zero initial condition. For their solution, we derive specific boundary integral equations in which the space integration is performed only over the lateral surface of the cylinder and the kernels are expressed via the fundamental solution of the two-dimensional heat equation and the Green function of corresponding one-dimensional initial-boundary value problems of diffusion. We prove uniqueness theorems and obtain sufficient existence conditions for such solutions in the class of functions with continuous L ₂-norm.     

On a Class of Stochastic Semilinear PDEs

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We consider stochastic semilinear partial differential equations with Lipschitz nonlinear terms. We prove existence and uniqueness of an invariant measure and the existence of a solution for the corresponding Kolmogorov equation in the space L ²(H;ν), where ν is the invariant measure. We also prove the closability of the derivative operator and an integration by parts formula. Finally, under boundness conditions on the nonlinear term, we prove a Poincaré inequality, a logarithmic Sobolev inequality, and the ipercontractivity of the transition semigroup.     

On a grid-method solution of the Laplace equation in an infinite rectangular cylinder under periodic boundary conditions

We study the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in an infinite rectangular cylinder. Under the assumption that the boundary values are continuous and bounded, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the Dirichlet problem in the class of bounded functions that are continuous on the closed infinite cylinder. Under an additional assumption that the boundary values are twice continuously differentiable on the faces of the infinite cylinder and are periodic in the direction of its edges, we establish that a periodic solution of the Dirichlet problem has continuous and bounded pure second-order derivatives on the closed infinite cylinder except its edges. We apply the grid method in order to find an approximate periodic solution of this Dirichlet problem. Under the same conditions providing a low smoothness of the exact solution, the convergence rate of the grid solution of the Dirichlet problem in the uniform metric is shown to be on the order of O(h ² ln h ⁻¹), where h is the step of a cubic grid.     

Estimates of deviations from exact solutions of initial boundary value problems for the wave equation

We derive computable upper bounds of the difference between an exact solution of the initial boundary value problem for a linear hyperbolic equation and any function in a space-time cylinder that belongs to the respective energy class. We prove that the bounds vanish if and only if the approximate solution coincides with the exact one. Bibliography: 13 titles. Dedicated to the jubilee of dear Nina Nikolaevna Uraltseva Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, 41, May 2009, pp. 93–106.     

The analytic smoothing effect of solutions for the nonlinear spatially homogeneous Landau equation with hard potentials

In this work, we study the Cauchy problem of the nonlinear spatially homogeneous Landau equation with hard potentials in a close-to-equilibrium framework. We prove that the solution to the Cauchy problem with the initial datum in L² enjoys an analytic regularizing effect, and the evolution of the analytic radius is the same as that of heat equations.

     

Logarithmic stability inequality in an inverse source problem for the heat equation on a waveguide

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We prove logarithmic stability in the parabolic inverse problem of determining the space-varying factor in the source, by a single partial boundary measurement of the solution to the heat equation in an infinite closed waveguide, with homogeneous initial and Dirichlet data.     

On Classical Solutions of the Nordström-Vlasov System

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The Nordström-Vlasov system describes the dynamics of a self-gravitating ensemble of collisionless particles in the framework of the Nordström scalar theory of gravitation. We prove existence and uniqueness of classical solutions of the Cauchy problem in three dimensions and establish a condition which guarantees that the solution is global in time. Moreover, we show that if one changes the sign of the source term in the field equation, which heuristically corresponds to the case of a repulsive gravitational force, then solutions blow up in finite time for a large class of initial data. Finally, we prove global existence of classical solutions for the one dimensional version of the system with the correct sign in the field equation.     

Backward Stochastic Differential Equation with Two Reflecting Barriers and Jumps

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In this paper, by using a penalization as well as a fixed point methods, we prove existence and uniqueness of the solution for the one-dimensional reflected backward stochastic differential equation when the noise is driven by a Brownian motion and an independent Poisson point process.     

Existence and nonexistence of curved front solution of a biological equation

This paper deals with the existence of curved front solution of a partial differential equation coming from a mathematical model of stroke. The equation is of reaction-diffusion type in a cylinder of radius R and of diffusion and absorption type outside of the cylinder. We prove the nonexistence of a travelling front when R is small enough and the existence if R is large enough using a recent energy method. We construct the travelling front as the limit in time of a solution with a well-chosen initial condition, in a travelling referential.     

ON EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS IN A FREE BOUNDARY PROBLEM FROM COMBUSTION

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We study a free boundary problem for the heat equation describing the propagation of laminar flames under certain geometric assumptions on the initial data. The problem arises as the limit of a singular perturbation problem, and generally no uniqueness of limit solutions can be expected. However, if the initial data is starshaped, we show that the limit solution is unique and coincides with the minimal classical supersolution. Under certain convexity assumption on the data, we prove first that the limit solution is a classical solution of the free boundary problem for a short time interval, and then that the solution, in fact, stays classical as long as it does not vanish identically.     

On the two-dimensional tidal dynamics system: stationary solution and stability

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In this work, we consider the two-dimensional stationary and non-stationary tidal dynamic equations and examine the asymptotic behavior of the stationary solution. We prove the existence and uniqueness of weak and strong solutions of the stationary tidal dynamic equations in bounded domains using compactness arguments. Using maximal monotonicity property of the linear and nonlinear operators, we also establish that the solvability results are even valid in unbounded domains. Later, we obtain a uniform Lyapunov stability of the steady state solution. Finally, we remark that the stationary solution is exponentially stable if we add a suitable dissipative term in the equation corresponding to the deviations of free surface with respect to the ocean bottom. This exponential stability helps us to ensure the mass conservation of the modified system, if we choose the initial data of the modified system as stationary solution.     

Asymptotic behavior of diffusion problems in a domain made of two cylinders of different diameters and lengths

We study the asymptotic behavior of the solution of a diffusion problem posed in the union of a cylinder of small diameter and fixed length with another cylinder with much smaller diameter and length. The Dirichlet condition is assumed to hold at both extremities of this domain. Depending on the relative size of the parameters, we show that the boundary condition of the one-dimensional limit problem is a Dirichlet, Fourier or Neumann condition. We also prove a corrector result for every case. To cite this article: J. Casado-D??az et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Singular Perturbation of Kolmogorov Equation in Gauss–Sobolev Space

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This article is concerned with the Kolmogorov equation associated to a stochastic partial differential equation with an additive noise depending on a small parameter ε > 0. As ε vanishes, the parabolic equation degenerates into a first-order evolution equation. In a Gauss–Sobolev space setting, we prove that, as ε ↓ 0, the solution of the Cauchy problem for the Kolmogorov equation converges in L ²(μ, H) to that of the reduced evolution equation of first-order, where μ is a reference Gaussian measure on the Hilbert space H.     

Thermo-chemical modelling of the formation of a composite material

We consider a composite material composed of carbon or glass fibres included in a resin which becomes solid when it is heated up (the reaction of reticulation).

A mathematical model of the cure process is given by a kinetic equation describing the evolution of the reaction of reticulation coupled with the heat equation. The geometry of the composite material is periodic, with a small period ? >0, thus we get a coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations.

First we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution by using a fixed point theorem and we obtain a priori estimates. Then we derive the homogenized problem which describes the macroscopic behaviour of the material. We prove the convergence of the solution of the problem to the solution of the homogenized problem when ? tends to zero as well as the estimates for the difference of the exact and the approximate solutions.     

A symmetry result for the p-laplacian equation via the moving planes method

Thsi paper is concerned with a positive solution u of the non–homogeneous p–Laplacian equation in an open, bounded, connected subset Ω of Rⁿ with C² boundary. We assume that u verifies overdetermined boundary conditions and we prove that of us has only one critial point Ω thenΩ is a ball and u is radially symmetric; to prove this result we use the moving planes method introduced by J.Serrien. Using the same technique we also prove that the result is stable in the following sense: the boundary of Ω tends to the boundary of a sphere as the diameter of the critical set u tends to 0.     

Asymptotic behavior of stochastic Schrödinger lattice systems driven by nonlinear noise

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We study the random dynamics of the N-dimensional stochastic Schrödinger lattice systems with locally Lipschitz diffusion terms driven by locally Lipschitz nonlinear noise. We first prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions and define a mean random dynamical system associated with the solution operators. We then establish the existence and uniqueness of weak pullback random attractors in a Bochner space. We finally prove the existence of invariant measures of the stochastic equation in the space of complex-valued square-summable sequences. The tightness of a family of probability distributions of solutions is derived by the uniform estimates on the tails of the solutions at far field.     

The Bismut-Elworthy formula for backward SDE's and applications to nonlinear Kolmogorov equations and control in infinite dimensional spaces

We consider a forward-backward system of stochastic evolution equations in a Hilbert space. Under nondegeneracy assumptions on the diffusion coefficient (that may be nonconstant) we prove an analogue of the well-known Bismut-Elworthy formula. Next, we consider a nonlinear version of the Kolmogorov equation, i.e. a deterministic quasilinear equation associated to the system according to Pardoux, E and Peng, S. (1992). "Backward stochastic differential equations and quasilinear parabolic partial differential equations". In: Rozowskii, B.L., Sowers, R.B. (Eds.), Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Their Applications , Lecture Notes in Control Inf. Sci., Vol. 176, pp. 200-217. Springer: Berlin. The Bismut-Elworthy formula is applied to prove smoothing effect, i.e. to prove existence and uniqueness of a solution which is differentiable with respect to the space variable, even if the initial datum and (some) coefficients of the equation are not. The results are then applied to the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation of stochastic optimal control. This way we are able to characterize optimal controls by feedback laws for a class of infinite-dimensional control systems, including in particular the stochastic heat equation with state-dependent diffusion coefficient.     

On Liouville Transport Equation with Force Field in BV loc

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We prove the existence and uniqueness of renormalized solutions of the Liouville equation for n particles with an interaction potential in BV _loc except at the origin. This implies the existence and uniqueness of a a.e. flow solution of the associated ODE.     

Backward stochastic differential equations with Azéma's martingale

The aim of this paper is to study backward stochastic differential equations (BSDE) driven by Azéma's martingale and the associated deterministic functional equations. More precisely, we introduce BSDE's vs. Azéma's martingale in a general frame, then we prove that the existence of a solution to a Markovian BSDE implies the existence of a solution to a deterministic functional equation of a new type. Uniqueness for the functional equation is proved in a particular case. Then we discuss BSDE's vs. an asymmetric martingale: half Brownian motion/half Azéma's martingale, which leads to an asymmetric deterministic functional equation.