Boundary value problem for the Burgers system

We consider the boundary value problem $\begin{gathered} div(\rho V) = 0, \rho |\Gamma _1 = \rho 0, \hfill \\ \rho (V,\nabla V) = v\Delta V, V|\Gamma = V^0 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $ for a vector functionV=(V ₁,V ₂) and a scalar function ρ>-0 in a rectangular domain Ω ? ?² with boundary Γ. Here $\Gamma _1 = \{ x \in \Gamma :(V^0 ,n)< 0\} , V_1^0 |_\Gamma > 0, v = const > 0.$ We prove that this problem is solvable in Hölder classes.     

Global Existence and Blow-Up Results for a Classical Semilinear Parabolic Equation

The author studies the boundary value problem of the classical semilinear parabolic equations ut-△u = |u|p-1u inΩ×(0, T), and u = 0 on the boundary × [0, T) and u = φ at t = 0, where Rnis a compact C1domain, 1 < p ≤ p S is a fixed constant, and φ∈ C1 0(Ω) is a given smooth function. Introducing a new idea, it is shown that there are two sets W and Z, such that for φ∈ W, there is a global positive solution u(t) ∈ W with H1omega limit 0 and for φ∈ Z, the solution blows up at finite time.     

Decay of solutions of the wave equation with a local degenerate dissipation

We derive a precise decay estimate of the solutions to the initial-boundary value problem for the wave equation with a dissipation:u _tt ? Δu+a(x)u _t =0 in Ω × [0, ∞) with the boundary conditionu/?Ω, wherea(x) is a nonnegative function on $\bar \Omega $ satisfying $$a(x) > a.e. x \in \omega and\smallint _\omega \frac{1}{{a(x)^P }}dx< \infty for some 0< p< 1$$ for an open set $\omega \subset \bar \Omega $ including a part of ?Ω with a specific property. The result is applied to prove a global existence and decay of smooth solutions for a semilinear wave equation with such a weak dissipation.     

Separate asymptotics of two series of eigenvalues for a single elliptic boundary-value problem

The spectral problem in a bounded domain Ω?Rⁿ is considered for the equation Δu= λu in Ω, ?u=λ?υ/?ν on the boundary of Ω (ν the interior normal to the boundary, Δ, the Laplace operator). It is proved that for the operator generated by this problem, the spectrum is discrete and consists of two series of eigenvalues {λ _j ⁰ } _j=1 ^∞ and {λ _j ^∞ } _j=1 ^∞ , converging respectively to 0 and +∞. It is also established that $$N^0 (\lambda ) = \sum\nolimits_{\operatorname{Re} \lambda _j^0 \geqslant 1/\lambda } {1 \approx const} \lambda ^{n - 1} , N^\infty (\lambda ) \equiv \sum\nolimits_{\operatorname{Re} \lambda _j^\infty \leqslant \lambda } {1 \approx const} \lambda ^{n/1} .$$ The constants are explicitly calculated.     

Ground state and multiple solutions for a critical exponent problem

We study the following Brezis?CNirenberg type critical exponent equation which is related to the Yamabe problem: $$-\Delta u=\lambda u+ |u|^{2^{\ast}-2}u, \quad u\in H_0^1 (\Omega),$$ where ?? is a smooth bounded domain in ${{\mathbb R}^N(N\ge3)}$ and 2^* is the critical Sobolev exponent. We show that, if N ?? 5, this problem has at least ${\lceil\frac{N+1}{2}\rceil}$ pairs of nontrivial solutions for each fixed ?? ?? ??₁, where ??₁ is the first eigenvalue of ??? with the Dirichlet boundary condition. For N ?? 3, we give energy estimates from below for ground state solutions.     

Grid approximation of singularly perturbed parabolic convection-diffusion equations subject to a piecewise smooth initial condition

A boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed parabolic convection-diffusion equation on an interval is considered. The higher order derivative in the equation is multiplied by a parameter ? that can take arbitrary values in the half-open interval (0, 1]. The first derivative of the initial function has a discontinuity of the first kind at the point x ₀. For small values of ?, a boundary layer with the typical width of ? appears in a neighborhood of the part of the boundary through which the convective flow leaves the domain; in a neighborhood of the characteristic of the reduced equation outgoing from the point (x ₀, 0), a transient (moving in time) layer with the typical width of ?^1/2 appears. Using the method of special grids that condense in a neighborhood of the boundary layer and the method of additive separation of the singularity of the transient layer, special difference schemes are designed that make it possible to approximate the solution of the boundary value problem ?-uniformly on the entire set $\bar G$ , approximate the diffusion flow (i.e., the product ?(?/?x)u(x, t)) on the set $\bar G^ * = \bar G\backslash \{ (x_0 ,0)\} $ , and approximate the derivative (?/?x)u(x, t) on the same set outside the m-neighborhood of the boundary layer. The approximation of the derivatives ?²(?²/?x ²)u(x, t) and (?/?t)u(x, t) on the set $\bar G^ * $ is also examined.     

Integral Equation Method for the First and Second Problems of the Stokes System

Using the integral equation method we study solutions of boundary value problems for the Stokes system in Sobolev space H ¹(G) in a bounded Lipschitz domain G with connected boundary. A solution of the second problem with the boundary condition $\partial {\bf u}/\partial {\bf n} -p{\bf n}={\bf g}$ is studied both by the indirect and the direct boundary integral equation method. It is shown that we can obtain a solution of the corresponding integral equation using the successive approximation method. Nevertheless, the integral equation is not uniquely solvable. To overcome this problem we modify this integral equation. We obtain a uniquely solvable integral equation on the boundary of the domain. If the second problem for the Stokes system is solvable then the solution of the modified integral equation is a solution of the original integral equation. Moreover, the modified integral equation has a form f?+?S f?=?g, where S is a contractive operator. So, the modified integral equation can be solved by the successive approximation. Then we study the first problem for the Stokes system by the direct integral equation method. We obtain an integral equation with an unknown ${\bf g}=\partial {\bf u}/\partial {\bf n} -p{\bf n}$ . But this integral equation is not uniquely solvable. We construct another uniquely solvable integral equation such that the solution of the new eqution is a solution of the original integral equation provided the first problem has a solution. Moreover, the new integral equation has a form ${\bf g}+\tilde S{\bf g}={\bf f}$ , where $\tilde S$ is a contractive operator, and we can solve it by the successive approximation.     

Positive solutions of Kirchhoff type elliptic equations involving a critical Sobolev exponent

In this paper we investigate the following Kirchhoff type elliptic boundary value problem involving a critical nonlinearity: $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-(a+b\int_{\Omega}|\nabla u|^2dx)\Delta u=\mu g(x,u)+u^5, u>0& \text{in }\Omega,\\ u=0& \text{on }\partial \Omega,\end{array}\right. {\rm {(K1)}}$$ here \({\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3}\) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary \({\partial \Omega, a,b \geq 0}\) and a + b > 0. Under several conditions on \({g \in C(\overline{\Omega} \times \mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})}\) and \({\mu \in \mathbb{R}}\) , we prove the existence and nonexistence of solutions of (K1). This is some extension of a part of Brezis–Nirenberg’s result in 1983.     

On the Dirichlet problemfor the Beltrami equation

We show that homeomorphic W _loc ^1,1 solutions of the Beltrami equations $\overline \partial f = \mu \partial f$ satisfy certain modular inequalities. On this basis, we develop the theory of the boundary behavior of such solutions and prove a series of criteria for the existence of regular, pseudoregular and multi-valued solutions for the Dirichlet problem to the Beltrami equation in Jordan domains and finitely connected domains, respectively. These results have important applications to various problems of mathematical physics.     

Regularity lifting of weak solutions for nonlinear sub-Laplace equations on homogeneous groups

Let G be a homogeneous group, and let X ₁, X ₂, … , X _m be left invariant real vector fields being homogeneous of degree one on G. We consider the following Dirichlet boundary value problem of the sub-Laplace equation involving the critical exponent and singular term: $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}-\sum_{j=1}^{m}X_j^2u(x)-\frac{a}{\|x\|^\nu}u(x)=u^{\frac{Q+2}{Q-2}}(x), x\in\Omega,\\ u(x)=0, \quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\quad\,\,\,\, x\in \partial\Omega,\end{array}\right.$$ where ${\Omega\subset G}$ is a bounded domain with smooth boundary and ${\mathbf{0}\in\Omega}$ , Q is the homogeneous dimension of G, ${a\in \mathbb{R},\ \nu <2 }$ . We boost u to ${L^p(\Omega)}$ for any ${1\leq p < \infty}$ if ${u\in S^{1,2}_0(\Omega)}$ is a weak solution of the problem above.     

The submartingale problem for a class of degenerate elliptic operators

We consider the degenerate elliptic operator acting on ${C^2_b}$ functions on [0,∞) ^d : $$\mathcal{L}f(x)=\sum_{i=1}^d a_i(x) x_i^{\alpha_i} \frac{\partial^2 f}{\partial x_i^2} (x) +\sum_{i=1}^d b_i(x) \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i}(x), $$ where the a _i are continuous functions that are bounded above and below by positive constants, the b _i are bounded and measurable, and the ${\alpha_i\in (0,1)}$ . We impose Neumann boundary conditions on the boundary of [0,∞) ^d . There will not be uniqueness for the submartingale problem corresponding to ${\mathcal{L}}$ . If we consider, however, only those solutions to the submartingale problem for which the process spends 0 time on the boundary, then existence and uniqueness for the submartingale problem for ${\mathcal{L}}$ holds within this class. Our result is equivalent to establishing weak uniqueness for the system of stochastic differential equations $$ {\rm d}X_t^i=\sqrt{2a_i(X_t)} (X_t^i)^{\alpha_i/2}{\rm d}W^i_t + b_i(X_t) {\rm d}t + {\rm d}L_t^{X^i},\quad X^i_t \geq 0, $$ where ${W_t^i}$ are independent Brownian motions and ${L^{X_i}_t}$ is a local time at 0 for X ⁱ .     

Long-time asymptotics for fully nonlinear homogeneous parabolic equations

We study the long-time asymptotics of solutions of the uniformly parabolic equation $$ u_t + F(D^2u) = 0 \quad{\rm in}\, {\mathbb{R}^{n}}\times \mathbb{R}_{+},$$ for a positively homogeneous operator F, subject to the initial condition u(x, 0) =  g(x), under the assumption that g does not change sign and possesses sufficient decay at infinity. We prove the existence of a unique positive solution Φ⁺ and negative solution Φ^?, which satisfy the self-similarity relations $$\Phi^\pm (x,t) = \lambda^{\alpha^\pm}\Phi^\pm ( \lambda^{1/2} x,\lambda t ).$$ We prove that the rescaled limit of the solution of the Cauchy problem with nonnegative (nonpositive) initial data converges to ${\Phi^+}$ ( ${\Phi^-}$ ) locally uniformly in ${\mathbb{R}^{n} \times \mathbb{R}_{+}}$ . The anomalous exponents α⁺ and α^? are identified as the principal half-eigenvalues of a certain elliptic operator associated to F in ${\mathbb{R}^{n}}$ .     

Mean value theorem and a maximum principle for Kolmogorov's equation

For an equation of the form $$\begin{gathered} \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} - \sum\nolimits_{ij = 1}^n {{\text{ }}\alpha ^{ij} } \frac{{\partial ^2 u}}{{\partial x^i \partial x^j }} + \sum\nolimits_{ij = 1}^n {\beta _j^i x^i } \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial x^i }} = 0, \hfill \\ {\text{ }}x \in R^n ,{\text{ }}t \in R^1 , \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ where α=(α^ij) is a constant nonnegative matrix andΒ=(Β _i ⁱ ) is a constant matrix, subject to certain conditions, we construct a fundamental solution, similar in its structure to the fundamental solution of the heat conduction equation; we prove a mean value theorem and show that u(x₀, t₀) can be represented in the form of the mean value of u(x, t) with a nonnegative density over a level surface of the fundamental solution of the adjoint equation passing through the point (x₀, t₀); finally, we prove a parabolic maximum principle.     

On a nonlocal problem modelling Ohmic heating in planar domains

In this paper, we consider the nonlocal problem of the form ut-Δu = (λe-u)/(∫Ωe-udx)2,x ∈Ω, t0 and the associated nonlocal stationary problem -Δv = (λe-v)/(∫Ωe-vdx)2, x ∈Ω,where λ is a positive parameter. For Ω to be an annulus, we prove that the nonlocal stationary problemhas a unique solution if and only if λ 2| Ω| 2 , and for λ = 2|Ω|2, the solution of the nonlocal parabolic problem grows up globally to infinity as t →∞.     

An embedding theorem for a weighted space of Sobolev type and correct solvability of the Sturm-Liouville equation

We consider the weighted space W ₁ ⁽²⁾ (?,q) of Sobolev type $$W_1^{(2)} (\mathbb{R},q) = \left\{ {y \in A_{loc}^{(1)} (\mathbb{R}):\left\| {y''} \right\|_{L_1 (\mathbb{R})} + \left\| {qy} \right\|_{L_1 (\mathbb{R})} < \infty } \right\} $$ and the equation $$ - y''(x) + q(x)y(x) = f(x),x \in \mathbb{R} $$ Here f ε L ₁(?) and 0 ? q ∈ L ₁ ^loc (?). We prove the following:

1. The problems of embedding W ₁ ⁽²⁾ (?q) ? L ₁(?) and of correct solvability of (1) in L ₁(?) are equivalent
2. an embedding W ₁ ⁽²⁾ (?,q) ? L ₁(?) exists if and only if $$\exists a > 0:\mathop {\inf }\limits_{x \in R} \int_{x - a}^{x + a} {q(t)dt > 0} $$

     

Sign-changing stationary solutions and blowup for a nonlinear heat equation in dimension two

Consider the nonlinear heat equation $$v_t -\Delta v=|v|^{p-1}v \qquad \qquad \qquad (NLH)$$ in the unit ball of \({\mathbb{R}^2}\) , with Dirichlet boundary condition. Let \({u_{p,\mathcal{K}}}\) be a radially symmetric, sign-changing stationary solution having a fixed number \({\mathcal{K}}\) of nodal regions. We prove that the solution of (NLH) with initial value \({\lambda u_{p,\mathcal{K}}}\) blows up in finite time if |λ ?1| > 0 is sufficiently small and if p is sufficiently large. The proof is based on the analysis of the asymptotic behavior of \({u_{p,\mathcal{K}}}\) and of the linearized operator \({L= -\Delta - p | u_{p,\mathcal{K}} | ^{p-1}}\) .     

Solvability of boundary-value problems for quasilinear elliptic and parabolic equations in unbounded domains in classes of functions growing at infinity

For divergent elliptic equations with the natural energetic spaceW _p ^m (Ω),m≥1,p>2, we prove that the Dirichlet problem is solvable in a broad class of domains with noncompact boundaries if the growth of the right-hand side of the equation is determined by the corresponding theorem of Phragmén-Lindelöf type. For the corresponding parabolic equation, we prove that the Cauchy problem is solvable for the limiting growth of the initial function % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+- $$u_0 (x) \in L_{2.loc} (R^n ): \int\limits_{|x|< \tau } {u_0^2 dx \leqslant c\tau ^{n + 2mp/(p - 2)} \forall \tau< \infty } $$      

Existence and Multiplicity of Positive Solutions to a Quasilinear Elliptic Equation with Strong Allee Effect Growth Rate

In this paper we consider a p-Laplacian equation with strong Allee effect growth rate and Dirichlet boundary condition $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} {\rm div} (|\nabla u|^{p-2} \nabla u) + \lambda f(x,u)=0, &\quad x \in \Omega, \\ u=0, &\quad x \in \partial \Omega, \qquad \qquad ^ {(P_\lambda)} \end{array}\right.$$ where Ω is a bounded smooth domain in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ for ${N \ge 1, p > 1}$ , and λ is a positive parameter. By using variational methods and a suitable truncation technique, we prove that problem (P _λ) has at least two positive solutions for large parameter and it has no positive solutions for small parameter. In addition, a nonexistence result is investigated.     

L 2 existence theorems for the\bar \partial _b - Neumann problem on strongly pseudoconvex CR manifoldsproblem on strongly pseudoconvex CR manifolds

LetM be the boundary of a strongly pseudoconvex domain in \(\mathbb{C}^n \) ,n≥4 and ω be an open subset inM such that ?ω is the intersection ofM with a flat hypersurface. We establish theL ² existence theorems of the \(\bar \partial _b - Neumann\) problem on ω. In particular, we prove that the \(\bar \partial _b - Laplacian\) \(\square _b = \bar \partial _b \bar \partial _b^* + \bar \partial _b^* \bar \partial _b \) equipped with a pair of natural boundary conditions, the so-called \(\bar \partial _b - Neumann\) boundary conditions, has closed range when it acts on (0,q) forms, 1≤q≤n?3. Thus there exists a bounded inverse operator for \(\square _b \) , the \(\bar \partial _b - Neumann\) operatorN _b, and we have the following Hodge decomposition theorem on ω for \(\bar \partial _b \bar \partial _b^* N_b \alpha + \bar \partial _b^* \bar \partial _b N_b \alpha \) , for any (0,q) form α withL ²(ω) coefficients. The proof depends on theL ^p regularity of the tangential Cauchy-Riemann operators \(\bar \partial _b u = \alpha \) on ω?M under the compatibility condition \(\bar \partial _b \alpha = 0\) , where α is a (p, q) form on ω, where 1≤q≤n?2. The interior regularity ofN _b follows from the fact that \(\square _b \) is subelliptic in the interior of ω. The operatorN _b induces natural questions on the regularity up to the boundary ?ω. Near the characteristic point of the boundary, certain compatibility conditions will be present. In fact, one can show thatN _b is not a compact operator onL ²(ω).     

Existence of triple symmetric positive solutions for four-point boundary-value problem with one-dimensional p-Laplacian

In this paper, we consider the four-point boundary value problem for one-dimensional p-Laplacian $$\bigl(\phi_{p}(u'(t))\bigr)'+q(t)f\bigl(t,u(t),u'(t)\bigr)=0,\quad t\in(0,1),$$ subject to the boundary conditions $$u(0)-\beta u'(\xi)=0,\qquad u(1)+\beta u'(\eta)=0,$$ where φ _p (s)=|s| ^p?2 s. Using a fixed point theorem due to Avery and Peterson, we study the existence of at least three symmetric positive solutions to the above boundary value problem. The interesting point is the nonlinear term f is involved with the first-order derivative explicitly.