Geometric BVPs, Hardy spaces, and the Cauchy integral and transform on regions with corners

In this paper we give a new perspective on the Cauchy integral and transform and Hardy spaces for Dirac-type operators on manifolds with corners of codimension two. Instead of considering Banach or Hilbert spaces, we use polyhomogeneous functions on a geometrically “blown-up” version of the manifold called the total boundary blow-up introduced by Mazzeo and Melrose [R.R. Mazzeo, R.B. Melrose, Analytic surgery and the eta invariant, Geom. Funct. Anal. 5 (1) (1995) 14-75]. These polyhomogeneous functions are smooth everywhere on the original manifold except at the corners where they have a “Taylor series” (with possible log terms) in polar coordinates. The main application of our analysis is a complete Fredholm theory for boundary value problems of Dirac operators on manifolds with corners of codimension two.     

The real analog of the Jacobi inversion problem on a Riemann surface with boundary,its generalizations,and applications

Given a finite Riemann surface of genus h ≥ 1 with boundary composed of m+1 connected components we consider a system of m+h real congruences analogous to the classical Jacobi inversion problem. We provide a solution to this system and its applications to boundary value problems.     

Linearly convex domains with singularities on the boundary

We present a topological classification of linearly convex domains with almost smooth boundary whose singularities lie in a hyperplane. We investigate sets with linearly convex boundary and the closures of linearly convex domains.     

A note on semipositone boundary value problems with nonlocal,nonlinear boundary conditions

We consider the existence of at least one positive solution to a semipositone boundary value problem with nonlocal, nonlinear boundary conditions, which can be quite general since the nonlinearity is realized as a Stieltjes integral. By assuming that the associated Stieltjes measure decomposes in a certain way, the classical Leray-Schauder degree is utilized to derive the existence result.     

Ergodicity of mapping class group actions on representation varieties,II. Surfaces with boundary

The mapping class group of a compact oriented surface of genus greater than one with boundary acts ergodically on connected components of the representation moduli corresponding to a connected compact Lie group, for every choice of conjugacy class boundary condition.     

On boundary value problem with singular inhomogeneity concentrated on the boundary

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to a boundary value problem for the Poisson equation with a singular right-hand side, singular potential and with alternating type of the boundary condition. Assuming that the boundary microstructure is periodic, we construct the limit problem and prove the homogenization theorem by means of the unfolding method. The proof requires that the dimension be larger than two.     

Local approximation on surfaces with discontinuities,given limited order Fourier coefficients

We present a spline approximation method for a piece of a surface where jump discontinuities occur along curves. The data for the surface is assumed to be Fourier coefficients which are limited in order and possibly contaminated with noise. The support of the approximation is bounded by three sides of a rectangle with a fourth boundary possibly curved. Discontinuities of the surface may occur across the curved side and linear sides adjacent to it. The approximation uses a small number of lines through the support and parallel to the straight boundary lines that are adjacent to the curve. Along each line a one-dimensional spline approximation is done for a section of the surface over the line. This approximation uses two-dimensional Fourier coefficient data, localizing spline functions, and a technique which we developed earlier for one-dimensional analogues of the problem. We use a spline quasi-interpolation scheme to create a surface approximation from the section approximations. The result is accurate even when the surface is discontinuous across the curved boundary and adjacent side boundaries.     

Sturm-Liouville problems with boundary conditions depending quadratically on the eigenparameter

We study Sturm-Liouville problems with right-hand boundary conditions depending on the spectral parameter in a quadratic manner. A modified Crum-Darboux transformation is used to produce chains of problems almost isospectral with the given one. The problems in the chain have boundary conditions which in various cases are affine or bilinear in the spectral parameter, and in all cases culminate in a problem with constant boundary conditions. This extends recent work of Binding, Browne, Code and Watson when the right-hand condition is either an affine function of the spectral parameter with negative leading coefficient or a Herglotz function.     

Qualitative results on the dynamics of a Berger plate with nonlinear boundary damping

The dynamics of a (nonlinear) Berger plate in the absence of rotational inertia are considered with inhomogeneous boundary conditions. In our analysis, we consider boundary damping in two scenarios: (i) free plate boundary conditions, or (ii) hinged-type boundary conditions. In either situation, the nonlinearity gives rise to complicating boundary terms. In the case of free boundary conditions we show that well-posedness of finite-energy solutions can be obtained via highly nonlinear boundary dissipation. Additionally, we show the existence of a compact global attractor for the dynamics in the presence of hinged-type boundary dissipation (assuming a geometric condition on the entire boundary (Lagnese, 1989)). To obtain the existence of the attractor we explicitly construct the absorbing set for the dynamics by employing energy methods that: (i) exploit the structure of the Berger nonlinearity, and (ii) utilize sharp trace results for the Euler–Bernoulli plate in Lasiecka and Triggiani (1993).We provide a parallel commentary (from a mathematical point of view) to the discussion of modeling with Berger versus von Karman nonlinearities: to wit, we describe the derivation of each nonlinear dynamics and a discussion of the validity of the Berger approximation. We believe this discussion to be of broad value across engineering and applied mathematics communities.     

On the gluing problem for Dirac operators on manifolds with cylindrical ends

Combining elements of the b-calculus and the theory of elliptic boundary value problems, we solve the gluing problem for b-determinants of Dirac type operators on manifolds with cylindrical ends. As a corollary of our proof, we derive a gluing formula for the b-eta invariant and also a relative invariant formula relating the b-spectral invariants on a manifold with cylindrical end to the spectral invariants with the augmented APS boundary condition on the corresponding compact manifold with boundary.     

Solvability of the Navier-Stokes equations on manifolds with boundary

This paper deals with the solvability of the Navier-Stokes equations on manifolds with boundary. In particular, we concentrate on the inhomogeneous slip boundary condition. Our formulation of the equations takes into account a curvature term which results from a proper derivation of the Navier-Stokes equations. This term has not been considered in prior work. During the work on this version, the author received technical support through a fellowship of the DFG     

Resonance scattering on a hole on the boundary surface with finite symmetry group

We consider optimal, in the number of operations, computation schemes for the solution of the problem of resonance scattering on a hole on a boundary surface with a discontinuously acting group. We show that the numerical solution of the diffraction problem on the hole can be represented as a discrete analog of the potential density of a simple layer on the boundary surface.     

Parabolic equations with mixed boundary conditions,degenerate diffusion and diffusion on interfaces

We provide a unified functional analytic framework and prove a well-posedness result for linear scalar parabolic problems in a non-smooth setting, including mixed boundary conditions and additional dynamics and possible diffusion on the boundary and on an enclosed interface. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A note on H-surfaces with boundary

In this note, we prove that a constant mean curvature compact embedded surface with planar boundary, which is a graph near the boundary, over the compact planar domain determined by the boundary, is indeed a graph globally.This paper has been partially supported by a DGICYT Grant No. PB94-0796     

Elliptic boundary problems on manifolds with polycylindrical ends

We investigate general Shapiro-Lopatinsky elliptic boundary value problems on manifolds with polycylindrical ends. This is accomplished by compactifying such a manifold to a manifold with corners of in general higher codimension, and we then deal with boundary value problems for cusp differential operators. We introduce an adapted Boutet de Monvel's calculus of pseudodifferential boundary value problems, and construct parametrices for elliptic cusp operators within this calculus. Fredholm solvability and elliptic regularity up to the boundary and up to infinity for boundary value problems on manifolds with polycylindrical ends follows.     

Equilibrium problem for thermoelectroconductive body with the Signorini condition on the boundary

We investigate a boundary value problem for a thermoelectroconductive body with the Signorini condition on the boundary, related to resistance welding. The mathematical model consists of an energy‐balance equation coupled with an elliptic equation for the electric potential and a quasistatic momentum balance with a viscoelastic material law. We prove the existence of a weak solution to the model by using the Schauder fixed point theorem and classical results on pseudomonotone operators. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

含有广义p-Laplace算子的非线性边值问题解的存在性的研究

该文研究了两类含有广义p-Laplace算子的非线性边值问题. 首先, 利用变分不等式解的存在性的结果, 证明了含有广义p-Laplace算子的非线性Dirichlet边值问题解的存在性. 然后, 提出了一类含有广义p-Laplace算子的非线性Neumann边值问题. 通过深入挖掘这两类非线性边值问题间的关系, 借助于极大单调算子值域的一个扰动结果, 证明了含有广义p-Laplace算子的非线性Neumann边值问题解的存在性. 文中采用了一些新的证明技巧,推广和补充了作者以往的一些研究工作.     

Strichartz estimates for the wave equation on manifolds with boundary

We prove certain mixed-norm Strichartz estimates on manifolds with boundary. Using them we are able to prove new results for the critical and subcritical wave equation in 4-dimensions with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. We obtain global existence in the subcritical case, as well as global existence for the critical equation with small data. We also can use our Strichartz estimates to prove scattering results for the critical wave equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions in 3-dimensions.     

Spline wavelets on the interval with homogeneous boundary conditions

In this paper we investigate spline wavelets on the interval with homogeneous boundary conditions. Starting with a pair of families of B-splines on the unit interval, we give a general method to explicitly construct wavelets satisfying the desired homogeneous boundary conditions. On the basis of a new development of multiresolution analysis, we show that these wavelets form Riesz bases of certain Sobolev spaces. The wavelet bases investigated in this paper are suitable for numerical solutions of ordinary and partial differential equations. Supported in part by NSERC Canada under Grant OGP 121336.     

On the asymptotic limit of the Navier-Stokes system on domains with rough boundaries

We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the incompressible Navier-Stokes system considered on a sequence of spatial domains, whose boundaries exhibit fast oscillations with amplitude and characteristic wave length proportional to a small parameter. Imposing the complete slip boundary conditions we show that in the asymptotic limit the fluid sticks completely to the boundary provided the oscillations are non-degenerate, meaning not oriented in a single direction.