Blow-Up for a Semi-linear Advection-Diffusion System with Energy Conservation

The authors study radial solutions to a model equation for the Navier-Stokes equations. It is shown that the model equation has self-similar singular solution if 5 ≤ n ≤ 9. It is also shown that the solution will blow up if the initial data is radial, large enough and n ≥5.     

Source Type Solutions of a Fourth Order Degenerate Parabolic Equation

In this paper, we study a generalized thin film equation which is relevant to capillary driven flows of thin films of power-law fluids. We prove that the generalized thin film equation in dimension d ≥ 2 has a unique C^1 source type radial self-similar nonnegative solution if 0 〈 n 〈 2p - 1 and has no solution of this type if n ≥ 2p - 1.     

EXISTENCE AND ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF THE SOLUTIONS FOR A NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATION ARISING IN ASTROPHYSICS

The author first analyzes the existence of ground state solutions and cylindrically symmetric solutions and then the asymptotic behavior of the ground state solution of the equation -△u=φ(r)up-1,u>0 in RN, u ∈ D1,2(RN),where N≥ 3,x = (x',z)∈ RK×RN-K,2≤K≤N,r =|x'|.It is proved that for 2(N -s)/(N-2) < p < 2* = 2N/(N -2),0 < s < 2, the above equation has a ground state solution and a cylindrically symmetric solution. For p=2*, the above equation does not have a ground state solution but a cylindrically symmetric-solution, and when p close to 2*, the ground state solutions are not cylindrically symmetric. On the other hand, it is proved that as p close to 2*, the ground state solution up has a unique maximum point xp = (x'p,zp) and as p→2*, |x'p|→r0 which attains the maximum of φ on RN.The asymptotic behavior of ground state solution up is also given, which also deduces that the ground state solution is not cylindrically symmetric as p goes to 2*.     

A Global Solution to a Two-dimensional Riemann Problem Involving Shocks as Free Boundaries

We present a global solution to a Riemann problem for the pressure gradient system of equations.The Riemann problem has initially two shock waves and two contact discontinuities. The angle between the two shock waves is set initially to be close to 180 degrees. The solution has a shock wave that is usually regarded as a free boundary in the self-similar variable plane. Our main contribution in methodology is handling the tangential oblique derivative boundary values.     

On the blowing up of solutions to one-dimensional quantum Navier-Stokes equations

The blow-up in finite time for the solutions to the initial-boundary value problem associated to the one-dimensional quantum Navier-Stokes equations in a bounded domain is proved. The model consists of the mass conservation equation and a momentum balance equation, including a nonlinear third-order differen- tial operator, with the quantum Bohm potential, and a density-dependent viscosity. It is shown that, under suitable boundary conditions and assumptions on the initial data, the solution blows up after a finite time, if the viscosity constant is not bigger than the scaled Planck constant. The proof is inspired by an observable constructed by Gamba, Gualdani and Zhang, which has been used to study the blowing up of solutions to quantum hydrodynamic models.     

CONVERGENCE OF SOLUTIONS OF PARABOLIC PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION ON PERTURBED DOMAINS

The convergence of the solutions of a parabolic partial differential equation on perturbed domains is considered. The domain perturbation of Sobolev spaces with time variable is first studied, and the corresponding perturbation theory of Sobolev spaces is established. Then it is shown that the solution u_8, of the equation under consideration converges to u_0 if the perturbed domain Ω_8, tends to Ω_0 in some sense as e→0.     

THE LARGE TIME GENERIC FORM OF THE SOLUTION TO HAMILTON-JACOBI EQUATIONS

We use Hopf-Lax formula to study local regularity of solution to Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equations of multi-dimensional space variables with convex Hamiltonian. Then we give the large time generic form of the solution to We use Hopf-Lax formula to study local regularity of solution to Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) equations of multi-dimensional space variables with convex Hamiltonian. Then we give the large time generic form of the solution to HJ equation, i.e. for most initial data there exists a constant T > 0, which depends only on the Hamiltonian and initial datum, for t > T the solution of the IVP (1.1) is smooth except for a smooth n-dimensional hypersurface, across which Du(x, t) is discontinuous. And we show that the hypersurface tends asymptotically to a given hypersurface with rate t 1 4 .HJ equation, i.e. for most initial data there exists a constant T > 0, which depends only on the Hamiltonian and initial datum, for t > T the solution of the IVP (1.1) is smooth except for a smooth n-dimensional hypersurface, across which Du(x, t) is discontinuous. And we show that the hypersurface tends asymptotically to a given hypersurface with rate t-1/4 .     

LONG TIME ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTION OF IMPLICIT DIFFERENCE SCHEME FOR A SEMI-LINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATION

In this paper, the solution of back-Euler implicit difference scheme for a semi-linea rparabolic equation is proved to converge to the solution of difference scheme for the corresponding semi-linear elliptic equation as t tends to infinity. The long asymptotic behavior of its discrete solution is obtained which is analogous to that of its continuous solution. At last, a few results are also presented for Crank-Nicolson scheme.     

Numerical Approximation of a Reaction-Diffusion System with Fast Reversible Reaction

The authors consider the finite volume approximation of a reaction-diffusion system with fast reversible reaction.It is deduced from a priori estimates that the approximate solution converges to the weak solution of the reaction-diffusion problem and satisfies estimates which do not depend on the kinetic rate.It follows that the solution converges to the solution of a nonlinear diffusion problem,as the size of the volume elements and the time steps converge to zero while the kinetic rate tends to infinity.     

Convergence to a Single Wave in the Fisher-KPP Equation

The authors study the large time asymptotics of a solution of the Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion equation,with an initial condition that is a compact perturbation of a step function.A well-known result of Bramson states that,in the reference frame moving as 2t-(3/2) log t+x∞,the solution of the equation converges as t-→ +o∞ to a translate of the traveling wave corresponding to the minimal speed c* =2.The constant x∞ depends on the initial condition u(0,x).The proof is elaborate,and based on probabilistic arguments.The purpose of this paper is to provide a simple proof based on PDE arguments.     

Existence of self-similar energies on finitely ramified fractals

A self-similar energy on finitely ramified fractals can be constructed starting from an eigenform, i.e., an eigenvector of a special operator defined on the fractal. In this paper, we prove two existence results for regular eigenforms that consequently are existence results for self-similar energies on finitely ramified fractals. The first result proves the existence of a regular eigenform for suitable weights on fractals, assuming only that the boundary cells are separated and the union of the interior cells is connected. This result improves previous results and applies to many finitely ramified fractals usually considered. The second result proves the existence of a regular eigenform in the general case of finitely ramified fractals in a setting similar to that of P.C.F. self-similar sets considered, for example, by R. Strichartz in [11]. In this general case, however, the eigenform is not necessarily on the given structure, but is rather on only a suitable power of it. Nevertheless, as the fractal generated is the same as the original fractal, the result provides a regular self-similar energy on the given fractal.     

Derivations and Dirichlet forms on fractals

We study derivations and Fredholm modules on metric spaces with a local regular conservative Dirichlet form. In particular, on finitely ramified fractals, we show that there is a non-trivial Fredholm module if and only if the fractal is not a tree (i.e. not simply connected). This result relates Fredholm modules and topology, refines and improves known results on p.c.f. fractals. We also discuss weakly summable Fredholm modules and the Dixmier trace in the cases of some finitely and infinitely ramified fractals (including non-self-similar fractals) if the so-called spectral dimension is less than 2. In the finitely ramified self-similar case we relate the p-summability question with estimates of the Lyapunov exponents for harmonic functions and the behavior of the pressure function.     

Estimate the shortest paths on fractal m-gons

The self-similar sets seem to be a class of fractals which is most suitable for mathematical treatment. The study of their structural properties is important. In this paper, we estimate the formula for the mean geodesic distance of self-similar set (denote fractal m-gons). The quantity is computed precisely through the recurrence relations derived from the self-similar structure of the fractal considered. Out of result, obtained exact solution exhibits that the mean geodesic distance approximately increases as a exponential function of the number of nodes (small copies with the same size) with exponent equal to the reciprocal of the fractal dimension.     

Analysis on products of fractals

For a class of post-critically finite (p.c.f.) fractals, which includes the Sierpinski gasket (SG), there is a satisfactory theory of analysis due to Kigami, including energy, harmonic functions and Laplacians. In particular, the Laplacian coincides with the generator of a stochastic process constructed independently by probabilistic methods. The probabilistic method is also available for non-p.c.f. fractals such as the Sierpinski carpet. In this paper we show how to extend Kigami's construction to products of p.c.f. fractals. Since the products are not themselves p.c.f., this gives the first glimpse of what the analytic theory could accomplish in the non-p.c.f. setting. There are some important differences that arise in this setting. It is no longer true that points have positive capacity, so functions of finite energy are not necessarily continuous. Also the boundary of the fractal is no longer finite, so boundary conditions need to be dealt with in a more involved manner. All in all, the theory resembles PDE theory while in the p.c.f. case it is much closer to ODE theory.

     

A Diffusion Equation on Fractals in Random Media

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Dimension of Slices Through Fractals with Initial Cubic Pattern

In this paper, the Hausdorff dimension of the intersection of self-similar fractals in Euclidean space R~n generated from an initial cube pattern with an(n-m)-dimensional hyperplane V in a fixed direction is discussed. The authors give a sufficient condition which ensures that the Hausdorff dimensions of the slices of the fractal sets generated by "multirules" take the value in Marstrand's theorem, i.e., the dimension of the self-similar sets minus one. For the self-similar fractals generated with initial cube pattern, this sufficient condition also ensures that the projection measure μVis absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesgue measure L~m. When μV《 L~m, the connection of the local dimension ofμVand the box dimension of slices is given.     

A trace theorem for Dirichlet forms on fractals

We consider a trace theorem for self-similar Dirichlet forms on self-similar sets to self-similar subsets. In particular, we characterize the trace of the domains of Dirichlet forms on Sierpinski gaskets and Sierpinski carpets to their boundaries, where the boundaries are represented by triangles and squares that confine the gaskets and the carpets. As an application, we construct diffusion processes on a collection of fractals called fractal fields. These processes behave as an appropriate fractal diffusion within each fractal component of the field.     

Transition Density Estimates for Diffusion Processes on Post Critically Finite Self-Similar Fractals

The framework of post critically finite (p.c.f) self-similarfractals was introduced to capture the idea of a finitely ramifiedfractal, that is, a connected fractal set where any componentcan be disconnected by the removal of a finite number of points.These ramification points provide a sequence of graphs whichapproximate the fractal and allow a Laplace operator to be constructedas a suitable limit of discrete graph Laplacians. In this paperwe obtain estimates on the heat kernel associated with the Laplacianon the fractal which are best possible up to constants. Theseare short time estimates for the Laplacian with respect to anatural measure and expressed in terms of an effective resistancemetric. Previous results on fractals with spatial symmetry haveobtained heat kernel estimates of a non-Gaussian form but whichare of Aronson type. By considering a range of examples whichare not spatially symmetric, we show that uniform Aronson typeestimates do not hold in general on fractals. 1991 MathematicsSubject Classification: 60J60, 60J25, 28A80, 31C25.     

Self-similar solutions for a class of non-divergence form equations

In this paper, we study the self-similar solutions for a non-divergence form equation of the form $$u(x, t)=(t + 1)^{-\alpha}f((t + 1)^{\beta}|x|^2).$$ We first establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions f with compact supports, which implies that the self-similar solution is shrink. On the basis of this, we also establish the convergent rates of these solutions on the boundary of the supports. On the other hands, we also consider the convergent speeds of solutions, and compare which with Dirac function as t tends to infinity.     

Fokker–Planck equation on fractal curves

A Fokker–Planck equation on fractal curves is obtained, starting from Chapmann–Kolmogorov equation on fractal curves. This is done using the recently developed calculus on fractals, which allows one to write differential equations on fractal curves. As an important special case, the diffusion and drift coefficients are obtained, for a suitable transition probability to get the diffusion equation on fractal curves. This equation is of first order in time, and, in space variable it involves derivatives of order α, α being the dimension of the curve. An exact solution of this equation with localized initial condition shows departure from ordinary diffusive behavior due to underlying fractal space in which diffusion is taking place and manifests a subdiffusive behavior. We further point out that the dimension of the fractal path can be estimated from the distribution function.