The Vlasov–Maxwell–Fokker–Planck system in two space dimensions

We consider the Cauchy problem for the Vlasov–Maxwell–Fokker–Planck system in the plane. It is shown that for smooth initial data, as long as the electromagnetic fields remain bounded, then their derivatives do also. Glassey and Strauss have shown this to hold for the relativistic Vlasov–Maxwell system in three dimensions, but the method here is totally different. In the work of Glassey and Strauss, the relativistic nature of the particle transport played an essential role. In this work, the transport is nonrelativistic, and smoothing from the Fokker–Planck operator is exploited. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global sharp interface limit of the Hele–Shaw–Cahn–Hilliard system

In this paper, we focus on a diffuse interface model named by Hele–Shaw–Cahn–Hilliard system, which describes a two‐phase Hele–Shaw flow with matched densities and arbitrary viscosity contrast in a bounded domain. The diffuse interface thickness is measured by ? , and the mobility coefficient (the diffusional Peclet number) is ? ^α . We will prove rigorously that the global weak solutions of the Hele–Shaw–Cahn–Hilliard system converge to a varifold solution of the sharp interface model as ? →0 in the case of 0≤α  < 1. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Variational formulations for Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck systems

Time‐discrete variational schemes are introduced for both the Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck (VPFP) system and a natural regularization of the VPFP system. The time step in these variational schemes is governed by a certain Kantorovich functional (or scaled Wasserstein metric). The discrete variational schemes may be regarded as discretized versions of a gradient flow, or steepest descent, of the underlying free energy functionals for these systems. For the regularized VPFP system, convergence of the variational scheme is rigorously established. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global weak solutions for the initial–boundary-value problems Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck System

This work is devoted to prove the existence of weak solutions of the kinetic Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck system in bounded domains for attractive or repulsive forces. Absorbing and reflection-type boundary conditions are considered for the kinetic equation and zero values for the potential on the boundary. The existence of weak solutions is proved for bounded and integrable initial and boundary data with finite energy. The main difficulty of this problem is to obtain an existence theory for the linear equation. This fact is analysed using a variational technique and the theory of elliptic–parabolic equations of second order. The proof of existence for the initial–boundary value problems is carried out following a procedure of regularization and linearization of the problem. © 1998 B. G. Teubner Stuttgart—John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

From the Klein–Gordon–Zakharov system to the Klein–Gordon equation

In a singular limit, the Klein–Gordon (KG) equation can be derived from the Klein–Gordon–Zakharov (KGZ) system. We point out that for the original system posed on a d‐dimensional torus, the solutions of the KG equation do not approximate the solutions of the KGZ system. The KG system has to be modified to make correct predictions about the dynamics of the KGZ system. We explain that this modification is not necessary for the approximation result for the whole space with d≥3. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Boyer–Moore–Horspool heuristic with Markovian input

The Boyer–Moore–Horspool string‐matching heuristic is an algorithm for locating occurrences of a fixed pattern in a random text. Under the assumption that the text is an independently and identically distributed sequence of characters, the probabilistic behavior of this algorithm was investigated by Mahmoud, Smythe, and Régnier [Random Struct Alg 10 (1997), 169–186]. Here, we obtain similar results under the assumption that the text is generated by an irreducible Markov chain. A natural Markov renewal process structure is exploited to obtain the asymptotic behavior of the number of comparisons. Under suitable normalization, it is shown that a central limit theorem holds for the number of comparisons. The analysis is completely probabilistic and does not use the shift generating function. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 18: 153–163, 2001     

Blow‐up solutions to Landau–Lifshitz–Maxwell systems

The Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert equation describes the evolution of spin fields in continuum ferromagnetics. The present paper consists of two parts. The first one is to prove the local existence of smooth solution to the Landau–Lifshitz–Maxwell systems in dimensions three. The second is to prove the finite time blow up of solutions for these systems. It states that for suitably chosen initial data, the short time smooth solutions to the Landau–Lifshitz–Maxwell equations do blow up at finite time. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the Loebl–Komlós–Sós conjecture

The Loebl–Komlós–Sós conjecture says that any graph G on n vertices with at least half of vertices of degree at least k contains each tree of size k. We prove that the conjecture is true for paths as well as for large values of k(k ≥ n − 3). © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 34: 269–276, 2000     

The Ionization Conjecture in Thomas–Fermi–Dirac–von Weizsäcker Theory

We prove that in Thomas–Fermi–Dirac–von Weizsäcker theory, a nucleus of charge Z > 0 can bind at most Z + C electrons, where C is a universal constant. This result is obtained through a comparison with Thomas‐Fermi theory which, as a by‐product, gives bounds on the screened nuclear potential and the radius of the minimizer. A key ingredient of the proof is a novel technique to control the particles in the exterior region, which also applies to the liquid drop model with a nuclear background potential.© 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Long-time behaviour for solutions of the Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck equation

We study the long-time behaviour of solutions of the Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck equation for initial data small enough and satisfying some suitable integrability conditions. Our analysis relies on the study of the linearized problems with bounded potentials decaying fast enough for large times. We obtain global bounds in time for the fundamental solutions of such problems and their derivatives. This allows to get sharp bounds for the decay of the difference between the solutions of the Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck equation and the solution of the free equation with the same initial data. Thanks to these bounds, we get an explicit form for the second term in the asymptotic expansion of the solutions for large times. © 1998 B. G. Teubner Stuttgart—John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Models of superconducting–normal–superconducting junctions

A time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau-type model of a superconducting–normal–superconducting junction is presented. The existence and the uniqueness of the solutions are proved. When the data of the model are symmetric of some kinds, the solutions turns out to be symmetric of some kinds. In this symmetric case, an approximate model with the small thickness of the normal material in the middle of the junction as coefficients of a differential system is established for the sake of numerical computations. And also the existence and the uniqueness of the solution to this approximate model are set up. © 1998 by B. G. Teubner Stuttgart–John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Generalized Besov–Morrey spaces and generalized Triebel–Lizorkin–Morrey spaces on domains

In this paper, we consider a non‐smooth atomic decomposition by using a smooth atomic decomposition. Applying the non‐smooth atomic decomposition, a local means characterization and a quarkonical decomposition, we obtain a pointwise multiplier and a trace operator for generalized Besov–Morrey spaces and generalized Triebel–Lizorkin–Morrey spaces on the whole space. We also develop the theory of those spaces on domains. We consider an extension operator and a trace operator on the upper half space and on compact oriented Riemannian manifolds.     

Linearized quantum and relativistic Fokker–Planck–Landau equations

After a recent work on spectral properties and dispersion relations of the linearized classical Fokker–Planck–Landau operator [8], we establish in this paper analogous results for two more realistic collision operators: The first one is the Fokker–Planck–Landau collision operator obtained by relativistic calculations of binary interactions, and the second is a collision operator (of Fokker–Planck–Landau type) derived from the Boltzmann operator in which quantum effects have been taken into account. We apply Sobolev–Poincaré inequalities to establish the spectral gap of the linearized operators. Furthermore, the present study permits the precise knowledge of the behaviour of these linear Fokker–Planck–Landau operators including the transport part. Relations between the eigenvalues of these operators and the Fourier‐space variable in a neighbourhood of 0 are then investigated. This study is a first natural step when one looks for solutions near equilibrium and their hydrodynamic limit for the full non‐linear problem in all space in the spirit of several works [3, 6, 20, 2] on the non‐linear Boltzmann equation. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A Navier–Stokes–Voight model with memory

In this article, we consider a three‐dimensional Navier–Stokes–Voight model with memory where relaxation effects are described through a distributed delay. We prove the existence of uniform global attractors , where ? ∈ (0,1) is the scaling parameter in the memory kernel. Furthermore, we prove that the model converges to the classical three‐dimensional Navier–Stokes–Voight system in an appropriate sense as ? → 0. In particular, we construct a family of exponential attractors Ξ_? that is robust as ? → 0. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Homomorphism–homogeneous graphs

We answer two open questions posed by Cameron and Nesetril concerning homomorphism–homogeneous graphs. In particular we show, by giving a characterization of these graphs, that extendability to monomorphism or to homomorphism leads to the same class of graphs when defining homomorphism–homogeneity. Further, we show that there are homomorphism–homogeneous graphs that do not contain the Rado graph as a spanning subgraph answering the second open question. We also treat the case of homomorphism–homogeneous graphs with loops allowed, showing that the corresponding decision problem is co–NP complete. Finally, we extend the list of considered morphism–types and show that the graphs for which monomorphisms can be extended to epimor‐phisms are complements of homomorphism–homogeneous graphs. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 65: 253–261, 2010     

Stabilized Crouzeix–Raviart element for Darcy–Forchheimer model

In this article, a stabilized mixed finite element method for steady Darcy–Forchheimer flow is introduced, in which the velocity and pressure are approximated by nonconforming Crouzeix–Raviart element and piecewise constant, respectively. A discrete inf‐sup condition and a priori error estimates are derived. An iterative scheme is given for practical computation. Finally, some numerical examples are carried out to verify the theoretical analysis and a comparison between two discretizations is given to demonstrate that one of the discretizations has better properties. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 31: 1568–1588, 2015     

Borcea–Voisin Calabi–Yau threefolds and invertible potentials

We prove that the Borcea–Voisin mirror pairs of Calabi–Yau threefolds admit projective birational models that satisfy the Berglund–Hübsch–Chiodo–Ruan transposition rule. This shows that the two mirror constructions provide the same mirror pairs, as soon as both can be defined.     

Asymptotic dynamics of the one‐dimensional attraction–repulsion Keller–Segel model

The asymptotic behavior of the attraction–repulsion Keller–Segel model in one dimension is studied in this paper. The global existence of classical solutions and nonconstant stationary solutions of the attraction–repulsion Keller–Segel model in one dimension were previously established by Liu and Wang (2012), which, however, only provided a time‐dependent bound for solutions. In this paper, we improve the results of Liu and Wang (2012) by deriving a uniform‐in‐time bound for solutions and furthermore prove that the model possesses a global attractor. For a special case where the attractive and repulsive chemical signals have the same degradation rate, we show that the solution converges to a stationary solution algebraically as time tends to infinity if the attraction dominates. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

L∞‐estimates for the Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck equation

We consider the Vlasov–Poisson–Fokker–Planck equation in three dimensions as the backward Kolmogorov equation associated to a non‐linear diffusion process. In this way we derive new L^∞‐estimates on the spatial density which are uniform in the diffusion parameters. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multi‐component integrable couplings for the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur and Volterra hierarchies

A kind of N × N non‐semisimple Lie algebra consisting of triangular block matrices is used to generate multi‐component integrable couplings of soliton hierarchies from zero curvature equations. Two illustrative examples are made for the continuous Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur hierarchy and the semi‐discrete Volterra hierarchy, together with recursion operators. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.