On Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary conditions for nonlocal elliptic equations

Inspired by the penalization of the domain approach of Lions and Sznitman, we give a sense to Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary value problems for nonlocal, possibly degenerate elliptic equations. Two different cases are considered: (i) homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in convex, possibly non-smooth and unbounded domains, and (ii) general oblique derivatives boundary conditions in smooth, bounded, and possibly non-convex domains. In each case we give appropriate definitions of viscosity solutions and prove uniqueness of solutions of the corresponding boundary value problems. We prove that these boundary value problems arise in the penalization of the domain limit from whole space problems and obtain as a corollary the existence of solutions of these problems.     

带谱参数边界条件的四阶边值问题的矩阵表示

研究了一类具有有限谱的带有谱参数边界条件的四阶微分方程边值问题及其矩阵表示,证明了对任意正整数m,所考虑的问题至多有2m+6个特征值,进一步给出这类带有谱参数边条件的四阶边值问题与一类矩阵特征值问题之间在具有相同特征值的意义下是等价的.     

Quasilinear elliptic inequalities on complete Riemannian manifolds

We prove maximum and comparison principles for weak distributional solutions of quasilinear, possibly singular or degenerate, elliptic differential inequalities in divergence form on complete Riemannian manifolds. A new definition of ellipticity for nonlinear operators on Riemannian manifolds is introduced, covering the standard important examples. As an application, uniqueness results for some related boundary value problems are presented.     

Riemann boundary value problems and reflection of shock for the Chaplygin gas

In this paper,we study two-dimensional Riemann boundary value problems of Euler system for the isentropic and irrotational Chaplygin gas with initial data being two constant states given in two sectors respectively,where one sector is a quadrant and the other one has an acute vertex angle.We prove that the Riemann boundary value problem admits a global self-similar solution,if either the initial states are close,or the smaller sector is also near a quadrant.Our result can be applied to solving the problem of shock reflection by a ramp.     

Boundary value problems on manifolds with fibered boundary

We define a class of boundary value problems on manifolds with fibered boundary. This class is in a certain sense a deformation between the classical boundary value problems and the Atiyah–Patodi–Singer problems in subspaces (it contains both as special cases). The boundary conditions in this theory are taken as elements of the C *‐algebra generated by pseudodifferential operators and families of pseudodifferential operators in the fibers. We prove the Fredholm property for elliptic boundary value problems and compute a topological obstruction (similar to Atiyah–Bott obstruction) to the existence of elliptic boundary conditions for a given elliptic operator. Geometric operators with trivial and nontrivial obstruction are given. (© 2005 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Global Jacobian and Γ-convergence in a two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau model for boundary vortices

In the theory of 2D Ginzburg-Landau vortices, the Jacobian plays a crucial role for the detection of topological singularities. We introduce a related distributional quantity, called the global Jacobian that can detect both interior and boundary vortices for a 2D map u. We point out several features of the global Jacobian, in particular, we prove an important stability property. This property allows us to study boundary vortices in a 2D Ginzburg-Landau model arising in thin ferromagnetic films, where a weak anchoring boundary energy penalising the normal component of u at the boundary competes with the usual bulk potential energy. We prove an asymptotic expansion by Γ-convergence at the second order for this mixed boundary/interior energy in a regime where boundary vortices are preferred. More precisely, at the first order of the limiting expansion, the energy is quantised and determined by the number of boundary vortices detected by the global Jacobian, while the second order term in the limiting energy expansion accounts for the interaction between the boundary vortices.     

The Dirichlet boundary problem for a nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation

We study the existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence on initial data of the solution for a nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation with Dirichlet boundary condition on a bounded domain. Under a nondegeneracy assumption the solutions are classical but when this is relaxed, the equation is satisfied in a weak sense. Also we prove that there exists a global attractor in some metric space.     

一类障碍问题解梯度的局部和边界更高可积性

本文考虑了主部为非线性的障碍问题 ,先证明了其弱解的梯度的更高可积性 ;然后 ,在边界满足P Poincar啨厚的情况下证明了解梯度的边界更高可积性     

Initial‐Boundary Value Problems for the Defocusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in the Semiclassical Limit

Initial‐boundary value problems for integrable nonlinear partial differential equations have become tractable in recent years due to the development of so‐called unified transform techniques. The main obstruction to applying these methods in practice is that calculation of the spectral transforms of the initial and boundary data requires knowledge of too many boundary conditions, more than are required to make the problem well‐posed. The elimination of the unknown boundary values is frequently addressed in the spectral domain via the so‐called global relation, and types of boundary conditions for which the global relation can be solved are called linearizable. For the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the global relation is only known to be explicitly solvable in rather restrictive situations, namely homogeneous boundary conditions of Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin (mixed) type. General nonhomogeneous boundary conditions are not known to be linearizable. In this paper, we propose an explicit approximation for the nonlinear Dirichlet‐to‐Neumann map supplied by the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation and use it to provide approximate solutions of general nonhomogeneous boundary value problems for this equation posed as an initial‐boundary value problem on the half‐line. Our method sidesteps entirely the solution of the global relation. The accuracy of our method is proven in the semiclassical limit, and we provide explicit asymptotics for the solution in the interior of the quarter‐plane space‐time domain.     

A majorant criterion for the total preservation of global solvability of controlled functional operator equation

We prove the unique solvability of a nonlinear controlled functional operator equation in a Banach ideal space. We also establish sufficient conditions for the global solvability of all controls from a pointwise bounded set, provided that some majorant equation for the given family of these controls is globally solvable. We give examples of controlled boundary value problems reducible to the considered equation.     

Symmetry results for overdetermined boundary value problems of nonlinear elliptic equations

We prove the radial symmetry of the solutions of second-order nonlinear elliptic equations for overdetermined Dirichlet and Neumann boundary value problems. In addition, a global uniqueness theorem of Holmgren type is given for nonlinear elliptic equations.     

Two-Dimensional Navier-Stokes Equations Driven by a Space-Time White Noise

We study the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations with periodic boundary conditions perturbed by a space-time white noise. It is shown that, although the solution is not expected to be smooth, the nonlinear term can be defined without changing the equation. We first construct a stationary martingale solution.Then, we prove that, for almost every initial data with respect to a measure supported by negative spaces, there exists a unique global solution in the strong probabilistic sense.     

Global existence of solutions for non‐small data to non‐linear spherically symmetric thermoviscoelasticity

We consider some initial–boundary value problems for non‐linear equations of thermoviscoelasticity in the three‐dimensional case. Since, we are interested to prove global existence we consider spherically symmetric problem. We examine the Neumann conditions for the temperature and either the Neumann or the Dirichlet boundary conditions for the elasticity equations. Using the energy method, we are able to obtain some energy estimates in appropriate Sobolev spaces enough to prove existence for all time without any restrictions on data. Due to the spherical symmetricity the constants in the above estimates increase with time so the existence for all finite times is proved only. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On Counting the Number of Eigenvalues in the Right Half-Plane for Spectral Problems Connected with Hyperbolic Systems. II. Differential Equations

This article is an immediate continuation of [1]. Solution of the Lyapunov equation leads to a boundary value problem for the first-order hyperbolic equations in two variables with data on the boundary of the unit square. In general, the problems of this kind are not normally solvable. We prove that the boundary value problems in question possess the Fredholm property under some conditions.     

The Fokas Method: The Dirichlet to Neumann Map for the Sine‐Gordon Equation

We study initial boundary value problems for the sine‐Gordon equation on the half‐line via the Fokas method, known as an extension of the inverse scattering transform. The method is based on the simultaneous analysis of both parts of the Lax pair and the global algebraic relation that couples known and unknown boundary values. One of most difficult steps of the method is to characterize the unknown boundary values that appear in the spectral functions. We derive the Dirichlet to Neumann map by using the global relation and the asymptotics of the eigenfunctions. Furthermore, employing perturbation expansion, we present an effective characterizations of the unknown boundary value in terms of the given initial and boundary values, and we then derive the first few terms of the expansions of the Neumann boundary value up to the third order.     

Backward Euler method for abstract time-dependent parabolic equations with variable domains

We consider semidiscretizations in time, based on the backward Euler method, of an abstract, non-autonomous parabolic initial value problem where , , is a family of sectorial operators in a Banach space X. The domains are allowed to depend on t. Our hypotheses are fulfilled for classical parabolic problems in the , , norms. We prove that the semidiscretization is stable in a suitable sense. We get optimal estimates for the error even when non-homogeneous boundary values are considered. In particular, the results are applicable to the analysis of the semidiscretizations of time-dependent parabolic problems under non-homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. Received October 17, 1997 / Revised version received April 17, 1998     

Recovery of the unknown coefficients in a two-dimensional hyperbolic equation

In this paper, an inverse boundary value problem for a two-dimensional hyperbolic equation with overdetermination conditions is studied. To investigate the solvability of the original problem, we first consider an auxiliary inverse boundary value problem and prove its equivalence to the original problem in a certain sense. We then use the Fourier method to reduce such an equivalent problem to a system of integral equations. Furthermore, we prove the existence and uniqueness theorem for the auxiliary problem by the contraction mappings principle. Based on the equivalency of these problems, the existence and uniqueness theorem for the classical solution of the original inverse problem is proved. Some discussions on the numerical solutions for this inverse problem are presented including some numerical examples.     

A Global Existence Result For The Heat Flow of Harmonic Maps

We consider the heat flow for harmonic maps from R^m to a compact manifold N. When the L^m norm of the gradient of the initial data is small, we prove the existence of a global solution. We prove a similar result for the boundary value problem, when the boundary of the manifold M maps into a point.     

A strengthening of the interior Hölder continuity property for solutions of the Dirichlet problem for a second-order elliptic equation

The classical solution of the Dirichlet problem with a continuous boundary function for a linear elliptic equation with Hölder continuous coefficients and right-hand side satisfies the interior Schauder estimates describing the possible increase of the solution smoothness characteristics as the boundary is approached, namely, of the solution derivatives and their difference ratios in the corresponding Hölder norm. We prove similar assertions for the generalized solution with some other smoothness characteristics. In contrast to the interior Schauder estimates for classical solutions, our established estimates for the differential characteristics imply the continuity of the generalized solution in a sense natural for the problem (in the sense of (n-1)-dimensional continuity) up to the boundary of the domain in question. We state the global properties in terms of the boundedness of the integrals of the square of the difference between the solution values at different points with respect to especially normalized measures in a certain class.     

A nonlocal nonlinear diffusion equation with blowing up boundary conditions

We deal with boundary value problems (prescribing Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions) for a nonlocal nonlinear diffusion operator which is analogous to the porous medium equation. First, we prove existence, uniqueness and the validity of a comparison principle for these problems. Next, we impose boundary data that blow up in finite time and study the behavior of the solutions.