Uniform grid approximation of nonsmooth solutions to the mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation in a rectangle

A mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation in a square is considered. A Neumann condition is specified on one side of the square, and a Dirichlet condition is set on the other three. It is assumed that the coefficient of the equation, its right-hand side, and the boundary values of the desired solution or its normal derivative on the sides of the square are smooth enough to ensure the required smoothness of the solution in a closed domain outside the neighborhoods of the corner points. No compatibility conditions are assumed to hold at the corner points. Under these assumptions, the desired solution in the entire closed domain is of limited smoothness: it belongs only to the Hölder class C ^μ, where μ ∈ (0, 1) is arbitrary. In the domain, a nonuniform rectangular mesh is introduced that is refined in the boundary domain and depends on a small parameter. The numerical solution to the problem is based on the classical five-point approximation of the equation and a four-point approximation of the Neumann boundary condition. A mesh refinement rule is described under which the approximate solution converges to the exact one uniformly with respect to the small parameter in the L _∞ ^h norm. The convergence rate is O(N ^?2ln² N), where N is the number of mesh nodes in each coordinate direction. The parameter-uniform convergence of difference schemes for mixed problems without compatibility conditions at corner points was not previously analyzed.     

Localized boundary‐domain singular integral equations of Dirichlet problem for self‐adjoint second‐order strongly elliptic PDE systems

The paper deals with the three‐dimensional Dirichlet boundary value problem (BVP) for a second‐order strongly elliptic self‐adjoint system of partial differential equations in the divergence form with variable coefficients and develops the integral potential method based on a localized parametrix. Using Green's representation formula and properties of the localized layer and volume potentials, we reduce the Dirichlet BVP to a system of localized boundary‐domain integral equations. The equivalence between the Dirichlet BVP and the corresponding localized boundary‐domain integral equation system is studied. We establish that the obtained localized boundary‐domain integral operator belongs to the Boutet de Monvel algebra. With the help of the Wiener–Hopf factorization method, we investigate corresponding Fredholm properties and prove invertibility of the localized operator in appropriate Sobolev (Bessel potential) spaces. Copyright © 2016 The Authors Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Dirichlet problem for the minimal hypersurface equation on arbitrary domains of a Riemannian manifold

We show that the Dirichlet problem for the minimal hypersurface equation defined on arbitrary C ² bounded domain Ω of an arbitrary complete Riemannian manifold M is solvable if the oscillation of the boundary data is bounded by a function \({\mathcal{C}}\) that is explicitely given and that depends only on the first and second derivatives of the boundary data as well as the second fundamental form of the boundary \({\partial\Omega}\) and the Ricci curvature of the ambient space M. This result extends Theorem 2 of Jenkins-Serrin (J Reine Angew Math 229:170–187,1968) about the solvability of the Dirichlet problem for the minimal hypersurface equation defined on bounded domains of the Euclidean space. We deduce that the Dirichlet problem for the minimal hypersurface equation is solvable for any continuous boundary data on a mean convex domain. We also show existence and uniqueness of the Dirichlet problem with boundary data at infinity—exterior Dirichlet problem—on Hadamard manifolds.     

带尖角的障碍声波散射区域的反演

对带尖角的障碍声波散射区域进行了反演,其前提条件是整体场满足奇次Dirichlet边界条件．在用Nystrom方法解正问题的过程中,由于采用等距网格积分给尖角处带来很差的收敛性,这是因为双层位势的积分算子的核在尖角处有Mellin型奇性,不再是紧算子;为此采用梯度网格,数值例子表明该处理方法的有效可靠性．     

用单层位势求解尖角区域上的Dirichlet外问题

采用Kress变换以及处理第一类奇异核的积分方法,运用Nystrom方法利用单层位势求解尖角区域上的Dirichlet外问题.给出具体的算法和数值例子,通过数值例子可以看出用单层位势求解尖角区域上的Dirichlet外问题与用单双层结合求解所得的结果基本上一致,说明这种方法是有效的和可行的.     

Uniform grid approximation of nonsmooth solutions with improved convergence for a singularly perturbed convection-diffusion equation with characteristic layers

A mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed elliptic convection-diffusion equation with constant coefficients in a square domain is considered. Dirichlet conditions are specified on two sides orthogonal to the flow, and Neumann conditions are set on the other two sides. The right-hand side and the boundary functions are assumed to be sufficiently smooth, which ensures the required smoothness of the desired solution in the domain, except for neighborhoods of the corner points. Only zero-order compatibility conditions are assumed to hold at the corner points. The problem is solved numerically by applying an inhomogeneous monotone difference scheme on a rectangular piecewise uniform Shishkin mesh. The inhomogeneity of the scheme lies in that the approximating difference equations are not identical at different grid nodes but depend on the perturbation parameter. Under the assumptions made, the numerical solution is proved to converge ?-uniformly to the exact solution in a discrete uniform metric at an O(N ^?3/2ln² N) rate, where N is the number of grid nodes in each coordinate direction.     

Analytic solution of an exterior Neumann problem in a non‐convex domain

A new method, based on the Kelvin transformation and the Fokas integral method, is employed for solving analytically a potential problem in a non‐convex unbounded domain of ?², assuming the Neumann boundary condition. Taking advantage of the property of the Kelvin transformation to preserve harmonicity, we apply it to the present problem. In this way, the exterior potential problem is transformed to an equivalent one in the interior domain which is the Kelvin image of the original exterior one. An integral representation of the solution of the interior problem is obtained by employing the Kelvin inversion in ?² for the Neumann data and the ‘Neumann to Dirichlet’ map for the Dirichlet data. Applying next the ‘reverse’ Kelvin transformation, we finally obtain an integral representation of the solution of the original exterior Neumann problem. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Localization near the corner point of the principal eigenfunction of the Dirichlet problem in a domain with thin edging

We establish that the principal eigenfunction of the Dirichlet problem in a domain with a thin heavy edging admits localization near the corner point of opening angle α > π. The edging amounts to a boundary strip of small width ɛ with the density function ɛ ^−2−m , m > 0, while it is O(1) in the remaining part of the domain. We derive the result by analyzing the essential and discrete spectra of an auxiliary problem in an infinite angle without the small parameter. We state several open questions about the structure of spectra of both problems.     

Analysis of united boundary‐domain integro‐differential and integral equations for a mixed BVP with variable coefficient

The mixed (Dirichlet–Neumann) boundary‐value problem for the ‘Laplace’ linear differential equation with variable coefficient is reduced to boundary‐domain integro‐differential or integral equations (BDIDEs or BDIEs) based on a specially constructed parametrix. The BDIDEs/BDIEs contain integral operators defined on the domain under consideration as well as potential‐type operators defined on open sub‐manifolds of the boundary and acting on the trace and/or co‐normal derivative of the unknown solution or on an auxiliary function. Some of the considered BDIDEs are to be supplemented by the original boundary conditions, thus constituting boundary‐domain integro‐differential problems (BDIDPs). Solvability, solution uniqueness, and equivalence of the BDIEs/BDIDEs/BDIDPs to the original BVP, as well as invertibility of the associated operators are investigated in appropriate Sobolev spaces. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear generalized Darcy–Forchheimer–Brinkman system in Lipschitz domains

The purpose of this paper is to show existence of a solution of the Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear generalized Darcy–Forchheimer–Brinkman system in a bounded Lipschitz domain in , with small boundary datum in L²‐based Sobolev spaces. A useful intermediary result is the well‐posedness of the Poisson problem for a generalized Brinkman system in a bounded Lipschitz domain in , with Dirichlet boundary condition and data in L²‐based Sobolev spaces. We obtain this well‐posedness result by showing that the matrix type operator associated with the Poisson problem is an isomorphism. Then, we combine the well‐posedness result from the linear case with a fixed point theorem in order to show the existence of a solution of the Dirichlet problem for the nonlinear generalized Darcy–Forchheimer–Brinkman system. Some applications are also included. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A criterion for the existence of decaying solutions in the problem on a resonator with a cylindrical waveguide

For the Helmholtz equation Δu + k ² u = 0 in a domain Ω with a cylindrical outlet Q ₊ = ω × ?₊ to infinity, we construct a fictitious scattering operator $\mathfrak{S}$ that is unitary in L ₂(ω) and establish a bijection between the lineal of decaying solutions of the Dirichlet problem in Ω and the subspace of eigenfunctions of $\mathfrak{S}$ corresponding to the eigenvalue 1 and orthogonal to the eigenfunctions with eigenvalues λ_n ≤ k ² of the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace operator on the cross-section ω.     

New a priori estimates of solutions to anisotropic elliptic equations

Under consideration is the Dirichlet problem for singular anisotropic elliptic equations with a nonlinear source. Some new a priori estimates are obtained, implying that the solvability of the Dirichlet problem in the class of bounded solutions essentially depends on the dimension of the domain of the problem.     

The dirichlet problem with generalized functions as data

Elliptic boundary value problems with analytic functionals as data have been studied by Lions and Magenes. In this papér we relax their assumption that the boundary of the domain ω is an analytic surface; we assume only that ω equals the interior of its closure. In this case we obtain results for the Dirichlet problem for second order equations that are analogous to theirs: There is a quasi-analytic class of functions on⁰ω with a natural topology such that the Dirichlet problem is well posed the data belongs to the dual of this space. The author acknowledges with gratitude the support he received from the National Science Foundation through a graduate fellowship and NSFGP 6761. Entrata in redazione il 31 gennaio 1969     

Approximation par éléments finis de problèmes elliptiques d'optimisation de forme

We consider a problem of elliptic optimal design. The control is the shape of the domain on which the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation is posed. In dimension n=2, S?veràk proved that there exists an optimal domain in the class of all open subsets of a given bounded open set, whose complements have a uniformly bounded number of connected components. The proof (J. Math. Pures Appl. 72 (1993) 537–551) is based on the compactness of this class of domains with respect to the complementary-Hausdorff topology and the continuous dependence of the solutions of the Dirichlet Laplacian in H¹ with respect to it. In this Note we consider a finite-element discrete version of this problem and prove that the discrete optimal domains converge in that topology towards the continuous one as the mesh-size tends to zero. The key point of the proof is that finite-element approximations of the solution of the Dirichlet Laplacian converge in H¹ whenever the polygonal domains converge in the sense of that topology. To cite this article: D. Chenais, E. Zuazua, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Corner boundary layer in nonlinear singularly perturbed elliptic problems

The Dirichlet problem in a rectangle is considered for the elliptic equation ?²Δu = F(u, x, y, ?), where F(u, x, y, ?) is a nonlinear function of u. The method of corner boundary functions is applied to the problem. Assuming that the leading term of the corner part of the asymptotics exists, an asymptotic expansion of the solution is constructed and the remainder is estimated.     

On a grid-method solution of the Laplace equation in an infinite rectangular cylinder under periodic boundary conditions

We study the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in an infinite rectangular cylinder. Under the assumption that the boundary values are continuous and bounded, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the Dirichlet problem in the class of bounded functions that are continuous on the closed infinite cylinder. Under an additional assumption that the boundary values are twice continuously differentiable on the faces of the infinite cylinder and are periodic in the direction of its edges, we establish that a periodic solution of the Dirichlet problem has continuous and bounded pure second-order derivatives on the closed infinite cylinder except its edges. We apply the grid method in order to find an approximate periodic solution of this Dirichlet problem. Under the same conditions providing a low smoothness of the exact solution, the convergence rate of the grid solution of the Dirichlet problem in the uniform metric is shown to be on the order of O(h ² ln h ⁻¹), where h is the step of a cubic grid.     

Decompositions in Edge and Corner Singularities for the Solution of the Dirichlet Problem of the Laplacian in a Polyhedron

The solution of the three-dimensional Dirichlet problem for the Laplacian in a polyhedral domain has Special singular forms at corners and edges. The main result of this paper is a “tensor-product” decomposition of those singular forms along the edges. Such a decomposition with both edge singularities, additional corner singularities and a smoother remainder refines known regularity results for the solution where either the edge singularities are of non-tensor product form or the remainder term belongs to an anisotropic Sobolev space for data given in an isotropic Sobolev space.     

A mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation in an L-shaped domain

A mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation in an L-shaped domain is considered for when the solution has singularities at the corners of the domain. The densification of the Shishkin mesh near the inner corner where different boundary conditions meet is such that the solution obtained by the classical five-point difference scheme converges to the solution of the initial problem in the mesh norm L _?? ^h uniformly with respect to the small parameter with almost second order, i.e., as a smooth solution. Numerical analysis confirms the theoretical result.     

The class of solenoidal planar-helical vector fields

The class of solenoidal vector fields whose lines lie in planes parallel to R ² is constructed by the method of mappings. This class exhausts the set of all smooth planarhelical solutions of Gromeka’s problem in some domain D ? R ³. In the case of domains D with cylindrical boundaries whose generators are orthogonal to R ², it is shown that the choice of a specific solution from the constructed class is reduced to the Dirichlet problem with respect to two functions that are harmonic conjugates in D ² = D∩R ²; i.e., Gromeka’s nonlinear problem is reduced to linear boundary value problems. As an example, a specific solution of the problem for an axisymmetric layer is presented. The solution is based on solving Dirichlet problems in the form of series uniformly convergent in \(\bar D^2\) in terms of wavelet systems that form bases of various spaces of functions harmonic in D ².     

Inequalities for lower-order eigenvalues of a fourth-order elliptic operator

In this paper, we investigate the Dirichlet weighted eigenvalues problem of a fourth-order elliptic operator with variable coefficients on a bounded domain with smooth boundary in ? ⁿ . We establish some inequalities for lower-order eigenvalues of this problem. In particular, our results contain an inequality for eigenvalues of the biharmonic operator derived by Cheng, Huang, and Wei.