Investigating the Spectrum of Self-Similar Solutions of the Nonlinear Heat Equation

Self-similar solutions of the nonlinear heat equation with a three-dimensional source and density that varies as a power function of the radius are considered in planar, cylindrical, and spherical geometries. The self-similar solutions evolve in a blow-up setting and constitute time-dependent dissipative structures. The eigenfunction spectrum of the self-similar problem is investigated for various values of the model parameters by computational methods involving continuation in a parameter and bifurcation analysis. It is shown that the spectral problem may have a nonunique solution. We establish the number of eigenfunctions and their existence domain in the parameter space. The evolution of the eigenfunctions with changes in the parameter is examined. The stability of the self-similar solutions is shown to depend on the parameter values, the eigenfunction index, and the eigenfunction parity. New structurally stable and metastable self-similar solutions are obtained. The metastable solutions follow the self-similar law almost during the entire blow-up time and preserve their complex structure as the temperature is increased by two orders of magnitude.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Matematika i Informatika, No. 16, pp. 27–65, 2004.     

A Characterization of Self-similar Symbolic Spaces

In this paper we use fractal structures to study self-similar sets and self-similar symbolic spaces. We show that these spaces have a natural fractal structure, justifying the name of fractal structure, and we characterize self-similar symbolic spaces in terms of fractal structures. We prove that self-similar symbolic spaces can be characterized in a similar way, in the form, to the definition of classical self-similar sets by means of iterated function systems. We also study when a self-similar symbolic space is a self-similar set. Finally, we study relations between fractal structures with “pieces” homeomorphic to the space and different concepts of self-homeomorphic spaces. Along the paper, we propose several methods in order to construct self-similar sets and self-similar symbolic spaces from a geometrical approach. This allows to construct these kind of spaces in a very easy way.     

Sub-Riemannian vs. Euclidean dimension comparison and fractal geometry on Carnot groups

We solve Gromov's dimension comparison problem for Hausdorff and box counting dimension on Carnot groups equipped with a Carnot-Carathéodory metric and an adapted Euclidean metric. The proofs use sharp covering theorems relating optimal mutual coverings of Euclidean and Carnot-Carathéodory balls, and elements of sub-Riemannian fractal geometry associated to horizontal self-similar iterated function systems on Carnot groups. Inspired by Falconer's work on almost sure dimensions of Euclidean self-affine fractals we show that Carnot-Carathéodory self-similar fractals are almost surely horizontal. As a consequence we obtain explicit dimension formulae for invariant sets of Euclidean iterated function systems of polynomial type. Jet space Carnot groups provide a rich source of examples.     

Singular points of a self-similar function of spectral order zero: Self-similar stieltjes string

In the present paper, we introduce the notion of self-similar function of spectral order zero and study its properties. Such functions have at most countably many discontinuity points, and these points are discontinuity points of the first kind except possibly for a single point, which is a singular point. We derive a formula for calculating the coordinates of this point from the parameters of the self-similar function. We also study the behavior of the self-similar function near the singular point. A nondecreasing function f of spectral order zero belonging to the space L ₂[0, 1] generates a self-similar Stieltjes string, namely, a spectral problem of the form $$ - y'' - \lambda \rho y = 0,y(0) = y(1) = 0 $$ where ρ is a function from the space $ \mathop W\limits^ \circ _{_2^{ - 1} } \left[ {0,1} \right] $ and f′ = ρ. Such a function f that is not of a fixed sign leads to the notion of self-similar indefinite Stieltjes string.     

Spectrum of a Jacobi matrix with exponentially growing matrix elements

A Jacobi matrix with an exponential growth of its elements and the corresponding symmetric operator are considered. It is proved that the eigenvalue problem for some self-adjoint extension of this operator in some Hilbert space is equivalent to the eigenvalue problem of the Sturm-Liouville operator with a discrete self-similar weight. An asymptotic formula for the distribution of eigenvalues is obtained.     

Large-Time Behaviour of Solutions of the Exterior-Domain Cauchy–Dirichlet Problem for the Porous Media Equation with Homogeneous Boundary Data

The title of this paper states precisely what the subject is. The first part of the paper concerns the radially-symmetric problem in the exterior of the unit ball. It is shown that in time the solution of the problem converges to one of two specific self-similar solutions of the porous media equation, dependent upon the dimensionality of the problem. Moreover, the free boundary of the solution converges to that of the self-similar solution. The critical space dimension is two, for which there is no distinction between the self-similar solutions, and the form of the convergence is exceptional. The technique used is a comparison principle involving a variable that is a weighted integral of the solution. The second part of the paper is devoted to the problem in an arbitrary spatial domain with no conditions of symmetry. A special invariance principle and the results obtained for the radially-symmetric case are used to determine the large-time behaviour of solutions and their free boundaries. This behaviour is decidedly different from when the boundary data are fixed and not homogeneous.     

Large-Time Behaviour of Solutions of the Exterior-Domain Cauchy–Dirichlet Problem for the Porous Media Equation with Homogeneous Boundary Data

The title of this paper states precisely what the subject is. The first part of the paper concerns the radially-symmetric problem in the exterior of the unit ball. It is shown that in time the solution of the problem converges to one of two specific self-similar solutions of the porous media equation, dependent upon the dimensionality of the problem. Moreover, the free boundary of the solution converges to that of the self-similar solution. The critical space dimension is two, for which there is no distinction between the self-similar solutions, and the form of the convergence is exceptional. The technique used is a comparison principle involving a variable that is a weighted integral of the solution. The second part of the paper is devoted to the problem in an arbitrary spatial domain with no conditions of symmetry. A special invariance principle and the results obtained for the radially-symmetric case are used to determine the large-time behaviour of solutions and their free boundaries. This behaviour is decidedly different from when the boundary data are fixed and not homogeneous.     

On the regularity and uniqueness of conically self-similar free-vortex solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper the real analyticity of all conically self-similar free-vortex solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations is proven. Furthermore, it is mathematically established that such solutions are uniquely determined by the values of three derivatives on the symmetry axis, and hence a numerical method, invented and successfully used by Shtern & Hussain (1993,1996), is justified mathematically. In addition, it is proven that these results imply that for any conically self-similar free-vortex solution to the Navier--Stokes equations there exists a second order non-swirling correction term. For this term it is also shown that the second order contribution to the total axial flow force vanishes in the cases of the entire space and a half-space, but that it need not vanish for general conical domains. In doing so an old claim by Burggraf & Foster (1977) is established mathematically, however not for Long's problem but for Shtern & Hussain's (1996) extension of this problem to the full Navier-Stokes equations and the entire space.     

A fixed point theorem for moment matrices of self-similar measures

We consider the self-similar measure on the complex plane C$\mathbb{C}$ associated to an iterated function system (IFS) with probabilities. From this IFS we define an operator in a complete metric space of infinite matrices. Using the expression obtained in a previous work of the authors, we prove that this operator has as fixed point the moment matrix of the self-similar measure. As a consequence, we obtain a very efficient algorithm to compute the moment matrix of the self-similar measure. Finally, in order to estimate the rate of convergence of the algorithm, we find an upper bound of the norm of this contractive operator.     

Self-Similar Lattice Tilings

We study the general question of the existence of self-similar lattice tilings of Euclidean space. A necessary and sufficient geometric condition on the growth of the boundary of approximate tiles is reduced to a problem in Fourier analysis that is shown to have an elegant simple solution in dimension one. In dimension two we further prove the existence of connected self-similar lattice tilings for parabolic and elliptic dilations. These results apply to produce Haar wavelet bases and certain canonical number systems.     

Spectral asymptotics for Laplacians on self-similar sets

Given a self-similar Dirichlet form on a self-similar set, we first give an estimate on the asymptotic order of the associated eigenvalue counting function in terms of a ‘geometric counting function’ defined through a family of coverings of the self-similar set naturally associated with the Dirichlet space. Secondly, under (sub-)Gaussian heat kernel upper bound, we prove a detailed short time asymptotic behavior of the partition function, which is the Laplace-Stieltjes transform of the eigenvalue counting function associated with the Dirichlet form. This result can be applicable to a class of infinitely ramified self-similar sets including generalized Sierpinski carpets, and is an extension of the result given recently by B.M. Hambly for the Brownian motion on generalized Sierpinski carpets. Moreover, we also provide a sharp remainder estimate for the short time asymptotic behavior of the partition function.     

Dynamic adaptation method in gasdynamic simulations with nonlinear heat conduction

A dynamic adaptation method is applied to gas dynamics problems with nonlinear heat conduction. The adaptation function is determined by the condition that the energy equation is quasi-stationary and the grid point distribution is quasi-uniform. The dynamic adaptation method with the adaptation function thus determined and a front-tracking technique are used to solve the model problem of a piston moving in a heat-conducting gas. It is shown that the results significantly depend on the thermal conductivity chosen. The numerical results obtained on a 40-node grid are compared with self-similar solutions to this problem.     

Quenching rate for a nonlocal problem arising in the micro-electro mechanical system

In this paper, we study the quenching rate of the solution for a nonlocal parabolic problem which arises in the study of the micro-electro mechanical system. This question is equivalent to the stabilization of the solution to the transformed problem in self-similar variables. First, some a priori estimates are provided. In order to construct a Lyapunov function, due to the lack of time monotonicity property, we then derive some very useful and challenging estimates by a delicate analysis. Finally, with this Lyapunov function, we prove that the quenching rate is self-similar which is the same as the problem without the nonlocal term, except the constant limit depends on the solution itself.     

Self-Similar Solutions to a Kinetic Model for Grain Growth

We prove the existence of self-similar solutions to the Fradkov model for two-dimensional grain growth, which consists of an infinite number of nonlocally coupled transport equations for the number densities of grains with given area and number of neighbors (topological class). For the proof we introduce a finite maximal topological class and study an appropriate upwind discretization of the time-dependent problem in self-similar variables. We first show that the resulting finite-dimensional dynamical system admits nontrivial steady states. We then let the discretization parameter tend to zero and prove that the steady states converge to a compactly supported self-similar solution for a Fradkov model with finitely many equations. In a third step we let the maximal topology class tend to infinity and obtain self-similar solutions to the original system that decay exponentially. Finally, we use the upwind discretization to compute self-similar solutions numerically.     

Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Thermal Structures in a Medium with Nonlinear Thermal Conductivity

The article considers self-similar solutions of the nonlinear heat equation with a three-dimensional source that evolve in a blow-up setting. The self-similar problem is a boundary-value problem for a nonlinear equation of elliptical type that has a nonunique solution. We investigate the eigenfunction spectrum of the self-similar problem in two- and three-dimensional space. The problem is solved on a grid by Newton’s iteration method. The implementation of Newton’s method requires analysis of a linearized equation and construction of initial approximations. The eigenfunctions are continued in a parameter. Structures of various symmetry are obtained. New types of multidimensional structures are observed: these are multiply connected three-dimensional heat localization regions.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Matematika i Informatika, No. 17, pp. 84–111, 2004.     

The Self-similar Solution for Ginzburg-Landau Equation and Its Limit Behavior in Besov Spaces

In this paper, we study the limit behavior of self-similar solutions for the Complex Ginzburg-Landau (CGL) equation in the nonstandard function space E_{s,p}. We prove the uniform existence of the solutions for the CGL equation and its limit equation in E_{s,p}. Moreover we show that the self-similar solutions of CGL equation converge, globally in time, to those of its limit equation as the parameters tend to zero. Key Words Ginzburg-Landau equation; Schrödinger equation; self-similar solution; limit behavior.     

Similarity and dimensional analysis in the plane problem of the propagation of a vertical hydraulic fracture crack in an elastic medium

The problem of the growth of a vertical hydraulic fracture crack in an unbounded elastic medium under the pressure produced by a viscous incompressible fluid is studied qualitatively and by numerical methods. The fluid motion is described in the approximation of lubrication theory. Near the crack tip a fluid-free domain may exist. To find the crack length, Irwin’s fracture criterion is used. The symmetry groups of the equations describing the hydraulic fracture process are studied for all physically meaningful cases of the degeneration of the problem with respect to the control parameters. The condition of symmetry of the system of equations under the group of scaling and time-shift transformations enables the self-similar variables and the form of the time dependence of the quantities involved in the problem to be found. It is established that at non-zero rock pressure the well-known solution of Spence and Sharp is an asymptotic form of the initial-value problem, whereas the solution of Zheltov and Khristianovich is a limiting self-similar solution of the problem. The problem of the formation of a hydraulic fracture crack taking into account initial data is solved using numerical methods, and the problem of arriving at asymptotic mode is investigated. It is shown that the solution has a self-similar asymptotic form for any initial conditions, and the convergence of the exact solutions to the asymptotic forms is non-uniform in space and time.     

Computability of Self-Similar Sets

We investigate computability of a self-similar set on a Euclidean space. A nonempty compact subset of a Euclidean space is called a self-similar set if it equals to the union of the images of itself by some set of contractions. The main result in this paper is that if all of the contractions are computable, then the self-similar set is a recursive compact set. A further result on the case that the self-similar set forms a curve is also discussed.     

Construction of stationary self-similar generalized fields by random wavelet expansion

Random wavelet expansion is introduced in the study of stationary self-similar generalized random fields. It is motivated by a model of natural images, in which 2D views of objects are randomly scaled and translated because the objects are randomly distributed in the 3D space. It is demonstrated that any stationary self-similar random field defined on the dual space of a Schwartz space of smooth rapidly decreasing functions has a random wavelet expansion representation. To explicitly construct stationary self-similar random fields, random wavelet expansion representations incorporating random functionals of the following three types are considered: (1) a multiple stochastic integral over the product domain of scale and translate, (2) an iterated one, first integrating over the scale domain, and (3) an iterated one, first integrating over the translate domain. We show that random wavelet expansion gives rise to a variety of stationary self-similar random fields, including such well-known processes as the linear fractional stable motions. Received: 11 December 1998 / Revised version: 31 January 2001 / Published online: 23 August 2001     

一类非线性Schrodinger方程的整体解和自相似解

对于α的某一取值范围,应用广义Strichartz不等式和压缩映射原理研究了初值在弱Lp空间中足够小的条件下,非线性Schr(o)dinger方程Cauchy问题整体解和自相似解的存在性.