Periodic problem for an evolution equation with a quadratic and a cubic nonlinearity

We study conditions for the existence of a solution of a periodic problem for a model nonlinear equation in the spatially multidimensional case and consider various types of large time asymptotics (exponential and oscillating) for such solutions. The generalized Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov equation, the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, and some other partial differential equations are special cases of this equation. We analyze the solution smoothing phenomenon under certain conditions on the linear part of the equation and study the case of nonsmall initial data for a nonlinearity of special form. The leading asymptotic term is presented, and the remainder in the asymptotics of the solution is estimated in a spatially uniform metric.     

Essential singularity of the second-genus Painlevé function and the nonlinear stokes phenomenon

By the isomonodromic deformation method, the leading term of the elliptic asymptotics as x→∞ of the solution of the second Painlevé equation is constructed in the generic case. The equations for the modulus of this elliptic sine (which depends only on arg x) are given. The phase of the elliptic sine for any arg x is explicitly expressed in terms of first integrals of the Painlevé equation, i.e., in terms of the Stokes multipliers of the associated linear system. A nonlinear Stokes phenomenon typical for the asymptotic behavior of the Painlevé function is described. Bibliography: 25 titles. Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 187, pp. 139–170, 1990. Translated by O. A. Ivanov.     

A simple global model for the general circulation of the atmosphere

In this article we present a new method of Rossby asymptotics for the equations of the atmosphere similar to the geostrophic asymptotics. We depart from the classical geostrophics (see J. G. Charney [5] and our previous article [29]) by considering an asymptotics valid for the whole atmosphere, not only in midlatitude regions, and by taking into account the spherical form of the earth. We obtain in this way a very simple global circulation model of the atmosphere for which the equations of motion for wind and temperature are linear evolution equations similar to the linear Stokes equations. Furthermore, the solutions are independent of longitude, and winds travel exactly to the east or to the west. In this mathematically oriented article, we do not discuss the physical significance of the model that we derive except for observing that this picture coincides in general terms with the classically averaged data obtained by experimental measurements. We also note that different global geostrophic asymptotics (called planetary geostrophic asymptotics) are considered elsewhere in the literature, for example, in J. Pedlosky [33]. In a less mathematically rigorous way, H. Lamb [21] observed that the only globally valid geostrophic flow that maintains a slow time scale is zonally symmetric (see the comments in N. Phillips [35] and an explicit derivation in H. Jeffreys [19]). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Improved intermediate asymptotics for the heat equation

This letter is devoted to results on intermediate asymptotics for the heat equation. We study the convergence towards a stationary solution in self-similar variables. By assuming the equality of some moments of the initial data and of the stationary solution, we get improved convergence rates using entropy/entropy-production methods. We establish the equivalence of the exponential decay of the entropies with new, improved functional inequalities in restricted classes of functions. This letter is the counterpart in a linear framework of a recent work on fast diffusion equations; see Bonforte et al. (2009) [18]. The results extend to the case of a Fokker–Planck equation with a general confining potential.     

On the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear Sobolev type equation

We study the large-time asymptotics of the solution of the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear Sobolev type equation. We show that if initial data are sufficiently small in some norm, then the leading term of the asymptotic expansion is determined by the linear part of the equation and has exponential character, while the nonlinearity affects the decay order of the remainder.     

On a nonlinear equation with fractional derivative

We consider a nonlinear equation with fractional derivative in which the nonlinearity has the form of a linear combination of convective and nonconvective types. We prove the time-global existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem and find their asymptotics at large times uniformly with respect to the space variable. The proof method is based on a detailed investigation of the behavior of the Green function, which permits one to drop the restriction of smallness of the initial data in the case of a nonlinearity of special form.     

Steady flows of Jeffrey–Hamel type from the half-plane into an infinite channel. 1. Linearization on an antisymmetric solution

In this paper our objective is to provide physically reasonable solutions for the stationary Navier–Stokes equations in a two-dimensional domain with two outlets to infinity, a semi-strip Π₋ and a half-plane K. The same problem in an aperture domain, i.e. in a domain with two half-plane outlets to infinity, has been studied but only under symmetry restrictions on the data. Here, we assume that the main asymptotic term of the solution takes an antisymmetric form in K and apply the technique of weighted spaces with detached asymptotics, i.e. we use spaces where the functions have prescribed asymptotic forms in the outlets.After first showing that the corresponding Stokes problem admits a unique solution if and only if certain compatibility conditions are satisfied, we write the Navier–Stokes equations as a perturbation of the Stokes problem and the crucial compatibility condition as an algebraic equation by which the flux becomes determined. Assuming that the coefficient of the main (antisymmetric) asymptotic term of the solution in K does not vanish and that the data are sufficiently small, we use a contraction principle to solve the Navier–Stokes system coupled with the algebraic equation.Finally, we discuss the ill-posedness of the Navier–Stokes problem with prescribed flux.     

Global existence of weak and strong solutions to Cucker–Smale–Navier–Stokes equations in R2

We study the existence theory for the Cucker–Smale–Navier–Stokes (in short, CS–NS) equations in two dimensions. The CS–NS equations consist of Cucker–Smale flocking particles described by a Vlasov-type equation and incompressible Navier–Stokes equations. The interaction between the particles and fluid is governed by a drag force. In this study, we show the global existence of weak solutions for this system. We also prove the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions. In contrast with the results of Bae et al. (2014) on the CS–NS equations considered in three dimensions, we do not require any smallness assumption on the initial data.     

Behaviour at time t = 0 of the solutions of semi-linear evolution equations

We investigate the regularity at time t = 0 of the solutions of linear and semi-linear evolutions equations (including the Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations), Necessary and sufficient conditions on the data for an arbitrary order of regularity are given (the classical “compatibility conditions”). In the case of the Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations the compatibility conditions which we find are global conditions on the data. The presentation given here seems to improve and generalize the known results even in the simplest case of linear evolution equations.     

Asymptotics of Solutions of the Einstein Equations with Positive Cosmological Constant

A positive cosmological constant simplifies the asymptotics of forever expanding cosmological solutions of the Einstein equations. In this paper a general mathematical analysis on the level of formal power series is carried out for vacuum spacetimes of any dimension and perfect fluid spacetimes with linear equation of state in spacetime dimension four. For equations of state stiffer than radiation evidence for development of large gradients, analogous to spikes in Gowdy spacetimes, is found. It is shown that any vacuum solution satisfying minimal asymptotic conditions has a full asymptotic expansion given by the formal series. In four spacetime dimensions, and for spatially homogeneous spacetimes of any dimension, these minimal conditions can be derived for appropriate initial data. Using Fuchsian methods the existence of vacuum spacetimes with the given formal asymptotics depending on the maximal number of free functions is shown without symmetry assumptions.Communicated by Sergiu Klainermansubmitted 08/12/03, accepted 30/04/04     

Solvability of the Stokes Immersed Boundary Problem in Two Dimensions

We study coupled motion of a 1-D closed elastic string immersed in a 2-D Stokes flow, known as the Stokes immersed boundary problem in two dimensions. Using the fundamental solution of the Stokes equation and the Lagrangian coordinate of the string, we write the problem into a contour dynamic formulation, which is a nonlinear nonlocal equation solely keeping track of evolution of the string configuration. We prove existence and uniqueness of local-in-time solution starting from an arbitrary initial configuration that is an H^5/2-function in the Lagrangian coordinate satisfying the so-called well-stretched assumption. We also prove that when the initial string configuration is sufficiently close to an equilibrium, which is an evenly parametrized circular configuration, then a global-in-time solution uniquely exists and it will converge to an equilibrium configuration exponentially as t → + ∞. The technique in this paper may also apply to the Stokes immersed boundary problem in three dimensions. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Asymptotic summation of perturbed linear difference systems in critical case

We propose an asymptotic summation method for certain class of linear difference systems. Both the ideas of the centre manifold theory and the averaging method are used to construct the asymptotics for solutions. We illustrate the asymptotic summation method by constructing the asymptotics for solutions of certain higher order scalar difference equation with an oscillatory decreasing coefficient.     

A Periodic Problem for the Landau--Ginzburg Equation

In this paper, we consider a periodic problem for the n-dimensional complex Landau--Ginzburg equation. It is shown that in the case of small initial data there exists a unique classical solution of this problem, and an asymptotics of this solution uniform in the space variable is given. The leading term of the asymptotics is exponentially decreasing in time.     

Spectral properties of a Sturm-Liouville type differential operator with a retarding argument

Spectral properties of a differential operator of Sturm-Liouville type are studied in the case of retarding argument with different boundary conditions. The asymptotics of solutions to the corresponding differential equation is studied in the case of a summable potential. An asymptotics of eigenvalues and an asymptotics of eigenfunctions of the differential operator are calculated for each considered case.     

Integrability and Self-Similarity in Transient Stimulated Raman Scattering

Summary. The phenomenon of stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) can be described by three coupled PDEs which define the pump electric field, the Stokes electric field, and the material excitation as functions of distance and time. In the transient limit these equations are integrable, i.e., they admit a Lax pair formulation. Here we study this transient limit. The relevant physical problem can be formulated as an initial-boundary value (IBV) problem where both independent variables are on a finite domain. A general method for solving IBV problems for integrable equations has been introduced recently. Using this method we show that the solution of the equations describing the transient SRS can be obtained by solving a certain linear integral equation. It is interesting that this equation is identical to the linear integral equation characterizing the solution of an IBV problem of the sine-Gordon equation in light-cone coordinates. This integral equation can be solved uniquely in terms of the values of the pump and Stokes fields at the entry of the Raman cell. The asymptotic analysis of this solution reveals that the long-distance behavior of the system is dominated by the underlying self-similar solution which satisfies a particular case of the third Painlevé transcendent. This result is consistent with both numerical simulations and experimental observations. We also discuss briefly the effect of frequency mismatch between the pump and the Stokes electric fields. Received December 10, 1996; second revision received October 10, 1997; final revision received January 20, 1998     

The Inverse Scattering Transform for the Benjamin–Ono Equation

We extend the inverse scattering transform (IST) for the Benjamin–Ono (BO) equation, given by A. S. Fokas and M. J. Ablowitz ( Stud. Appl. Math. 68:1, 1983), in two important ways. First, we restrict the IST to purely real potentials, in which case the scattering data and the inverse scattering equations simplify. Second, we extend the analysis of the asymptotics of the Jost functions and the scattering data to include the nongeneric classes of potentials, which include, but may not be limited to, all N -soliton solutions. In the process, we also study the adjoint equation of the eigenvalue problem for the BO equation, from which, for real potentials, we find a very simple relation between the two reflection coefficients (the functions β(λ) and f (λ)) introduced by Fokas and Ablowitz. Furthermore, we show that the reflection coefficient also defines a phase shift, which can be interpreted as the phase shift between the left Jost function and the right Jost function. This phase shift leads to an analogy of Levinson's theorem, as well as a condition on the number of possible bound states that can be contained in the initial data. For both generic and nongeneric potentials, we detail the asymptotics of the Jost functions and the scattering data. In particular, we are able to give improved asymptotics for nongeneric potentials in the limit of a vanishing spectral parameter. We also study the structure of the scattering data and the Jost functions for pure soliton solutions, which are examples of nongeneric potentials. We obtain remarkably simple solutions for these Jost functions, and they demonstrate the different asymptotics that nongeneric potentials possess. Last, we show how to obtain the infinity of conserved quantities from one of the Jost functions of the BO equation and how to obtain these conserved quantities in terms of the various moments of the scattering data.     

Existence of local strong solutions to fluid–beam and fluid–rod interaction systems

We study an unsteady nonlinear fluid–structure interaction problem. We consider a Newtonian incompressible two-dimensional flow described by the Navier–Stokes equations set in an unknown domain depending on the displacement of a structure, which itself satisfies a linear wave equation or a linear beam equation. The fluid and the structure systems are coupled via interface conditions prescribing the continuity of the velocities at the fluid–structure interface and the action-reaction principle. Considering three different structure models, we prove existence of a unique local-in-time strong solution, for which there is no gap between the regularity of the initial data and the regularity of the solution enabling to obtain a blow up alternative. In the case of a damped beam this is an alternative proof (and a generalization to non zero initial displacement) of the result that can be found in [20]. In the case of the wave equation or a beam equation with inertia of rotation, this is, to our knowledge the first result of existence of strong solutions for which no viscosity is added. The key points consist in studying the coupled system without decoupling the fluid from the structure and to use the fluid dissipation to control, in appropriate function spaces, the structure velocity.     

On the stability and the attraction domain of the stationary solution of a singularly perturbed parabolic equation with a multiple root of the degenerate equation

We construct and justify the asymptotics of a boundary layer solution of a boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed second-order ordinary differential equation for the case in which the degenerate (finite) equation has an identically double root. A specific feature of the asymptotics is the presence of a three-zone boundary layer. The solution of the boundary value problem is a stationary solution of the corresponding parabolic equation. We prove the asymptotic stability of this solution and find its attraction domain.     

Measurable solutions for stochastic evolution equations without uniqueness

A method for obtaining measurable solutions to stochastic evolution equations in which there is no uniqueness for the corresponding non-stochastic equation is presented. It involves a technique based on a measurable selection theorem for set-valued functions. No assumptions are needed on the underlying probability space. An application is given to the stochastic Navier–Stokes problem in arbitrary dimensions. We also show the existence of measurable solutions to stochastic ordinary differential equations in which there is no uniqueness. A finite-dimensional generalization is given to adapted solutions in the case of a normal filtration and path uniqueness.     

Liouville–Green (WKB) asymptotics for almost-diagonal linear second-order matrix difference equations

A Liouville–Green (or WKB) asymptotic approximation theory is developed for a class of almost-diagonal (‘asymptotically diagonal’) linear second-order matrix difference equations. Rigorous and explicitly computable bounds for the error terms are obtained, the asymptotics being made with respect to both, the index and some parameter affecting the equation. The case of the associated inhomogeneous equations is also considered in detail. Some examples and a number of applications are presented for the purpose of illustration.