Nonself-dual Chern-Simons and Maxwell-Chern-Simons vortices on bounded domains

We first show the existence of the multivortex solutions of Maxwell-Chern-Simons-Higgs (MCSH) model on bounded domains and prove that the solutions of the Euler-Lagrange equations of the MCSH energy functional converge to those of the Abelian-Higgs (AH) model and the Chern-Simons-Higgs (CSH) model in suitable limits, respectively. We also show the existence of the multivortex solutions of the nonself-dual CSH model on bounded domains. Besides, we study asymptotics for the minimizers of MCSH energy functional when the gauge field vanishes.     

Ginzburg-Landau equation with magnetic effect in a thin domain

We study the Ginzburg-Landau equation with magnetic effect in a thin domain in , where the thickness of the domain is controlled by a parameter . This equation is an Euler equation of a free energy functional and it has trivial solutions that are minimizers of the functional. In this article we look for a nontrivial stable solution to the equation, that is, a local minimizer of the energy functional. To prove the existence of such a stable solution in , we consider a reduced problem as and a nondegenerate stable solution to the reduced equation. Applying the standard variational argument, we show that there exists a stable solution in near the solution to the reduced equation if is sufficiently small. We also present a specific example of a domain which allows a stable vortex solution, that is, a stable solution with zeros. Received: 11 May 2001 / Accepted: 11 July 2001 /Published online: 19 October 2001     

The non-topological fluxes of a two-particle system in the Chern–Simons theory

In the paper, a planar relativistic self-dual Chern–Simons model, with two Higgs particles and two gauge fields is considered. The main purpose is to locate all the possible values of the magnetic fluxes for the radially symmetric non-topological solitons. As has been known, the non-topological fluxes are not quantized. We further show that the value set of the non-topological fluxes exactly form a planar continuum portrayed by a certain hyperbolic region.     

On spherically symmetric solutions of the relativistic Euler equation

This work investigates the spherical symmetric solutions of more realistic equation of states. We generalize the method of Hsu et al. (Methods Appl. Anal. 8 (2001) 159) to show the existence of spherical symmetric weak solution of the relativistic Euler equation with initial data containing the vacuum state.     

Exact Boundary Controllability of Electromagnetic Fields in a General Region

We prove exact controllability for Maxwell's system with variable coefficients in a bounded domain by a current flux in the boundary. The proof relies on a duality argument which reduces the proof of exact controllability to the proof of continuous observability for the homogeneous adjoint system. There is no geometric restriction imposed on the domain. Accepted 25 June 2001. Online publication 19 October 2001.     

Instability of standing wave, global existence and blowup for the Klein-Gordon-Zakharov system with different-degree nonlinearities

This paper discusses the Klein-Gordon-Zakharov system with different-degree nonlinearities in two and three space dimensions. Firstly, we prove the existence of standing wave with ground state by applying an intricate variational argument. Next, by introducing an auxiliary functional and an equivalent minimization problem, we obtain two invariant manifolds under the solution flow generated by the Cauchy problem to the aforementioned Klein-Gordon-Zakharov system. Furthermore, by constructing a type of constrained variational problem, utilizing the above two invariant manifolds as well as applying potential well argument and concavity method, we derive a sharp threshold for global existence and blowup. Then, combining the above results, we obtain two conclusions of how small the initial data are for the solution to exist globally by using dilation transformation. Finally, we prove a modified instability of standing wave to the system under study.     

Smoothing effects for classical solutions of the relativistic Landau-Maxwell system

The relativistic Landau-Maxwell system is one of the most fundamental and complete models for describing the dynamics of a dilute hot plasma in which particles interact through Coulomb collisions and their self-consistent electromagnetic field. In this work, we prove that the classical solutions obtained by Strain and Guo become immediately smooth with respect to all variable under the extra assumption of the electromagnetic field. As a by-product, we also prove that the classical solutions to the relativistic Landau-Poisson system and the relativistic Landau equation have the same property without any extra assumption.     

Indirect stability of the wave equation with a dynamic boundary control

In this paper, we consider a damped wave equation with a dynamic boundary control. First, combining a general criteria of Arendt and Batty with Holmgren's theorem we show the strong stability of our system. Next, we show that our system is not uniformly stable in general, since it is the case for the unit disk. Hence, we look for a polynomial decay rate for smooth initial data for our system by applying a frequency domain approach. In a first step, by giving some sufficient conditions on the boundary of our domain and by using the exponential decay of the wave equation with a standard damping, we prove a polynomial decay in of the energy. In a second step, under appropriated conditions on the boundary, called the multiplier control conditions, we establish a polynomial decay in of the energy. Later, we show in a particular case that such a polynomial decay is available even if the previous conditions are not satisfied. For this aim, we consider our system on the unit square of the plane. Using a method based on a Fourier analysis and a specific analysis of the obtained 1‐d problems combining Ingham's inequality and an interpolation method, we establish a polynomial decay in of the energy for sufficiently smooth initial data. Finally, in the case of the unit disk, using the real part of the asymptotic expansion of eigenvalues of the damped system, we prove that the obtained decay is optimal in the domain of the operator.     

Very weak, generalized and strong solutions to the Stokes system in the half-space

In this paper, we study the Stokes system in the half-space , with N?2. We give existence and uniqueness results in weighted Sobolev spaces. After the central case of the generalized solutions, we are interested in strong solutions and symmetrically in very weak solutions by means of a duality argument.     

Global entropy solutions to the relativistic Euler equations for a class of large initial data

We are concerned with global entropy solutions to the relativistic Euler equations for a class of large initial data which involve the interaction of shock waves and rarefaction waves. We first carefully analyze the global behavior of the shock curves, the rarefaction wave curves, and their corresponding inverse curves in the phase plane. Based on these analyses, we use the Glimm scheme to construct global entropy solutions to the relativistic Euler equations for the class of large discontinuous initial data.Received: May 23, 2004     

Analyticity of solutions for semilinear elliptic systems of second order

This paper deals with systems , , where the right hand side is a -valued, real analytic function. We prove that a solution of such a system can be continued across a straight line segment , if one prescribe certain nonlinear, mixed boundary conditions on , which are assumed to be real analytic too. This continuation will be constructed by solving certain hyperbolic initial boundary value problems, generalizing an idea of H. Lewy. We apply this result to surfaces of prescribed mean curvature and to minimal surfaces in Riemannian manifolds spanned into a regular Jordan curve : Supposing analyticity of all data, we show that both types of surfaces can be continued across . Received: 29 December 2000 / Accepted: 11 July 2001 / Published online: 29 April 2002     

On uniqueness of vector-valued minimizers of the Ginzburg-Landau functional in annular domains

Consider a class of Sobolev functions satisfying a prescribed degree condition on the boundary of a planar annular domain. It is shown that, within this class, the Ginzburg-Landau functional possesses the unique, radially symmetric minimizer, provided that the annulus is sufficiently narrow. This result is known to be false for wide annuli where vortices are energetically feasible. The estimate for the critical radius below which the uniqueness of the minimizer is guaranteed is obtained as well. Received: 19 July 2000 / Accepted: 23 February 2001/ Published online: 23 July 2001     

Hessian equations on compact non-negatively curved riemannian manifolds

On a compact connected riemannian manifold, we partly extend to hessian equations an existence result proved for Monge-Ampère equations. Non-negative curvature is required for a priori estimates. Received: 13 July 2001 / Accepted: 25 October 2001 / Published online: 29 April 2002 The author is supported by the CNRS     

Dynamics near extinction time of a singular diffusion equation

We will show that if u is the solution of the equation , in is an even function on and is monotone decreasing in on , , where is a monotone increasing function satisfying with being given by and , then the rescaled function , will converge uniformly on every compact subset of to as where . Received: 25 May 2000 / Revised version: 26 October 2001 / Published online: 28 February 2002     

A free boundary problem modeling the cell cycle and cell movement in multicellular tumor spheroids

This paper deals with a mathematical model describing the cell cycle dynamics and chemotactic driven cell movement in a multicellular tumor spheroid. Tumor cells consist of two types of cells: proliferating cells and quiescent cells, which have different chemotactic responses to an extracellular nutrient supply. The model is a free boundary problem for a nonlinear system of reaction-diffusion-advection equations, where the free boundary is the outer boundary of the spheroid. The free boundary condition is quite novel due to different velocity of two types of cells. The global existence and uniqueness of solutions to the model is proved. The proof is based on a fixed point argument, together with the Lp-theory for parabolic equations with the third boundary condition.     

Global attractivity of the diffusive Nicholson blowflies equation with Neumann boundary condition: A non-monotone case

In this paper, we establish the global attractivity of the positive steady state of the diffusive Nicholson's equation with homogeneous Neumann boundary value under a condition that makes the equation a non-monotone dynamical system. To achieve this, we develop a novel method: combining a dynamical systems argument with maximum principle and some subtle inequalities.     

Hypersurfaces of prescribed Gauß curvature in exterior domains

We prove an existence theorem for convex hypersurfaces of prescribed Gau? curvature in the complement of a compact set in Euclidean space which are close to a cone. Received: 23 February 2001 / Accepted: 11 May 2001 / Published online: 19 October 2001     

Blow-up analysis for a nonlinear diffusion system

This paper deals with a nonlinear diffusion system coupled via nonlinear reaction terms of power type. As results of interactions among the multi-nonlinearities in the system described by six exponents, global boundedness and blow-up criteria of positive solutions are determined.Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.Received: December 12, 2001; revised: May 6, December 3, 2002     

A generalization of Quillen's small object argument

We generalize the small object argument in order to allow for its application to proper classes of maps (as opposed to sets of maps in Quillen's small object argument). The necessity of such a generalization arose with appearance of several important examples of model categories which were proven to be non-cofibrantly generated [J. Adámek, H. Herrlich, J. Rosický, W. Tholen, Weak factorization systems and topological functors, Appl. Categ. Structures 10 (3) (2002) 237-249 [2]; Papers in honour of the seventieth birthday of Professor Heinrich Kleisli (Fribourg, 2000); B. Chorny, The model category of maps of spaces is not cofibrantly generated, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 131 (2003) 2255-2259; J.D. Christensen, M. Hovey, Quillen model structures for relative homological algebra, Math. Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 133 (2) (2002) 261-293; D.C. Isaksen, A model structure on the category of pro-simplicial sets, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 353 (2001) 2805-2841]. Our current approach allows for construction of functorial factorizations and localizations in the equivariant model structures on diagrams of spaces [E.D. Farjoun, Homotopy theories for diagrams of spaces, Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 101 (1987) 181-189] and diagrams of chain complexes. We also formulate a non-functorial version of the argument, which applies in two different model structures on the category of pro-spaces [D.A. Edwards, H.M. Hastings, ?ech and Steenrod homotopy theories with applications to geometric topology, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol. 542, Springer, Berlin, 1976; D.C. Isaksen, A model structure on the category of pro-simplicial sets, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 353 (2001) 2805-2841].The examples above suggest a natural extension of the framework of cofibrantly generated model categories. We introduce the concept of a class-cofibrantly generated model category, which is a model category generated by classes of cofibrations and trivial cofibrations satisfying some reasonable assumptions.