On a nonlinear wave equation involving the term −∂∂x(μ(x,t,u,6ux62)ux): Linear approximation and asymptotic expansion of solution in many small parameters

In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear Kirchhoff wave equation (1)$\{\begin{array}{c}{u}_{tt}?\frac{?}{?x}\left(\mu (x,t,u,{6u_{x}6}^2)u_x\right)=f(x,t,u,u_x,u_t)\text{,}0<x<1,0<t<T\text{,}\hfill \\ u(0,t)=g_0\left(t\right)\text{,}u(1,t)=g_1\left(t\right)\text{,}\hfill \\ u(x,0)={\stackrel{?}{u}}_0\left(x\right)\text{,}{u}_t(x,0)={\stackrel{?}{u}}_1\left(x\right)\text{,}\hfill \end{array}$ where ${\stackrel{?}{u}}_0$, ${\stackrel{?}{u}}_1$, $\mu$, $f$, $g_0$, $g_1$ are given functions and ${6u_{x}6}^2={\int }_0^1{u}_x^2(x,t)dx$. First, combining the linearization method for nonlinear term, the Faedo–Galerkin method and the weak compact method, a unique weak solution of problem (1) is obtained. Next, by using Taylor’s expansion of the function $\mu (x,t,y,z)$ around the point $(x,t,y_0,z_0)$ up to order $N+1$, we establish an asymptotic expansion of high order in many small parameters of solution.     

Soliton solutions of a coupled Ramani equation

In this work, multi-soliton solutions of the coupled Ramani equations$u_{xxxxxx}+15u_{xx}{u}_{xxx}+15u_x{u}_{xxxx}+45u_x^2{u}_{xx}-5(u_{xxxt}+3u_{xx}{u}_t+3u_x{u}_{xt})-5u_{tt}+18w_x=0\text{,}$$w_t-w_{xxx}-3w_x{u}_x-3w{u}_{xx}=0\text{,}$ are derived and expressed using Pfaffians in a compact form.     

Group classification,optimal system and optimal reductions of a class of Klein Gordon equations

Complete symmetry analysis is presented for non-linear Klein Gordon equations $u_{\mathit{tt}}=u_{\mathit{xx}}+f(u)$. A group classification is carried out by finding $f(u)$ that give larger symmetry algebra. One-dimensional optimal system is determined for symmetry algebras obtained through group classification. The subalgebras in one-dimensional optimal system and their conjugacy classes in the corresponding normalizers are employed to obtain, up to conjugacy, all reductions of equation by two-dimensional subalgebras. This is a new idea which improves the computational complexity involved in finding all possible reductions of a PDE of the form $F(x\text{,}t\text{,}u\text{,}{u}_x\text{,}{u}_t\text{,}{u}_{\mathit{xx}}\text{,}{u}_{\mathit{tt}}\text{,}{u}_{\mathit{xt}})=0$ to a first order ODE. Some exact solutions are also found.     

Homogeneous initial–boundary value problem of the Rosenau equation posed on a finite interval

This paper considers the IBVP of the Rosenau equation $\{\begin{array}{c}{\partial }_{t}u+{\partial }_t{\partial }_x^{4}u+{\partial }_{x}u+u{\partial }_{x}u=0\text{,}x\in (0,1),t>0\text{,}\\ u(0,x)=u_0\left(x\right)\\ u(0,t)={\partial }_x^{2}u(0,t)=0\text{,}u(1,t)={\partial }_x^{2}u(1,t)=0\text{.}\end{array}$ It is proved that this IBVP has a unique global distributional solution $u\in C([0,T];H^s(0,1))$ as initial data $u_0\in H^s(0,1)$ with $s\in [0,4]$. This is a new global well-posedness result on IBVP of the Rosenau equation with Dirichlet boundary conditions.     

Blow-up for coupled nonlinear wave equations with damping and source

We consider the system of nonlinear wave equations $\{\begin{array}{cc}{u}_{tt}+u_t+{\left|u_t\right|}^{m?1}{u}_t=\mathrm{div}\left({\rho }_1\left({\left|?u\right|}^2\right)?u\right)+f_1(u,v)\text{,}\hfill & (x,t)\in \Omega \times (0,T)\text{,}\hfill \\ v_{tt}+v_t+{\left|v_t\right|}^{r?1}{v}_t=\mathrm{div}\left({\rho }_2\left({\left|?v\right|}^2\right)?v\right)+f_2(u,v)\text{,}\hfill & (x,t)\in \Omega \times (0,T)\text{,}\hfill \end{array}$ with initial and Dirichlet boundary conditions. Under some suitable assumptions on the functions$f_1$, $f_2$, ${\rho }_1$, ${\rho }_2$, parameters $r,m$ and the initial data, the result on blow-up of solutions and upper bound of blow-up time are given.     

Singular discrete and continuous mixed boundary value problems

For each $n\in \mathbb{N}$, $n\ge 2$, we prove the existence of a solution $(u_0,\dots ,u_n)\in {\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$ of the singular discrete problem $\frac{1}{h^2}{\Delta }^2{u}_{k?1}+f(t_k,u_k)=0\text{,}k=1,\dots ,n?1\text{,}$$\Delta u_0=0\text{,}{u}_n=0\text{,}$ where $u_k>0$ for $k=0,\dots ,n?1$. Here $T\in (0,\infty )$, $h=\frac{T}{n}$, $t_k=hk$, $f(t,x):[0,T]\times (0,\infty )\to \mathbb{R}$ is continuous and has a singularity at $x=0$. We prove that for $n\to \infty$ the sequence of solutions of the above discrete problems converges to a solution $y$ of the corresponding continuous boundary value problem $y^{″}\left(t\right)+f(t,y\left(t\right))=0\text{,}$$y^{\prime }\left(0\right)=0\text{,}y\left(T\right)=0\text{.}$     

Positive solution of fourth order ordinary differential equation with four-point boundary conditions

In this work, the authors consider the fourth order nonlinear ordinary differential equation$u^{\left(4\right)}\left(t\right)=f(t,u\left(t\right))\text{,}0<t<1\text{,}$ with the four-point boundary conditions $u\left(0\right)=u\left(1\right)=0\text{,}$$a{u}^{″}\left({\xi }_1\right)-b{u}^{‴}\left({\xi }_1\right)=0\text{,}c{u}^{″}\left({\xi }_2\right)+d{u}^{‴}\left({\xi }_2\right)=0\text{,}$ where $0\le {\xi }_1<{\xi }_2\le 1$. By means of the upper and lower solution method and fixed point theorems, some results on the existence of positive solutions to the above four-point boundary value problem are obtained.