Degenerate Boundary Conditions for a Third-Order Differential Equation

We consider the spectral problem y'''(x) = λy(x) with general two-point boundary conditions that do not contain the spectral parameter λ. We prove that the boundary conditions in this problem are degenerate if and only if their 3 × 6 coefficient matrix can be reduced by a linear row transformation to a matrix consisting of two diagonal 3 × 3 matrices one of which is the identity matrix and the diagonal entries of the other are all cubic roots of some number. Further, the characteristic determinant of the problem is identically zero if and only if that number is ?1. We also show that the problem in question cannot have finite spectrum.     

Formulation and well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for a diffusion equation with discontinuous degenerating coefficients

The choice of a differential diffusion operator with discontinuous coefficients that corresponds to a finite flow velocity and a finite concentration is substantiated. For the equation with a uniformly elliptic operator and a nonzero diffusion coefficient, conditions are established for the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the corresponding Cauchy problem. For the diffusion equation with degeneration on a half-line, it is proved that the Cauchy problem with an arbitrary initial condition has a unique solution if and only if there is no flux from the degeneration domain to the ellipticity domain of the operator. Under this condition, a sequence of solutions to regularized problems is proved to converge uniformly to the solution of the degenerate problem in L ₁(R) on each interval.     

Nonlinear differential algebraic equations

We consider a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations that are not solved with respect to the derivative of the unknown vector function and degenerate identically in the domain of definition. We obtain conditions for the existence of an operator transforming the original system to the normal form and prove a general theorem on the solvability of the Cauchy problem.     

Inhomogeneous degenerate Sobolev type equations with delay

Under consideration is the first order linear inhomogeneous differential equation in an abstract Banach space with a degenerate operator at the derivative, a relatively p-radial operator at the unknown function, and a continuous delay operator. We obtain conditions of unique solvability of the Cauchy problem and the Showalter problem by means of degenerate semigroup theory methods. These general results are applied to the initial boundary value problems for systems of integrodifferential equations of the type of phase field equations.     

Hyperbolicity of periodic solutions of functional differential equations with several delays

We study conditions for the hyperbolicity of periodic solutions to nonlinear functional differential equations in terms of the eigenvalues of the monodromy operator. The eigenvalue problem for the monodromy operator is reduced to a boundary value problem for a system of ordinary differential equations with a spectral parameter. This makes it possible to construct a characteristic function. We prove that the zeros of this function coincide with the eigenvalues of the monodromy operator and, under certain additional conditions, the multiplicity of a zero of the characteristic function coincides with the algebraic multiplicity of the corresponding eigenvalue.     

Triviality of totally conservative solutions of a stochastic partial differential equation with power-law nonlinearities

We obtain conditions under which a totally conservative solution of the Cauchy problem for a stochastic partial differential equation of parabolic type with nonlinearities of power-law type can only be the identically zero solution.     

Uniform asymptotics of the boundary values of the solution in a linear problem on the run-up of waves on a shallow beach

We consider the Cauchy problem with spatially localized initial data for a two-dimensional wave equation with variable velocity in a domain Ω. The velocity is assumed to degenerate on the boundary ?Ω of the domain as the square root of the distance to ?Ω. In particular, this problems describes the run-up of tsunami waves on a shallow beach in the linear approximation. Further, the problem contains a natural small parameter (the typical source-to-basin size ratio) and hence admits analysis by asymptotic methods. It was shown in the paper “Characteristics with singularities and the boundary values of the asymptotic solution of the Cauchy problem for a degenerate wave equation” [1] that the boundary values of the asymptotic solution of this problem given by a modified Maslov canonical operator on the Lagrangian manifold formed by the nonstandard characteristics associatedwith the problemcan be expressed via the canonical operator on a Lagrangian submanifold of the cotangent bundle of the boundary. However, the problem as to how this restriction is related to the boundary values of the exact solution of the problem remained open. In the present paper, we show that if the initial perturbation is specified by a function rapidly decaying at infinity, then the restriction of such an asymptotic solution to the boundary gives the asymptotics of the boundary values of the exact solution in the uniform norm. To this end, we in particular prove a trace theorem for nonstandard Sobolev type spaces with degeneration at the boundary.     

Set-valued mappings specified by regularization of the Schrödinger equation with degeneration

The Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger equation with an operator degenerating on a half-line and a family of regularized Cauchy problems with uniformly elliptic operators, whose solutions approximate the solution to the degenerate problem, are considered. A set-valued mapping is investigated that takes a bounded operator to a set of partial limits of values of its quadratic form on solutions of the regularized problems when the regularization parameter tends to zero. The dynamics of quantum states are determined by applying an averaging procedure to the set-valued mapping.     

The Cauchy Problem for a Differential Inclusion in Banach Spaces and Distribution Spaces

We study well-posedness of degenerate Cauchy problems treated as Cauchy problems for a differential inclusion with a multivalued linear operator. Using a new approach to the definition of degenerate integrated semigroups and their generators in a Banach space, we obtain a well-posedness criterion for the problem. Moreover, we consider the Cauchy problem for a differential inclusion in the space of abstract distributions and give necessary and sufficient conditions for well-posedness in the distribution space.     

Spectral aspects of regularization of the Cauchy problem for a degenerate equation

We study the Cauchy problem for an equation whose generating operator is degenerate on some subset of the coordinate space. To approximate a solution of the degenerate problem by solutions of well-posed problems, we define a class of regularizations of the degenerate operator in terms of conditions on the spectral properties of approximating operators. We show that the behavior (convergence, compactness, and the set of partial limits in some topology) of the sequence of solutions of regularized problems is determined by the deficiency indices of the degenerate operator. We define an approximative solution of the degenerate problem as the limit of the sequence of solutions of regularized problems and analyze the dependence of the approximative solution on the choice of an admissible regularization.     

On Properties of Solutions of the Cauchy Problem for the Schrodinger Equation Degenerate on the Half-Line

We consider the Schrodinger equation on the half-line describing a particle with mass depending on its location. We study the Cauchy problem for the Schrodinger equation with degenerate operator whose characteristic form vanishes on the half-line. A sequence of regularizing Cauchy problems with uniformly elliptic operators is considered, and the convergence of the sequence of solutions of nondegenerate problems to the solution of the degenerate problem is examined.__________Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 10, Suzdal Conference-4, 2003.     

Asymptotic analysis of singularly perturbed integro-differential equations with zero operator in the differential part

We consider an integro-differential system with identically zero operator in the differential part. We construct a regularized asymptotics of the solution of this system for two cases, one in which the integral operator contains an exponentially varying factor and the other in which it does not. On the basis of the resulting asymptotic expansion, we study the passage to the limit in the system and present conditions under which this passage is uniform on the entire range of the independent variable (including the boundary layer region).     

On an inverse problem for the Sturm-Liouville operator with degenerate boundary conditions

We consider the spectral problem generated by the Sturm-Liouville equation on the interval (0, π) with degenerate boundary conditions. We derive sufficient conditions for an entire analytic function to be the characteristic determinant of this boundary value problem.     

A class of quasilinear degenerate elliptic problems

We establish the existence of solutions for a class of quasilinear degenerate elliptic equations. The equations in this class satisfy a structure condition which provides ellipticity in the interior of the domain, and degeneracy only on the boundary. Equations of transonic gas dynamics, for example, satisfy this property in the region of subsonic flow and are degenerate across the sonic surface. We prove that the solution is smooth in the interior of the domain but may exhibit singular behavior at the degenerate boundary. The maximal rate of blow-up at the degenerate boundary is bounded by the “degree of degeneracy” in the principal coefficients of the quasilinear elliptic operator. Our methods and results apply to the problems recently studied by several authors which include the unsteady transonic small disturbance equation, the pressure-gradient equations of the compressible Euler equations, and the singular quasilinear anisotropic elliptic problems, and extend to the class of equations which satisfy the structure condition, such as the shallow water equation, compressible isentropic two-dimensional Euler equations, and general two-dimensional nonlinear wave equations. Our study provides a general framework to analyze degenerate elliptic problems arising in the self-similar reduction of a broad class of two-dimensional Cauchy problems.     

Holomorphic vector fields with totally degenerate zeroes

A zero set of a holomorphic vector field is totally degenerate, if the endomorphism of the conormal sheaf induced by the vector field is identically zero. By studying a class of foliations generalizing foliations of C^*-actions, we show that if a projective manifold admits a holomorphic vector field with a smooth totally degenerate zero component,then the manifold is stably birational to that component of the zero set.When the vector field has an isolated totally degenerate zero, we prove that the manifold is rational. This is a special case of Carrell's conjecture.     

On dynamics of quantum states generated by the Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger equation with degeneration on the half-line

The paper considers the Cauchy problem for the Schrödinger equation with operator degenerate on the semiaxis and the family of regularized Cauchy problems with uniformly elliptic operators whose solutions approximate the solution of the degenerate problem. The author studies the strong and weak convergences of the regularized problems and the convergence of values of quadratic forms of bounded operators on solutions of the regularized problems when the regularization parameter tends to zero.     

A Nonlinear Drift - Diffusion System with Electric Convection Arising in Electrophoretic and Semiconductor Modeling

A multi-dimensional transient drift-diffusion model for (at most) three charged particles, consisting of the continuity equations for the concentrations of the species and the Poisson equation for the electric potential, is considered. The diffusion terms depend on the concentrations. Such a system arises in electrophoretic modeling of three species (neutrally, positively and negatively charged) and in semiconductor theory for two species (positively charged holes and negatively charged electrons). Diffusion terms of degenerate type are also possible in semiconductor modeling. For the initial boundary value problem with mixed Dirichlet - Neumann boundary conditions and general reaction rates, a global existence result is proved. Uniqueness of solutions follows in the Dirichlet boundary case if the diffusion terms are uniformly parabolic or if the initial and boundary densities are strictly positive. Finally, we prove that solutions exist which are positive uniformly in time and globally bounded if the reaction rates satisfy appropriate growth conditions.     

On the uniqueness of the solution of nonlinear differential-algebraic systems

We consider the Cauchy problem for a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations unsolved for the derivative of the unknown vector function and identically degenerate in the domain. We prove a theorem on the coincidence of two smooth solutions of the considered problem. We show that, under some additional assumptions, the above-mentioned problem cannot have classical solutions with less smoothness. We obtain conditions under which the problem has a fixed finite number of solutions.     

Minimal compact global attractor for a damped semilinear wave equation

Abstract

The asymptotic behavior of eigenvalues of an elliptic operator with a divergence form is discussed. The coefficients of the operator are discontinuous through a boundary of a subdomain and degenerate to zero on the subdomain when a parameter tends to zero. We will prove that the eigenvalues approach eigenvalues of the Laplacian on the subdomain or on the complement. We will obtain precise asymptotic behavior of their convergence.