On the energy equality of Navier–Stokes equations in general unbounded domains

We present a sufficient condition for the energy equality of Leray–Hopf’s weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in general unbounded 3-dimensional domains.     

Periodic solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations with inhomogeneous boundary conditions

We show the existence of time periodic solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations in bounded domains of \mathbb R³{\mathbb R^3} with inhomogeneous boundary conditions in the strong and weak sense. In particular, for weak solutions, we deal with more generalized conditions on the boundary data for Leray’s problem.     

On the uniqueness of time-periodic solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in unbounded domains

We present a uniqueness theorem for time-periodic solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in unbounded domains. Thus far, results on the uniqueness of time-periodic solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in unbounded domain, roughly speaking, have only found that a small time-periodic L ⁿ -solution is unique within the class of solutions which have sufficiently small L ^∞(L ⁿ )-norm. In this paper, we show that a small time-periodic L ⁿ -solution is unique within the class of all time-periodic L ⁿ -solutions, which contains large solutions. We also consider the uniqueness of solutions in weak-L ⁿ space. The proof of the present uniqueness theorem is based on the method of dual equations.      

Bifurcations of Fine 3-point-loop in Higher Dimensional Space

By using the linear independent fundamental solutions of the linear variational equation along the heteroclinic loop to establish a suitable local coordinate system in some small tubular neighborhood of the heteroclinic loop, the Poincaré map is constructed to study the bifurcation problems of a fine 3–point loop in higher dimensional space. Under some transversal conditions and the non–twisted condition, the existence, coexistence and incoexistence of 2–point–loop, 1–homoclinic orbit, simple 1–periodic orbit and 2–fold 1–periodic orbit, and the number of 1–periodic orbits are studied. Moreover, the bifurcation surfaces and existence regions are given. Lastly, the above bifurcation results are applied to a planar system and an inside stability criterion is obtained. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10371040), the Shanghai Priority Academic Disciplines and the Scientific Research Foundation of Linyi Teacher’s University     

Existence of periodic solutions for the thermistor problem with the Joule–Thomson effect

This paper deals with the existence of weak periodic solutions for a model describing the electrical heating of a conductor taking into account the Joule–Thomson effect. The periodicity of solutions is established utilizing the classical Lax–Milgram theorem and the Schauder fixed point theorem.      

On the Dynamic Programming Approach for the 3<Emphasis Type="Italic">D</Emphasis> Navier–Stokes Equations

The dynamic programming approach for the control of a 3D flow governed by the stochastic Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible fluid in a bounded domain is studied. By a compactness argument, existence of solutions for the associated Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation is proved. Finally, existence of an optimal control through the feedback formula and of an optimal state is discussed. This paper has been written at Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and at école Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Antenne de Bretagne.     

On dynamics of fluids in meteorology

We consider the full Navier-Stokes-Fourier system of equations on an unbounded domain with prescribed nonvanishing boundary conditions for the density and temperature at infinity. The topic of this article continues author’s previous works on existence of the Navier-Stokes-Fourier system on nonsmooth domains. The procedure deeply relies on the techniques developed by Feireisl and others in the series of works on compressible, viscous and heat conducting fluids.     

The unique solvability of a problem without initial conditions for linear and nonlinear elliptic-parabolic equations

The existence and the uniqueness of generalized solutions of a problem without initial conditions are established for linear and nonlinear anisotropic elliptic-parabolic second-order equations in domains unbounded in spatial variables. We put the restrictions on the behavior of solutions of the problem and the growth of its initial data at infinity. The equations have the nonlinearity exponents depending on points of the domain of definition and the direction of differentiation. Their weak solutions are taken from generalized Lebesgue–Sobolev spaces.     

Existence of non-trivial harmonic functions on Cartan–Hadamard manifolds of unbounded curvature

The Liouville property of a complete Riemannian manifold M (i.e., the question whether there exist non-trivial bounded harmonic functions on M) attracted a lot of attention. For Cartan–Hadamard manifolds the role of lower curvature bounds is still an open problem. We discuss examples of Cartan–Hadamard manifolds of unbounded curvature where the limiting angle of Brownian motion degenerates to a single point on the sphere at infinity, but where nevertheless the space of bounded harmonic functions is as rich as in the non-degenerate case. To see the full boundary the point at infinity has to be blown up in a non-trivial way. Such examples indicate that the situation concerning the famous conjecture of Greene and Wu about existence of non-trivial bounded harmonic functions on Cartan–Hadamard manifolds is much more complicated than one might have expected.      

Reproductivity for a nematic liquid crystal model

In this paper we prove existence of weak solution with the reproductivity in time property, for a penalized PDE’s system related to a nematic liquid crystal model. This problem is relatively explict when time-independent Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed for the orientation of crystal molecules. Nevertheless, for the time-dependent case, the treatment of the problem is completely different. The verification of a maximum principle for weak reproductive solutions is fundamental in the argument. Finally, the relation between reproductive and periodic in time (regular) solutions will be pointed out, differenting the 2D and 3D cases. Basically, in two-dimensional domains every reproductive solution is regular and time periodic, whereas the problem remains open for three-dimensional domains.     

On the Unique Continuation Properties for Elliptic Operators with Singular Potentials

Let u be a solution to a second order elliptic equation with singular potentials belonging to Kato-Fefferman-Phong＇s class in Lipschitz domains. An elementary proof of the doubling property for u^2 over balls is presented, if the balls are contained in the domain or centered at some points near an open subset of the boundary on which the solution u vanishes continuously. Moreover, we prove the inner unique continuation theorems and the boundary unique continuation theorems for the elliptic equations, and we derive the Bp weight properties for the solution u near the boundary.     

A bound from below for the temperature in compressible Navier–Stokes equations

We consider the full system of compressible Navier–Stokes equations for heat conducting fluid. We show that the temperature is uniformly positive for t ≥  t ₀ (for any t ₀ > 0) for any solutions with finite initial entropy. The assumptions on the viscosity and conductivity coefficients are minimal (for instance, the solutions constructed by Feireisl in (Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 26, 2004) verify all the requirements).      

On the Equivalence and Generalized of Weyl Theorem Weyl Theorem

We know that an operator T acting on a Banach space satisfying generalized Weyl＇s theorem also satisfies Weyl＇s theorem. Conversely we show that if all isolated eigenvalues of T are poles of its resolvent and if T satisfies Weyl＇s theorem, then it also satisfies generalized Weyl＇s theorem. We give also a sinlilar result for the equivalence of a-Weyl＇s theorem and generalized a-Weyl＇s theorem. Using these results, we study the case of polaroid operators, and in particular paranormal operators.     

On a Certain Class of Integral Equations Associated with Hankel Transforms

This paper deals with a new class of Fredholm integral equations of the first kind associated with Hankel transforms of integer order. Analysis of the equations is based on operators transforming Bessel functions of the first kind into kernels of Weber–Orr integral transforms. Their inverse operators are established by means of new inversion theorems for the Hankel and Weber–Orr integral transforms of functions belonging to L ¹ and L ². These operators together with the proven Paley–Wiener’s theorem for the Weber–Orr transform enable to regularize the equations and, in special cases, to derive explicit solutions. The integral equations analyzed in this paper can be employed instead of dual integral equations usually treated with the Cooke–Lebedev method. An example manifests that it may be preferable because of the possibility to control norms of operators in the regularized equations.      

Global existence of weak solutions for the Navier�CStokes equations with capillarity on the half-line

In this paper, we construct the global weak solutions to the initial-boundary problem for the Navier–Stokes system with capillarity in the half space \mathbbR₊¹{\mathbb{R}_+^1}. The result extends Eugene Tsyganov’s existence theorem which considered the problem in the finite region published in J. Differential Equaions 245:3936–3955, 2008.     

On partial regularity of suitable weak solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in unbounded domains

Consider the nonstationary Navier–Stokes equations in Ω × (0, T), where Ω is a general unbounded domain with non-compact boundary in R ³. We prove the regularity of suitable weak solutions for large |x|. It should be noted that our result also holds near the boundary. Our result extends the previous ones by Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg in R ³ and Sohr-von Wahl in exterior domains to general domains.     

Existence results for periodic solutions of integro-dynamic equations on time scales

Using the topological degree method and Schaefer’s fixed point theorem, we deduce the existence of periodic solutions of nonlinear system of integro-dynamic equations on periodic time scales. Furthermore, we provide several applications to scalar equations, in which we develop a time scale analog of Lyapunov’s direct method and prove an analog of Sobolev’s inequality on time scales to arrive at a priori bound on all periodic solutions. Therefore, we improve and generalize the corresponding results in Burton et al. (Ann Mat Pura Appl 161:271–283, 1992)      

A Convex-Analytical Approach to Extension Results for n -Cyclically Monotone Operators

Results concerning extensions of monotone operators have a long history dating back to a classical paper by Debrunner and Flor from 1964. In 1999, Voisei obtained refinements of Debrunner and Flor’s work for n-cyclically monotone operators. His proofs rely on von Neumann’s minimax theorem as well as Kakutani’s fixed point theorem. In this note, we provide a new proof of the central case of Voisei’s work. This proof is more elementary and rooted in convex analysis. It utilizes only Fitzpatrick functions and Fenchel–Rockafellar duality.      

Homotopy analysis method for generalized Benjamin–Bona–lMahony equation

An analytic technique, the homotopy analysis method (HAM), is applied to solve the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony (BBM) equation. An explicit series solution is given, different from traditional analytic techniques, our approach is independent of knowing some parameters. This analytic method provides us with a new way to obtain series solutions of such problems. The homotopy analysis method contains the auxiliary parameter ħ, which provides us with a simple way to adjust and control the convergence region of series solution.     

Jacobi transplantation revisited

A transplantation theorem for Jacobi series proved by Muckenhoupt is reinvestigated by means of a suitable variant of Calderón–Zygmund operator theory. An essential novelty of our paper is weak type (1,1) estimate for the Jacobi transplantation operator, located in a fairly general weighted setting. Moreover, L ^p estimates are proved for a class of weights that contains the class admitted in Muckenhoupt’s theorem. Research of ó. Ciaurri and K. Stempak was supported by the grant MTM2006-13000-C03-03 of the DGI. Research of A. Nowak and K. Stempak was supported by MNiSW Grant N201 054 3214285.