Global Exact Boundary Controllability for Cubic Semi-linear Wave Equations and Klein-Gordon Equations

The authors prove the global exact boundary controllability for the cubic semi-linear wave equation in three space dimensions, subject to Dirichlet, Neumann, or any other kind of boundary controls which result in the well-posedness of the corresponding initial-boundary value problem. The exponential decay of energy is first established for the cubic semi-linear wave equation with some boundary condition by the multiplier method, which reduces the global exact boundary controllability problem to a local one. The proof is carried out in line with [2, 15]. Then a constructive method that has been developed in [13] is used to study the local problem. Especially when the region is star-complemented, it is obtained that the control function only need to be applied on a relatively open subset of the boundary. For the cubic Klein-Gordon equation, similar results of the global exact boundary controllability are proved by such an idea.     

Homogenization of Elliptic Problems with Quadratic Growth and Nonhomogenous Robin Conditions in Perforated Domains

This paper deals with the homogenization of a class of nonlinear elliptic problems with quadratic growth in a periodically perforated domain. The authors prescribe a Dirichlet condition on the exterior boundary and a nonhomogeneous nonlinear Robin condition on the boundary of the holes. The main difficulty, when passing to the limit, is that the solution of the problems converges neither strongly in L~2(Ω) nor almost everywhere in Ω. A new convergence result involving nonlinear functions provides suitable weak convergence results which permit passing to the limit without using any extension operator.Consequently, using a corrector result proved in [Chourabi, I. and Donato, P., Homogenization and correctors of a class of elliptic problems in perforated domains, Asymptotic Analysis, 92(1), 2015, 1–43, DOI: 10.3233/ASY-151288], the authors describe the limit problem, presenting a limit nonlinearity which is different for the two cases, that of a Neumann datum with a nonzero average and with a zero average.     

NATURAL BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL EXTERIOR HARMONIC PROBLEM WITH AN INNER PROLATE SPHEROID BOUNDARY

In this paper, we study natural boundary reduction for Laplace equation with Dirichletor Neumann boundary condition in a three-dimensional unbounded domain, which is theoutside domain of a prolate spheroid. We express the Poisson integral formula and naturalintegral operator in a series form explicitly. Thus the original problem is reduced to aboundary integral equation on a prolate spheroid. The variational formula for the reducedproblem and its well-posedness are discussed. Boundary element approximation for thevariational problem and its error estimates, which have relation to the mesh size andthe terms after the series is truncated, are also presented. Two numerical examples arepresented to demonstrate the effectiveness and error estimates of this method.     

Exact Boundary Controllability and Exact Boundary Observability for a Coupled System of Quasilinear Wave Equations

Based on the theory of semi-global classical solutions to quasilinear hyperbolic systems, the authors apply a unified constructive method to establish the local exact boundary(null) controllability and the local boundary(weak) observability for a coupled system of 1-D quasilinear wave equations with various types of boundary conditions.     

A SYSTEM OF BOUNDARY INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS FOR HARMONIC ELASTIC WAVES IN R3

Here we derive a new representation of the derivative of the double-layer potential for harmonic elastic waves in R3.Based on this new representation,the Neumann internal problem and the Neumann external problem of harmonic elastic waves are reduced to a system of boundary integro-differential equations,which is convenient for numerical approximation.     

Uniform Asymptotic Expansion of the Voltage Potential in the Presence of Thin Inhomogeneities with Arbitrary Conductivity

Asymptotic expansions of the voltage potential in terms of the "radius" of a diametrically small(or several diametrically small) material inhomogeneity(ies) are by now quite well-known. Such asymptotic expansions for diametrically small inhomogeneities are uniform with respect to the conductivity of the inhomogeneities.In contrast, thin inhomogeneities, whose limit set is a smooth, codimension 1 manifold,σ, are examples of inhomogeneities for which the convergence to the background potential,or the standard expansion cannot be valid uniformly with respect to the conductivity, a, of the inhomogeneity. Indeed, by taking a close to 0 or to infinity, one obtains either a nearly homogeneous Neumann condition or nearly constant Dirichlet condition at the boundary of the inhomogeneity, and this difference in boundary condition is retained in the limit.The purpose of this paper is to find a "simple" replacement for the background potential, with the following properties:(1) This replacement may be(simply) calculated from the limiting domain Ω\σ, the boundary data on the boundary of Ω, and the right-hand side.(2) This replacement depends on the thickness of the inhomogeneity and the conductivity,a, through its boundary conditions on σ.(3) The difference between this replacement and the true voltage potential converges to 0 uniformly in a, as the inhomogeneity thickness tends to 0.     

POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO A SECOND-ORDER m-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM ON TIME SCALES

By a fixed point theorem in a cone,the existence of at least three positive solutions to a class of second-order multi-point boundary value problem for dynamic equation on time scales with the nonlinear term depends on the first order derivative is studied.     

On the nonexistence of a global nontrivial subsonic solution in a 3D unbounded angular domain

In this paper, under some assumptions on the flow with a low Mach number, we study the nonexistence of a global nontrivial subsonic solution in an unbounded domain Ω which is one part of a 3D ramp. The flow is assumed to be steady, isentropic and irrotational, namely, the movement of the flow is described by the potential equation. By establishing a fundamental a priori estimate on the solution of a second order linear elliptic equation in Ω with Neumann boundary conditions on Ω and Dirichlet boundary value at some point of Ω, we show that there is no global nontrivial subsonic flow with a low Mach number in such a domain Ω.     

Quenching Time for a Semilinear Heat Equation with a Nonlinear Neumann Boundary Condition

In this paper we consider the finite time quenching behavior of solutions to a semilinear heat equation with a nonlinear Neumann boundary condition. Firstly, we establish conditions on nonlinear source and boundary to guarantee that the solution doesn＇t quench for all time. Secondly, we give sufficient conditions on data such that the solution quenches in finite time, and derive an upper bound of quenching time. Thirdly, undermore restrictive conditions, we obtain a lower bound of quenching time. Finally, we give the exact bounds of quenching time of a special example.     

Immediate regularization of measure-type population densities in a two-dimensional chemotaxis system with signal consumption

This paper deals with the Neumann initial-boundary value problem for a classical chemotaxis system with signal consumption in a disk.In contrast to previous studies which have established a comprehensive theory of global classical solutions for suitably regular nonnegative initial data,the focus in the present work is on the question to which extent initially prescribed singularities can be regularized despite the presence of the nonlinear cross-diffusive interaction.The main result in this paper asserts that at least in the framework of radial solutions immediate regularization occurs under an essentially optimal condition on the initial distribution of the population density.More precisely,it will turn out that for any radially symmetric initial data belonging to the space of regular signed Borel measures for the population density and to L² for the signal density,there exists a classical solution to the Neumann initial-boundary value problem,which is smooth and approaches the given initial data in an appropriate trace sense.     

Exact Boundary Synchronization for a Coupled System of Wave Equations with Neumann Boundary Controls

In this paper, for a coupled system of wave equations with Neumann boundary controls, the exact boundary synchronization is taken into consideration. Results are then extended to the case of synchronization by groups. Moreover, the determination of the state of synchronization by groups is discussed with details for the synchronization and for the synchronization by 3-groups, respectively.     

Multiplicative controllability of heat equations with the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition

We prove the controllability of the constant target to heat equations with the homogenous Neumann boundary condition via multiplicative controls. Our results show that the temperature of the surrounding medium plays a crucial role in the controllability of the heat transfer system.     

Exact Boundary Controllability for a Coupled System of Wave Equations with Neumann Boundary Controls(Dedicated to Professor Haim Brezis on the occasion of his 70th birthday)

This paper first shows the exact boundary controllability for a coupled system of wave equations with Neumann boundary controls. In order to establish the corresponding observability inequality, the authors introduce a compact perturbation method which does not depend on the Riesz basis property, but depends only on the continuity of projection with respect to a weaker norm, which is obviously true in many cases of application. Next,in the case of fewer Neumann boundary controls, the non-exact boundary controllability for the initial data with the same level of energy is shown.     

一类边界控制半线性抛物型系统的逼近能控性

本文考虑一类Ｄｉｒｉｃｈｌｅｔ型边界控制半线性抛物型系统，应用半群理论和非线性分析的方法，证明了系统解映射的连续性，给出了系统逼近能控的一个充分条件．对于Ｎｅｕｍａｎｎ型边界控制或混合型边界控制的半线性抛物型系统，可以得到类似的结果．     

Carleman estimates for stochastic parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions and applications

By a dual method, two Carleman estimates for forward and backward stochastic parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions are established. Then they are used to study a null controllability problem and a state observation problem for some stochastic forward parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions.     

Optimization Techniques for Solving Elliptic Control Problems with Control and State Constraints: Part 1. Boundary Control

We study optimal control problems for semilinear elliptic equations subject to control and state inequality constraints. In a first part we consider boundary control problems with either Dirichlet or Neumann conditions. By introducing suitable discretization schemes, the control problem is transcribed into a nonlinear programming problem. It is shown that a recently developed interior point method is able to solve these problems even for high discretizations. Several numerical examples with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are provided that illustrate the performance of the algorithm for different types of controls including bang-bang and singular controls. The necessary conditions of optimality are checked numerically in the presence of active control and state constraints.     

Exact boundary controllability of partial nodal profile for network of strings

Based on the theory of exact boundary controllability of nodal profile for hyperbolic systems, the authors propose the concept of exact boundary controllability of partial nodal profile to expand the scope of applications. With the new concept, we can shorten the controllability time, save the number of controls, and increase the number of charged nodes with given nodal profiles. Furthermore, we introduce the concept of in-situ controlled node to deal with a new situation that one node can be charged and controlled simultaneously. The minimum number of boundary controls on the entire tree-like network is determined by using the concept of ‘degree of freedom of charged nodes’ introduced. And the concept of ‘control path’ is introduced to appropriately divide the network, so that we can determine the infimum of controllability time. General frameworks of constructive proof are given on a single interval, a star-like network, a chain-like network and a planar tree-like network for linear wave equation(s) with Dirichlet, Neumann, Robin and dissipative boundary conditions to establish a complete theory on the exact boundary controllability of partial nodal profile.