On modified method of simplest equation for obtaining exact and approximate solutions of nonlinear PDEs: The role of the simplest equation

The modified method of simplest equation is powerful tool for obtaining exact and approximate solutions of nonlinear PDEs. These solutions are constructed on the basis of solutions of more simple equations called simplest equations. In this paper we study the role of the simplest equation for the application of the modified method of simplest equation. We follow the idea that each function constructed as polynomial of a solution of a simplest equation is a solution of a class of nonlinear PDEs. We discuss three simplest equations: the equations of Bernoulli and Riccati and the elliptic equation. The applied algorithm is as follows. First a polynomial function is constructed on the basis of a simplest equation. Then we find nonlinear ODEs that have the constructed function as a particular solution. Finally we obtain nonlinear PDEs that by means of the traveling-wave ansatz can be reduced to the above ODEs. By means of this algorithm we make a first step towards identification of the above-mentioned classes of nonlinear PDEs.     

Exact solutions of Euler equations of ideal gasdynamics via Lie group analysis

In this paper, we explicitly characterize a class of solutions to the first order quasilinear system of partial differential equations (PDEs), governing one dimensional unsteady planar and radially symmetric flows of an adiabatic gas involving shock waves. For this, Lie group analysis is used to identify a finite number of generators that leave the given system of PDEs invariant. Out of these generators, two commuting generators are constructed involving some arbitrary constants. With the help of canonical variables associated with these two generators, the assigned system of PDEs is reduced to an autonomous system, whose simple solutions provide non trivial solutions of the original system. It is interesting to remark that one of the special solutions obtained here, using this approach, is precisely the blast wave solution known in the literature.      

Exact solutions of Euler equations of ideal gasdynamics via Lie group analysis

In this paper, we explicitly characterize a class of solutions to the first order quasilinear system of partial differential equations (PDEs), governing one dimensional unsteady planar and radially symmetric flows of an adiabatic gas involving shock waves. For this, Lie group analysis is used to identify a finite number of generators that leave the given system of PDEs invariant. Out of these generators, two commuting generators are constructed involving some arbitrary constants. With the help of canonical variables associated with these two generators, the assigned system of PDEs is reduced to an autonomous system, whose simple solutions provide non trivial solutions of the original system. It is interesting to remark that one of the special solutions obtained here, using this approach, is precisely the blast wave solution known in the literature.     

Symbolic computation of exact solutions expressible in rational formal hyperbolic and elliptic functions for nonlinear partial differential equations

With the aid of symbolic computation, some algorithms are presented for the rational expansion methods, which lead to closed-form solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). The new algorithms are given to find exact rational formal polynomial solutions of PDEs in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions, solutions of the Riccati equation and solutions of the generalized Riccati equation. They can be implemented in symbolic computation system Maple. As applications of the methods, we choose some nonlinear PDEs to illustrate the methods. As a result, we not only can successfully obtain the solutions found by most existing Jacobi elliptic function methods and Tanh-methods, but also find other new and more general solutions at the same time.     

Gradient estimates for nonlinear diffusion semigroups by coupling methods

In this paper, we obtain gradient estimates for certain nonlinear partial differential equations by coupling methods. First, we derive uniform gradient estimates for certain semi-linear PDEs based on the coupling method introduced by Wang in 2011 and the theory of backward SDEs. Then we generalize Wang's coupling to the G-expectation space and obtain gradient estimates for nonlinear diffusion semigroups, which correspond to the solutions of certain fully nonlinear PDEs.     

On the evolution equation for magnetic geodesics

Orbits of charged particles under the effect of a magnetic field are mathematically described by magnetic geodesics. They appear as solutions to a system of (nonlinear) ordinary differential equations of second order. But we are only interested in periodic solutions. To this end, we study the corresponding system of (nonlinear) parabolic equations for closed magnetic geodesics and, as a main result, eventually prove the existence of long time solutions. As generalization one can consider a system of elliptic nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) whose solutions describe the orbits of closed p-branes under the effect of a “generalized physical force”. For the corresponding evolution equation, which is a system of parabolic nonlinear PDEs associated to the elliptic PDE, we can establish existence of short time solutions.     

The use of factors to discover potential systems or linearizations

Factors of a given system of PDEs are solutions of an adjoint system of PDEs related to the system's Fréchet derivative. In this paper, we introduce the notion of potential conservation laws, arising from specific types of factors, which lead to useful potential systems. Point symmetries of a potential system could yield nonlocal symmetries of the given system and its linearization by a noninvertible mapping.We also introduce the notion of linearizing factors to determine necessary conditions for the existence of a linearization of a given system of PDEs.     

半圆域内的二维线性椭圆偏微分方程

本文研究了半圆域内的二维线性椭圆偏微分方程.利用Fokas提出的求解凸多边形区域内的线性椭圆偏微分方程的变换方法,我们改进了这个方法来研究半圆域内Laplace方程,修改Helmholtz方程和Helmholtz方程的解,并且导出了这些方程解的积分表达式,讨论了Helmholtz方程的广义Dirichlet到Neumann映射.     

Neumann Boundary Problems for Parabolic Partial Differential Equations with Divergence Terms

Potential Analysis - In this paper, we give a probabilistic interpretation for solutions to the Neumann boundary problems for a class of semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs...     

The Order Completion Method for Systems of Nonlinear PDEs: Pseudo-topological Perspectives

By setting up appropriate uniform convergence structures, we are able to reformulate the Order Completion Method of Oberguggenberger and Rosinger in a setting that more closely resembles the usual topological constructions for solving PDEs. As an application, we obtain existence and uniqueness results for the solutions of arbitrary continuous, nonlinear PDEs.      

Symmetry reductions and traveling wave solutions for the Krichever–Novikov equation

In this paper, we study the Krichever–Novikov equation from the point of view of the theory of symmetry reductions in PDEs. By using this theory, we find that for the Krichever–Novikov equation some similarity solutions are solutions with physical interest: solitons, kinks, antikinks, and compactons. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Probabilistic approach to homogenization of viscosity solutions of parabolic PDEs

In this paper, we develop the probabilistic approach to homogenization problems of viscosity solutions of systems of semilinear parabolic PDEs. Our main tool is the nonlinear Feynman-Kac formula. Received July 1998     

An indirect variable transformation approach and Jacobi elliptic solutions to Korteweg de Vries equation

Based on a variable change and the variable separated ODE method, an indirect variable transformation approach is proposed to search exact solutions to special types of partial differential equations (PDEs). The new method provides a more systematical and convenient handling of the solution process for the nonlinear equations. Its key point is to reduce the given PDEs to variable-coefficient ordinary differential equations, then we look for solutions to the resulting equations by some methods. As an application, exact solutions for the KdV equation are formally derived.     

A note on decay properties for the solutions of a class of partial differential equation with memory

The purpose of this article is to study decay properties for solutions of a class of PDEs with memory by Lyapunov functionals method. Moreover, we prove that when the kernels of the convolutions decay exponentially, the first and second order energy of the solutions decay exponentially. Also we show that when the kernels decay polynomially, these energies decay polynomially.     

Analytic approximate solutions to Burgers,Fisher, Huxley equations and two combined forms of these equations

In this paper, we are giving analytic approximate solutions to a class of nonlinear PDEs using the homotopy analysis method (HAM). The Burgers, Fisher, Huxley, Burgers–Fisher and Burgers–Huxley equations are considered. We aim two goals: one is to highlight the efficiency of HAM in solving this class of PDEs and the other is that, although the considered equations have different combinations of nonlinear terms, when applying HAM, we use the same initial guess, the same auxiliary linear operator and the same auxiliary function for all of them.     

New benchmark solutions for free vibration of clamped rectangular thick plates and their variants

It is of significance to explore benchmark analytic free vibration solutions of rectangular thick plates without two parallel simply supported edges, because the classic analytic methods are usually invalid for the problems of this category. The main challenge is to find the solutions meeting both the governing higher order partial differential equations (PDEs) and boundary conditions of the plates, i.e., to analytically solve associated complex boundary value problems of PDEs. In this letter, we extend a novel symplectic superposition method to the free vibration problems of clamped rectangular thick plates, with the analytic frequency solutions obtained by a brief set of equations. It is found that the analytic solutions of clamped plates can simply reduce to their variants with any combinations of clamped and simply supported edges via an easy relaxation of boundary conditions. The new results yielded in this letter are not only useful for rapid design of thick plate structures but also provide reliable benchmarks for checking the validity of other new solution methods.     

Fundamental solutions, transition densities and the integration of Lie symmetries

In this paper we present some new applications of Lie symmetry analysis to problems in stochastic calculus. The major focus is on using Lie symmetries of parabolic PDEs to obtain fundamental solutions and transition densities. The method we use relies upon the fact that Lie symmetries can be integrated with respect to the group parameter. We obtain new results which show that for PDEs with nontrivial Lie symmetry algebras, the Lie symmetries naturally yield Fourier and Laplace transforms of fundamental solutions, and we derive explicit formulas for such transforms in terms of the coefficients of the PDE.     

A note on the elliptic equation method

The elliptic equation method is improved for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). The rational forms of Jacobi elliptic functions are presented. By using new Jacobi elliptic function solutions of the elliptic equation, new doubly periodic solutions are obtained for some important PDEs. This method can be applied to many other nonlinear PDEs.     

On the existence and uniqueness of solutions to FBSDEs in a non-degenerate case

We prove a result of existence and uniqueness of solutions to forward–backward stochastic differential equations, with non-degeneracy of the diffusion matrix and boundedness of the coefficients as functions of x as main assumptions.This result is proved in two steps. The first part studies the problem of existence and uniqueness over a small enough time duration, whereas the second one explains, by using the connection with quasi-linear parabolic system of PDEs, how we can deduce, from this local result, the existence and uniqueness of a solution over an arbitrarily prescribed time duration. Improving this method, we obtain a result of existence and uniqueness of classical solutions to non-degenerate quasi-linear parabolic systems of PDEs.This approach relaxes the regularity assumptions required on the coefficients by the Four-Step scheme.     

PHYSICS INFORMED NEURAL NETWORKS (PINNs) FOR APPROXIMATING NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE PDEs

We propose a novel algorithm,based on physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to efficiently approximate solutions of nonlinear dispersive PDEs such as the KdV-Kawahara,Camassa-Holm and Benjamin-Ono equations.The stability of solutions of these dispersive PDEs is leveraged to prove rigorous bounds on the resulting error.We present several numerical experiments to demonstrate that PINNs can approximate solutions of these dispersive PDEs very accurately.