The generalized solution of ill-posed boundary problem

In this paper, we define a kind of new Sobolev spaces, the relative Sobolev spaces Wk,p0(Ω,∑). Then an elliptic partial differential equation of the second order with an ill-posed boundary is discussed. By utilizing the ideal of the generalized inverse of an operator, we introduce the generalized solution of the ill-posed boundary problem. Eventually, the connection between the generalized inverse and the generalized solution is studied. In this way, the non-instability of the minimal normal least square solution of the ill-posed boundary problem is avoided.     

Variational problem in the non-negative orthant of ℝ<Superscript>3</Superscript>: reflective faces and boundary influence cones

In this paper we consider the variational problem in the non-negative orthant of ℝ³. The solution of this problem gives the large deviation rate function for the stationary distribution of an SRBM (Semimartingal Reflecting Brownian Motion). Avram, Dai and Hasenbein (Queueing Syst. 37, 259–289, 2001) provided an explicit solution of this problem in the non-negative quadrant. Building on this work, we characterize reflective faces of the non-negative orthant of ℝ ^d , we construct boundary influence cones and we provide an explicit solution of several constrained variational problems in ℝ³. Moreover, we give conditions under which certain spiraling paths to a point on an axis have a cost which is strictly less than the cost of every direct path and path with two pieces.     

Homogenization of the boundary value problem for the Laplace operator in a domain perforated along (<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis> – 1)-dimensional manifold with nonlinear Robin type boundary condition on the boundary of arbitrary shaped holes: Critical case

The asymptotic behavior of the solution to the boundary value problem for the Laplace operator in a domain perforated along an (n ? 1)-dimensional manifold is studied. A nonlinear Robin-type condition is assumed to hold on the boundary of the holes. The basic difference of this work from previous ones concerning this subject is that the domain is perforated not by balls, but rather by sets of arbitrary shape (more precisely, by sets diffeomorphic to the ball). A homogenized model is constructed, and the solutions of the original problem are proved to converge to the solution of the homogenized one.     

Synchronization of boundary coupled Hindmarsh–Rose neuron network

In this work, we present a new mathematical model of a boundary coupled neuron network described by the partly diffusive Hindmarsh–Rose equations. We prove the global absorbing property of the solution semiflow and then the main result on the asymptotic synchronization of this neuron network at a uniform exponential rate provided that the boundary coupling strength and the stimulating signal exceed a quantified threshold in terms of the parameters.     

Singular boundary characteristics of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation

Situations exist in boundary value problems for first order partial differential equations arising in physics (the Hamilton–Jacobi equation), optimal control theory (the Bellman equation) and the theory of differential games (the Isaacs equation) when the value of the required function is not given on a part of the boundary or not at all, or it is not the limit of the (generalized) solution of the problem. Nevertheless, such conditions are required for constructing the solution (by the method of characteristics, for example). It is shown that the required boundary values can be exposed as a specific continuation of the conditions that are known in the boundary submanifolds of the given part of the boundary. This extension of the conditions is accomplished using the characteristic curves starting in a known submanifold of the boundary and running along the boundary. The characteristics are a generalization of the classical characteristics associated with a partial differential equation. They are called singular characteristics, and the theory of these has been developed in a number of the author's papers. After obtaining these “natural” boundary conditions, the solution is constructed using the conventional method of integrating the equations of the classical characteristics. Conditions of the Dirichlet and Neumann type are considered. The technique is illustrated using a numerical example from the theory of differential games containing a number of parameters.     

On the non-round points of the boundary of the numerical range ∗

Let A be a bounded linear operator acting on a Hilbert space. It is well known (Donoghue, 1957) that comer points of the numerical range W(A) are eigenvalues of A. Recently (1995), this result was generalized by Hiibner who showed that points of infinite curvature on the boundary of W(A) lie in the spectrum of A. Hübner also conjectured that all such points are either corner points or lie in the essential spectrum of A. In this paper, we give a short proof of this conjecture.     

Local C~k──boundary Regularity of Integral Solution Operators of the ──equations on Open Set with Piecewise C~1──boundary

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On smoothness of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Subscript>3,∞</Subscript>-solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations up to boundary

We show that L_3,-solutions to the three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations near a flat part of the boundary are smooth.Mathematics Subject Classification (1991): 35K, 76D     

Solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations with various types of boundary conditions

In this paper we consider the initial boundary value problem of the Navier–Stokes system with various types of boundary conditions. We study the global-in-time existence and uniqueness of a solution of this system. In particular, suppose that the problem is solvable with some given data (the initial velocity and the external body force). We prove that there exists a unique solution for data which are small perturbations of the previous ones.     

Positive solutions of Schrödinger equations and fine regularity of boundary points

Given a Lipschitz domain Ω in ${{\mathbb R}^N}$ and a nonnegative potential V in Ω such that V(x) d(x, ?Ω)² is bounded we study the fine regularity of boundary points with respect to the Schrödinger operator L _V := Δ ? V in Ω. Using potential theoretic methods, several conditions are shown to be equivalent to the fine regularity of ${z \in \partial \Omega}$ . The main result is a simple (explicit if Ω is smooth) necessary and sufficient condition involving the size of V for ${z \in \partial \Omega}$ to be finely regular. An intermediate result consists in a majorization of ${\int_A \vert{\frac{ u} {d(.,\partial \Omega)}}\vert^2\, dx}$ for u positive harmonic in Ω and ${A \subset \Omega}$ . Conditions for almost everywhere regularity in a subset A of ?Ω are also given as well as an extension of the main results to a notion of fine ${\mathcal{ L}_1 \vert \mathcal{L}_0}$ -regularity, if ${\mathcal{L}_j = \mathcal{L} - V_j, V_0,\, V_1}$ being two potentials, with V ₀ ≤ V ₁ and ${\mathcal{L}}$ a second order elliptic operator.     

Continuity and boundary behavior of the Carathéodory metric

The boundary behavior of the higher-order Carathéodory metrics, the singular Carathéodory metric, and the Azukawa metric near anh-extendable boundary point of a bounded smooth pseudoconvex domain in ℂⁿ are studied. Translated fromMathematicheskie Zametski, Vol. 67, No. 2, pp. 230–240, February, 2000.     

Persistency of wellposedness of Ventcel’s boundary value problem under shape deformations

Ventcel boundary conditions are second order differential conditions that appear in asymptotic models. Like Robin boundary conditions, they lead to well-posed variational problems under a sign condition of the coefficient. This is achieved when physical situations are considered. Nevertheless, situations where this condition is violated appeared in several recent works where absorbing boundary conditions or equivalent boundary conditions on rough surfaces are sought for numerical purposes. The well-posedness of such problems was recently investigated: up to a countable set of parameters, existence and uniqueness of the solution for the Ventcel boundary value problem holds without the sign condition. However, the values to be avoided depend on the domain where the boundary value problem is set. In this work, we address the question of the persistency of the solvability of the boundary value problem under domain deformation.     

A boundary expansion of solutions to nonlinear singular elliptic equations

In this paper we establish an asymptotic expansion near the boundary for solutions to the Dirichlet problem of elliptic equations with singularities near the boundary.This expansion formula shows the singularity profile of solutions at the boundary.We deal with both linear and nonlinear elliptic equations,including fully nonlinear elliptic equations and equations of Monge-Ampère type.     

Finite element boundary value integration of Wheeler–Feynman electrodynamics

The electromagnetic two-body problem is solved as a boundary value problem associated to an action functional. We show that the functional is Fréchet differentiable and that its conditions for criticality are the mixed-type neutral differential delay equations with state-dependent delay of Wheeler–Feynman electrodynamics. We construct a finite element method that finds C¹$C^1$-smooth solutions when suitable past and future positions of the particles are given as boundary data. The numerical trajectories satisfy a variational problem defined in a finite-dimensional Hermite functional space of C¹$C^1$ piecewise-polynomials. The numerical variational problem is solved using a combination of Newton’s method intercalated with boundary adjustments to ensure that the velocity of the solution is continuous with the boundary data. We recover the known circular orbits and compute several other novel trajectories of the Wheeler–Feynman electrodynamics. We also discuss the local convexity of the functional close to the new found trajectories and the possibility of solutions with less regularity.     

Classical solutions of many-dimensional elliptic–parabolic free boundary problems

We consider a free boundary problem modeling fluid flow in a partially saturated porous media. In that context an unknown function represents the pressure and satisfies an elliptic equation in the saturated domain and a quasilinear parabolic equation in the unsaturated domain. The principal part of this work is the investigation of the smoothness properties of an unknown (free) boundary between domains of ellipticity and parabolicity.      

Local boundedness of the number of solutions of Plateau’s problem for polygonal boundary curves

In the present article, the author proves two generalizations of his “finiteness-result” (I.H.P. Anal. Non-lineaire, 2006, accepted) which states for any extreme simple closed polygon that every immersed, stable disc-type minimal surface spanning Γ is an isolated point of the set of all disc-type minimal surfaces spanning Γ w.r.t. the C ⁰-topology. First, it is proved that this statement holds true for any simple closed polygon in , provided it bounds only minimal surfaces without boundary branch points. Also requiring that the interior angles at the vertices of such a polygon Γ have to be different from the author proves the existence of some neighborhood O of Γ in and of some integer , depending only on Γ, such that the number of immersed, stable disc-type minimal surfaces spanning any simple closed polygon contained in O, with the same number of vertices as Γ, is bounded by .      

Finiteness of the number of solutions of Plateau’s problem for polygonal boundary curves II

In this article, the author proves that a simple closed polygon can bound only finitely many immersed minimal surfaces of disc-type if it meets the following two requirements: firstly it has to bound only minimal surfaces without boundary branch points, and secondly its total curvature, i.e. the sum of the exterior angles at its N + 3 vertices, has to be smaller than 6π.