High accuracy analysis of the characteristic‐nonconforming FEM for a convection‐dominated transport problem

A low order characteristic‐nonconforming finite element method is proposed for solving a two‐dimensional convection‐dominated transport problem. On the basis of the distinguish property of element, that is, the consistency error can be estimated as order O(h²), one order higher than that of its interpolation error, the superclose result in broken energy norm is derived for the fully discrete scheme. In the process, we use the interpolation operator instead of the so‐called elliptic projection, which is an indispensable tool in the traditional finite element analysis. Furthermore, the global superconvergence is obtained by using the interpolated postprocessing technique. Lastly, some numerical experiments are provided to verify our theoretical analysis. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Construction of high‐energy solutions for the supercritical biharmonic Schrödinger equation

We consider the problem Δ²u = V(x)u^{p + ?} in with u,Δu→0 as |x|→ + ∞, where , N ≥ 5, V is a positive continuous potential. Our aim is to construct high‐energy solutions for this equation by applying the finite‐dimensional reduction method and the penalization method.     

Global existence and bounds for blow‐up time in a class of nonlinear pseudo‐parabolic equations with a memory term

In this article, we consider the initial boundary value problem for a class of nonlinear pseudo‐parabolic equations with a memory term: Under suitable assumptions, we obtain the local and global existence of the solution by Galerkin method. We prove finite‐time blow‐up of the solution for initial data at arbitrary energy level and obtain upper bounds for blow‐up time by using the concavity method. In addition, by means of differential inequality technique, we obtain a lower bound for blow‐up time of the solution if blow‐up occurs.     

A Legendre spectral element method (SEM) based on the modified bases for solving neutral delay distributed‐order fractional damped diffusion‐wave equation

The main purpose of the current paper is to propose a new numerical scheme based on the spectral element procedure for simulating the neutral delay distributed‐order fractional damped diffusion‐wave equation. To this end, the temporal direction has been discretized by a finite difference formula with convergence order where 1<α<2. In the next, to obtain a full‐discrete scheme, we apply the spectral finite element method on the spatial direction. Furthermore, the unconditional stability of semidiscrete scheme and convergence order of full‐discrete scheme of new technique are discussed. Finally, 2 test problems have been considered to demonstrate the ability and efficiency of the proposed numerical technique.     

A Keller‐Segel‐fluid system with singular sensitivity: Generalized solutions

In bounded smooth domains , N ∈ {2,3}, we consider the Keller‐Segel‐Stokes system and prove global existence of generalized solutions if These solutions are such that blow‐up into a persistent Dirac‐type singularity is excluded.     

Schrödinger‐Poisson system with Hardy‐Littlewood‐Sobolev critical exponent

In this paper, we consider the following Schrödinger‐Poisson system: where parameters α,β∈(0,3),λ>0, , , and are the Hardy‐Littlewood‐Sobolev critical exponents. For α<β and λ>0, we prove the existence of nonnegative groundstate solution to above system. Moreover, applying Moser iteration scheme and Kelvin transformation, we show the behavior of nonnegative groundstate solution at infinity. For β<α and λ>0 small, we apply a perturbation method to study the existence of nonnegative solution. For β<α and λ is a particular value, we show the existence of infinitely many solutions to above system.     

Finite time blowup for Klein‐Gordon‐Schrödinger system

We investigate the blowup solutions to the Klein‐Gordon‐Schrödinger (KGS) system with power nonlinearity in spatial dimensions (N ≥ 2). Relying on a Lyapunov functional, we establish a perturbed virial‐type identity and prove the existence of blowup solutions for the system with a negative energy and small mass. Moreover, we obtain a new finite‐time blowup result of solutions to KGS system in the energy space by constructing a differential inequality.     

Reciprocity formulae for generalized Dedekind‐Vasyunin‐cotangent sums

Recently, several works are done on the generalized Dedekind‐Vasyunin sum where and q are positive coprime integers, and ζ(a,x) denotes the Hurwitz zeta function. We prove explicit formula for the symmetric sum which is a new reciprocity law for the sum . Our result is a complement to recent results dealing with the sum studied by Bettin‐Conrey and then by Auli‐Bayad‐Beck. Accidentally, when a = 0, our reciprocity formula improves the known result in a previous study.     

Traveling waves in a diffusive epidemic model with criss‐cross mechanism

In this paper, we propose a reaction‐diffusion system to describe the spread of infectious diseases within two population groups by self and criss‐cross infection mechanism. Firstly, based on the eigenvalues, we give two methods for the calculation of the critical wave speed c^?. Secondly, by constructing a pair of upper‐lower solutions and using the Schauder fixed‐point theorem, we prove that the system admits positive traveling wave solutions, which connect the initial disease‐free equilibrium at t = ?∞, but the traveling waves need not connect the final disease‐free equilibrium at t = +∞. Hence, we study the asymptotic behaviors of the traveling wave solutions to show that the traveling wave solutions converge to at t = +∞. Finally, by the two‐sided Laplace transform, we establish the nonexistence of traveling waves for the model. The approach in this paper provides an effective method to deal with the existence of traveling wave solutions for the nonmonotone reaction‐diffusion systems consisting of four equations.     

Multiple positive solutions for Schrödinger‐Poisson system involving singularity and critical exponent

In this paper, the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions is established for Schrödinger‐Poisson system of the form where 0 ∈ Ω is a smooth bounded domain in , , and λ > 0 is a real parameter. Combining with the variational method and Nehari manifold method, two positive solutions of the system are obtained.     

An Osgood type regularity criterion for the 2D Oldroyd‐B model

By means of the Littlewood‐Paley decomposition and the div‐curl Theorem by Coifman‐Lions‐Meyer‐Semmes, we prove an Osgood type regularity criterion for the 2D incompressible Oldroyd‐B model, that is, where denotes the Fourier localization operator whose spectrum is supported in the shell {|ξ|≈2^j}.     

Blow‐up dynamics of L2−critical inhomogeneous fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The purpose of this work is to investigate the blow‐up dynamics of L²?critical focusing inhomogeneous fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation: with 0<b<1. For this, we establish a new compactness lemma related to the equation. By applying this lemma, we study the dynamical behavior for blow‐up solutions for initial data satisfying , where Q is the ground state solution of our problem.     

Fibrations of 2‐crossed modules

In this study, we mainly show that the functor from the category X₂Mod of 2‐crossed modules of groups to the category Groups of groups assigning to each 2‐crossed module the group P, and to each 2‐crossed module morphism the group homomorphism f₀ is a fibration. In addition, we study some related properties.     

Heinz‐type inequality and bi‐Lipschitz continuity for quasiconformal mappings satisfying inhomogeneous biharmonic equations

Let be the class of all sense‐preserving homeomorphic self‐mappings of . The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we obtain Heinz‐type inequality for (K,K′)‐quasiconformal mappings satisfying inhomogeneous biharmonic equation Δ(Δω) = g in unit disk with associated boundary value conditions and . Second, we establish biLipschitz continuity for (K,K′)‐quasiconformal mappings satisfying aforementioned inhomogeneous biharmonic equation when and are small enough.     

Oscillation result for half‐linear dynamic equations on timescales and its consequences

We study oscillatory properties of half‐linear dynamic equations on timescales. Via the combination of the Riccati technique and an averaging method, we find the domain of oscillation for many equations. The presented main result is not the conversion of a known result from the theory of differential or difference equations, ie, we obtain new results for the timescales (for differential equations) and (for difference equations). Half‐linear equations generalize linear equations (in fact, they coincide with certain one‐dimensional PDEs with p‐Laplacian), but the main result is new also for linear differential and difference equations. The corresponding corollaries and examples are given as well.     

The Gerdjikov‐Ivanov–type derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation: Long‐time dynamics of nonzero boundary conditions

We consider the Gerdjikov‐Ivanov–type derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation on the line. The initial value q(x,0) is given and satisfies the symmetric, nonzero boundary conditions at infinity, that is, q(x,0)→q_± as x→±∞, and |q_±|=q₀>0. The goal of this paper is to study the asymptotic behavior of the solution of this initial value problem as t→∞. The main tool is the asymptotic analysis of an associated matrix Riemann‐Hilbert problem by using the steepest descent method and the so‐called g‐function mechanism. We show that the solution q(x,t) of this initial value problem has a different asymptotic behavior in different regions of the xt‐plane. In the regions and , the solution takes the form of a plane wave. In the region , the solution takes the form of a modulated elliptic wave.     

Two‐dimensional solvable system of difference equations with periodic coefficients

We show that the following two‐dimensional system of difference equations: where , , , and are periodic sequences, is solvable, considerably extending some results in the literature. In the case when all these four sequences are periodic with period 2 or with period 3, we present closed‐form formulas for the general solutions to the corresponding systems of difference equations. Some comments regarding theoretical and practical solvability of the system, connected to the value of the period of the sequences, are given.     

Controllability of second‐order Sobolev‐type impulsive delay differential systems

In this paper, we study some controllability results for second‐order Sobolev‐type impulsive integrodifferential systems with finite delay. The results are obtained by using the concepts of measure of noncompactness and Mönch's fixed point theorem. Particularly, we consider the damping term y′(·) and find a control u such that the mild solution satisfies y(T) = y_T and . Finally, an application is given to illustrate the obtained results.     

The theta‐Galerkin finite element method for coupled systems resulting from microsensor thermistor problems

This paper is devoted to the analysis of a linearized theta‐Galerkin finite element method for the time‐dependent coupled systems resulting from microsensor thermistor problems. Hereby, we focus on time discretization based on θ‐time stepping scheme with including the standard Crank‐Nicolson ( ) and the shifted Crank‐Nicolson ( , where δ is the time‐step) schemes. The semidiscrete formulation in space is presented and optimal error bounds in L²‐norm and the energy norm are established. For the fully discrete system, the optimal error estimates are derived for the standard Crank‐Nicolson, the shifted Crank‐Nicolson, and the general case where with k=0,1 . Finally, numerical simulations that validate the theoretical findings are exhibited.