Maximum norm stability of difference schemes for parabolic equations on overset nonmatching space-time grids

In this paper, theoretical results are described on the maximum norm stability and accuracy of finite difference discretizations of parabolic equations on overset nonmatching space-time grids. We consider parabolic equations containing a linear reaction term on a space-time domain which is decomposed into an overlapping collection of cylindrical subregions of the form , for . Each of the space-time domains are assumed to be independently grided (in parallel) according to the local geometry and space-time regularity of the solution, yielding space-time grids with mesh parameters and . In particular, the different space-time grids need not match on the regions of overlap, and the time steps can differ from one grid to the next. We discretize the parabolic equation on each local grid by employing an explicit or implicit -scheme in time and a finite difference scheme in space satisfying a discrete maximum principle. The local discretizations are coupled together, without the use of Lagrange multipliers, by requiring the boundary values on each space-time grid to match a suitable interpolation of the solution on adjacent grids. The resulting global discretization yields a large system of coupled equations which can be solved by a parallel Schwarz iterative procedure requiring some communication between adjacent subregions. Our analysis employs a contraction mapping argument.

Applications of the results are briefly indicated for reaction-diffusion equations with contractive terms and heterogeneous hyperbolic-parabolic approximations of parabolic equations.

     

Some noncoercive parabolic equations with lower order terms in divergence form

This paper deals with existence and regularity results for the problem $ \cases{u_t-\mathrm{div}(a(x,t,u )\nabla u)=-\mathrm{div}(u\,E) \qquad in \Omega\times (0,T),\cr u=0 \qquad on \partial \Omega\times (0,T), \cr u (0)= u_0 \qquad in \Omega ,\cr} $ under various assumptions on E and $ u_0 $. The main difculty in studying this problem is due to the presence of the term div(uE), which makes the differential operator non coercive on the "energy space" $ L^2 (0, T; H_0^1 (\Omega)) $.AMS Subject Classification: 35K10, 35K15, 35K65.     

Asymptotic Behavior of the Density in a Parabolic SPDE

Consider the density of the solution X(t, x) of a stochastic heat equation with small noise at a fixed t[0, T], x[0, 1]. In this paper we study the asymptotics of this density as the noise vanishes. A kind of Taylor expansion in powers of the noise parameter is obtained. The coefficients and the residue of the expansion are explicitly calculated. In order to obtain this result some type of exponential estimates of tail probabilities of the difference between the approximating process and the limit one is proved. Also a suitable iterative local integration by parts formula is developed.     

Time-optimal control of a parabolic system with time lags given in the integral form

In this paper the time-optimal control problem for a distributedparabolic system in which time lags appear in the integral formboth in the state equation and in the boundary condition ispresented. The particular properties of the optimal controlare discussed.     

ATTRACTIVITY PROPERTIES OF SOLUTIONS FOR DEGENERATE QUASILINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS OF HIGHER ORDER

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A posteriori error estimation and adaptivity for degenerate parabolic problems

Two explicit error representation formulas are derived for degenerate parabolic PDEs, which are based on evaluating a parabolic residual in negative norms. The resulting upper bounds are valid for any numerical method, and rely on regularity properties of solutions of a dual parabolic problem in nondivergence form with vanishing diffusion coefficient. They are applied to a practical space-time discretization consisting of piecewise linear finite elements over highly graded unstructured meshes, and backward finite differences with varying time-steps. Two rigorous a posteriori error estimates are derived for this scheme, and used in designing an efficient adaptive algorithm, which equidistributes space and time discretization errors via refinement/coarsening. A simulation finally compares the behavior of the rigorous a posteriori error estimators with a heuristic approach, and hints at the potentials and reliability of the proposed method.

     

Abstract parabolic problems with critical nonlinearities and applications to Navier-Stokes and heat equations

We prove a local existence and uniqueness theorem for abstract parabolic problems of the type when the nonlinearity satisfies certain critical conditions. We apply this abstract result to the Navier-Stokes and heat equations.

     

色散渐减光纤中Ginzburg-Landau方程的自相似脉冲演化的解析解

采用对称约简的分析方法，得出了变系数Ginzburg-Landau方程的抛物渐近自相似脉冲解析解的一般表达式.给出了二阶色散系数纵向双曲型变化和纵向指数型变化的色散渐减光纤中自相似脉冲的振幅、啁啾以及脉冲宽度的具体形式，并与数值解进行了对比，其结果符合得很好.从而证实了稀土元素掺杂的色散渐减光纤中，在增益色散因子的影响下，脉冲的演化具有抛物型自相似特性.     

A transformation for the economization of sometoeplitz summation methods

We prove that the solution of a parabolic free boundary problem, arising from a model for some isothermal equimolal non-cathalytic reactions between a fluid and a solid (e.g. oxidization), converges to the solution of the pseudo-steady-state approximation.     

The ranks of primitive parabolic permutation representations of the simple groups B l (q), C l (q), and D l (q)

We determine the ranks of the permutation representations of the simple groups B _l (q), C _l (q), and D _l (q) on the cosets of the parabolic maximal subgroups.