Blow-up time for solutions to some nonlinear Volterra integral equations

The problem of the estimating of a blow-up time for solutions of Volterra nonlinear integral equation with convolution kernel is studied. New estimates, lower and upper, are found and, moreover, the procedure for the improvement of the lower estimate is presented. Main results are illustrated by examples. The new estimates are also compared with some earlier ones related to a shear band model.     

Group properties of generalized quasi-linear wave equations

In this paper, complete group classification of a class of (1+1)-dimensional generalized quasi-linear wave equations is performed by using the Lie-Ovsiannikov method, additional equivalent transformation and furcate split method. Lie reductions of some truly ‘variable coefficient’ wave equations which are singled out from the classification results are investigated. Some classes of exact solutions of these ‘variable coefficient’ wave equations are constructed by means of both the reductions and the additional equivalent transformations. The nonclassical symmetries to the generalized quasi-linear wave equation are also studied. This enabled to obtain some exact solutions of the wave equations which are invariant under certain conditional symmetries.     

A class of quasi-linear parabolic and elliptic equations with nonlocal Robin boundary conditions

Let p∈(1,N), Ω⊂RN a bounded W1,p-extension domain and let μ be an upper d-Ahlfors measure on ∂Ω with d∈(N−p,N). We show in the first part that for every p∈[2N/(N+2),N)∩(1,N), a realization of the p-Laplace operator with (nonlinear) generalized nonlocal Robin boundary conditions generates a (nonlinear) strongly continuous submarkovian semigroup on L²(Ω), and hence, the associated first order Cauchy problem is well posed on Lq(Ω) for every q∈[1,∞). In the second part we investigate existence, uniqueness and regularity of weak solutions to the associated quasi-linear elliptic equation. More precisely, global a priori estimates of weak solutions are obtained.     

Blowup phenomena of the compressible Euler equations

The blowup phenomena of solutions of the compressible Euler equations is investigated. The approach is to construct the special solutions and use phase plane analysis. In particular, the special explicit solutions with velocity of the form c(t)x are constructed to show the blowup and expanding properties.     

Multivariate polynomial perturbations of algebraic equations

In this note we study multivariate perturbations of algebraic equations. In general, it is not possible to represent the perturbed solution as a Puiseux-type power series in a connected neighborhood. For the case of two perturbation parameters we provide a sufficient condition that guarantees such a representation. Then, we extend this result to the case of more than two perturbation parameters. We motivate our study by the perturbation analysis of a weighted random walk on the Web Graph. In an instance of the latter the stationary distribution of the weighted random walk, the so-called Weighted PageRank, may depend on two (or more) perturbation parameters in a manner that illustrates our theoretical development.     

Some regularity criteria for the 3D incompressible magnetohydrodynamics

In this paper, we consider regularity criterion for the three-dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamic equations. We present some sufficient integrability conditions on some components of the velocity and magnetic fields for the regularity of the weak solutions.     

Parabolic quasi‐concavity for solutions to parabolic problems in convex rings

We investigate some geometric properties of level sets of the solutions of parabolic problems in convex rings. We introduce the notion of parabolic quasi‐concavity, which involves time and space jointly and is a stronger property than the spatial quasi‐concavity, and study the convexity of superlevel sets of the solutions (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Interpolation inequality of logarithmic type in abstract Besov spaces and an application to semilinear evolution equations

An abstract version of Besov spaces is introduced by using the resolvent of nonnegative operators. Interpolation inequalities with respect to abstract Besov spaces and generalized Lorentz spaces are obtained. These inequalities provide a generalization of Sobolev inequalities of logarithmic type. Uniqueness problems to abstract semilinear evolution equations are also discussed (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Observations on the tanh-coth expansion method for finding solutions to nonlinear evolution equations

The ‘tanh-coth expansion method’ for finding solitary travelling-wave solutions to nonlinear evolution equations has been used extensively in the literature. It is a natural extension to the basic tanh-function expansion method which was developed in the 1990s. It usually delivers three types of solution, namely a tanh-function expansion, a coth-function expansion, and a tanh-coth expansion. It is known that, for every tanh-function expansion solution, there is a corresponding coth-function expansion solution. It is shown that there is a tanh-coth expansion solution that is merely a disguised version of the coth solution. In many papers, such tanh-coth solutions are erroneously claimed to be ‘new’. However, other tanh-coth solutions may be delivered that are genuinely new in the sense that they would not be delivered via the basic tanh-function method. Similar remarks apply to tan, cot and tan-cot expansion solutions.     

A new approach to numerical solution of fixed-point problems and its application to delay differential equations

In this paper we consider a certain approximation of fixed-points of a continuous operator A mapping the metric space into itself by means of finite dimensional ε(h)-fixed-points of A. These finite dimensional functions are obtained from functions defined on discrete space grid points (related to a parameter h→0) by applying suitably chosen extension operators p_h. A theorem specifying necessary and sufficient conditions for existence of fixed-points of A in terms of ε(h)-fixed-points of A is given. A corollary which follows the theorem yields an approximate method for a fixed-point problem and determines conditions for its convergence. An example of application of the obtained general results to numerical solving of boundary value problems for delay differential equations is provided.Numerical experiments carried out on three examples of boundary value problems for second order delay differential equations show that the proposed approach produces much more accurate results than many other numerical methods when applied to the same examples.