Approximation Methods for Solving the Cauchy Problem

In this paper we give some new results concerning solvability of the 1-dimensional differential equation y′ = f(x, y) with initial conditions. We study the basic theorem due to Picard. First we prove that the existence and uniqueness result remains true if f is a Lipschitz function with respect to the first argument. In the second part we give a contractive method for the proof of Picard theorem. These considerations allow us to develop two new methods for finding an approximation sequence for the solution. Finally, some applications are given.     

Controlled Radical Polymerization

Various methods which lead to the control of molecular weight and polydispersities, and which allow for the preparation of block copolymers by radical polymerization are discussed. Thermal polymerizationof styrenes in the presence of stable radicals, polymerization of vinyl acetate and methyl methacrylate in the presence of chromium complexed by macrocyclic ligands polymerization of vinyl acetate initiated by organoaluminum compounds complexed by dipyridyl and activated by stable radicals, as well as in the presence of phosphites, are described in detail.     

On Some Mean Value Points Defined by Divided Differences and Their Hyers–Ulam Stability

The aim of this paper is to establish some stability results involving generalized divided differences.     

Un problème de confinement pour une coque membranaire linéairement élastique de type elliptique

We identify, and rigorously justify by an asymptotic analysis, the variational inequalities of the two-dimensional problem satisfied by the displacement field of a linearly elastic membrane shell of elliptic type subjected to a confinement condition inside a half-space. This type of condition substantially differs from the Signorini condition usually imposed on the “lower face” of the shell.     

Asymptotic Formulas and Inequalities for the Gamma Function in Terms of the Tri-Gamma Function

Results in Mathematics - In the paper, the authors establish some asymptotic formulas and double inequalities for the factorial n! and the gamma function Γ in terms of the tri-gamma function...     

The Space of Inextensional Displacements for a Partially Clamped Linearly Elastic Shell with an Elliptic Middle Surface

We consider a linearly elastic shell with an “elliptic” middle surface, clamped along a portion of its lateral face and subjected to body forces. Under weak regularity assumptions on the middle surface, we prove that the space of linearized inextensional displacements is reduced to zero, by using unique continuation results. Consequently, when the thickness of the shell goes to zero, the limit of the average with respect to the thickness of the three-dimensional displacement vector solves the “generalized membrane” shell model, according to the terminology introduced by P.G. Ciarlet and the first author. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

An estimate of the H1-norm of deformations in terms of the L1-norm of their Cauchy–Green tensors

Let $\text{Ω}$ be a bounded open connected subset of $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ with a Lipschitz-continuous boundary and let $\text{Θ}\text{∈}\text{C}{}^1\text{(}\text{Ω}\text{;}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{)}$ be a deformation of the set $\text{Ω}$ satisfying $\text{det}\text{?Θ}\text{>0}$ in $\text{Ω}$. It is established that there exists a constant $\text{C(}\text{Θ}\text{)}$ with the following property: for each deformation $\text{Φ}\text{∈H}{}^1\text{(Ω;}\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}\text{)}$ satisfying $\text{det}\text{?Φ}\text{>0}$ a.e. in $\text{Ω}$, there exist an n×n rotation matrix $\text{R}\text{=}\text{R}\text{(}\text{Φ}\text{,}\text{Θ}\text{)}$ and a vector $\text{b}\text{=}\text{b}\text{(}\text{Φ}\text{,}\text{Θ}\text{)}$ in $\text{R}{}^{\mathrm{n}}$ such that

The proof relies in particular on a fundamental ‘geometric rigidity lemma’, recently proved by G. Friesecke, R.D. James, and S. Müller. To cite this article: P.G. Ciarlet, C. Mardare, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 338 (2004).     

Remarks on a lemma by Jacques-Louis Lions

Let Ω   be a bounded and connected open subset of R^N${\mathbb{R}}^N$ with a Lipschitz-continuous boundary ∂Ω, the set Ω being locally on one side of ∂Ω  . It is shown in this Note that a fundamental characterization of the space L²(Ω)$L^2(\Omega )$ due to Jacques-Louis Lions is in effect equivalent to a variety of other properties. One of the keys for establishing these equivalences is a specific “approximation lemma”, itself one of these equivalent properties.     

The equations of elastostatics in a Riemannian manifold

To begin with, we identify the equations of elastostatics in a Riemannian manifold, which generalize those of classical elasticity in the three-dimensional Euclidean space. Our approach relies on the principle of least energy, which asserts that the deformation of the elastic body arising in response to given loads minimizes over a specific set of admissible deformations the total energy of the elastic body, defined as the difference between the strain energy and the potential of the loads. Assuming that the strain energy is a function of the metric tensor field induced by the deformation, we first derive the principle of virtual work and the associated nonlinear boundary value problem of nonlinear elasticity from the expression of the total energy of the elastic body. We then show that this boundary value problem possesses a solution if the loads are sufficiently small (in a sense we specify).