A microscopic convexity principle for nonlinear partial differential equations

We study microscopic convexity property of fully nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. Under certain general structure condition, we establish that the rank of Hessian ∇ ² u is of constant rank for any convex solution u of equation F(∇ ² u,∇ u,u,x)=0. The similar result is also proved for parabolic equations. Some of geometric applications are also discussed. Research of the first author was supported in part by NSFC No.10671144 and National Basic Research Program of China (2007CB814903). Research of the second author was supported in part by an NSERC Discovery Grant.     

Estimates of solutions of initial-irregular oblique derivative problems for fully nonlinear parabolic equations

In this paper the initial-irregular oblique derivative problems for fully nonlinear parabolic equations of second order are proposed, and then some a priori estimates of solutions for the above problems are given.     

Strong solutions of a class of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations

This paper is concerned with the Cauchy problem of a class of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations with reaction sources. After establishing the necessary local existence theorems of strong solutions, we investigate the blow‐up and global existence profile. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Regularity theory for Ln-viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations with asymptotical approximate convexity

We develop interior $W^{2,p,\mu }$ and $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity theories for $L^n$-viscosity solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations $T(D^{2}u,x)=f(x)$, where T is approximately convex at infinity. Particularly, $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity theory holds if operator T is locally semiconvex near infinity and all eigenvalues of $D^{2}T(M)$ are at least $?C{6M6}^{?(1+{\sigma }_0)}$ as $M\to \infty$. $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity for some Isaacs equations is given. We also show that the set of fully nonlinear operators of $W^{2,\text{BMO}}$ regularity theory is dense in the space of fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operators.     

Convergence of solutions to nonlinear dispersive equations without convexity conditions

This paper gets a series of results about the convergence of solutions {u_δ ^c} for partial differential equations of the form u_t + f_x(u) + δu_χχχ ≡ εu_χχ and u_t + f_χ(u) + δu_χχχ ≡ εu_χχ as ε and δ approach zero. Where the flux functions need no convexity conditions     

Viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear parabolic systems

In this paper, we discuss the viscosity solutions of the weakly coupled systems of fully nonlinear second-order degenerate parabolic equations and their Cauchy-Dirichlet problem. We prove the existence, uniqueness and continuity of viscosity solution by combining Perron's method with the technique of coupled solutions. The results here generalize those in Proc. London Math. Soc. 63 (1991) 212-240 and Comm. Partial Differential Equations 16 (1991) 1095-1128.     

A comparison principle for nonlocal coupled systems of fully nonlinear parabolic equations

In this note, we establish a quite general comparison principle for a class of coupled systems of fully nonlinear parabolic equations subject to nonlocal boundary conditions.     

Uniqueness of numerical solutions to nonlinear parabolic equations by a fully implicit discontinuous Galerkin method

We prove uniqueness of numerical solutions to nonlinear parabolic equations approximated by a fully implicit interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin (IPDG) method, with a mesh-independent constraint on time step.     

Lorentz estimates for asymptotically regular fully nonlinear parabolic equations

We prove a global Lorentz estimate of the Hessian of strong solutions to the Cauchy–Dirichlet problem for a class of fully nonlinear parabolic equations with asymptotically regular nonlinearity over a bounded C^{1, 1} domain. Here, we mainly assume that the associated regular nonlinearity satisfies uniformly parabolicity and the ‐vanishing condition, and the approach of constructing a regular problem by an appropriate transformation is employed.     

Fujita type exponent for fully nonlinear parabolic equations and existence results

In this paper, we prove that a class of parabolic equations involving a second order fully nonlinear uniformly elliptic operator has a Fujita type exponent. These exponents are related with an eigenvalue problem in all RN and play the same role in blow-up theorems as the classical p^?=1+2/N introduced by Fujita for the Laplacian. We also obtain some associated existence results.     

Lower inequalities of heat semigroups by using parabolic maximum principle

Using parabolic maximum principle, we apply the analytic method to obtain lower comparison inequalities for non-negative weak supersolutions of the heat equation associated with a regular strongly ρ-local Dirichle form on the abstract metric measure space. As an application, we obtain lower estimates for heat kernels on some Riemannian manifolds.     

Classical solutions for a class of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations

This paper is concerned with the existence and comparison principle of classical solutions for a class of fully nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations.     

Renormalized solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations with general measure data

Let a bounded open set, N ≥  2, and let p > 1; we prove existence of a renormalized solution for parabolic problems whose model is

Backward uniqueness for solutions of linear parabolic equations

We address the backward uniqueness property for the equation in . We show that under rather general conditions on and , implies that vanishes to infinite order for all points . It follows that the backward uniqueness holds if and when n/2$">. The borderline case is also covered with an additional continuity and smallness assumption.

     

Complement of gradient estimates and Liouville theorems for nonlinear parabolic equations on noncompact Riemannian manifolds

In this paper, along the idea of Souplet and Zhang, we deduce a local elliptic‐type gradient estimates for positive solutions of the nonlinear parabolic equation: on for α ≥ 1 and α ≤ 0. As applications, related Liouville‐type theorem is exported. Our results are complement of known results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Uniqueness and non-uniqueness of bounded solutions to singular nonlinear parabolic equations

We investigate well-posedness of initial-boundary value problems for a class of nonlinear parabolic equations with variable density. At some part of the boundary, called singular boundary, the density can either vanish or diverge or not need to have a limit. We provide simple conditions for uniqueness or non-uniqueness of bounded solutions, depending on the behaviour of the density near the singular boundary.     

A note on the uniqueness of entropy solutions of nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations

Following the lead of [Carrillo, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 147 (1999) 269-361], recently several authors have used Kru?kov's device of “doubling the variables” to prove uniqueness results for entropy solutions of nonlinear degenerate parabolic equations. In all these results, the second order differential operator is not allowed to depend explicitly on the spatial variable, which certainly restricts the range of applications of entropy solution theory. The purpose of this paper is to extend a version of Carrillo's uniqueness result to a class of degenerate parabolic equations with spatially dependent second order differential operator. The class is large enough to encompass several interesting nonlinear partial differential equations coming from the theory of porous media flow and the phenomenological theory of sedimentation-consolidation processes.