Vacuum states on compressible Navier-Stokes equations with general density-dependent viscosity and general pressure law

In this paper,we study the one-dimensional motion of viscous gas with a general pres- sure law and a general density-dependent viscosity coefficient when the initial density connects to the vacuum state with a jump.We prove the global existence and the uniqueness of weak solutions to the compressible Navier-Stokes equations by using the line method.For this,some new a priori estimates are obtained to take care of the general viscosity coefficientμ(ρ)instead ofρ~θ.     

Global solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flow with density-dependent viscosity and discontinuous initial data

In this paper, we study the evolutions of the interfaces between the gas and the vacuum for viscous one-dimensional isentropic gas motions. We prove the global existence and uniqueness for discontinuous solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flow with density-dependent viscosity coefficient. Precisely, the viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρ^θ with 0<θ<1. Specifically, we require that the initial density be piecewise smooth with arbitrarily large jump discontinuities, bounded above and below away from zero, in the interior of gas. We show that the discontinuities in the density persist for all time, and give a decay result for the density as t→+∞.     

Global existence of solutions for compressible Navier-Stokes equations with vacuum

In this paper, we will investigate the global existence of solutions for the one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations when the density is in contact with vacuum continuously. More precisely, the viscosity coefficient is assumed to be a power function of density, i.e., μ(ρ)=Aρθ, where A and θ are positive constants. New global existence result is established for 0<θ<1 when the initial density appears vacuum in the interior of the gas, which is the novelty of the presentation.     

On classical solutions of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with nonnegative initial densities

We study the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible barotropic fluids in a bounded or unbounded domain Ω of R³. We first prove the local existence of solutions (ρ,u) in C([0,T_*]; (ρ^∞ +H³(Ω)) × under the assumption that the data satisfies a natural compatibility condition. Then deriving the smoothing effect of the velocity u in t>0, we conclude that (ρ,u) is a classical solution in (0,T_**)×Ω for some T_** ∈ (0,T_*]. For these results, the initial density needs not be bounded below away from zero and may vanish in an open subset (vacuum) of Ω.     

Correlation structure of intermittency in the parabolic Anderson model

Consider the Cauchy problem ∂u(x, t)/∂t = ℋu(x, t) (x∈ℤ^d, t≥ 0) with initial condition u(x, 0) ≡ 1 and with ℋ the Anderson Hamiltonian ℋ = κΔ + ξ. Here Δ is the discrete Laplacian, κ∈ (0, ∞) is a diffusion constant, and ξ = {ξ(x): x∈ℤ ^d } is an i.i.d.random field taking values in ℝ. G?rtner and Molchanov (1990) have shown that if the law of ξ(0) is nondegenerate, then the solution u is asymptotically intermittent. In the present paper we study the structure of the intermittent peaks for the special case where the law of ξ(0) is (in the vicinity of) the double exponential Prob(ξ(0) > s) = exp[−e ^{s /θ}] (s∈ℝ). Here θ∈ (0, ∞) is a parameter that can be thought of as measuring the degree of disorder in the ξ-field. Our main result is that, for fixed x, y∈ℤ ^d and t→∈, the correlation coefficient of u(x, t) and u(y, t) converges to ∥w _ρ∥⁻² _ℓ2Σ_{z ∈ℤd} w _ρ(x+z)w _ρ(y+z). In this expression, ρ = θ/κ while w _ρ:ℤ^d→ℝ⁺ is given by w _ρ = (v _ρ)^{⊗ d} with v _ρ: ℤ→ℝ⁺ the unique centered ground state (i.e., the solution in ℓ²(ℤ) with minimal l ²-norm) of the 1-dimensional nonlinear equation Δv + 2ρv log v = 0. The uniqueness of the ground state is actually proved only for large ρ, but is conjectured to hold for any ρ∈ (0, ∞). empty It turns out that if the right tail of the law of ξ(0) is thicker (or thinner) than the double exponential, then the correlation coefficient of u(x, t) and u(y, t) converges to δ _{x, y} (resp.the constant function 1). Thus, the double exponential family is the critical class exhibiting a nondegenerate correlation structure. Received: 5 March 1997 / Revised version: 21 September 1998     

Compressible Navier–Stokes equations with vacuum state in the case of general pressure law

In this paper, we consider the one‐dimensional compressible isentropic Navier–Stokes equations with a general ‘pressure law’ and the density‐dependent viscosity coefficient when the density connects to vacuum continuously. Precisely, the viscosity coefficient µ is proportional to ρ^θ and 0<θ<1, where ρ is the density. And the pressure P = P(ρ) is a general ‘pressure law’. The global existence and the uniqueness of weak solutions is proved, and a decay result for the pressure as t→ + ∞ is given. It is also proved that no vacuum states and no concentration states develop, and the free boundary do not expand to infinite. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On representation of the solution of the Neumann problem in a domain with peak by the harmonic simple layer potential

The problem of finding a solution of the Neumann problem for the Laplacian in the form of a simple layer potential Vρ with unknown density ρ is known to be reducible to a boundary integral equation of the second kind to be solved for density. The Neumann problem is examined in a bounded n-dimensional domain Ω⁺ (n > 2) with a cusp of an outward isolated peak either on its boundary or in its complement Ω⁻ = R ⁿ \Ω⁺. Let Γ be the common boundary of the domains Ω^±, Tr(Γ) be the space of traces on Γ of functions with finite Dirichlet integral over R ⁿ , and Tr(Γ)* be the dual space to Tr(Γ). We show that the solution of the Neumann problem for a domain Ω⁻ with a cusp of an inward peak may be represented as Vρ⁻, where ρ⁻ ∈ Tr(Γ)* is uniquely determined for all Ψ⁻ ∈ Tr(Γ)*. If Ω⁺ is a domain with an inward peak and if Ψ⁺ ∈ Tr(Γ)*, Ψ⁺ ⊥ 1, then the solution of the Neumann problem for Ω⁺ has the representation u ⁺ = Vρ⁺ for some ρ⁺ ∈ Tr(Γ)* which is unique up to an additive constant ρ₀, ρ₀ = V ⁻¹(1). These results do not hold for domains with outward peak.     

Remark on the Regularities of Kato’s Solutions to Navier-Stokes Equations with Initial Data in L^d(R^d)

Motivated by the results of J. Y. Chemin in ＂J. Anal. Math., 77, 1999, 27- 50＂ and G. Furioli et al in ＂Revista Mat. Iberoamer., 16, 2002, 605-667＂, the author considers further regularities of the mild solutions to Navier-Stokes equation with initial data uo ∈ L^d（R^d）. In particular, it is proved that if u C ∈（[0, T^＊）; L^d（R^d）） is a mild solution of （NSv）, then u（t,x）- e^vt△uo ∈ L^∞（（0, T）;B2/4^1,∞）~∩L^1 （（0, T）; B2/4^3 ,∞） for any T 〈 T^＊.     

Almost-all results on the p λ problem. II

Summary Suppose that 1/2 ≦ λ < 1. Balog and Harman proved that for any real θ there exist infinitely many primes p satisfying p^λ-θ < p^{-(1-λ)/2+ ε} (with an asymptotic result). In the present paper we establish that for almost all θ in the interval 0 ≦ θ < 1 there exist infinitely many primes p such that {p^λ-θ} < p^{-min{(2-λ)/6,(14-9λ)/32}+ε}. Thus we obtain a better result for almost all θ than for a single θ if λ>1/2.     

On the Riesz transform associated with the ultraspherical polynomials

We define and investigate the Riesz transform associated with the differential operatorL _λ f(θ)=−f"(θ)−2λ cot’θ. We prove that it can be defined as a principal value and that it is bounded onL ^P ([0, π],dm _λ (θ)),dm _λ(θ)=sin^2λ θdθ, for every 1<p<∞ and of weak type (1,1). The same boundedness properties hold for the maximal operator of the truncated operators. The speed of convergence of the truncated operators is measured in terms of the boundedness inL ^P (dm _λ ), 1<p<∞, and weak type (1,1) of the oscillation and ρ-variation associated to them. Also, a multiplier theorem is proved to get the boundedness of the conjugate function studied by Muckenhoupt and Stein for 1<p<∞ as a corollary of the results for the Riesz transform. Moreover, we find a condition on the weightv which is necessary and sufficient for the existence of a weightu such that the Riesz transform is bounded fromL ^P (v dm _λ ) intoL ^P (u dm _λ ). The authors were partially supported by RTN Harmonic Analysis and Related Problems contract HPRN-CT-2001-00273-HARP. The first and fourth authors were supported in part by KBN grant 1-P93A 018 26. The second and third authors were partially supported by BFM grant 2002-04013-C02-02.     

Phase transitions and theta vacuum energy

The analytic behaviour of θ-vacuum energy is related to the existence of phase transitions in QCD and ℂP ^N sigma models. The absence of singularities different from Lee-Yang zeros only permits ∧ cusp singularities in the vacuum energy density and never ∨ cusps. This fact, together with the Vafa-Witten diamagnetic inequality, provides a key missing link in the Vafa-Witten proof of parity symmetry conservation in vector-like gauge theories and ℂP ^N sigma models. However, this property does not exclude the existence of a first phase transition at θ = π or a second order phase transition at θ = 0, which might be very relevant for interpretation of the anomalous behaviour of the topological susceptibility in the ℂP¹ sigma model.     

Nonparametric analysis of doubly truncated data

One of the principal goals of the quasar investigations is to study luminosity evolution. A convenient one-parameter model for luminosity says that the expected log luminosity, T*, increases linearly as θ ₀· log(1  +  Z*), and T*(θ ₀) = T*  −  θ ₀· log(1  +  Z*) is independent of Z*, where Z* is the redshift of a quasar and θ ₀ is the true value of evolution parameter. Due to experimental constraints, the distribution of T* is doubly truncated to an interval (U*, V*) depending on Z*, i.e., a quadruple (T*, Z*, U*, V*) is observable only when U* ≤ T* ≤ V*. Under the one-parameter model, T*(θ ₀) is independent of (U*(θ ₀), V*(θ ₀)), where U*(θ ₀) = U*  −  θ ₀· log(1  +  Z*) and V*(θ ₀) = V*  −  θ ₀· log(1  +  Z*). Under this assumption, the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimate (NPMLE) of the hazard function of T*(θ ₀) (denoted by ĥ) was developed by Efron and Petrosian (J Am Stat Assoc 94:824–834, 1999). In this note, we present an alternative derivation of ĥ. Besides, the NPMLE of distribution function of T*(θ ₀), [^(F)]{\hat F} , will be derived through an inverse-probability-weighted (IPW) approach. Based on Theorem 3.1 of Van der Laan (1996), we prove the consistency and asymptotic normality of the NPMLE [^(F)]{\hat F} under certain condition. For testing the null hypothesis H_q0: T^*(q₀) = T^*-q₀·log(1 + Z^*){H_{\theta_0}: T^{\ast}(\theta_0) = T^{\ast}-\theta_0\cdot \log(1 + Z^{\ast})} is independent of Z*, (Efron and Petrosian in J Am Stat Assoc 94:824–834, 1999). proposed a truncated version of the Kendall’s tau statistic. However, when T* is exponential distributed, the testing procedure is futile. To circumvent this difficulty, a modified testing procedure is proposed. Simulations show that the proposed test works adequately for moderate sample size.     

Regularity of 1D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity

In this paper, we consider one-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with the viscosity depending on density and with free boundary. The viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρθ with 0<θ<1, where ρ is the density. The existence and uniqueness of global weak solutions in H¹([0,1]) have been established in [S. Jiang, Z. Xin, P. Zhang, Global weak solutions to 1D compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with density-dependent viscosity, Methods Appl. Anal. 12 (2005) 239-252]. We will establish the regularity of global solution under certain assumptions imposed on the initial data by deriving some new a priori estimates.     

Regularity and asymptotic behavior of 1D compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations with free boundary

In this paper, firstly, we consider the regularity of solutions in to the 1D Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations with density-dependent viscosity and the initial density that is connected to vacuum with discontinuities, and the viscosity coefficient is proportional to ρθ with 0<θ<1. Furthermore, we get the asymptotic behavior of the solutions when the viscosity coefficient is a constant. This is a continuation of [S.J. Ding, H.Y. Wen, L. Yao, C.J. Zhu, Global solutions to one-dimensional compressible Navier-Stokes-Poisson equations with density-dependent viscosity, J. Math. Phys. 50 (2009) 023101], where the existence and uniqueness of global weak solutions in H¹([0,1]) for both cases: μ(ρ)=ρθ, 0<θ<1 and μ=constant have been established.     

Approximating conditional density functions using dimension reduction

We propose to approximate the conditional density function of a random variable Y given a dependent random d-vector X by that of Y given θ^τX, where the unit vector θ is selected such that the average Kullback-Leibler discrepancy distance between the two conditional density functions obtains the minimum. Our approach is nonparametric as far as the estimation of the conditional density functions is concerned. We have shown that this nonparametric estimator is asymptotically adaptive to the unknown index θ in the sense that the first order asymptotic mean squared error of the estimator is the same as that when θ was known. The proposed method is illustrated using both simulated and real-data examples.     

Improving on the minimum risk equivariant estimator of a location parameter which is constrained to an interval or a half-interval

For location families with densitiesf ₀(x−θ), we study the problem of estimating θ for location invariant lossL(θ,d)=ρ(d−θ), and under a lower-bound constraint of the form θ≥a. We show, that for quite general (f ₀, ρ), the Bayes estimator δ _U with respect to a uniform prior on (a, ∞) is a minimax estimator which dominates the benchmark minimum risk equivariant (MRE) estimator. In extending some previous dominance results due to Katz and Farrell, we make use of Kubokawa'sIERD (Integral Expression of Risk Difference) method, and actually obtain classes of dominating estimators which include, and are characterized in terms of δ _U . Implications are also given and, finally, the above dominance phenomenon is studied and extended to an interval constraint of the form θ∈[a, b]. Research supported by NSERC of Canada.     

Weak and Strong Solutions for the Stokes Approximation of Non-homogeneous Incompressible Navier-Stokes Equations

In this paper,the Dirichlet problem of Stokes approximate of non-homogeneous incompressibleNavier-Stokes equations is studied.It is shown that there exist global weak solutions as well as global andunique strong solution for this problem,under the assumption that initial density ρ_0(x)is bounded away from0 and other appropriate assumptions(see Theorem 1 and Theorem 2).The semi-Galerkin method is applied toconstruct the approximate solutions and a prior estimates are made to elaborate upon the compactness of theapproximate solutions.     

THE ASYMPTOTICALLY OPTIMAL EMPIRICAL BAYES ESTIMATION IN MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL

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Global existence and uniform decay for the coupled Klein-Gordon-Schr?dinger equations

This paper is concerned to the existence, uniqueness and uniform decay for the solutions of the coupled Klein-Gordon-Schr?dinger damped equations where ω is a bounded domain of R ⁿ , n≤ 3, F : R ²→R is a C ¹-function; γ, β; θ are constants such that γ, β > 0 and 1 ≤ 2θ≤ 2. Received January 1999 – Accepted October 1999     

On tensor products of completely positive linear maps between pro-C *-algebras

In this paper we define the tensor products of completely positive linear maps between pro-C^*-algebras and discuss about connection between the KSGNS construction associated with the strict completely positive linear maps ρ and θ and the KSGNS construction associated with ρ ⊗ θ. This research was partially supported by CEEX grant -code PR-D11-PT00-48/2005 from The Romanian Ministry of Education and Research and partially by CNCSIS (Romanian National Council for Research in High Education) grant-code A 1065/2006.