Hyperbolicity of arborescent tangles and arborescent links

In this paper, we study the hyperbolicity of arborescent tangles and arborescent links. We will explicitly determine all essential surfaces in arborescent tangle complements with non-negative Euler characteristic, and show that given an arborescent tangle T, the complement X(T) is non-hyperbolic if and only if T is a rational tangle, T=Qm*T^′ for some m?1, or T contains Qn for some n?2. We use these results to prove a theorem of Bonahon and Siebenmann which says that a large arborescent link L is non-hyperbolic if and only if it contains Q₂.     

Weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation and some related problems

In this paper we present some results on the global existence of weak solutions to a nonlinear variational wave equation and some related problems. We first introduce the main tools, the L ^p Young measure theory and related compactness results, in the first section. Then we use the L ^p Young measure theory to prove the global existence of dissipative weak solutions to the asymptotic equation of the nonlinear wave equation, and comment on its relation to Camassa-Holm equations in the second section. In the third section, we prove the global existence of weak solutions to the original nonlinear wave equation under some restrictions on the wave speed. In the last section, we present global existence of renormalized solutions to two-dimensional model equations of the asymptotic equation, which is also the so-called vortex density equation arising from sup-conductivity.     

Influence of the Propagation Direction for an Acoustic Wave Interacting with a Turbulent Premixed Flame

We investigate in this work the conditions leading to amplification or damping of a planar, Gaussian acoustic wave interacting with a CO/H₂/Air turbulent premixed flame. We examine in particular the influence of the direction of propagation. In a first case the acoustic wave is coming from the right direction (starting in burnt gas zone), while it propagates from the left direction (starting in fresh gas zone) in the second case. This investigation is based on fully compressible Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) results. Chemical processes are computed using a complete reaction scheme and accurate transport properties are taken into account. A local version of the classical Rayleigh's criterion is used to analyze the results, based on the single assumption that the celerity of sound is independent of time and only function of the spatial coordinates. We observe that, after the interaction, the wave is wrinkled leading to a non-planar geometry, similar to that of the initial flame front. For both cases the heat release fluctuation is concentrated in very small zones, associated either with positive or negative values. Rayleigh's criterion is then used to localize large positive and negative values (amplification resp. damping conditions). This criterion shows that wave amplification occurs only inside well-located small zones in the two cases. The propagation direction has no influence on these results, confirming that amplification or damping is mainly controlled by a coupling process between pressure and heat release fluctuations through the chemical reactions. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Large time behavior and L−L estimate of solutions of 2-dimensional nonlinear damped wave equations

We show the asymptotic behavior of the solution to the Cauchy problem of the two-dimensional damped wave equation. It is shown that the solution of the linear damped wave equation asymptotically decompose into a solution of the heat and wave equations and the difference of those solutions satisfies the L^p−L^q type estimate. This is a two-dimensional generalization of the three-dimensional result due to Nishihara (Math. Z. 244 (2003) 631). To show this, we use the Fourier transform and observe that the evolution operators of the damped wave equation can be approximated by the solutions of the heat and wave equations. By using the L^p−L^q estimate, we also discuss the asymptotic behavior of the semilinear problem of the damped wave equation with the power nonlinearity |u|^αu. Our result covers the whole super critical case α>1, where the α=1 is well known as the Fujita exponent when n=2.     

Asymptotic expansions for anisotropic heat kernels

We obtain the asymptotic expansion of the solutions of some anisotropic heat equations when the initial data belong to polynomially weighted L ^p -spaces. We mainly address two model examples. In the first one, the diffusivity is of order two in some variables but higher in the other ones. In the second one, we consider the heat equation on the Heisenberg group.     

Recurrent traveling waves in a two-dimensional saw-toothed cylinder and their average speed

We study a curvature-dependent motion of plane curves in a two-dimensional infinite cylinder with spatially undulating boundary. The law of motion is given by V=κ+A$V=\kappa +A$, where V is the normal velocity of the curve, κ is the curvature, and A is a positive constant. The boundary undulation is assumed to be almost periodic, or, more generally, recurrent in a certain sense. We first introduce the definition of recurrent traveling waves and establish a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of such traveling waves. We then show that the traveling wave is asymptotically stable if it exists. Next we show that a regular traveling wave has a well-defined average speed if the boundary shape is strictly ergodic. Finally we study what we call “virtual pinning”, which means that the traveling wave propagates over the entire cylinder with zero average speed. Such a peculiar situation can occur only in non-periodic environments and never occurs if the boundary undulation is periodic.     

Riesz transform on manifolds and heat kernel regularity

One considers the class of complete non-compact Riemannian manifolds whose heat kernel satisfies Gaussian estimates from above and below. One shows that the Riesz transform is Lp bounded on such a manifold, for p ranging in an open interval above 2, if and only if the gradient of the heat kernel satisfies a certain Lp estimate in the same interval of p's.     

Improved bounds for some nonstandard problems in generalized heat conduction

We consider the Maxwell-Cattaneo system of equations for generalized heat conduction where the temperature and heat flux satisfy a nonstandard auxiliary condition which prescribes a combination of their values initially and at a later time. We obtain L₂ bounds for the temperature and heat flux by means of Lagrange identities. These bounds extend the range of validity for the parameter in the nonstandard condition under a constraint on the coefficients in the differential equations.     

A similarity solution for laminar thermal boundary layer over a flat plate with a convective surface boundary condition

This paper considers the classical problem of hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers over a flat plate in a uniform stream of fluid. It is well known that similarity solutions of the energy equation are possible for the boundary conditions of constant surface temperature and constant heat flux. However, no such solution has been attempted for the convective surface boundary condition. The paper demonstrates that a similarity solution is possible if the convective heat transfer associated with the hot fluid on the lower surface of the plate is proportional to x^?1/2. Numerical solutions of the resulting similarity energy equation are provided for representative Prandtl numbers of 0.1, 0.72, and 10 and a range of values of the parameter characterizing the hot fluid convection process. For the case of constant heat transfer coefficient, the same data provide local similarity solutions.     

An Elemental Characterization of Orthogonal Ideals in Lie Algebras

In this paper, we prove that the ideals generated by two elements x, y in a nondegenerate Lie algebra L over a ring of scalars Φ with \({\frac 1 2, \frac 1 3}\) are orthogonal if and only if [x, [y, L]] = 0.     

On the energy of inviscid singular flows

It is known that the energy of a weak solution to the Euler equation is conserved if it is slightly more regular than the Besov space . When the singular set of the solution is (or belongs to) a smooth manifold, we derive various Lp-space regularity criteria dimensionally equivalent to the critical one. In particular, if the singular set is a hypersurface the energy of u is conserved provided the one-sided non-tangential limits to the surface exist and the non-tangential maximal function is L³ integrable, while the maximal function of the pressure is L3/2 integrable. The results directly apply to prove energy conservation of the classical vortex sheets in both 2D and 3D at least in those cases where the energy is finite.     

Second sound near lambda transition in presence of quantum vortices

In this paper, temperature waves (also known as second sound) are considered, with their respective coupling with waves in the order parameter describing the transition from normal phase to superfluid phase, and with waves in the vortex length density. We analyze the coupling between these three kinds of waves and explore its relevance in situations not far from the lambda transition. In particular, the expressions for the second sound speed and second sound attenuation are explicitly obtained within some approximations, showing the influence of the order parameter and the vortex length density, which is decisive close to the transition.

     

Optimal algorithms for global optimization in case of unknown Lipschitz constant

We consider the global optimization problem for d-variate Lipschitz functions which, in a certain sense, do not increase too slowly in a neighborhood of the global minimizer(s). On these functions, we apply optimization algorithms which use only function values. We propose two adaptive deterministic methods. The first one applies in a situation when the Lipschitz constant L is known. The second one applies if L is unknown. We show that for an optimal method, adaptiveness is necessary and that randomization (Monte Carlo) yields no further advantage. Both algorithms presented have the optimal rate of convergence.     

Sur l'existence des opérateurs d'onde pour l'équation de Wigner dans les espaces L2,pExistence of wave operators for the Wigner equation in L2,p spaces

Basing on the formalism established by Markovich, we show the completeness of wave operators for the Wigner equation in L². In the second part, using estimations proved by Castella and Perthame on the one hand, and the L^p→L^q estimations for the Schrödinger group on the other hand, we prove the existence of the wave operators in L^2,p spaces. To cite this article: H. Emamirad, P. Rogeon, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 334 (2002) 811–816.     

Parallel Galerkin domain decomposition procedures for wave equation

Parallel Galerkin domain decomposition procedures for wave equation are given. These procedures use implicit method in the sub-domains and simple explicit flux calculation on the inter-boundaries of sub-domains by integral mean method or extrapolation method. Thus, the parallelism can be achieved by these procedures. The explicit nature of the flux prediction induces a time step constraint that is necessary to preserve the stability. L²-norm error estimates are derived for these procedures. Experimental results are presented to confirm the theoretical results.     

Approximation by spherical waves inL p -spaces

The paper is devoted to the following problem. Consider the set of all radial functions with centers at the points of a closed surface inR ⁿ . Are such functions complete in the spaceL ^q (R ⁿ )? It is shown that the answer is positive if and only ifq is not less than 2n/(n + 1). A similar question is also answered for Riemannian symmetric spaces of rank 1. Relations of this problem with the wave and heat equations are also discussed.     

Partizan octal games: Partizan subtraction games

A subtraction gameS=(s ₁, ...,s _k)is a two-player game played with a pile of tokens where each player at his turn removes a number ofm of tokens providedmεS. The player first unable to move loses, his opponent wins. This impartial game becomes partizan if, instead of one setS, two finite setsS _L andS _R are given: Left removes tokens as specified byS _L, right according toS _R. We say thatS _L dominatesS _R if for all sufficiently large piles Left wins both as first and as second player. We exhibit a curious property of dominance and provide two subclasses of games in which a dominance relation prevails. We further prove that all partizan subtraction games areperiodic, and investigatepure periodicity.     

Existence and uniqueness of martingale solutions for SDEs with rough or degenerate coefficients

In this paper we extend recent results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions of ODEs with non-smooth vector fields to the case of martingale solutions, in the Stroock-Varadhan sense, of SDEs with non-smooth coefficients. In the first part we develop a general theory, which roughly speaking allows to deduce existence, uniqueness and stability of martingale solutions for Ld-almost every initial condition x whenever existence and uniqueness is known at the PDE level in the L^∞-setting (and, conversely, if existence and uniqueness of martingale solutions is known for Ld-a.e. initial condition, then existence and uniqueness for the PDE holds). In the second part of the paper we consider situations where, on the one hand, no pointwise uniqueness result for the martingale problem is known and, on the other hand, well-posedness for the Fokker-Planck equation can be proved. Thus, the theory developed in the first part of the paper is applicable. In particular, we will study the Fokker-Planck equation in two somehow extreme situations: in the first one, assuming uniform ellipticity of the diffusion coefficients and Lipschitz regularity in time, we are able to prove existence and uniqueness in the L²-setting; in the second one we consider an additive noise and, assuming the drift b to have BV regularity and allowing the diffusion matrix a to be degenerate (also identically 0), we prove existence and uniqueness in the L^∞-setting. Therefore, in these two situations, our theory yields existence, uniqueness and stability results for martingale solutions.