Gellerstedt problem with nonclassical matching conditions for the solution gradient on the type change line with data on internal characteristics

We study the solvability of the Gellerstedt problem for the Lavrent’ev–Bitsadze equation. An initial function is posed in the ellipticity domain of the equation on the boundary of the unit half-circle with center the origin. Zero conditions are posed on characteristics in the hyperbolicity domain of the equation. “Frankl-type conditions” are posed on the type change line of the equation. We show that the problem is either conditionally solvable or uniquely solvable. We obtain a closed-form solvability condition in the case of conditional solvability. We derive integral representations of the solution in all cases.     

Classical solutions for the pressure-gradient equations in non-smooth and non-convex domains

We establish the existence of the classical solution for the pressure-gradient equation in a non-smooth and non-convex domain. The equation is elliptic inside the domain, becomes degenerate on the boundary, and is singular at the origin when the origin lies on the boundary. We show the solution is smooth inside the domain and continuous up to the boundary.     

Carleman inequalities for the heat equation in singular domains

We consider the Cauchy problem associated to the heat equation firstly in a plane domain with a reentrant corner, then in a cracked domain. By constructing a weight function, we show a result of null controllability using Carleman estimates.     

Ginzburg-Landau equation with magnetic effect in a thin domain

We study the Ginzburg-Landau equation with magnetic effect in a thin domain in , where the thickness of the domain is controlled by a parameter . This equation is an Euler equation of a free energy functional and it has trivial solutions that are minimizers of the functional. In this article we look for a nontrivial stable solution to the equation, that is, a local minimizer of the energy functional. To prove the existence of such a stable solution in , we consider a reduced problem as and a nondegenerate stable solution to the reduced equation. Applying the standard variational argument, we show that there exists a stable solution in near the solution to the reduced equation if is sufficiently small. We also present a specific example of a domain which allows a stable vortex solution, that is, a stable solution with zeros. Received: 11 May 2001 / Accepted: 11 July 2001 /Published online: 19 October 2001     

A Zubov’s method for stochastic differential equations

We consider a stochastic differential equation with an asymptotically stable equilibrium point. We show that the domain of attraction of the equilibrium, i.e. the set of points which are attracted with positive probability to it, can be characterized by the solution of a suitable partial differential equation.     

Long time confinement of vorticity around a stable stationary point vortex in a bounded planar domain

In this paper we consider the incompressible Euler equation in a simply-connected bounded planar domain. We study the confinement of the vorticity around a stationary point vortex. We show that the power law confinement around the center of the unit disk obtained in [2] remains true in the case of a stationary point vortex in a simply-connected bounded domain. The domain and the stationary point vortex must satisfy a condition expressed in terms of the conformal mapping from the domain to the unit disk. Explicit examples are discussed at the end.     

Dirichlet problem for a nonlocal wave equation

We study the Dirichlet problem for a nonlocal wave equation in a rectangular domain. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the problem and show that determining whether the solution is unique can be reduced to determining whether a function of Mittag-Leffler type has real zeros. The obtained uniqueness condition turns into the uniqueness condition for the solution of the Dirichlet problem for the wave equation as the order of the fractional derivative in the equation tends to 2.     

Asymptotic behavior for the filtration equation in domains with noncompact boundary

We consider the initial value boundary problem with zero Neumann data for an equation modeled after the porous media equation, with variable coefficients. The spatial domain is unbounded and shaped like a (general) paraboloid, and the solution u is integrable in space and nonnegative. We show that the asymptotic profile for large times of u is one dimensional and given by an explicit function, which can be regarded as the fundamental solution of a one-dimensional differential equation with weights. In the case when the domain is a cone or the whole space (Cauchy problem), we obtain a genuine multidimensional profile given by the well-known Barenblatt solution.     

Hyperstability of the Jensen functional equation

We present some observations on hyperstability for the Jensen equation on restricted domain. Namely, we show, under some weak natural assumptions, that functions satisfying the equation approximately (in some sense) must be actually solutions to it.     

数学物理中的总体和局部场GL方法

为了求解物理化学生物材料和金融中的微分方程,提出了一种总体(Global)和局部(Local)场方法.微分方程的求解区域可以是有限域,无限域,或具曲面边界的部分无限域.其无限域包括有限有界不均匀介质区域.其不均匀介质区域被分划为若干子区域之和.在这含非均匀介质的无限区域,将微分方程的解显式地表示为在若干非均匀介质子区域上和局部子曲面的积分的递归和.把正反算的非线性关系递归地显式化.在无限均匀区域,微分方程的解析解被称为初始总体场.微分方程解的总体场相继地被各个非均匀介质子区域的局部散射场所修正.这种修正过程是一个子域接着另个子域逐步相继地进行的.一旦所有非均匀介质子区域被散射扫描和有限步更新过程全部完成后,微分方程的解就获得了.称其为总体和局部场的方法,简称为GL方法.GL方法完全地不同于有限元及有限差方法,GL方法直接地逐子域地组装逆矩阵而获得解.GL方法无需求解大型矩阵方程,它克服了有限元大型矩阵解的困难.用有限元及有限差方法求解无限域上的微分方程时,人为边界及其上的吸收边界条件是必需的和困难的,人为边界上的吸收边界条件的不精确的反射会降低解的精确度和毁坏反算过程.GL方法又克服了有限元和有限差方法的人为边界的困难.GL方法既不需要任何人为边界又不需要任何吸收边界条件就可以子域接子域逐步精确地求解无限域上的微分方程.有限元和有限差方法都仅仅是数值的方法,GL方法将解析解和数值方法相容地结合起来.提出和证明了三角的格林函数积分方程公式.证明了当子域的直经趋于零时,波动方程的GL方法的数值解收敛于精确解.GL方法解波动方程的误差估计也获得了.求解椭圆型,抛物线型,双曲线型方程的GL模拟计算结果显示出我们的GL方法具有准确,快速,稳定的许多优点.GL方法可以是有网,无网和半网算法.GL方法可广泛应用在三维电磁场,三维弹塑性力学场,地震波场,声波场,流场,量子场等方面.上述三维电磁场等应用领域的GL方法的软件已经由作者研制和发展了。     

GL method for solving equations in math-physics and engineering

In this paper, we propose a GL method for solving the ordinary and the partial differential equation in mathematical physics and chemics and engineering. These equations govern the acustic, heat, electromagnetic, elastic, plastic, flow, and quantum etc. macro and micro wave field in time domain and frequency domain. The space domain of the differential equation is infinite domain which includes a finite inhomogeneous domain. The inhomogeneous domain is divided into finite sub domains. We present the solution of the differential equation as an explicit recursive sum of the integrals in the inhomogeneous sub domains. Actualy, we propose an explicit representation of the inhomogeneous parameter nonlinear inversion. The analytical solution of the equation in the infinite homogeneous domain is called as an initial global field. The global field is updated by local scattering field successively subdomaln by subdomain. Once all subdomains are scattered and the updating process is finished in all the sub domains, the solution of the equation is obtained. We call our method as Global and Local field method, in short , GL method. It is different from FEM method, the GL method directly assemble inverse matrix and gets solution. There is no big matrix equation needs to solve in the GL method. There is no needed artificial boundary and no absorption boundary condition for infinite domain in the GL method. We proved several theorems on relationships between the field solution and Green＇s function that is the theoretical base of our GL method. The numerical discretization of the GL method is presented. We proved that the numerical solution of the GL method convergence to the exact solution when the size of the sub domain is going to zero. The error estimation of the GL method for solving wave equation is presented. The simulations show that the GL method is accurate, fast, and stable for solving elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic equations. The GL method has advantages and wide applications in the 3D electromagnetic （EM）     

The Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in a starlike domain of a Riemann surface

We consider the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in a starlike domain, i.e. a domain which is normal with respect to a suitable polar co-ordinates system. Such a domain can be interpreted as a non-isotropically stretched unit circle. We write down the explicit solution in terms of a Fourier series whose coefficients are determined by solving an infinite system of linear equations depending on the boundary data. Numerical experiments show that the same method works even if the considered starlike domain belongs to a two-fold Riemann surface.     

On the decay of a solution of a nonuniformly parabolic equation

For a uniformly parabolic second-order equation with lower-order terms in an unbounded domain, we obtain an upper bound for the decay rate of the solution of the mixed problem with alternating boundary conditions of the first and third types. We prove that the bound is sharp in the case of an equation without lower-order terms in a wide class of domains of revolution. In addition, we show that a solution of a nonuniformly parabolic equation can decay much more rapidly than a solution of a uniformly parabolic equation.     

On the continuation of solutions of a fractional partial differential equation

We study the continuation of solutions of a fractional partial differential equation. We show that a solution can be uniquely continued into a domain that is uniquely determined by the boundary part supporting the initial conditions and outside which the continuation is no longer unique.     

Blocking and invasion for reaction–diffusion equations in periodic media

We investigate the large time behavior of solutions of reaction–diffusion equations with general reaction terms in periodic media. We first derive some conditions which guarantee that solutions with compactly supported initial data invade the domain. In particular, we relate such solutions with front-like solutions such as pulsating traveling fronts. Next, we focus on the homogeneous bistable equation set in a domain with periodic holes, and specifically on the cases where fronts are not known to exist. We show how the geometry of the domain can block or allow invasion. We finally exhibit a periodic domain on which the propagation takes place in an asymmetric fashion, in the sense that the invasion occurs in a direction but is blocked in the opposite one.     

Cascades of Hopf bifurcations from boundary delay

We consider a 1-dimensional reaction-diffusion equation with nonlinear boundary conditions of logistic type with delay. We deal with non-negative solutions and analyze the stability behavior of its unique positive equilibrium solution, which is given by the constant function u≡1. We show that if the delay is small, this equilibrium solution is asymptotically stable, similar as in the case without delay. We also show that, as the delay goes to infinity, this equilibrium becomes unstable and undergoes a cascade of Hopf bifurcations. The structure of this cascade will depend on the parameters appearing in the equation. This equation shows some dynamical behavior that differs from the case where the nonlinearity with delay is in the interior of the domain.     

Remarks on hyperstability of the Cauchy functional equation

We present some simple observations on hyperstability for the Cauchy equation on a restricted domain. Namely, we show that (under some weak natural assumptions) functions that satisfy the equation approximately (in some sense), must be actually solutions to it. In this way we demonstrate in particular that hyperstability is not a very exceptional phenomenon as it has been considered so far. We also provide some simple examples of applications of those results.     

Dynamics in dumbbell domains I. Continuity of the set of equilibria

We analyze the dynamics of a reaction-diffusion equation with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a dumbbell domain. We provide an appropriate functional setting to treat this problem and, as a first step, we show in this paper the continuity of the set of equilibria and of its linear unstable manifolds.     

On the Existence of Smooth Solutions for Fully Nonlinear Parabolic Equations with Measurable “Coefficients” without Convexity Assumptions

We show that for any uniformly parabolic fully nonlinear second-order equation with bounded measurable “coefficients” and bounded “free” term in any cylindrical smooth domain with smooth boundary data one can find an approximating equation which has a unique continuous solution with the first derivatives bounded and the second spacial derivatives locally bounded. The approximating equation is constructed in such a way that it modifies the original one only for large values of the unknown function and its spacial derivatives.     

Uniqueness of the Dirichlet problem for a partial differential equation of the fourth-order

We give some uniqueness theorems for regular solutions to the Dirichlet problem associated with a partial differential equation of the fourth-order in an unbounded domain. Moreover, by means of a counterexample, we show that one of these result is sharp.