On the asymptotics of a solution to an equation with a small parameter at some of the highest derivatives

We study the asymptotic behavior of a solution of the first boundary value problem for a second-order elliptic equation in a nonconvex domain with smooth boundary in the case where a small parameter is a factor at only some of the highest derivatives and the limit equation is an ordinary differential equation. Although the limit equation has the same order as the initial equation, the problem is singulary perturbed. The asymptotic behavior of its solution is studied by the method of matched asymptotic expansions.     

Approximate solution to a boundary value problem for the Lyapunov differential equation with a parameter

A special boundary value problem is studied for the Lyapunov differential equation which is used for investigation of the asymptotic properties of solutions to systems of periodic differential equations with a parameter. An algorithm is proposed for constructing an approximate solution to this boundary value problem, and conditions on the parameter are found under which the zero solution to the system is asymptotically stable.     

Asymptotics of a second-order differential equation with a small parameter in the case when the reduced equation has two solutions

The boundary value problem for a second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a small parameter multiplying the highest derivative is examined. It is assumed that the reduced equation has two solutions with intersecting graphs. Near the intersection point, the asymptotic behavior of the solution to the original problem is fairly complex. A uniform asymptotic approximation to the solution that is accurate up to any prescribed power of the small parameter is constructed and justified.     

Asymptotic solutions of the one-dimensional linearized Korteweg–de Vries equation with localized initial data

The Cauchy problem with localized initial data for the linearized Korteweg–de Vries equation is considered. In the case of constant coefficients, exact solutions for the initial function in the form of the Gaussian exponential are constructed. For a fairly arbitrary localized initial function, an asymptotic (with respect to the small localization parameter) solution is constructed as the combination of the Airy function and its derivative. In the limit as the parameter tends to zero, this solution becomes the exactGreen function for the Cauchy problem. Such an asymptotics is also applicable to the case of a discontinuous initial function. For an equation with variable coefficients, the asymptotic solution in a neighborhood of focal points is expressed using special functions. The leading front of the wave and its asymptotics are constructed.     

Asymptotics of the solution in a problem of optimal boundary control of a flow through a part of the boundary

We consider a problem of optimal control through a part of the boundary of solutions to an elliptic equation in a bounded domain with smooth boundary with a small parameter at the Laplace operator and integral constraints on the control. A complete asymptotic expansion of the solution to this problems in powers of the small parameter is constructed.     

Asymptotic analysis of the Stokes flow in a thin cylindrical elastic tube

The purpose of this article is to perform an asymptotic analysis for an interaction problem between a viscous fluid and an elastic structure when the flow domain is a three-dimensional cylindrical tube. We consider a periodic, non-steady, axisymmetric, creeping flow of a viscous incompressible fluid through a long and narrow cylindrical elastic tube. The creeping flow is described by the Stokes equations and for the wall displacement we consider the Koiter's equation. The well posedness of the problem is proved by means of its variational formulation. We construct an asymptotic approximation of the problem for two different cases. In the first case, the stress term in Koiter's equation contains a great parameter as a coefficient and dominates with respect to the inertial term while in the second case both the terms are of the same order and contain the great parameter. An asymptotic analysis is developed with respect to two small parameters. Analysing the leading terms obtained in the second case, we note that the wave phenomena takes place. The small error between the exact solution and the asymptotic one justifies the below constructed asymptotic expansions.     

On the boundary-value problem for a mixed-type equation: Asymptotic analysis and an effective numerical algorithm

A singularly perturbed boundary-value problem for an equation of mixed ellipticparabolic type is considered. The first part of this work is devoted to an asymptotic study of the solution to the problem. Modification of the boundary function method for mixed-type equations with small parameters at the highest derivatives is used. The second part is devoted to creating a numerical method that considers the structure of the solution for small parameter values. The idea of an approximate factorization of an elliptic operator into the product of two parabolic operators is employed. An effective numerical algorithm based on an asymptotic representation of the solution is developed.     

关于非线性狄立克雷问题的一致有效渐近解

本文研究最高阶导数项带小参数的二阶拟线性椭圆型方程的狄立克雷问题.在退化方程不存在奇点的情形下,当参数ε是充分小时,证明了解的存在性和唯一性,并在整个区域导出解的一致有效渐近近似式.     

Asymptotic Analysis for a Class of Infinite Systems of First-Order PDE: Nonlinear Parabolic PDE in the Singular Limit

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We study the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the Cauchy problem for a functional partial differential equation with a small parameter as the parameter tends to zero. We establish a convergence theorem in which the limit problem is identified with the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation. We also present comparison and existence results for the Cauchy problem for the functional partial differential equation and the limit problem.     

Two-Parameter Asymptotics in a Bisingular Cauchy Problem for a Parabolic Equation

The Cauchy problem for a quasilinear parabolic equation with a small parameter ε at the highest derivative is considered. The initial function, which has the form of a smoothed step, depends on a “stretched” variable x/ρ, where ρ is another small parameter. This problem statement is of interest for applications as a model of propagation of nonlinear waves in physical systems in the presence of small dissipation. In the case corresponding to a compression wave, asymptotic solutions of the problem are constructed in the parameters ε and ρ independently tending to zero. It is assumed that ε/ρ → 0. Far from the line of discontinuity of the limit solution, asymptotic solutions are constructed in the form of series in powers of ε and ρ. In a small domain of linear approximation, an asymptotic solution is constructed in the form of a series in powers of the ratio ρ/ε. The coefficients of the inner expansion are determined from a recursive chain of initial value problems. The asymptotics of these coefficients at infinity is studied. The time of reconstruction of the scale of the internal space variable is determined.     

Two boundary value problems for a strongly anisotropic inhomogeneous elastic ring

The second boundary value problem (displacements are given on the boundary) and the improper mixed problem for a cylindrically orthotropic ring are studied. It is assumed that the coefficients of elasticity are continuously differentiable functions of the coordinates and depend on a small parameter in a specific manner. The form of the dependence of the coefficients on the small parameter is selected in such a way that in the case of constant coefficients it describes bonding of the ring by two families of very rigid fibers located along the radius vectors and concentric circles, where the stiffness of the fiber families is of identical order. Consequently, the coefficients of elasticity are represented in the form of products of constants which will later be called provisionally the “stiffnesses”, and functions of the coordinates. It is assumed that the stiffnesses in the radial and circumferential directions are equal and exceed and shear stiffness considerably. The asymptotic form of the solution of the boundary value problems under consideration is constructed when the ratio between the shear stiffness and the stiffness in the radial direction is used as the small parameter. In the case of the second boundary value problem the limit boundary value problem is described by a hyperbolic system of equations and is not solvable uniquely, since one of the families of characteristics is parallel to the boundary. When constructing the asymptotic form the necessity arises to average the coefficients of elasticity with respect to the circumferential coordinate. In this respect, there is an analogy with the results obtained in /1/ where the boundary value problem was studied for a second-order elliptic equation.     

Asymptotic estimates for a solution of a singular perturbation optimal control problem on a closed interval under geometric constraints

An optimal control problem is considered for solutions of a boundary value problem for a second-order ordinary differential equation on a closed interval with a small parameter at the second derivative. The control is scalar and satisfies geometric constraints. General theorems on approximation are obtained. Two leading terms of an asymptotic expansion of the solution are constructed and an error estimate is obtained for these approximations.     

Asymptotics of the solution of a system of nonlinear differential equations with a small parameter and with a higher-order extinction effect

We consider the Cauchy problem for two nonlinear differential equations with a small parameter multiplying the derivative in one of the equations. The right-hand side of this equation has a zero of high order at the origin with respect to one of the unknown functions. We construct and justify a uniform asymptotic approximation to the solution with accuracy of any power of the small parameter. We reveal two boundary layers in a neighborhood of the initial point.     

一类广义非线性强阻尼扰动发展方程的行波解

研究了一类非线性强阻尼广义扰动发展方程问题.它们在数学、力学、物理学等领域中广泛出现.首先,引入一个行波变换,把相应的偏微分方程问题转化为行波方程问题并求出原典型问题的精确解.再用小参数方法和引入伸长变量构造了问题的渐近解.最后, 用泛函分析的不动点理论证明了原非线性强阻尼广义扰动发展方程初值问题渐近行波解的存在性,并证明渐近解具有较高的精度和一致有效性.该文求得的渐近解是一个解析展开式, 所以它还可继续进行解析运算, 而单纯用数值模拟的方法是不行的.     

Numerical analysis of a mathematical model for propagation of an electrical pulse in a neuron

This article is devoted to the study of a mathematical model arising in the mathematical modeling of pulse propagation in nerve fibers. A widely accepted model of nerve conduction is based on nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations. When considered as part of a particular initial boundary value problem the equation models the electrical activity in a neuron. A small perturbation parameter ε is introduced to the highest order derivative term. The parameter if decreased, speeds up the fast variables of the model equations whereas it does not affect the slow variables. In order to formally reduce the problem to a discussion of the moment of fronts and backs we take the limit ε → 0. This limit is singular and is therefore the solution tends to a slowly moving solution of the limiting equation. This leads to the boundary layers located in the neighborhoods of the boundary of the domain where the solution has very steep gradient. Most of the classical methods are incapable of providing helpful information about this limiting solution. To this effort a parameter robust numerical method is constructed on a piecewise uniform fitted mesh. The method consists of standard upwind finite difference operator. A rigorous analysis is carried out to obtain priori estimates on the solution of the problem and its derivatives. A parameter uniform error estimate for the numerical scheme so constructed is established in the maximum norm. It is then proven that the numerical method is unconditionally stable and provides a solution that converges to the solution of the differential equation. A set of numerical experiment is carried out in support of the predicted theory, which validates computationally the theoretical results. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2008     

Asymptotics of the solution of Laplace’s equation with third-type boundary conditions on the boundaries of two small holes

A boundary value problem for Laplace’s equation in a bounded domain with two small holes is considered. Third-type boundary conditions are set on the boundaries of the holes. A Neumann condition is specified on the outer boundary of the domain. A uniform asymptotic approximation of the solution is constructed and justified up to an arbitrary power of a small parameter.     

Initial Boundary Value Problems for Scalar and Vector Burgers Equations

In this article we study Burgers equation and vector Burgers equation with initial and boundary conditions. First we consider the Burgers equation in the quarter plane x >0, t >0 with Riemann type of initial and boundary conditions and use the Hopf–Cole transformation to linearize the problems and explicitly solve them. We study two limits, the small viscosity limit and the large time behavior of solutions. Next, we study the vector Burgers equation and solve the initial value problem for it when the initial data are gradient of a scalar function. We investigate the asymptotic behavior of this solution as time tends to infinity and generalize a result of Hopf to the vector case. Then we construct the exact N-wave solution as an asymptote of solution of an initial value problem extending the previous work of Sachdev et al. (1994). We also study the limit as viscosity parameter goes to 0.Finally, we get an explicit solution for a boundary value problem in a cylinder.     

具有零阶退化方程的二阶双曲型方程奇异摄动问题的一致差分格式

本文讨论了一个二阶双曲型奇异摄动问题,它的一阶导数项含有小参数ε.首先给出该问题解的能量估计及渐近解的余项估计,然后在均匀网格上构造了一个指数型拟合差分格式,最后证明了差分解在离散的能量范数意义下一致收敛于问题的精确解.     

Stability of peakons for the Degasperis‐Procesi equation

The Degasperis‐Procesi equation can be derived as a member of a one‐parameter family of asymptotic shallow‐water approximations to the Euler equations with the same asymptotic accuracy as that of the Camassa‐Holm equation. In this paper, we study the orbital stability problem of the peaked solitons to the Degasperis‐Procesi equation on the line. By constructing a Lyapunov function, we prove that the shapes of these peakon solitons are stable under small perturbations. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.