Exponential decay of the power spectrum and finite dimensionality for solutions of the three dimensional primitive equations

In this article we estimate the number of modes, volumes and nodes, sufficient to describe well the solution of the three dimensional primitive equations; the physical meaning of these estimates is also discussed. We also study the exponential decay of the spatial power spectrum for the three dimensional primitive equations.     

On degrees of freedom of certain conservative turbulence models for the Navier-Stokes equations

We study the degrees of freedom of several conservative computational turbulence models that are derived via a non-dissipative regularizations of the Navier-Stokes equations. For the Navier-Stokes-α, the Leray-α and the Navier-Stokes-ω equations we prove that the longtime behavior of their respective solutions is completely determined by a finite set of grid values and by a finite set of Fourier modes. For each turbulence model the number of determining nodes and of determining modes is estimated in terms of flow parameters, such as viscosity, smoothing length, forcing and domain size. These estimates are global as they do not depend on an individual solution.     

A commuting-vector-field approach to some dispersive estimates

We prove the pointwise decay of solutions to three linear equations: (1) the transport equation in phase space generalizing the classical Vlasov equation, (2) the linear Schrödinger equation, (3) the Airy (linear KdV) equation. The usual proofs use explicit representation formulae, and either obtain \(L^1\)—\(L^\infty \) decay through directly estimating the fundamental solution in physical space or by studying oscillatory integrals coming from the representation in Fourier space. Our proof instead combines “vector field” commutators that capture the inherent symmetries of the relevant equations with conservation laws for mass and energy to get space–time weighted energy estimates. Combined with a simple version of Sobolev’s inequality this gives pointwise decay as desired. In the case of the Vlasov and Schrödinger equations, we can recover sharp pointwise decay; in the Schrödinger case we also show how to obtain local energy decay as well as Strichartz-type estimates. For the Airy equation we obtain a local energy decay that is almost sharp from the scaling point of view, but nonetheless misses the classical estimates by a gap. This work is inspired by the work of Klainerman on \(L^2\)—\(L^\infty \) decay of wave equations, as well as the recent work of Fajman, Joudioux, and Smulevici on decay of mass distributions for the relativistic Vlasov equation.     

Stability results for the approximation of weakly coupled wave equations

In this Note, we consider the approximation of two coupled wave equations with internal damping. Our goal is to damp the spurious high frequency modes by introducing numerical viscosity terms in the approximation scheme. With these viscosity terms, we show the exponential or polynomial decay of the discrete scheme when the continuous problem has such a decay (since the spectrum of the spatial operator associated with the undamped system satisfies the generalized gap condition).     

On Gaussian decay estimates of solutions to some linear elliptic equations and their applications

In this paper we establish pointwise decay estimates of solutions to some linear elliptic equations by using the Nash–Moser iteration arguments and the ODE method. As applications we obtain sharp Gaussian decay estimates for solutions to nonlinear elliptic equations that are related with self-similar solutions to nonlinear heat equations and standing wave solutions to nonlinear Schrödinger equations with harmonic potential.     

Decay estimates for second order evolution equations with memory

This paper develops a unified method to derive decay estimates for general second order integro-differential evolution equations with semilinear source terms. Depending on the properties of convolution kernels at infinity, we show that the energy of a mild solution decays exponentially or polynomially as t→+∞. Our approach is based on integral inequalities and multiplier techniques.These decay results can be applied to various partial differential equations. We discuss three examples: a semilinear viscoelastic wave equation, a linear anisotropic elasticity model, and a Petrovsky type system.     

Hyperbolic-parabolic singular perturbation for quasilinear equations of Kirchhoff type

We consider a hyperbolic-parabolic singular perturbation problem for a quasilinear equation of Kirchhoff type, and obtain parameter-dependent time decay estimates of the difference between the solutions of a quasilinear dissipative hyperbolic equation of Kirchhoff type and the corresponding quasilinear parabolic equation. For this purpose we show time decay estimates for hyperbolic-parabolic singular perturbation problem for linear equations with a time-dependent coefficient.     

On the decay and blow‐up of solution for coupled nonlinear wave equations with nonlinear damping and source terms

In this work, we consider a nonlinear coupled wave equations with initial‐boundary value conditions and nonlinear damping and source terms. Under suitable assumptions on the damping terms and source terms and initial data in the stable set, we obtain that the decay estimates of the energy function is exponential or polynomial by using Nakao's method. By using the energy method, we obtain the blow‐up result of solution with some positive or nonpositive initial energy. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quantitative uniqueness of solutions to second order elliptic equations with singular potentials in two dimensions

In this article, we study the vanishing order of solutions to second order elliptic equations with singular lower order terms in the plane. In particular, we derive lower bounds for solutions on arbitrarily small balls in terms of the Lebesgue norms of the lower order terms for all admissible exponents. Then we show that a scaling argument allows us to pass from these vanishing order estimates to estimates for the rate of decay of solutions at infinity. Our proofs rely on a new \(L^p - L^q\) Carleman estimate for the Laplacian in \(\mathbb {R}^2\).     

Uniform decay and blow‐up of solutions for coupled nonlinear Klein–Gordon equations with nonlinear damping terms

In this work, we consider coupled nonlinear Klein–Gordon equations with nonlinear damping terms, in a bounded domain. The decay estimates of the solution are established by using Nakao's inequality. We also prove the blow up of the solution in finite time with negative initial energy. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

OPTIMAL DECAY RATE OF THE COMPRESSIBLE QUANTUM NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

For quantum fluids governed by the compressible quantum Navier-Stokes equations in $\Bbb R^3$ with viscosity and heat conduction, we prove the optimal $L^p-L^q$ decay rates for the classical solutions near constant states. The proof is based on the detailed linearized decay estimates by Fourier analysis of the operators, which is drastically different from the case when quantum effects are absent.     

Weighted Sobolev L2 estimates for a class of Fourier integral operators

In this paper we develop elements of the global calculus of Fourier integral operators in ${{\mathbb R}^n}$ under minimal decay assumptions on phases and amplitudes. We also establish global weighted Sobolev L² estimates for a class of Fourier integral operators that appears in the analysis of global smoothing problems for dispersive partial differential equations. As an application, we exhibit a new type of weighted estimates for hyperbolic equations, where the decay of data in space is quantitatively translated into the time decay of solutions.     

On Stability of Solutions to Quasilinear Periodic Systems of Differential Equations

We consider a quasilinear system of differential equations with periodic coefficients in the linear terms. We obtain estimates for the attraction domain of the zero solution and establish estimates for the decay rate of solutions at infinity. The results are stated in terms of the integrals of the norm of a periodic solution to the Lyapunov differential equation.     

Diffusion phenomenon in Hilbert spaces and applications

We prove an abstract version of the striking diffusion phenomenon that offers a strong connection between the asymptotic behavior of abstract parabolic and dissipative hyperbolic equations. An important aspect of our approach is that we use in a natural way spectral analysis without involving complicated resolvent estimates. Our proof of the diffusion phenomenon does not use the individual behavior of solutions; instead we show that only their difference matters. We estimate the Hilbert norm of the difference in terms of the Hilbert norm of solutions to the parabolic problems, which allows us to transfer the decay from the parabolic to the hyperbolic problem. The application of these estimates to operators with Markov property combined with a weighted Nash inequality yields explicit and sharp decay rates for hyperbolic problems with variable (x-dependent) coefficients in exterior domains. Our method provides new insight in this area of extensive research which was not well understood until now.     

An exponential decay estimate for the stationary axisymmetric perturbation of Poiseuille flow in a circular pipe

We prove a decay estimate for the steady state incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The estimate describes the exponential decay, in the axial direction of a semi-infinite circular tube, for an energy-type functional in terms of the axisymmetric perturbation of Poiseuille flow, provided that the Reynolds number does not exceed a critical value, for which we exhibit a lower and an upper bound. Since the motion is considered axisymmetric we use a stream function formulation, and the results are similar to those obtained by Horgan [8], for a two-dimensional channel flow problem. For the Stokes problem our estimate for the rate of decay is a lower bound to the actual rate of decay which is obtained from an asymptotic solution to the Stokes equations. Finally we describe a numerical approach to computing bounds to the energy functionalE(0).     

Stability of non-constant steady-state solutions for bipolar non-isentropic Euler–Maxwell equations with damping terms

In this article, we consider the periodic problem for bipolar non-isentropic Euler–Maxwell equations with damping terms in plasmas. By means of an induction argument on the order of the time-space derivatives of solutions in energy estimates, the global smooth solution with small amplitude was established close to a non-constant steady-state solution with asymptotic stability property. Furthermore, we obtain the global stability of solutions with exponential decay in time near the non-constant steady-states for bipolar non-isentropic Euler–Poisson equations. This phenomenon on the charge transport shows the essential relation and difference between the bipolar non-isentropic and the bipolar isentropic Euler–Maxwell/Poisson equations.     

Estimates for the Eigenvalues of Matrices

For matrices whose eigenvalues are real (such as Hermitian or real symmetric matrices), we derive simple explicit estimates for the maximal (λ_max) and the minimal (λ_min) eigenvalues in terms of determinants of order less than 3. For 3 × 3 matrices, we derive sharper estimates, which use det A but do not require to solve cubic equations.     

On the temporal decay for the Hall-magnetohydrodynamic equations

We establish temporal decay estimates for weak solutions to the Hall-magnetohydrodynamic equations. With these estimates in hand we obtain algebraic time decay for higher order Sobolev norms of small initial data solutions.     

A priori estimates in terms of the maximum norm for the solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with bounded initial data and derive a priori estimates of the maximum norm of all derivatives of the solution in terms of the maximum norm of the initial velocity field. For illustrative purposes, we first derive corresponding a priori estimates for certain parabolic systems. Because of the pressure term, the case of the Navier-Stokes equations is more difficult, however.     

Asymptotic stability of nonlinear wave for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations in the half space

In the present paper, we investigate the large-time behavior of the solution to an initial-boundary value problem for the isentropic compressible Navier-Stokes equations in the Eulerian coordinate in the half space. This is one of the series of papers by the authors on the stability of nonlinear waves for the outflow problem of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations. Some suitable assumptions are made to guarantee that the time-asymptotic state is a nonlinear wave which is the superposition of a stationary solution and a rarefaction wave. Employing the L²-energy method and making use of the techniques from the paper [S. Kawashima, Y. Nikkuni, Stability of rarefaction waves for the discrete Boltzmann equations, Adv. Math. Sci. Appl. 12 (1) (2002) 327-353], we prove that this nonlinear wave is nonlinearly stable under a small perturbation. The complexity of nonlinear wave leads to many complicated terms in the course of establishing the a priori estimates, however those terms are of two basic types, and the terms of each type are “good” and can be evaluated suitably by using the decay (in both time and space variables) estimates of each component of nonlinear wave.