On long-time asymptotics of solutions of parabolic equations with increasing leading coefficients

Sharp sufficient conditions on the coefficients of a second-order parabolic equation are examined under which the solution of the corresponding Cauchy problem with a power-law growing initial function stabilizes to zero. An example is presented showing that the found sufficient conditions are sharp. Conditions on the coefficients of a parabolic equation are obtained under which the solution of the Cauchy problem with a bounded initial function stabilizes to zero at a power law rate.     

Existence and optimal control for periodic parabolic equations with nonlocal terms

Motivated by models which have been proposed for some problemsin mathematical biology and fisheries management and elsewhere,we consider a nonlinear periodic parabolic problem and an associatedcost functional J. A key feature of our problem is the presenceof a nonlocal term which—as we show by direct example—rendersthe standard mono-tonicity methods invalid. We therefore employtopological methods to deal both with existence of solutionsand of minima of J over the Control set. Some considerationsare also presented on related systems and on the question ofuniqueness.     

Regularity for solutions of nonlocal parabolic equations II

We prove boundary regularity and a compactness result for parabolic nonlocal equations of the form _ut−Iu=f$u_t-Iu=f$, where the operator I   is not necessarily translation invariant. As a consequence of this and the regularity results for the translation invariant case, we obtain C^1,α$C^{1,\alpha }$ interior estimates in space for nontranslation invariant operators under some hypothesis on the time regularity of the boundary data.     

On nonlinear parabolic variational inequalities containing nonlocal terms

We investigate nonlinear parabolic variational inequalities which contain functional dependence on the unknown function. Such parabolic functional differential equations were studied e.g. by L. Simon in [8] (which was motivated by the work of M. Chipot and L. Molinet in [4]), where the following equation was considered: (1) $$ \begin{array}{*{20}c} {D_t u(t,x) - \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {D_i \left[ {a_i (t,x,u(t,x),Du(t,x);u)} \right]} } \\ { + a_0 (t,x,u(t,x),Du(t,x);u) = f(t,x)} \\ {(t,x) \in Q_T = (0,T) \times \Omega ,a_i :Q_T \times R^{n + 1} \times L^p (0,T;V) \to R,} \\ \end{array} $$ where V denotes a closed linear subspace of the Sobolev-space W ^1,p (Ω) (2 ≦ p < ∞). In the above mentioned paper existence of weak solutions of the above equation is shown. These results were extended to systems of functional differential equations in [2]. In the following, we extend these existence results to variational inequalities by using the (less known) results of [6]. Finally, we show some examples.     

Self-similar solutions of quasilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms

This paper is devoted to study the classification of self-similar solutions to the m ≥ 1,p,q ＞ 0 and p + q ＞ m. For m = 1, it is shown that the very singular self-similar solution exists if and only if nq + (n + 1)p ＜ n + 2, and in case of existence, such solution is unique. For m ＞ 1, it is shown that very singular self-similar solutions exist if and only if 1 ＜ m ＜ 2 and nq + (n + 1)p ＜ 2 + mn, and such solutions have compact support if they exist. Moreover, the interface relation is obtained.     

Global solutions of abstract semilinear parabolic equations with memory terms

The main purpose of this paper is to obtain the existence of global solutions to semilinear integro-differential equations in Hilbert spaces for rather general convolution kernels and nonlinear terms with superlinear growth at infinity. The included application to a nonlinear model of heat flow in materials of fading memory type provides motivations for the abstract theory.     

On a class of nonlocal parabolic equations

We consider a boundary value problem for parabolic equations with nonlocal nonlinearity of such a form that favorably differs from other equations in that it leads to partial differential equations that have important properties of ordinary differential equations. Local solvability and uniqueness theorems are proved, and an analog of the Painlevé singular nonfixed points theorem is proved. In this case, there is an alternative—either a solution exists for all t ≥ 0 or it goes to infinity in a finite time t = T (blowup mode). Sufficient conditions for the existence of a blowup mode are given.     

Properties of non-simultaneous blow-up solutions in nonlocal parabolic equations

This paper deals with blow-up solutions in parabolic equations coupled via nonlocal nonlinearities, subject to homogeneous Dirichlet conditions. Firstly, some criteria on non-simultaneous and simultaneous blow-up are given, including four kinds of phenomena: (i) the existence of non-simultaneous blow-up; (ii) the coexistence of non-simultaneous and simultaneous blow-up; (iii) any blow-up must be simultaneous; (iv) any blow-up must be non-simultaneous. Next, total versus single point blow-up are classified completely. Moreover, blow-up rates are obtained for both non-simultaneous and simultaneous blow-up solutions.     

Renormalization group and asymptotics of solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations

We present a general method for studying long-time asymptotics of nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations. The method does not rely on a priori estimates such as the maximum principle. It applies to systems of coupled equations, to boundary conditions at infinity creating a front, and to higher (possibly fractional) differential linear terms. We present in detail the analysis for nonlinear diffusion-type equations with initial data falling off at infinity and also for data interpolating between two different stationary solutions at infinity. In an accompanying paper, [5], the method is applied to systems of equations where some variables are “slaved,” such as the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Continuation and asymptotics of solutions to semilinear parabolic equations with critical nonlinearities

In this paper we discuss continuation properties and asymptotic behavior of -regular solutions to abstract semilinear parabolic problems in case when the nonlinear term satisfies critical growth conditions. A necessary and sufficient condition for global in time existence of -regular solutions is given. We also formulate sufficient conditions to construct a piecewise -regular solutions (continuation beyond maximal time of existence for -regular solutions). Applications to strongly damped wave equations and to higher order semilinear parabolic equations are finally discussed. In particular global solvability and the existence of a global attractor for in is achieved in case when a nonlinear term f satisfies a critical growth condition and a dissipativeness condition. Similar result is obtained for a 2mth order semilinear parabolic initial boundary value problem in a Hilbert space .     

Representations of solutions of nonlocal boundary-value problems for parabolic equations

We study two-point boundary-value problems for parabolic equations whose solutions are representable in terms of Green's functions of the Cauchy problem.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 46, No. 7, pp. 947–951, July, 1994.     

Oscillation of the solutions of parabolic equations with nonlinear neutral terms

In the present paper the oscillatory properties of the solutions of parabolic equations with nonlinear neutral terms are investigated. Our approach is to reduce the multi-dimensional problem to a one-dimensional problem for delay differential inequalities.     

Global solutions and self-similar solutions of semilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem of semilinear parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms a(x)|u|^q−1u|∇u|^p. We prove the existence of global solutions and self-similar solutions for small initial data. Moreover, for a class of initial data we show that the global solutions behave asymptotically like self-similar solutions as t→∞.     

On a class of parabolic equations with nonlocal boundary conditions

In this paper we study a class of parabolic equations subject to a nonlocal boundary condition. The problem is a generalized model for a theory of ion-diffusion in channels. By using energy method, we first derive some a priori estimates for solutions and then prove that the problem has a unique global solution. Moreover, under some assumptions on the nonlinear boundary condition, it is shown that the solution blows up in finite time. Finally, the long-time behavior of solution to a linear problem is also studied in the paper.     

On parallel asynchronous high-order solutions of parabolic PDEs

In achieving significant speed-up on parallel machines, a major obstacle is the overhead associated with synchronizing the concurrent processes. This paper presents high-orderparallel asynchronous schemes, which are schemes that are specifically designed to minimize the associated synchronization overhead of a parallel machine in solving parabolic PDEs. They are asynchronous in the sense that each processor is allowed to advance at its own speed. Thus, these schemes are suitable for single (or multi) user shared memory or (message passing) MIMD multiprocessors. Our approach is demonstrated for the solution of the multidimensional heat equation, of which we present a spatial second-order Parametric Asynchronous Finite-Difference (PAFD) scheme. The well-known synchronous schemes are obtained as its special cases. This is a generalization and expansion of the results in [5] and [7]. The consistency, stability and convergence of this scheme are investigated in detail. Numerical tests show that although PAFD provides the desired order of accuracy, its efficiency is inadequate when performed on each grid point.In an alternative approach that uses domain decomposition, the problem domain is divided among the processors. Each processor computes its subdomain mostly independently, while the PAFD scheme provides the solutions at the subdomains' boundaries. We use high-order finite-difference implicit scheme within each subdomain and determine the values at subdomains' boundaries by the PAFD scheme. Moreover, in order to allow larger time-step, we use remote neighbors' values rather than those of the immediate neighbors. Numerical tests show that this approach provides high efficiency and in the case which uses remote neighbors' values an almost linear speedup is achieved. Schemes similar to the PAFD can be developed for other types of equations [3].This research was supported by the fund for promotion of research at the Technion.     

On tracking solutions of parabolic equations

We consider a control problem for a parabolic equation. It consists in constructing an algorithm for finding a feedback control such that a solution of a given equation should track a solution of another equation generated by an unknown right-hand side. We propose two noise-resistant solution algorithms for the indicated problem. They are based on the method of extremal shift well-known in the guaranteed control theory. The first algorithm is applicable in the case of “continuous” measurements of phase states, whereas the second one implies discrete measurements.