The Dirichlet Problem for an Elliptic System of Second-Order Equations with Constant Real Coefficients in the Plane

A solution of the Dirichlet problem for an elliptic systemof equations with constant coefficients and simple complex characteristics in the plane is expressed as a double-layer potential. The boundary-value problem is solved in a bounded simply connected domain with Lyapunov boundary under the assumption that the Lopatinskii condition holds. It is shown how this representation is modified in the case of multiple roots of the characteristic equation. The boundary-value problem is reduced to a system of Fredholm equations of the second kind. For a Hölder boundary, the differential properties of the solution are studied.     

A class of evolution equations: Existence of solutions with functional boundary conditions

We consider the evolution equation whose right-hand side is the sum of a linear unbounded operator generating a compact strongly continuous semigroup and a continuous operator acting in function spaces. We prove the existence of a solution that stays within a given closed convex set and moreover, satisfies a functional boundary condition, particular cases of which are the Cauchy initial condition, periodicity condition, mixed condition including continuous transformations of spatial variables, etc. The main result is illustrated by using an example of the boundary-value problem for a partial operator-differential equation. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 48–60, January, 1999.     

Helmholtz equation outside an open arc in a plane with a mixed boundary condition

A boundary value problem for the Helmholtz equation outside an open arc in a plane is studied with mixed boundary conditions. In doing so, the Dirichlet condition is specified on one side of the open arc and the boundary condition of the third kind is specified on the other side of the open arc. We consider non-propagative Helmholtz equation, real-valued solutions of which satisfy maximum principle. By using the potential theory the boundary value problem is reduced to a system of singular integral equations with additional conditions. By regularization and subsequent transformations, this system is reduced to a vector Fredholm equation of the second kind and index zero. It is proved that the obtained vector Fredholm equation is uniquely solvable. Therefore the integral representation for a solution of the original boundary value problem is obtained. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Boundary-value problems for an elliptic equation with complex coefficients and a certain moment problem

Elliptic systems of two second-order equations, which can be written as a single equation with complex coefficients and a homogeneous operator, are studied. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the connection of traces of a solution are obtained for an arbitrary bounded domain with a smooth boundary. These conditions are formulated in the form of a certain moment problem on the boundary of a domain; they are applied to the study of boundary-value problems. In particular, it is shown that the Dirichlet problem and the Neumann problem are solvable only together. In the case where the domain is a disk, the indicated moment problem is solved together with the Dirichlet problem and the Neumann problem. The third boundary-value problem in a disk is also investigated.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 1476–1483, November, 1993.     

低温等离子模型中的一个混合型方程的闭Dirichlet问题

描述理想的低温等离子体中电磁波传播的模型是一个椭圆双曲混合型方程.证明了该方程闭Dirichlet问题弱解的存在唯一性.该结果关于区域的几何结构要求较少.由于这里所讨论的方程的奇异性与Keldysh方程的奇异性有相似性质,而后者的奇异性比Tricomi方程更强,因此关于其正则性的研究是很有意义的.作者给出了一个内正则性结果.     

The mixed harmonic problem in a bounded cracked domain with Dirichlet condition on cracks

The mixed Dirichlet-Neumann problem for the Laplace equation in a bounded connected plane domain with cuts (cracks) is studied. The Neumann condition is given on closed curves making up the boundary of a domain, while the Dirichlet condition is specified on the cuts. The existence of a classical solution is proved by potential theory and boundary integral equation method. The integral representation for a solution is obtained in the form of potentials. The density in potentials satisfies the uniquely solvable Fredholm integral equation of the second kind and index zero. Singularities of the gradient of the solution at the tips of cuts are investigated.     

On a combined grid method for solving the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in a rectangular parallelepiped

A combined grid method for solving the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation in a rectangular parallelepiped is proposed. At the grid points that are at the distance equal to the grid size from the boundary, the 6-point averaging operator is used. At the other grid points, the 26-point averaging operator is used. It is assumed that the boundary values have the third derivatives satisfying the Lipschitz condition on the faces; on the edges, they are continuous and their second derivatives satisfy the compatibility condition implied by the Laplace equation. The uniform convergence of the grid solution with the fourth order with respect to the grid size is proved     

On an initial‐boundary value problem for a wide‐angle parabolic equation in a waveguide with a variable bottom

We consider the third‐order Claerbout‐type wide‐angle parabolic equation (PE) of underwater acoustics in a cylindrically symmetric medium consisting of water over a soft bottom B of range‐dependent topography. There is strong indication that the initial‐boundary value problem for this equation with just a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition posed on B may not be well‐posed, for example when B is downsloping. We impose, in addition to the above, another homogeneous, second‐order boundary condition, derived by assuming that the standard (narrow‐angle) PE holds on B, and establish a priori H² estimates for the solution of the resulting initial‐boundary value problem for any bottom topography. After a change of the depth variable that makes B horizontal, we discretize the transformed problem by a second‐order accurate finite difference scheme and show, in the case of upsloping and downsloping wedge‐type domains, that the new model gives stable and accurate results. We also present an alternative set of boundary conditions that make the problem exactly energy conserving; one of these conditions may be viewed as a generalization of the Abrahamsson–Kreiss boundary condition in the wide‐angle case. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Problem for the diffusion equation outside cuts on the plane with the Dirichlet condition and an oblique derivative condition on opposite sides of the cuts

We consider a boundary value problem for the stationary diffusion equation outside cuts on the plane. The Dirichlet condition is posed on one side of each cut, and an oblique derivative condition is posed on the other side. We prove existence and uniqueness theorems for the solution of the boundary value problem. We obtain an integral representation of a solution in the form of potentials. The densities of these potentials are found from a system of Fredholm integral equations of the second kind, which is uniquely solvable. We obtain closed asymptotic formulas for the gradient of the solution of the boundary value problem at the endpoints of the cuts.     

The nonlinear boundary layer to the Boltzmann equation with mixed boundary conditions for hard potentials

In this paper, the existence of boundary layer solutions to the Boltzmann equation for hard potential with mixed boundary condition, i.e., a linear combination of Dirichlet boundary condition and diffuse reflection boundary condition at the wall, is considered. The boundary condition is imposed on the incoming particles, and the solution is supposed to approach to a global Maxwellian in the far field. As for the problem with Dirichlet boundary condition (Chen et al., 2004 [5]), the existence of a solution highly depends on the Mach number of the far field Maxwellian. Furthermore, an implicit solvability condition on the boundary data which shows the codimension of the boundary data is related to the number of the positive characteristic speeds is also given.     

Inverse coefficient problem for a wave equation in a bounded domain

The nonlinear inverse problem for a wave equation is investigated in a three-dimensional bounded domain subject to the Dirichlet boundary condition. Given a family of solutions to the equation defined on a closed surface within the original domain, it is required to reconstruct the coefficient determining the velocity of sound in the medium. The solutions used for this purpose correspond to the acoustic medium perturbations localized in the neighborhood of a certain closed surface. The inverse problem is reduced to a linear integral equation of the first kind, and the uniqueness of the solution to this equation is established. Numerical results are presented.     

Approximate grid solution of a nonlocal boundary value problem for Laplace’s equation on a rectangle

A nonlocal boundary value problem for Laplace’s equation on a rectangle is considered. Dirichlet boundary conditions are set on three sides of the rectangle, while the boundary values on the fourth side are sought using the condition that they are equal to the trace of the solution on the parallel midline of the rectangle. A simple proof of the existence and uniqueness of a solution to this problem is given. Assuming that the boundary values given on three sides have a second derivative satisfying a Hölder condition, a finite difference method is proposed that produces a uniform approximation (on a square mesh) of the solution to the problem with second order accuracy in space. The method can be used to find an approximate solution of a similar nonlocal boundary value problem for Poisson’s equation.     

Representation of the solution to a model problem in semiconductor physics

We study a mixed type problem for the Poisson equation arising in the modeling of charge transport in semiconductor devices [V. Romano, 2D simulation of a silicon MESFET with a non-parabolic hydrodynamical model based on the maximum entropy principle, J. Comput. Phys. 176 (2002) 70-92; A.M. Blokhin, R.S. Bushmanov, A.S. Rudometova, V. Romano, Linear asymptotic stability of the equilibrium state for the 2D MEP hydrodynamical model of charge transport in semiconductors, Nonlinear Anal. 65 (2006) 1018-1038]. Unlike well-studied elliptic boundary-value problems in domains with smooth boundaries (see, for example, [O.A. Ladyzhenskaya, N.N. Uralceva, Linear and Quasilinear Elliptic Equations, Nauka, Moscow, 1973; D. Gilbarg, N.S. Trudinger, Elliptic Partial Differential Equations of Second Order, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1983]), our problem has two significant features: firstly, the boundary is not a smooth curve and, secondly, the type of boundary conditions is mixed (the Dirichlet condition is satisfied on the one part of the boundary whereas the Neumann condition on the other part). The well-posedness of the problem in Hölder and Sobolev spaces is proved. The representation of the solution to the problem is obtained in an explicit form.     

Two-Parameter Asymptotics in a Boundary-Value Problem for the Laplacian

We study a model boundary-value problem for the Laplacian in the unit disk with closely-spaced and periodic alternation of the type of boundary condition for the case in which the Dirichlet problem is the limit one. We study and justify the two-parameter asymptotics of an eigenvalue of the perturbed problem converging to a simple eigenvalue of the limit problem.     

Initial–boundary value problems for conservation laws with source terms and the Degasperis–Procesi equation

We consider conservation laws with source terms in a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We first prove the existence of a strong trace at the boundary in order to provide a simple formulation of the entropy boundary condition. Equipped with this formulation, we go on to establish the well-posedness of entropy solutions to the initial–boundary value problem. The proof utilizes the kinetic formulation and the averaging lemma. Finally, we make use of these results to demonstrate the well-posedness in a class of discontinuous solutions to the initial–boundary value problem for the Degasperis–Procesi shallow water equation, which is a third order nonlinear dispersive equation that can be rewritten in the form of a nonlinear conservation law with a nonlocal source term.     

On an eigenvalue for the Laplace operator in a disk with Dirichlet boundary condition on a small part of the boundary in a critical case

A boundary-value problem of finding eigenvalues is considered for the negative Laplace operator in a disk with Neumann boundary condition on almost all the circle except for a small arc of vanishing length, where the Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed. A complete asymptotic expansion with respect to a parameter (the length of the small arc) is constructed for an eigenvalue of this problem that converges to a double eigenvalue of the Neumann problem.     

Heat kernel for the elliptic system of linear elasticity with boundary conditions

We consider the elliptic system of linear elasticity with bounded measurable coefficients in a domain where the second Korn inequality holds. We construct heat kernel of the system subject to Dirichlet, Neumann, or mixed boundary condition under the assumption that weak solutions of the elliptic system are Hölder continuous in the interior. Moreover, we show that if weak solutions of the mixed problem are Hölder continuous up to the boundary, then the corresponding heat kernel has a Gaussian bound. In particular, if the domain is a two dimensional Lipschitz domain satisfying a corkscrew or non-tangential accessibility condition on the set where we specify Dirichlet boundary condition, then we show that the heat kernel has a Gaussian bound. As an application, we construct Green's function for elliptic mixed problem in such a domain.     

Fast elliptic solvers—an overview

The purpose of this paper is to present a brief survey of fast direct methods for solving elliptic boundary-value problems. The methods reviewed are based on Fourier analysis, block reduction techniques, and marching algorithms. First, the Poisson equation with Dirichlet and mixed boundary conditions are considered. Then we go to more general elliptic problems and irregular regions.     

Uniform grid approximation of nonsmooth solutions to the mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation in a rectangle

A mixed boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equation in a square is considered. A Neumann condition is specified on one side of the square, and a Dirichlet condition is set on the other three. It is assumed that the coefficient of the equation, its right-hand side, and the boundary values of the desired solution or its normal derivative on the sides of the square are smooth enough to ensure the required smoothness of the solution in a closed domain outside the neighborhoods of the corner points. No compatibility conditions are assumed to hold at the corner points. Under these assumptions, the desired solution in the entire closed domain is of limited smoothness: it belongs only to the Hölder class C ^μ, where μ ∈ (0, 1) is arbitrary. In the domain, a nonuniform rectangular mesh is introduced that is refined in the boundary domain and depends on a small parameter. The numerical solution to the problem is based on the classical five-point approximation of the equation and a four-point approximation of the Neumann boundary condition. A mesh refinement rule is described under which the approximate solution converges to the exact one uniformly with respect to the small parameter in the L _∞ ^h norm. The convergence rate is O(N ^?2ln² N), where N is the number of mesh nodes in each coordinate direction. The parameter-uniform convergence of difference schemes for mixed problems without compatibility conditions at corner points was not previously analyzed.     

Solution of the generalized diffraction problem

One solves a mixed boundary-value problem for an elliptic equation with linear principal terms. On some parts of the boundary one imposes the first boundary condition and on the other parts a condition with oblique derivatives. The leading coefficients of the equation may have discontinuities of the first kind on surfaces which partition the initial domain. On the discontinuity surfaces one imposes special matching conditions for the solutions. One establishes the existence of the solution of the problem with restrictions on the boundary and on the discontinuity surfaces. One proves the existence of the second generalized derivatives of the solution in each of the subdomains.Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, No. 9, pp. 172–183, 1984.