Solution to the boundary value problem for an arbitrary elliptic operator subject to a radiation condition

It is shown that the generalized Fourier transform can be extended to an arbitrary elliptic operator in a cylindrical domain with a Robin boundary condition. In this case, the existence of the Fourier image is a completely correct radiation condition determining a solution to the problem that is a superposition of waves traveling away from the source.     

The Impedance Boundary Value Problem for the Helmholtz Equation in a Half-Plane

We prove unique existence of solution for the impedance (or third) boundary value problem for the Helmholtz equation in a half-plane with arbitrary L_∞ boundary data. This problem is of interest as a model of outdoor sound propagation over inhomogeneous flat terrain and as a model of rough surface scattering. To formulate the problem and prove uniqueness of solution we introduce a novel radiation condition, a generalization of that used in plane wave scattering by one-dimensional diffraction gratings. To prove existence of solution and a limiting absorption principle we first reformulate the problem as an equivalent second kind boundary integral equation to which we apply a form of Fredholm alternative, utilizing recent results on the solvability of integral equations on the real line in [5]. © 1997 B. G. Teubner Stuttgart–John Wiley & Sons Ltd.     

Radiation condition and uniqueness for the outgoing elastic wave in a half-plane with free boundary

In this Note we deduce an explicit Sommerfeld-type radiation condition which is convenient to prove the uniqueness for the time-harmonic outgoing wave problem in an isotropic elastic half-plane with free boundary condition. The expression is obtained from a rigorous asymptotic analysis of the associated Green's function. The main difficulty is that the free boundary condition allows the propagation of a Rayleigh wave which cannot be neglected in the far field expansion. We also give the existence result for this problem. To cite this article: M. Durán et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009).     

一类一维的辐射流体力学方程组激波的存在性

该文主要讨论一维空间中一类辐射流体力学方程组的激波. 由Rankine-Hugoniot条件及熵条件得此问题可表述为关于辐射流体力学方程组带自由边界的初边值问题. 首先通过变量代换, 将其自由边界转换为固定边界, 然后研究关于此非线性方程组的一个初边值问题解的存在唯一性. 为此先构造了此问题的一个近似解, 然后分别通过Picard迭代与Newton迭代对此非线性问题构造近似解序列. 通过一系列估计与紧性理论得到此近似解序列的收敛性, 其极限即为原辐射热力学方程组的一个激波.     

A variational approach to bifurcation in reaction-diffusion systems with Signorini type boundary conditions

We consider a simple reaction-diffusion system exhibiting Turing’s diffusion driven instability if supplemented with classical homogeneous mixed boundary conditions. We consider the case when the Neumann boundary condition is replaced by a unilateral condition of Signorini type on a part of the boundary and show the existence and location of bifurcation of stationary spatially non-homogeneous solutions. The nonsymmetric problem is reformulated as a single variational inequality with a potential operator, and a variational approach is used in a certain non-direct way.     

Solvability of nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem via its associated linear problem

We investigate the existence of solutions of a nonlinear elliptic boundary value problem at resonance. Under the condition that the associated linear boundary value problem has no sign-changing solution or nontrivial solution and some other additional conditions, we prove the existence of solutions or nontrivial (even multiple) solutions to the nonlinear problem. Thus the existence of solutions can be obtained when the nonlinearity may cross any finite number of eigenvalues of the linear problem.     

Multipoint boundary value problems for nonlinear ordinary differential equations

In this paper we provide sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions to multipoint boundary value problems for nonlinear ordinary differential equations. We consider the case where the solution space of the associated linear homogeneous boundary value problem is less than 2. When this solution space is trivial, we establish existence results via the Schauder Fixed Point Theorem. In the resonance case, we use a projection scheme to provide criteria for the solvability of our nonlinear boundary value problem. We accomplish this by analyzing a link between the behavior of the nonlinearity and the solution set of the associated linear homogeneous boundary value problem.     

An exact far-field inversion for the Born approximation and plane wave decompositions for Hankel functions

We consider the Born approximation (representative for first-order approximations) of the scattering problem for the scalar Helroholtz equation with a fixed real-valued free-space wavenumber and a complex-valued compactly supported potential. The boundary condition is the Sommerfeld radiation condition. We derive an exact series-integral representation of the potential from the Fourier coefficients of its far-field pattern, suitable for discussion of the connected stability problem. Furthermore we stress the connection between this representation and some plane wave decompositions for Hankel functions. Without loss of generality we restrict ourselves to the case of two space dimensions.     

On coupled Boltzmann transport equation related to radiation therapy

We consider a system of Boltzmann transport equations which models the charged particle evolution in media. The system is related to the dose calculation in radiation therapy. Although only one species of particles, say photons is invasing these particles mobilize other type of particles (electrons and positrons). Hence in realistic modelling of particle transport one needs a coupled system of three Boltzmann transport equations. The solution of this system must satisfy the inflow boundary condition. We show existence and uniqueness result of the solution applying generalized Lax-Milgram Theorem. In addition, we verify that (in the case of external therapy) under certain assumptions the “incoming flux to dose operator” D₁ is compact. Also the adjoint is analyzed. Finally we consider the inverse planning problem as an optimal control problem. Its solution can be used as an initial solution of the actual inverse planning problem.     

One-sided contact problems with friction arising along the normal

We study a boundary contact problem for a micropolar homogeneous elastic hemitropic medium with regard of friction; in the considered case, friction forces do not arise in the tangential displacement but correspond to a normal displacement of the medium. We consider two cases: the coercive case (in which the elastic body has a fixed part of the boundary) and the noncoercive case (without fixed parts). By using the Steklov–Poincaré operator, we reduce this problem to an equivalent boundary variational inequality. Existence and uniqueness theorems are proved for the weak solution on the basis of properties of general variational inequalities. In the coercive case, the problem is unconditionally solvable, and the solution depends continuously on the data of the original problem. In the noncoercive case, we present closed-form necessary conditions for the existence of a solution of the contact problem. Under additional assumptions, these conditions are also sufficient for the existence of a solution.     

Existence and uniqueness of solutions of hyperbolic equations in divergence form with various boundary conditions on various parts of the boundary

We prove the existence and uniqueness of an energy class solution of an initial–boundary value problem for a semilinear equation in divergence form. We consider the case in which an inhomogeneous third boundary condition is posed on one part of the lateral surface of the cylinder in which the equation is studied and the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition is posed on the other part of the lateral surface.     

Nodal solutions of multi-point boundary value problems

We study the nonlinear boundary value problem consisting of the equation y^″+w(t)f(y)=0 on [a,b] and a multi-point boundary condition. By relating it to the eigenvalues of a linear Sturm-Liouville problem with a two-point separated boundary condition, we obtain results on the existence and nonexistence of nodal solutions of this problem. We also discuss the changes in the existence question for different types of nodal solutions as the problem changes.     

Well-posedness of the free boundary problem in compressible elastodynamics

We study the free boundary problem for the flow of a compressible isentropic inviscid elastic fluid. At the free boundary moving with the velocity of the fluid particles the columns of the deformation gradient are tangent to the boundary and the pressure vanishes outside the flow domain. We prove the local-in-time existence of a unique smooth solution of the free boundary problem provided that among three columns of the deformation gradient there are two which are non-collinear vectors at each point of the initial free boundary. If this non-collinearity condition fails, the local-in-time existence is proved under the classical Rayleigh–Taylor sign condition satisfied at the first moment. By constructing an Hadamard-type ill-posedness example for the frozen coefficients linearized problem we show that the simultaneous failure of the non-collinearity condition and the Rayleigh–Taylor sign condition leads to Rayleigh–Taylor instability.     

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.     

Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations in Infinite Homogeneous Waveguides

ABSTRACT

In this paper we prove global and almost global existence theorems for nonlinear wave equations with quadratic nonlinearities in infinite homogeneous waveguides. We can handle both the case of Dirichlet boundary conditions and Neumann boundary conditions. In the case of Neumann boundary conditions we need to assume a natural nonlinear Neumann condition on the quasilinear terms. The results that we obtain are sharp in terms of the assumptions on the dimensions for the global existence results and in terms of the lifespan for the almost global results. For nonlinear wave equations, in the case where the infinite part of the waveguide has spatial dimension three, the hypotheses in the theorem concern whether or not the Laplacian for the compact base of the waveguide has a zero mode or not.     

Boundary Value Problems for the Elliptic Sine-Gordon Equation in a Semi-strip

We study boundary value problems posed in a semistrip for the elliptic sine-Gordon equation, which is the paradigm of an elliptic integrable PDE in two variables. We use the method introduced by one of the authors, which provides a substantial generalization of the inverse scattering transform and can be used for the analysis of boundary as opposed to initial-value problems. We first express the solution in terms of a 2×2 matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem whose “jump matrix” depends on both the Dirichlet and the Neumann boundary values. For a well posed problem one of these boundary values is an unknown function. This unknown function is characterised in terms of the so-called global relation, but in general this characterisation is nonlinear. We then concentrate on the case that the prescribed boundary conditions are zero along the unbounded sides of a semistrip and constant along the bounded side. This corresponds to a case of the so-called linearisable boundary conditions, however, a major difficulty for this problem is the existence of non-integrable singularities of the function q _y at the two corners of the semistrip; these singularities are generated by the discontinuities of the boundary condition at these corners. Motivated by the recent solution of the analogous problem for the modified Helmholtz equation, we introduce an appropriate regularisation which overcomes this difficulty. Furthermore, by mapping the basic Riemann–Hilbert problem to an equivalent modified Riemann–Hilbert problem, we show that the solution can be expressed in terms of a 2×2 matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem whose “jump matrix” depends explicitly on the width of the semistrip L, on the constant value d of the solution along the bounded side, and on the residues at the given poles of a certain spectral function denoted by h(λ). The determination of the function h remains open.     

Zur lösungstheorie der zeitunabhängigen Maxwell-schen gleichungen mit der randbedingung n·b=n·d=0 in anisotropen,inhomogenen medien

A contribution to the theory of Maxwell's equation in the time-independent case with the boundary condition n·B=n·D=0 (n outer normal) for the interior and exterior problem of a bounded domain GR³ is given by means of Hilbert space methods. The problem is reduced to one with the boundary condition (in classical notation) n·curl E=n·curl H=0, which permits partial integration of the curl-operator. Carrying the existence and uniqueness theorems which are available in this case back to the original boundary value problem we get corresponding results.     

A parametrix for the linear elastic equation with diffractive boundary and its application

In this paper, we construct parametrices near diffractive points for the boundary value problems for the linear elastic equation with free boundary condition or Dirichlet boundary condition. Naturally, our construction is similar to that for the wave equation case. However, since the linear elastic equation is a second order system, our method is more complicated. As an application to the existence of the parametrices, we prove the theorem on propagation of singularities for solutions of the boundary value problem.     

A One-Dimensional Wave Equation with White Noise Boundary Condition

We discuss the Cauchy problem for a one-dimensional wave equation with white noise boundary condition. We also establish the existence of an invariant measure when the noise is additive. Similar problems for parabolic equations were discussed by several authors. To our knowledge, there is only one work [12] which investigated the initial-boundary value problem for a wave equation with random noise at the boundary. We handle a more general case by a different method. Our result on the existence of an invariant measure relies on the author's recent work on a certain class of stochastic evolution equations.     

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 .