Bitsadze-Samarskii problem with a lacking shift condition for the Gellerstedt equation with a singular coefficient

For the Gellerstedt equation with a singular coefficient, we study the well-posedness of the problem with the Bitsadze-Samarskii conditions on the ellipticity boundary and on a segment of the degeneration line and with a shift condition on parts of boundary characteristics. We use the maximum principle to prove the uniqueness of the solution of the problem in the class of Hölder functions and the method of integral equations to prove its existence.     

The Method of Smooth Domains in the Equilibrium Problem for a Plate with a Crack

A free boundary problem is considered of the equilibrium of an elastic plate with a crack. We suppose that some boundary mutual nonpenetration conditions are given on the crack faces in the form of simultaneous equalities and inequalities. We suggest a new approach to posing the problem in a smooth domain although it was stated in a domain with cuts originally. We treat the constraints on the components of the displacement vector and stress tensor on the crack faces as interior constraints, i.e., constraints given on subsets of the smooth domain of a solution.     

A nonlocal problem for a hyperbolic equation with integral conditions of the 1st kind with time-dependent kernels

We consider a nonlocal problem with integral conditions of the 1st kind. The main goal is to prove the unique solvability of this problem under the assumption that kernels of nonlocal conditions depend both on spatial and time variables. To this end we propose a technique based on the proved equivalence between the nonlocal problem with integral conditions of the 1st kind and a nonlocal problem with integral conditions of the 2nd kind in a special form. We formulate requirements to the initial data guaranteeing the unique existence of a generalized solution to the stated problem.     

Gellerstedt problem with a generalized Frankl matching condition on the type change line with data on external characteristics

We study the solvability of the Gellerstedt problem for the Lavrent’ev–Bitsadze equation with nonclassical matching conditions for the gradient of the solution (in the sense of Frankl) on the type change line of the equation. We prove that the inhomogeneous Gellerstedt problem with data on the external characteristics of the equation is solvable either uniquely or modulo a nontrivial solution of the homogeneous problem. We obtain integral representations of the solution of the problem in both the elliptic and the hyperbolic parts of the domain. The solution proves to be regular.     

On the solvability of a boundary value problem for the Laplace equation on a screen with a boundary condition for a directional derivative

We consider a three-dimensional boundary value problem for the Laplace equation on a thin plane screen with boundary conditions for the “directional derivative”: boundary conditions for the derivative of the unknown function in the directions of vector fields defined on the screen surface are posed on each side of the screen. We study the case in which the direction of these vector fields is close to the direction of the normal to the screen surface. This problem can be reduced to a system of two boundary integral equations with singular and hypersingular integrals treated in the sense of the Hadamard finite value. The resulting integral equations are characterized by the presence of integral-free terms that contain the surface gradient of one of the unknown functions. We prove the unique solvability of this system of integral equations and the existence of a solution of the considered boundary value problem and its uniqueness under certain assumptions.     

Well-posedness of a problem with initial conditions for hyperbolic differential-difference equations with shifts in the time argument

We study a problem with initial conditions on the half-line for a differentialdifference equation of the hyperbolic type with deviations of the time argument. We obtain sufficient conditions for the well-posed solvability of the problem in Sobolev spaces with an exponential weight. In terms of the spectrum of the problem operator, we obtain necessary conditions for the well-posed solvability of the problem, sufficient conditions for the absence of solutions, and sufficient conditions for the nonuniqueness of the solution.     

Inverse problem for a quasilinear hyperbolic equation with a nonlocal boundary condition containing a delay argument

We consider a problem for a quasilinear hyperbolic equation with a nonlocal condition that contains a retarded argument. By reducing this problem to a nonlinear integrofunctional equation, we prove the existence and uniqueness theorem for its solution. We pose an inverse problem of finding a solution-dependent coefficient of the equation on the basis of additional information on the solution; the information is given at a fixed point in space and is a function of time. We prove the uniqueness theorem for the solution of the inverse problem. The proof is based on the derivation and analysis of an integro-functional equation for the difference of two solutions of the inverse problem.     

On the spectrum of the Steklov problem in a domain with a peak

We consider the spectral Steklov problem in a domain with a peak on the boundary. It is shown that the spectrum on the real nonnegative semi-axis can be either discrete or continuous depending on the sharpness of the exponent.     

On the Kantorovich Problem with a Parameter

Doklady Mathematics - We study measurable dependence of measures on a parameter in the Kantorovich optimal transportation problem with a parameter. Broad sufficient conditions are obtained for the...     

Eigenvibrations of a bar with elastically attached load

We study the problem on the eigenvibrations of a bar with an elastically attached load. The problem is reduced to finding the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of an ordinary secondorder differential problem with a spectral parameter nonlinearly occurring in the boundary condition at the load attachment point. We prove the existence of countably many simple positive eigenvalues of the differential problem. The problem is approximated by a grid scheme of the finite element method. We study the convergence and accuracy of the approximate solutions.     

A combination of the Tricomi problem and a boundary-value problem with a shift for the Gellerstedt equation

We study a problem whose statement combines the Tricomi problem and the problem with a shift considered by V. I. Zhegalov and A. M. Nakhushev for the Gellerstedt equation with a singular coefficient. We prove its solvability by the method of integral equations, and we do the uniqueness of the solution with the help of the extremum principle.     

On the spectral problem arising in the solution of a mixed problem for the heat equation with a mixed derivative in the boundary condition

We study issues related to the uniform convergence of the Fourier series expansions of Hölder class functions in the system of eigenfunctions corresponding to a spectral problem obtained from a mixed problem for the heat equation. We prove a theorem on the equiconvergence of these expansions with expansions in a well-known orthonormal basis.     

Placing a finite size facility with a center objective on a rectangular plane with barriers

This paper addresses the finite size 1-center placement problem on a rectangular plane in the presence of barriers. Barriers are regions in which both facility location and travel through are prohibited. The feasible region for facility placement is subdivided into cells along the lines of Larson and Sadiq [R.C. Larson, G. Sadiq, Facility locations with the Manhattan metric in the presence of barriers to travel, Operations Research 31 (4) (1983) 652–669]. To overcome complications induced by the center (minimax) objective, we analyze the resultant cells based on the cell corners. We study the problem when the facility orientation is known a priori. We obtain domination results when the facility is fully contained inside 1, 2 and 3-cornered cells. For full containment in a 4-cornered cell, we formulate the problem as a linear program. However, when the facility intersects gridlines, analytical representation of the distance functions becomes challenging. We study the difficulties of this case and formulate our problem as a linear or nonlinear program, depending on whether the feasible region is convex or nonconvex. An analysis of the solution complexity is presented along with an illustrative numerical example.     

Resonance scattering on a hole on the boundary surface with finite symmetry group

We consider optimal, in the number of operations, computation schemes for the solution of the problem of resonance scattering on a hole on a boundary surface with a discontinuously acting group. We show that the numerical solution of the diffraction problem on the hole can be represented as a discrete analog of the potential density of a simple layer on the boundary surface.     

Problem with integral condition for a partial differential equation of the first order with respect to time

We investigate the problem with inhomogeneous integral condition for a homogeneous partial differential equation of the first order with respect to time and, in the general case, of infinite order with respect to the space variable with constant coefficients. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the problem in a class of quasipolynomials of the special form. We construct a solution of this problem with the use of the differential-symbol method. In the case of existence of a nonunique solution of the problem, we propose formulas for the construction of a particular solution of the problem.     

A mixed problem with Tricomi and Frankl conditions for the gellerstedt equation with a singular coefficient

We consider a generalized Tricomi equation with a singular coefficient. For this equation in a mixed domain we study the corresponding problem in the case, when a part of the boundary characteristic is free of boundary conditions; the deficient Tricomi condition is equivalently substituted by a nonlocal Frankl condition on a segment of the degeneration line. We prove that the stated problem is well-posed.     

Multiplicative asymptotics of solutions of the first boundary value problem on a half-axis for a parabolic equation with a small parameter

In this work we consider the first boundary value problem for a parabolic equation of second order with a small parameter on a half-axis (i.e., we consider the one-dimensional case). We take the zero initial condition. We construct the global (that is, the caustic points are taken into account) asymptotics of a solution for the boundary value problem. The asymptotic solution of this problem has a different structure depending on the sign of the coefficient (the drift coefficient) at the derivative of first order at a boundary point. The constructed asymptotic solutions are justified.     

A problem with a nonlocal boundary condition on the characteristic for a class of equations of mixed type

We study the boundary-value problem with a nonlocal boundary condition on the characteristic for a class of equations of mixed type. The unique solvability of the problem is proved.     

On the solvability of a nonlocal boundary value problem with opposite fluxes at a part of the boundary and of the adjoint problem

We consider a nonlocal boundary value problem for the Laplace operator in a circular sector with opposite fluxes on the radii and with zero value of the solution on one of the radii; we also consider the adjoint problem. We prove the unique solvability of these problems and obtain the solution in an explicit form by the spectral method. As a by-product, we study the completeness and the basis property of systems of roots functions for problems of Samarskii-Ionkin type, which may be of interest in itself.     

A problem with a nonlocal,with respect to time,condition for multidimensional hyperbolic equations

We study a boundary-value problem for a hyperbolic equation with a nonlocal with respect to time-variable integral condition. We obtain sufficient conditions for unique solvability of the nonlocal problem. The proof is based on reduction of the nonlocal first-type condition to the second-type one. This allows to reduce the nonlocal problem to an operator equation. We show that unique solvability of the operator equation implies the existence of a unique solution to the problem.