Nonlocal initial problems for coupled reaction–diffusion systems and their applications

The purpose of this work is to investigate the uniqueness and existence of nonlocal initial problems for a system of nonlinear parabolic equations weakly coupled with ordinary differential equations. The system of equations is considered in bounded and unbounded spatial domains. The uniqueness of the classical solution is proved by means of comparison principles for differential inequalities. The existence of the unique solution is obtained via a monotone iterative method. Applications are given to some model problems in epidemiology and ecology.     

Large deviations for the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations with multiplicative noise

A Wentzell–Freidlin type large deviation principle is established for the two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations perturbed by a multiplicative noise in both bounded and unbounded domains. The large deviation principle is equivalent to the Laplace principle in our function space setting. Hence, the weak convergence approach is employed to obtain the Laplace principle for solutions of stochastic Navier–Stokes equations. The existence and uniqueness of a strong solution to (a) stochastic Navier–Stokes equations with a small multiplicative noise, and (b) Navier–Stokes equations with an additional Lipschitz continuous drift term are proved for unbounded domains which may be of independent interest.     

Existence of mild solutions for semilinear differential equations with nonlocal and impulsive conditions

This paper is concerned with the existence of mild solutions for impulsive semilinear differential equations with nonlocal conditions. Using the technique of measures of noncompactness in Banach and Fréchet spaces of piecewise continuous functions, existence results are obtained both on bounded and unbounded intervals, when the impulsive functions and the nonlocal item are not compact in the space of piecewise continuous functions but they are continuous and Lipschitzian with respect to some measure of noncompactness, and the linear part generates only a strongly continuous evolution system.     

On the refined maximum principle for degenerate elliptic and parabolic problems

We extend the refined maximum principle in [H. Berestycki, L. Nirenberg, S.R.S. Varadhan, The principal eigenvalue and the maximum principle for second-order elliptic operators in general domains, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 47 (1994) 47–92] to degenerate elliptic and parabolic equations with unbounded coefficients. Then we discuss the well-posedness of the corresponding Dirichlet boundary value problems.     

Decay of solutions for 2D Navier–Stokes equations posed on Lipschitz and smooth bounded and unbounded domains

Initial–boundary value problems for 2D Navier–Stokes equations posed on bounded and unbounded rectangles as well as on bounded and unbounded smooth domains were considered. The existence and uniqueness of regular global solutions in bounded rectangles and bounded smooth domains as well as exponential decay of solutions on bounded and unbounded domains were established.     

Spreading speeds for monostable equations with nonlocal dispersal in space periodic habitats

The current paper is devoted to the study of spatial spreading dynamics of monostable equations with nonlocal dispersal in spatially periodic habitats. In particular, the existence and characterization of spreading speeds is considered. First, a principal eigenvalue theory for nonlocal dispersal operators with space periodic dependence is developed, which plays an important role in the study of spreading speeds of nonlocal periodic monostable equations and is also of independent interest. In terms of the principal eigenvalue theory it is then shown that the monostable equation with nonlocal dispersal has a spreading speed in every direction in the following cases: the nonlocal dispersal is nearly local; the periodic habitat is nearly globally homogeneous or it is nearly homogeneous in a region where it is most conducive to population growth in the zero-limit population. Moreover, a variational principle for the spreading speeds is established.     

Concentration phenomena for neutronic multigroup diffusion in random environments

We study the asymptotic behavior of the principal eigenvalue of a weakly coupled, cooperative linear elliptic system in a stationary ergodic heterogeneous medium. The system arises as the so-called multigroup diffusion model for neutron flux in nuclear reactor cores, the principal eigenvalue determining the criticality of the reactor in a stationary state. Such systems have been well studied in recent years in the periodic setting, and the purpose of this work is to obtain results in random media. Our approach connects the linear eigenvalue problem to a system of quasilinear viscous Hamilton–Jacobi equations. By homogenizing the latter, we characterize the asymptotic behavior of the eigenvalue of the linear problem and exhibit some concentration behavior of the eigenfunctions.     

Log-Harnack inequality for mild solutions of SPDEs with multiplicative noise

Due to technical reasons, existing results concerning Harnack type inequalities for SPDEs with multiplicative noise apply only to the case where the coefficient in the noise term is a Hilbert–Schmidt perturbation of a constant bounded operator. In this paper we obtained gradient estimates, log-Harnack inequality for mild solutions of general SPDEs with multiplicative noise whose coefficient is even allowed to be unbounded which cannot be Hilbert–Schmidt. Applications to stochastic reaction–diffusion equations driven by space–time white noise are presented.     

On Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary conditions for nonlocal elliptic equations

Inspired by the penalization of the domain approach of Lions and Sznitman, we give a sense to Neumann and oblique derivatives boundary value problems for nonlocal, possibly degenerate elliptic equations. Two different cases are considered: (i) homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in convex, possibly non-smooth and unbounded domains, and (ii) general oblique derivatives boundary conditions in smooth, bounded, and possibly non-convex domains. In each case we give appropriate definitions of viscosity solutions and prove uniqueness of solutions of the corresponding boundary value problems. We prove that these boundary value problems arise in the penalization of the domain limit from whole space problems and obtain as a corollary the existence of solutions of these problems.     

Eigenvalue problems for the p-Laplacian

We study nonlinear eigenvalue problems for the p$p$-Laplace operator subject to different kinds of boundary conditions on a bounded domain. Using the Ljusternik–Schnirelman principle, we show the existence of a nondecreasing sequence of nonnegative eigenvalues. We prove the simplicity and isolation of the principal eigenvalue and give a characterization for the second eigenvalue.     

Finite fractal dimension of pullback attractors for non-autonomous 2D Navier–Stokes equations in some unbounded domains

We study the asymptotic behaviour of non-autonomous 2D Navier–Stokes equations in unbounded domains for which a Poincaré inequality holds. In particular, we give sufficient conditions for their pullback attractor to have finite fractal dimension. The existence of pullback attractors in this framework comes from the existence of bounded absorbing sets of pullback asymptotically compact processes [T. Caraballo, G. ?ukaszewicz, J. Real, Pullback attractors for asymptotically compact nonautonomous dynamical systems, Nonlinear Anal. 64 (3) (2006) 484–498]. We show that, under suitable conditions, the method of Lyapunov exponents in [P. Constantin, C. Foias, R. Temam, Attractors representing turbulent flows, Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 53 (1984) [5]] for the dimension of attractors can be developed in this new context.     

On the index instability for some nonlocal elliptic problems

The index of unbounded operators defined on generalized solutions of nonlocal elliptic problems in plane bounded domains is investigated. It is known that nonlocal terms with smooth coefficients having zero of a certain order at the conjugation points do not affect the index of the unbounded operator. In this paper, we construct examples showing that the index may change under nonlocal perturbations with coefficients not vanishing at the points of conjugation of boundary-value conditions. __________ Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 26, pp. 178–193, 2007.     

Decaying solutions for discrete boundary value problems on the half line

Some nonlocal boundary value problems, associated to a class of functional difference equations on unbounded domains, are considered by means of a new approach. Their solvability is obtained by using properties of the recessive solution to suitable half-linear difference equations, a half-linearization technique and a fixed point theorem in Frechét spaces. The result is applied to derive the existence of nonoscillatory solutions with initial and final data. Examples and open problems complete the paper.     

Attractors for 2D-Navier–Stokes equations with delays on some unbounded domains

We prove the existence of tempered and nontempered pullback attractors for two dimensional Navier–Stokes equations on unbounded domains satisfying Poincaré inequality, for the case in which a forcing term involving memory effects appears. Our proof uses an energy method and is valid for the autonomous and nonautonomous cases.     

Existence results for viscous polytropic fluids with vacuum

We consider the full Navier-Stokes equations for viscous polytropic fluids with nonnegative thermal conductivity. We prove the existence of unique local strong solutions for all initial data satisfying some compatibility condition. The initial density need not be positive and may vanish in an open set. Moreover our results hold for both bounded and unbounded domains.     

Coercivity Conditions for Equilibrium Problems

The study of the existence of solutions of equilibrium problems on unbounded domains involves usually the same sufficient assumptions as for bounded domains together with a coercivity condition. We focus on two different conditions: the first is obtained assuming the existence of a bounded set such that no elements outside is a candidate for a solution; the second allows the solution set to be unbounded. Our results exploit the generalized monotonicity properties of the function f defining the equilibrium problem. It turns out that, in both the pseudomonotone and the quasimonotone setting, an equivalence can be stated between the nonemptyness and boundedness of the solution set and these coercivity conditions. In the pseudomonotone case, we compare our coercivity conditions with various coercivity conditions that appeared in the literature.We thank an anonymous referee for valuable comments and suggestions.     

On the Existence of Positive Eigenvalues for Linear and Nonlinear Equations with Indefinite Weight

We prove the existence of positive eigenvalues for two types of equations having an indefinite weight. We consider the linear case, and we show the existence of a positive principal eigenvalue corresponding to a positive eigenfunction. For the nonlinear case, we show that the set of positive eigenvalues is an unbounded interval, and that the corresponding eigenfunctions are positive.     

Global dynamics of a spatial heterogeneous viral infection model with intracellular delay and nonlocal diffusion

In this paper, we propose a spatial heterogeneous viral infection model, where heterogeneous parameters, the intracellular delay and nonlocal diffusion of free virions are considered. The global well-posedness, compactness and asymptotic smoothness of the semiflow generated by the system are established. It is shown that the principal eigenvalue problem of a perturbation of the nonlocal diffusion operator has a principal eigenvalue associated with a positive eigenfunction. The principal eigenvalue plays the same role as the basic reproduction number being defined as the spectral radius of the next generation operator. The existence of the unique chronic-infection steady state is established by the super-sub solution method. Furthermore, the uniform persistence of the model is investigated by using the persistence theory of infinite dimensional dynamical systems. By setting the eigenfunction as the integral kernel of Lyapunov functionals, the global threshold dynamics of the system is established. More precisely, the infection-free steady state is globally asymptotically stable if the basic reproduction number is less than one; while the chronic-infection steady state is globally asymptotically stable if the basic reproduction number is larger than one. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the effects of intracellular delay and diffusion rate on the final concentrations of infected cells and free virions, respectively.     

On the Minimal Solutions of Variational Inequalities in Orlicz-Sobolev Spaces

In this paper, the author studies the existence of the minimal nonnegative solutions of some elliptic variational inequalities in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces on bounded or unbounded domains. She gets some comparison results between different solutions as tools to pass to the limit in the problems and to show the existence of the minimal solutions of the variational inequalities on bounded domains or unbounded domains. In both cases,coercive and noncoercive operators are handled. The sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of the minimal nonnegative solution of the noncoercive variational inequality on bounded domains are established.     

Principal eigenvalue in an unbounded domain with indefinite potential

In this work, we discuss the existence and the non-existence of principal eigenvalue in an unbounded domain of \mathbbR^N{\mathbb{R}^N} for some potentials which change sign. We also give certain properties of this principal eigenvalue.