A nonlinear boundary eigenvalue problem for TM-polarized electromagnetic waves in a nonlinear layer

We consider the propagation of TM-polarized electromagnetic waves in a nonlinear dielectric layer located between two linear media. The nonlinearity in the layer is described by the Kerr law. We reduce the problem to a nonlinear boundary eigenvalue problem for a system of ordinary differential equations. We obtain a dispersion relation and a first approximation for eigenvalues of the problem. We compare the results with those obtained for the case of a linear medium in the layer.     

Propagation of TM waves in a layer with arbitrary nonlinearity

A boundary value problem for Maxwell’s equations describing propagation of TM waves in a nonlinear dielectric layer with arbitrary nonlinearity is considered. The layer is located between two linear semi-infinite media. The problem is reduced to a nonlinear boundary eigenvalue problem for a system of second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations. A dispersion equation for the eigenvalues of the problem (propagation constants) is derived. For a given nonlinearity function, the dispersion equation can be studied both analytically and numerically. A sufficient condition for the existence of at least one eigenvalue is formulated.     

On solving a nonlinear matrix eigenvalue problem

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On the existence of infinitely many nonperturbative solutions in a transmission eigenvalue problem for nonlinear Helmholtz equation with polynomial nonlinearity

The paper focuses on a transmission eigenvalue problem for nonlinear Helmholtz equation with polynomial nonlinearity which describes the propagation of transverse electric waves along a dielectric layer filled with nonlinear medium. It is proved that even if the nonlinearity coefficients are small, the nonlinear problem has infinitely many nonperturbative solutions, whereas the corresponding linear problem always has a finite number of solutions. This results in the theoretical existence of a novel type of nonlinear guided waves that exist only in nonlinear guided systems. Asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues is found and a comparison theorem is proved; periodicity of the eigenfunctions is proved, the exact formula for the period is found, and the zeros of the eigenfunctions are determined. The results found essentially extend the theory evolved earlier (particular cases for Kerr, cubic-quintic, septic nonlinearities, etc. are easily extracted from the general results found here). Numerical results are also presented.     

Perturbation method for solving the nonlinear eigenvalue problem arising from fatigue crack growth problem in a damaged medium

An analytical solution of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem arising from the fatigue crack growth problem in a damaged medium in coupled formulation is obtained. The perturbation technique for solving the nonlinear eigenvalue problem is used. The method allows to find the analytical formula expressing the eigenvalue as the function of parameters of the damage evolution law. It is shown that the eigenvalues of the nonlinear eigenvalue problem are fully determined by the exponents of the damage evolution law. In the paper the third-order (four-term) asymptotic expansions of the angular functions determining the stress and continuity fields in the neighborhood of the crack tip are given. The asymptotic expansions of the angular functions permit to find the closed-form solution for the problem considered.     

An integral method for solving nonlinear eigenvalue problems

We propose a numerical method for computing all eigenvalues (and the corresponding eigenvectors) of a nonlinear holomorphic eigenvalue problem that lie within a given contour in the complex plane. The method uses complex integrals of the resolvent operator, applied to at least k column vectors, where k is the number of eigenvalues inside the contour. The theorem of Keldysh is employed to show that the original nonlinear eigenvalue problem reduces to a linear eigenvalue problem of dimension k. No initial approximations of eigenvalues and eigenvectors are needed. The method is particularly suitable for moderately large eigenvalue problems where k is much smaller than the matrix dimension. We also give an extension of the method to the case where k is larger than the matrix dimension. The quadrature errors caused by the trapezoid sum are discussed for the case of analytic closed contours. Using well known techniques it is shown that the error decays exponentially with an exponent given by the product of the number of quadrature points and the minimal distance of the eigenvalues to the contour.     

The cauchy problem for a nonlinear integro-differential transport equation

In the present paper, we study the Cauchy problem for a nonlinear time-dependent kinetic neutrino transport equation. We prove the existence and uniqueness theorem for the solution of the Cauchy problem, establish uniform bounds int for the solution of this problem, and prove the existence and uniqueness of a stationary trajectory and the stabilization ast→∞ of the solution of the time-dependent problem for arbitrary initial data. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 677–686, May, 1997. Translated by A. M. Chebotarev     

Iterative method for solving a nonlinear boundary value problem

In this paper, a boundary value problem for a nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equation is studied. By means of the maximum principle we established the existence and the uniqueness of a solution of the problem. Then for finding the solution an iterative method is proposed. It is proved that this method converges much faster than the Picar successive approximations and in a particular case it gives two-sided monotone approximations to the exact solution of the problem. Finally, some illustrative examples are considered to confirm the efficiency of the method.     

Numerical procedure for solving a minimization eigenvalue problem

A numerical procedure for solving the left eigenvalue problem

Numerical method for solving a nonlinear time-optimal control problem with additive control

Nonlinear systems whose right-hand sides are divided by the state and control and are linear in control are considered. An iterative method is proposed for solving time-optimal control problems for such systems. The method is based on constructing finite sequences of adjacent simplexes with their vertices lying on the boundaries of reachability sets. For a controllable system, it is proved that the minimizing sequence converges to an ?-optimal solution in a finite number of iterations.     

A method for solving a boundary problem for a nonlinear controlled system

An algorithm is proposed for constructing a control function that transfers a wide class of nonlinear systems of ordinary differential equations from an initial state to an arbitrarily small neighborhood of a given terminal state. The algorithm is convenient for numerical implementation. Taking into account the restrictions on the control and phase coordinates, a constructive criterion is obtained for choosing terminal states for which this transfer is possible. The problem of an interorbital flight is considered and modeled numerically.     

A boundary integral equation method for the transmission eigenvalue problem

We propose a new integral equation formulation to characterize and compute transmission eigenvalues for constant refractive index that play an important role in inverse scattering problems for penetrable media. As opposed to the recently developed approach by Cossonnière and Haddar [1,2] which relies on a two by two system of boundary integral equations our analysis is based on only one integral equation in terms of Dirichlet-to-Neumann or Robin-to-Dirichlet operators which results in a noticeable reduction of computational costs. We establish Fredholm properties of the integral operators and their analytic dependence on the wave number. Further we employ the numerical algorithm for analytic non-linear eigenvalue problems that was recently proposed by Beyn [3] for the numerical computation of transmission eigenvalues via this new integral equation.     

Nodal solutions for a nonlinear fourth-order eigenvalue problem

We are concerned with determining the values of λ, for which there exist nodal solutions of the fourth-order boundary value problem y″″=λa（x）f（y）,0〈x〈1,y（0）=y（1）=y″（0）=y″（1）=0where λ is a positive parameter, a ∈ C（[0, 1], （0, ∞）, f ∈C（R,R） satisfies f（u）u 〉 0 for all u ≠ 0. We give conditions on the ratio f（s）/s, at infinity and zero, that guarantee the existence of nodal solutions.The proof of our main results is based upon bifurcation techniques.     

On a nonlinear eigenvalue problem in ODE

In this paper we shall study the following variant of the logistic equation with diffusion:

−du^″(x)=g(x)u(x)−u²(x)     

Exact radial solutions for a nonlinear eigenvalue problem

We obtain explicit radial solutions of the nonlinear problem

when Ω ⊂

is the unit ball, N ≥ 2, 2α > −N, λ* ≥ λ 0, λ* = (2α + N)^N/N.     

FD-method for an eigenvalue problem with nonlinear potential

Using the functional discrete approach and Adomian polynomials, we propose a numerical algorithm for an eigenvalue problem with a potential that consists of a nonlinear autonomous part and a linear part depending on an independent variable. We prove that the rate of convergence of the algorithm is exponential and improves as the order number of an eigenvalue increases. We investigate the mutual influence of the piecewise-constant approximation of the linear part of the potential and the nonlinearity on the rate of convergence of the method. Theoretical results are confirmed by numerical data. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 14–28, January, 2007.