Global Compensated Compactness Theorem for General Differential Operators of First Order

Let A ₁(x, D) and A ₂(x, D) be differential operators of the first order acting on l-vector functions ${u= (u_1, \ldots, u_l)}$ in a bounded domain ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^{n}}$ with the smooth boundary ${\partial\Omega}$ . We assume that the H ¹-norm ${\|u\|_{H^{1}(\Omega)}}$ is equivalent to ${\sum_{i=1}^2\|A_iu\|_{L^2(\Omega)} + \|B_1u\|_{H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega)}}$ and ${\sum_{i=1}^2\|A_iu\|_{L^2(\Omega)} + \|B_2u\|_{H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega)}}$ , where B _i  = B _i (x, ν) is the trace operator onto ${\partial\Omega}$ associated with A _i (x, D) for i = 1, 2 which is determined by the Stokes integral formula (ν: unit outer normal to ${\partial\Omega}$ ). Furthermore, we impose on A ₁ and A ₂ a cancellation property such as ${A_1A_2^{\prime}=0}$ and ${A_2A_1^{\prime}=0}$ , where ${A^{\prime}_i}$ is the formal adjoint differential operator of A _i (i = 1, 2). Suppose that ${\{u_m\}_{m=1}^{\infty}}$ and ${\{v_m\}_{m=1}^{\infty}}$ converge to u and v weakly in ${L^2(\Omega)}$ , respectively. Assume also that ${\{A_{1}u_m\}_{m=1}^{\infty}}$ and ${\{A_{2}v_{m}\}_{m=1}^{\infty}}$ are bounded in ${L^{2}(\Omega)}$ . If either ${\{B_{1}u_m\}_{m=1}^{\infty}}$ or ${\{B_{2}v_m\}_{m=1}^{\infty}}$ is bounded in ${H^{\frac{1}{2}}(\partial\Omega)}$ , then it holds that ${\int_{\Omega}u_m\cdot v_m \,{\rm d}x \to \int_{\Omega}u\cdot v \,{\rm d}x}$ . We also discuss a corresponding result on compact Riemannian manifolds with boundary.     

Uniqueness of Positive Ground State Solutions of the Logarithmic Schrödinger Equation

We prove the uniqueness of positive ground state solutions of the problem \({ {\frac {d^{2}u}{dr^{2}}} + {\frac {n-1}{r}}{\frac {du}{dr}} + u \ln(|u|) = 0}\), \({u(r) > 0~\forall r \ge 0}\), and \({(u(r),u'(r)) \to (0, 0)}\) as \({r \to \infty}\). This equation is derived from the logarithmic Schrödinger equation \({{\rm i}\psi_{t} = {\Delta} \psi + u \ln \left(|u|^{2}\right)}\), and also from the classical equation \({{\frac {\partial u}{\partial t}} = {\Delta} u +u \left(|u|^{p-1}\right) -u}\). For each \({n \ge 1}\), a positive ground state solution is \({ u_{0}(r) = \exp \left(-{\frac{r^2}{4}} + {\frac{n}{2}}\right),~0 \le r < \infty}\). We combine \({u_{0}(r)}\) with energy estimates and associated Ricatti equation estimates to prove that, for each \({n \in \left[1, 9 \right]}\), \({u_{0}(r)}\) is the only positive ground state. We also investigate the stability of \({u_{0}(r)}\). Several open problems are stated.     

Besov Space Regularity Conditions for Weak Solutions of the Navier–Stokes Equations

Consider a bounded domain ${{\Omega \subseteq \mathbb{R}^3}}$ with smooth boundary, some initial value ${{u_0 \in L^2_{\sigma}(\Omega )}}$ , and a weak solution u of the Navier–Stokes system in ${{[0,T) \times\Omega,\,0 < T \le \infty}}$ . Our aim is to develop regularity and uniqueness conditions for u which are based on the Besov space $$B^{q,s}(\Omega ):=\left\{v\in L^2_{\sigma}(\Omega ); \|v\|_{B^{q,s}(\Omega )} := \left(\int\limits^{\infty}_0 \left\|e^{-\tau A}v\right\|^s_q {\rm d} \tau\right)^{1/s}<\infty \right\}$$ with ${{2 < s < \infty,\,3 < q <\infty,\,\frac2{s}+\frac{3}{q} = 1}}$ ; here A denotes the Stokes operator. This space, introduced by Farwig et al. (Ann. Univ. Ferrara 55:89–110, 2009 and J. Math. Fluid Mech. 14: 529–540, 2012), is a subspace of the well known Besov space ${{{\mathbb{B}}^{-2/s}_{q,s}(\Omega )}}$ , see Amann (Nonhomogeneous Navier–Stokes Equations with Integrable Low-Regularity Data. Int. Math. Ser. pp. 1–28. Kluwer/Plenum, New York, 2002). Our main results on the regularity of u exploits a variant of the space ${{B^{q,s}(\Omega )}}$ in which the integral in time has to be considered only on finite intervals (0, δ ) with ${{\delta \to 0}}$ . Further we discuss several criteria for uniqueness and local right-hand regularity, in particular, if u satisfies Serrin’s limit condition ${{u\in L^{\infty}_{\text{loc}}([0,T);L^3_{\sigma}(\Omega ))}}$ . Finally, we obtain a large class of regular weak solutions u defined by a smallness condition ${{\|u_0\|_{B^{q,s}(\Omega )} \le K}}$ with some constant ${{K=K(\Omega, q)>0}}$ .     

Regularization of Point Vortices Pairs for the Euler Equation in Dimension Two

In this paper, we construct stationary classical solutions of the incompressible Euler equation approximating singular stationary solutions of this equation. This procedure is carried out by constructing solutions to the following elliptic problem $$\left\{\begin{array}{l@{\quad}l} -\varepsilon^2 \Delta u = \sum\limits_{i=1}^m \chi_{\Omega_i^{+}} \left(u - q - \frac{\kappa_i^{+}}{2\pi} {\rm ln} \frac{1}{\varepsilon}\right)_+^p\\ \quad - \sum_{j=1}^n \chi_{\Omega_j^{-}} \left(q - \frac{\kappa_j^{-}}{2\pi} {\rm \ln} \frac{1}{\varepsilon} - u\right)_+^p , \quad \quad x \in \Omega,\\ u = 0, \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad \quad x \in \partial \Omega,\end{array}\right.$$ where p > 1, ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2}$ is a bounded domain, ${\Omega_i^{+}}$ and ${\Omega_j^{-}}$ are mutually disjoint subdomains of Ω and ${\chi_{\Omega_i^{+}} ({\rm resp}.\; \chi_{\Omega_j^{-}})}$ are characteristic functions of ${\Omega_i^{+}({\rm resp}. \;\Omega_j^{-}})$ , q is a harmonic function. We show that if Ω is a simply-connected smooth domain, then for any given C ¹-stable critical point of Kirchhoff–Routh function ${\mathcal{W}\;(x_1^{+},\ldots, x_m^{+}, x_1^{-}, \ldots, x_n^{-})}$ with ${\kappa^{+}_i > 0\,(i = 1,\ldots, m)}$ and ${\kappa^{-}_j > 0\,(j = 1,\ldots,n)}$ , there is a stationary classical solution approximating stationary m + n points vortex solution of incompressible Euler equations with total vorticity ${\sum_{i=1}^m \kappa^{+}_i -\sum_{j=1}^n \kappa_j^{-}}$ . The case that n = 0 can be dealt with in the same way as well by taking each ${\Omega_j^{-}}$ as an empty set and set ${\chi_{\Omega_j^{-}} \equiv 0,\,\kappa^{-}_j=0}$ .     

Degenerate solutions of electron-beam equations

In this paper, exact solutions are constructed for stationary election beams that are degenerate in the Cartesian (x,y,z), axisymmetric (r,θ,z), and spiral (in the planes y=const (u,y,v)) coordinate systems. The degeneracy is determined by the fact that at least two coordinates in such a solution are cyclic or are integrals of motion. Mainly, rotational beams are considered. Invariant solutions for beams in which the presence of vorticity resulted in a linear dependence of the electric-field potential ? on the above coordinates were considered in [1], In degenerate solutions, the presence of vorticity results in a quadratic or more complex dependence of the potential on the coordinates that are integrals of motion. In [2] and in a number of papers referred to in [2], the degenerate states of irrotational beams are described. The known degenerate solutions for rotational beams apply to an axisymmetric one-dimensional (r) beam with an azimuthal velocity component [3] and to relativistic conical flow [1]. The equations used below follow from the system of electron hydrodynamic equations for a stationary relativistic beam $$\begin{array}{*{20}c} {\sum\limits_{\beta = 1}^3 {\frac{\partial }{{\partial q^\beta }}\left[ {\sqrt \gamma g^{\beta \beta } g^{\alpha \alpha } \left( {\frac{{\partial A_\alpha }}{{\partial q^\beta }} - \frac{{\partial A_\beta }}{{\partial q^\alpha }}} \right)} \right]} = 4\pi \rho \sqrt \gamma g^{\alpha \alpha } u_\alpha ,} \\ {\sum\limits_{\beta = 1}^3 {\frac{\partial }{{\partial q^\beta }}\left( {\sqrt \gamma g^{\beta \beta } \frac{{\partial \varphi }}{{\partial q^\beta }}} \right)} = 4\pi \rho \sqrt {\gamma u} ,\sum\limits_{\beta = 1}^3 {g^{\beta \beta } u_\beta ^2 + 1 = u^2 } } \\ \begin{gathered} \frac{\eta }{c}u\frac{{\partial \mathcal{E}}}{{\partial q^\alpha }} = \sum\limits_{\beta = 1}^3 {g^{\beta \beta } u_\beta } \left( {\frac{{\partial p_\beta }}{{\partial q^\alpha }} - \frac{{\partial p_\alpha }}{{\partial q^\beta }}} \right), \hfill \\ \begin{array}{*{20}c} {\sum\limits_{\beta = 1}^3 {\frac{\partial }{{\partial q^\beta }}(\sqrt \gamma g^{\beta \beta } \rho u_\beta ) = 0,u \equiv \frac{\eta }{{c^2 }}(\varphi + \mathcal{E}) + 1,} } \\ {cu_\alpha \equiv \frac{\eta }{c}A_\alpha + p_\alpha ,\alpha ,\beta = 1,2,3,\gamma \equiv g_{11} g_{22} g_{33} } \\ \end{array} \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \\ \end{array} $$ where q^β denotes orthogonal coordinates with the metric tensor g^ββ (β=1,2,3); A_α is the magnetic potential; A_α = (u_α/u)c is the electron velocity; ρ is the scalar space-charge density (ρ > 0); is the energy in eV; p_α is the generalized momentum of an electron per unit mass; η is the electron charge-mass ratio.     

Integrability of the constrained rigid body

The integrability theory for the differential equations, which describe the motion of an unconstrained rigid body around a fixed point is well known. When there are constraints the theory of integrability is incomplete. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the integrability of the equations of motion of a constrained rigid body around a fixed point in a force field with potential U(γ)=U(γ ₁,γ ₂,γ ₃). This motion subject to the constraint 〈ν,ω〉=0 with ν is a constant vector is known as the Suslov problem, and when ν=γ is the known Veselova problem, here ω=(ω ₁,ω ₂,ω ₃) is the angular velocity and 〈?,?〉 is the inner product of $\mathbb{R}^{3}$ . We provide the following new integrable cases. (i) The Suslov’s problem is integrable under the assumption that ν is an eigenvector of the inertial tensor I and the potential is such that $$U=-\frac{1}{2I_1I_2}\bigl(I_1\mu^2_1+I_2 \mu^2_2\bigr), $$ where I ₁,I ₂, and I ₃ are the principal moments of inertia of the body, μ ₁ and μ ₂ are solutions of the first-order partial differential equation $$\gamma_3 \biggl(\frac{\partial\mu_1}{\partial\gamma_2}- \frac{\partial\mu_2}{\partial \gamma_1} \biggr)- \gamma_2\frac{\partial \mu_1}{\partial\gamma_3}+\gamma_1\frac{\partial\mu_2}{\partial \gamma_3}=0. $$ (ii) The Veselova problem is integrable for the potential $$U=-\frac{\varPsi^2_1+\varPsi^2_2}{2(I_1\gamma^2_2+I_2\gamma^2_1)}, $$ where Ψ ₁ and Ψ ₂ are the solutions of the first-order partial differential equation where $p=\sqrt{I_{1}I_{2}I_{3} (\frac{\gamma^{2}_{1}}{I_{1}}+\frac{\gamma^{2}_{2}}{I_{2}}+ \frac{\gamma^{2}_{3}}{I_{3}} )}$ . Also it is integrable when the potential U is a solution of the second-order partial differential equation where $\tau_{2}=I_{1}\gamma^{2}_{1}+I_{2}\gamma^{2}_{2}+I_{3}\gamma^{2}_{3}$ and $\tau_{3}=\frac{\gamma^{2}_{1}}{I_{1}}+\frac{\gamma^{2}_{2}}{I_{2}}+ \frac{\gamma^{2}_{3}}{I_{3}}$ . Moreover, we show that these integrable cases contain as a particular case the previous known results.     

A Widder’s Type Theorem for the Heat Equation with Nonlocal Diffusion

The main goal of this work is to prove that every non-negative strong solution u(x, t) to the problem $$u_t + (-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}{u} = 0 \,\, {\rm for} (x, t) \in {\mathbb{R}^n} \times (0, T ), \, 0 < \alpha < 2,$$ can be written as $$u(x, t) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} P_t (x - y)u(y, 0) dy,$$ where $$P_t (x) = \frac{1}{t^{n/ \alpha}}P \left(\frac{x}{t^{1/ \alpha}}\right),$$ and $$P(x) := \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} e^{i x\cdot\xi-|\xi |^\alpha} d\xi.$$ This result shows uniqueness in the setting of non-negative solutions and extends some classical results for the heat equation by Widder in [15] to the nonlocal diffusion framework.     

On the Characterization of the Navier–Stokes Flows with the Power-Like Energy Decay

We study the energy decay of the turbulent solutions to the Navier–Stokes equations in the whole three-dimensional space. We show as the main result that the solutions with the energy decreasing at the rate \({O(t^{-\alpha}), t \rightarrow \infty, \alpha \in [0, 5/2]}\) , are exactly characterized by their initial conditions belonging into the homogeneous Besov space \({\dot{B}^{-\alpha}_{2, \infty}}\) . Similarly, for a solution u and \({p \in [1, \infty]}\) the integral \({\int_{0}^{\infty} \|t^{\alpha/2} u(t)\|^p \frac{1}{t} dt}\) is finite if and only if the initial condition of u belongs to the homogeneous Besov space \({\dot{B}_{2, p}^{-\alpha}}\) . For the case \({\alpha \in (5/2, 9/2]}\) we present analogical results for some subclasses of turbulent solutions.     

Well-Posedness of Nematic Liquid Crystal Flow in {L^{3}_{\rm uloc}(\mathbb{R}^3)}

In this paper, we establish the local well-posedness for the Cauchy problem of a simplified version of hydrodynamic flow of nematic liquid crystals in ${\mathbb{R}^3}$ for any initial data (u ₀, d ₀) having small ${L^{3}_{\rm uloc}}$ -norm of ${(u_{0}, \nabla d_{0})}$ . Here ${L^{3}_{\rm uloc}(\mathbb{R}^3)}$ is the space of uniformly locally L ³-integrable functions. For any initial data (u ₀, d ₀) with small ${\|(u_0, \nabla d_0)\|_{L^{3}(\mathbb{R}^3)}}$ , we show that there exists a unique, global solution to the problem under consideration which is smooth for t > 0 and has monotone deceasing L ³-energy for ${t \geqq 0}$ .     

Remainder estimates for the asymptotics of elliptic eigenvalue problems with indefinite weights

Let A be a positive self-adjoint elliptic operator of order 2m on a bounded open set Ω ?? ^k . We consider the variational eigenvalue problem (P) $$\mathcal{A}u = \lambda r{\text{(}}x{\text{)}}u,{\text{ }}x \in \Omega ,$$ , with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions; here the “weight” r is a real-valued function on Ω which is allowed to change sign in Ω or to be discontinuous. Such problems occur naturally in the study of many nonlinear elliptic equations. In an earlier work [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 295 (1986), pp. 305–324], we have determined the leading term for the asymptotics of the eigenvalues λ of (P). In the present paper, we obtain, under more stringent assumptions, the corresponding remainder estimates. More precisely, let N ^±(λ) be the number of positive (respectively, negative) eigenvalues of (P) less than λ>0 (respectively, greater than λ<0); set r _± = max (±r, 0) and \(\Omega _ \pm = {\text{\{ }}x \in \Omega :r{\text{(}}x{\text{)}} \gtrless {\text{0\} }}\) . We show that $$N^ \pm {\text{(}}\lambda {\text{) = }}\mathop \smallint \limits_{\Omega _ \pm } {\text{(}}\lambda r{\text{(}}x{\text{))}}^{\frac{k}{{{\text{2}}m}}} {\text{ }}\mu \prime _\mathcal{A} {\text{(}}x{\text{) }}dx + 0{\text{(}}\left| \lambda \right|^{\frac{{k - 1}}{{{\text{2}}m}} + \delta } {\text{) as }}\lambda \to \pm \infty {\text{,}}$$ , where δ>0 and μ^′ _A (x) is the Browder-Gårding density associated with the principal part of A. How small δ can be chosen depends on the “regularity” of the leading coefficients of A, r _±, and of the boundary of Ω _±. These results seem to be new even for positive weights.     

Pressure drop in alternating curved tubes

Pressure drop measurements in the laminar and turbulent regions for water flowing through an alternating curved circular tube (x=h sin 2πz/λ) are presented. Using the minimum radius of curvature of this curved tube in place of that of the toroidally curved one in calculating the Dean number (ND=Re(D/2R _c )², it is found that the resulting Dean number can help in characterizing this flow. Also, the ratio between the height and length of the tube waves which represents the degree of waveness affects significantly the pressure drop and the transition Dean number. The following correlations have been found:

1. For laminar flow: $$F_w \left( {\frac{{2R_c }}{D}} \right)^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} = F_s \left( {\frac{{2R_c }}{D}} \right)^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} + 0.03,\operatorname{Re}< 2000.$$
2. For turbulent flow: $$F_w \left( {\frac{{2R_c }}{D}} \right)^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} = F_s \left( {\frac{{2R_c }}{D}} \right)^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 2}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 2}} + 0.005,2000< \operatorname{Re}< 15000.$$
3. The transition Dean number: $$ND_{crit} = 5.012 \times 10^3 \left( {\frac{D}{{2R}}} \right)^{2.1} ,0.0111< {D \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {D {2R_c }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {2R_c }}< 0.71.$$

     

Improved theoretical model for wavy filmwise condensation

This paper presents a numerical solution for wavy laminar film-wise condensation on vertical walls. Integral method is achieved based on the recently developed simple wave equations. Solutions are obtained for ranges of dimensionless groups as follows: $$1.5 \leqslant \left( {Pr = \frac{{^{\mu C} p}}{k}} \right) \leqslant 6.0$$ $$10 \leqslant \left( {G = \frac{{^h fg}}{{^{C_p \Delta T} }}} \right) \leqslant 400$$ $$100 \leqslant \left( {S = \left( {\frac{{\sigma ^2 \rho }}{{g_\rho \mu ^4 }}} \right)^{{1 \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 5}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} 5}} } \right) \leqslant 400$$ $$1000 \leqslant \left( {L = \frac{{{\rm H}_t }}{{^\delta cr}}} \right) \leqslant 10000$$ . Such ranges cover the expected situations in industrial applications. It is found that the Reynolds number (Re=h_LΔTH_t/h_fg) is a linear function of L on the log-log plane. It is also relatively insensitive to small variations of Pr at high values of this number. At situations where G less than 200 the Re appears to be dependent on S. Agreement with experimental observation is improved over that obtained from previous analytical theories.     

Regularity of Non-Newtonian Fluids

In this paper, we consider a non-Newtonian fluids with shear dependent viscosity in a bounded domain ${\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n, n = 2, 3}$ . For the power-law model with the viscosity as in (1.4), we show the global in time existence of a weak solution for ${q \geq \frac{11}{5}}$ when n = 3 (see Theorem 1.1), and the local in time existence of a weak solution for ${2 > q > \frac{3n}{n+2}}$ , when n = 2,3 (see Theorem 1.2).     

Time Periodic Traveling Curved Fronts in the Periodic Lotka–Volterra Competition–Diffusion System

This paper is concerned with time periodic traveling curved fronts for periodic Lotka–Volterra competition system with diffusion in two dimensional spatial space

$$\begin{aligned} {\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \dfrac{\partial u_{1}}{\partial t}=\Delta u_{1} +u_{1}(x,y,t)\left( r_{1}(t)-a_{1}(t)u_{1}(x,y,t)-b_{1}(t)u_{2}(x,y,t)\right) ,\\ \dfrac{\partial u_{2}}{\partial t}=d\Delta u_{2} +u_{2}(x,y,t)\left( r_{2}(t)-a_{2}(t)u_{1}(x,y,t)-b_{2}(t)u_{2}(x,y,t)\right) , \end{array}\right. } \end{aligned}$$

where \(\Delta \) denotes \(\frac{\partial ^{2}}{\partial x^{2} }+ \frac{\partial ^{2}}{\partial y^{2} }\), \(x,y\in {\mathbb {R}}\) and \(d>0\) is a constant, the functions \(r_i(t),a_i(t)\) and \(b_i(t)\) are T-periodic and Hölder continuous. Under suitable assumptions that the corresponding kinetic system admits two stable periodic solutions (p(t), 0) and (0, q(t)), the existence, uniqueness and stability of one-dimensional traveling wave solution \(\left( \Phi _{1}(x+ct,t),\Phi _{2}(x+ct,t)\right) \) connecting two periodic solutions (p(t), 0) and (0, q(t)) have been established by Bao and Wang ( J Differ Equ 255:2402–2435, 2013) recently. In this paper we continue to investigate two-dimensional traveling wave solutions of the above system under the same assumptions. First, we establish the asymptotic behaviors of one-dimensional traveling wave solutions of the system at infinity. Using these asymptotic behaviors, we then construct appropriate super- and subsolutions and prove the existence and non-existence of two-dimensional time periodic traveling curved fronts. Finally, we show that the time periodic traveling curved front is asymptotically stable.

     

Existence of a Solution “in the Large” for Ocean Dynamics Equations

For the system of equations describing the large-scale ocean dynamics, an existence and uniqueness theorem is proved “in the large”. This system is obtained from the 3D Navier–Stokes equations by changing the equation for the vertical velocity component u ₃ under the assumption of smallness of a domain in z-direction, and a nonlinear equation for the density function ρ is added. More precisely, it is proved that for an arbitrary time interval [0, T], any viscosity coefficients and any initial conditions

On Formation of a Locally Self-Similar Collapse in the Incompressible Euler Equations

The paper addresses the question of the existence of a locally self-similar blow-up for the incompressible Euler equations. Several exclusion results are proved based on the L ^p -condition for velocity or vorticity and for a range of scaling exponents. In particular, in N dimensions if in self-similar variables ${u \in L^p}$ and ${u \sim \frac{1}{t^{\alpha/(1+\alpha)}}}$ , then the blow-up does not occur, provided ${\alpha > N/2}$ or ${-1 < \alpha \leq N\,/p}$ . This includes the L ³ case natural for the Navier–Stokes equations. For ${\alpha = N\,/2}$ we exclude profiles with asymptotic power bounds of the form ${ |y|^{-N-1+\delta} \lesssim |u(y)| \lesssim |y|^{1-\delta}}$ . Solutions homogeneous near infinity are eliminated, as well, except when homogeneity is scaling invariant.     

A connection formula for the second Painlevé transcendent

We consider the second Painlevé transcendent $$\frac{{d^2 y}}{{dx^2 }} = xy + 2y^3 .$$ It is known that if y(x) ～ k Ai (x) as x → + ∞, where ?1<k<1 and Ai (x) denotes Airy's function, then $$y(x) \sim d|x|^{ - \tfrac{1}{4}} sin\{ \tfrac{2}{3}|x|^{\tfrac{3}{2}} - \tfrac{3}{4}d^2 1n|x| - c\} ,$$ where the constants d, c depend on k. This paper shows that $$d^2 = \pi ^{ - 1} 1n(1 - k^2 )$$ , which confirms a conjecture by Ablowitz & Segur.     

Random Data Cauchy Theory for the Generalized Incompressible Navier–Stokes Equations

In this paper, we consider the generalized Navier?CStokes equations where the space domain is ${\mathbb{T}^N}$ or ${\mathbb{R}^N, N\geq3}$ . The generalized Navier?CStokes equations here refer to the equations obtained by replacing the Laplacian in the classical Navier?CStokes equations by the more general operator (???) ^?? with ${\alpha\in (\frac{1}{2},\frac{N+2}{4})}$ . After a suitable randomization, we obtain the existence and uniqueness of the local mild solution for a large set of the initial data in ${H^s, s\in[-\alpha,0]}$ , if ${1 < \alpha < \frac{N+2}{4}, s\in(1-2\alpha,0]}$ , if ${\frac{1}{2} < \alpha\leq 1}$ . Furthermore, we obtain the probability for the global existence and uniqueness of the solution. Specially, our result shows that, in some sense, the Cauchy problem of the classical Navier?CStokes equation is local well-posed for a large set of the initial data in H ^?1+, exhibiting a gain of ${\frac{N}{2}-}$ derivatives with respect to the critical Hilbert space ${H^{\frac{N}{2}-1}}$ .