Global regularity of generalized magnetic Benard problem

We study the magnetic Bénard problem in two‐dimensional space with generalized dissipative and diffusive terms, namely, fractional Laplacians and logarithmic supercriticality. Firstly, we show that when the diffusive term for the magnetic field is a full Laplacian, the solution initiated from data sufficiently smooth preserves its regularity as long as the power of the fractional Laplacians for the dissipative term of the velocity field and the diffusive term of the temperature field adds up to 1. Secondly, we show that with zero dissipation for the velocity field and a full Laplacian for the diffusive term of the temperature field, the global regularity result also holds when the diffusive term for the magnetic field consists of the fractional Laplacian with its power strictly bigger than 1. Finally, we show that with no diffusion from the magnetic and the temperature fields, the global regularity result remains valid as long as the dissipation term for the velocity field has its strength at least at the logarithmically supercritical level. These results represent various extensions of previous work on both Boussinesq and magnetohydrodynamics systems. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On a Stochastic Partial Differential Equation with Non-local Diffusion

In this paper, we prove existence, uniqueness and regularity for a class of stochastic partial differential equations with a fractional Laplacian driven by a space-time white noise in dimension one. The equation we consider may also include a reaction term.      

Fractional Smoothness in Lp with Dunkl Weight and Its Applications

Mathematical Notes - We define a fractional power of the Dunkl Laplacian, a fractional modulus of smoothness, and a fractional K-functional on Lp-spaces with Dunkl weight. As an application, we...     

Singular Limits for Reaction-Diffusion Equations with Fractional Laplacian and Local or Nonlocal Nonlinearity

We perform an asymptotic analysis of models of population dynamics with a fractional Laplacian and local or nonlocal reaction terms. The first part of the paper is devoted to the long time/long range rescaling of the fractional Fisher-KPP equation. This rescaling is based on the exponential speed of propagation of the population. In particular we show that the only role of the fractional Laplacian in determining this speed is at the initial layer where it determines the thickness of the tails of the solutions. Next, we show that such rescaling is also possible for models with non-local reaction terms, as selection-mutation models. However, to obtain a more relevant qualitative behavior for this second case, we introduce, in the second part of the paper, a second rescaling where we assume that the diffusion steps are small. In this way, using a WKB ansatz, we obtain a Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the limit which describes the asymptotic dynamics of the solutions, similarly to the case of selection-mutation models with a classical Laplace term or an integral kernel with thin tails. However, the rescaling introduced here is very different from the latter cases. We extend these results to the multidimensional case.     

Fractional diffusion limit for a stochastic kinetic equation

We study the stochastic fractional diffusive limit of a kinetic equation involving a small parameter and perturbed by a smooth random term. Generalizing the method of perturbed test functions, under an appropriate scaling for the small parameter, and with the moment method used in the deterministic case, we show the convergence in law to a stochastic fluid limit involving a fractional Laplacian.     

A Probabilistic Approach for Nonlinear Equations Involving the Fractional Laplacian and a Singular Operator

We consider a class of nonlinear integro-differential equations involving a fractional power of the Laplacian and a nonlocal quadratic nonlinearity represented by a singular integral operator. Initially, we introduce cut-off versions of this equation, replacing the singular operator by its Lipschitz continuous regularizations. In both cases we show the local existence and global uniqueness in L¹L^p. Then we associate with each regularized equation a stable-process-driven nonlinear diffusion; the law of this nonlinear diffusion has a density which is a global solution in L¹ of the cut-off equation. In the next step we remove the cut-off and show that the above densities converge in a certain space to a solution of the singular equation. In the general case, the result is local, but under a more stringent balance condition relating the dimension, the power of the fractional Laplacian and the degree of the singularity, it is global and gives global existence for the original singular equation. Finally, we associate with the singular equation a nonlinear singular diffusion and prove propagation of chaos to the law of this diffusion for the related cut-off interacting particle systems. Depending on the nature of the singularity in the drift term, we obtain either a strong pathwise result or a weak convergence result. Mathematics Subject Classifications (2000) 60K35, 35S10.     

Multiple solutions for a noncooperative Kirchhoff‐type system involving the fractional p‐Laplacian and critical exponents

In this paper, we use the Limit Index Theory due to Li 19 and the fractional version of concentration compactness principle to study the multiplicity of solutions for a class of noncooperative fractional p‐Laplacian elliptic system with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions involving the critical exponents.     

Existence and multiplicity of nontrivial solutions for nonlinear fractional differential systems with p‐Laplacian via critical point theory

In this paper, the existence and multiplicity of nontrivial solutions are obtained for nonlinear fractional differential systems with p‐Laplacian by combining the properties of fractional calculus with critical point theory. Firstly, we present a result that a class of p‐Laplacian fractional differential systems exists infinitely many solutions under the famous Ambrosetti‐Rabinowitz condition. Then, a criterion is given to guarantee that the fractional systems exist at least 1 nontrivial solution without satisfying Ambrosetti‐Rabinowitz condition. Our results generalize some existing results in the literature.     

Nontrivial solutions of some fractional problems

In this paper, we study the question of the existence of infinitely many weak solutions for nonlocal equations of fractional Laplacian type with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary data, in presence of a superlinear term. Starting from the well-known Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition, we consider different growth assumptions on the nonlinearity, all of superlinear type. Furthermore, we give an extension of Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition, a non-Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition and apply to study the fractional Laplacian equation. We obtain some different existence results in this setting by using Fountain Theorem. Our results are extension of some problems studied by Bisci et al. (2016) and Binlin et al. (2015).     

Inverse source problem for a diffusion equation involving the fractional spectral Laplacian

In this paper, we consider an inverse problem related to a fractional diffusion equation. The model problem is governed by a nonlinear partial differential equation involving the fractional spectral Laplacian. This study is focused on the reconstruction of an unknown source term from a partial internal measured data. The considered ill‐posed inverse problem is formulated as a minimization one. The existence, uniqueness, and stability of the solution are discussed. Some theoretical results are established. The numerical reconstruction of the unknown source term is investigated using an iterative process. The proposed method involves a denoising procedure at each iteration step and provides a sequence of source term approximations converging in norm to the actual solution of the minimization problem. Some numerical results are presented to show the efficiency and the accuracy of the proposed approach.     

The fractional Landweber method for identifying the space source term problem for time-space fractional diffusion equation

Numerical Algorithms - This paper is devoted to solve an inverse problem for identifying the source term of a time-fractional nonhomogeneous diffusion equation with a fractional Laplacian in a...     

Radiative transport limit for the random Schrödinger equation with long-range correlations

In this paper we study the asymptotic phase space energy distribution of solution of the Schrödinger equation with a time-dependent random potential. The random potential is assumed to have slowly decaying correlations. We show that the Wigner transform of a solution of the random Schrödinger equation converges in probability to the solution of a radiative transfer equation. Moreover, we show that this radiative transfer equation with long-range coupling has a regularizing effect on its solutions. Finally, we give an approximation of this equation in term of a fractional Laplacian. The derivations of these results are based on an asymptotic analysis using perturbed-test-functions, martingale techniques, and probabilistic representations.     

A Fractional Framework for Perimeters and Phase Transitions

We review some recent results on minimisers of a non-local perimeter functional, in connection with some phase coexistence models whose diffusion term is given by the fractional Laplacian.     

Symmetry of Positive Solutions to the Coupled Fractional System with Isolated Singularities

In this paper, we consider the following two-coupled fractional Laplacian system with two or more isolated singularities ■where s ∈(0, 1), n 2s and n ≥ 2. μ_1, μ_2 and β are all positive constants. p_1, p_2 1 and p_1 + p_2 =2q + 2 ∈((2n-2s)/(n-2s),(2n)/(n-2s)]. Λ■ R~n contains finitely many isolated points. By the method of moving plane,we obtain the symmetry results for positive solutions to above system.     

Weak solutions to a fractional Fokker–Planck equation via splitting and Wasserstein gradient flow

We study a linear fractional Fokker–Planck equation that models non-local diffusion in the presence of a potential field. The non-locality is due to the appearance of the ‘fractional Laplacian’ in the corresponding PDE, in place of the classical Laplacian which distinguishes the case of regular diffusion. We prove existence of weak solutions by combining a splitting technique together with a Wasserstein gradient flow formulation. An explicit iterative construction is given, which we prove weakly converges to a weak solution of this PDE.     

Martingale solutions of stochastic fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a bounded interval*

This paper is concerned with stochastic fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which plays a very important role in fractional nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Due to disturbing and interacting of the fractional Laplacian operator on a bounded interval with white noise, the stochastic fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation is too complicated to be understood. This paper would explore and analyze this stochastic fractional system. Using a suitable weighted space with some fractional operator skills, it overcame the difficulties coming from the fractional Laplacian operator on a bounded interval. Applying the tightness instead of the common compactness, and combining Prokhorov theorem with Skorokhod embedding theorem, it solved the convergence problem in the case of white noise. It finally established the existence of martingale solutions for the stochastic fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a bounded interval.     

带乘性噪声的空间分数阶随机非线性Schrödinger方程的广义多辛算法

带乘性噪声的空间分数阶随机非线性Schrödinger方程是一类重要的方程,可应用于描述开放非局部量子系统的演化过程.该方程为一个无穷维分数阶随机Hamilton系统,且具有广义多辛结构和质量守恒的性质.针对该方程的广义多辛形式,在空间上采用拟谱方法离散分数阶微分算子,在时间上则采用隐式中点格式,构造出一类保持全局质量的广义多辛格式.对行波解和平面波解等进行数值模拟,结果验证了所构造格式的有效性和保结构性质,时间均方收敛阶约在0.5到1之间.     

Non-uniqueness of weak solutions for the fractal Burgers equation

The notion of Kruzhkov entropy solution was extended by the first author in 2007 to conservation laws with a fractional Laplacian diffusion term; this notion led to well-posedness for the Cauchy problem in the L^∞$L^{\infty }$-framework. In the present paper, we further motivate the introduction of entropy solutions, showing that in the case of fractional diffusion of order strictly less than one, uniqueness of a weak solution may fail.     

On the Generalized Porous Medium Equation in Fourier-Besov Spaces

We study a kind of generalized porous medium equation with fractional Laplacian and abstract pressure term. For a large class of equations corresponding to the form: $u_t+\nu \Lambda^{\beta}u=\nabla\cdot(u\nabla Pu)$, we get their local well-posedness in Fourier-Besov spaces for large initial data. If the initial data is small, then the solution becomes global. Furthermore, we prove a blowup criterion for the solutions.     

A study on the global regularity for a model of the 3D axisymmetric Navier-Stokes equations

This paper investigates the global regularity issue concerning a model equation proposed by Hou and Lei (2008) [9] to understand the stabilizing effects of the nonlinear terms in the 3D axisymmetric Navier-Stokes and Euler equations. We establish the global regularity of a generalized version of their model with a fractional Laplacian when the fractional power satisfies an explicit condition. This condition is exactly the same as in the case of the 3D generalized Navier-Stokes equations and is due to the balance between a more regular nonlinearity and a less effective (five-dimensional) Laplacian.