Chebyshev and L1 solutions of overdetermined systems of linear equations with bounded variables

Two algorithms are here presented. The first one is for obtaining a Chebyshev solution of an overdetermined system of linear equations subject to bounds on the elements of the solution vector. The second algorithm is for obtaining an L₁ solution of an overdetermined system of linear equations subject to the same constraints. Efficient solutions are obtained using linear programming techniques. Numerical results and comments are given.     

A Free Boundary Problem Modelling the Electrolysis of Aluminium

The goal of this note is to show existence and uniqueness for a stationary one-phase Stefan problem with source at the free boundary modelling the electrolysis of aluminium.     

A Free Boundary Problem Modelling the Electrolysis of Aluminium

The goal of this note is to show existence and uniqueness for a stationary one-phase Stefan problem with source at the free boundary modelling the electrolysis of aluminium.     

The Effects of Flexion and Torsion on a Fluid Flow Through a Curved Pipe

We consider an injection of incompressible viscous fluid in a curved pipe with a smooth central curve γ . The one-dimensional model is obtained via singular perturbation of the Navier—Stokes system as ɛ , the ratio between the cross-section area and the length of the pipe, tends to zero. An asymptotic expansion of the flow in powers of ɛ is computed. The first term in the expansion depends only on the tangential injection along the central curve γ of the pipe and the velocity as well as the pressure drop are in the tangential direction. The second term contains the effects of the curvature (flexion) of γ in the direction of the tangent while the effects of torsion appear in the direction of the normal and the binormal to γ . The boundary layers at the ends of the pipe are studied. The error estimate is proved. Accepted 21 March 2001. Online publication 9 August 2001.     

Best Meromorphic Approximation of Markov Functions on the Unit Circle

Let E subset(-1,1) be a compact set, let μ be a positive Borel measure with support supp μ =E , and let H _p (G), 1≤ p ≤∈fty, be the Hardy space of analytic functions on the open unit disk G with circumference Γ={z colon |z|=1} . Let Δ _n,p be the error in best approximation of the Markov function frac{1}{2π i} ∈t_E frac{d μ(x)}{z-x} in the space L _p (Γ) by meromorphic functions that can be represented in the form h=P/Q , where P ∈ H _p (G), Q is a polynomial of degree at most n , Qnot equiv 0 . We investigate the rate of decrease of Δ _n,p , 1≤ p ≤∈fty , and its connection with n -widths. The convergence of the best meromorphic approximants and the limiting distribution of poles of the best approximants are described in the case when 1<p≤∈fty and the measure μ with support E=[a,b] satisfies the Szegő condition ∈t_a^b frac{log(d μ/ d x)}{sqrt{(x-a)(b-x)}} dx >- ∈fty. July 27, 2000. Final version received: May 19, 2001.     

Stability of Timoshenko systems with thermal coupling on the bending moment

The Timoshenko system is a distinguished coupled pair of differential equations arising in mathematical elasticity. In the case of constant coefficients, if a damping is added in only one of its equations, it is well‐known that exponential stability holds if and only if the wave speeds of both equations are equal. In the present paper we study both non‐homogeneous and homogeneous thermoelastic problems where the model's coefficients are non‐constant and constants, respectively. Our main stability results are proved by means of a unified approach that combines local estimates of the resolvent equation in the semigroup framework with a recent control‐observability analysis for static systems. Therefore, our results complement all those on the linear case provided in [22], by extending the methodology employed in [4] to the case of Timoshenko systems with thermal coupling on the bending moment.     

Blow‐up of solution of wave equation with internal and boundary source term and non‐porous viscoelastic acoustic boundary conditions

In this paper we study the blow‐up of solution of a mixed problem associated to a nonlinear wave equation with dissipative and source term in a bounded domain of . On a boundary portion of the domain we consider a non‐porous viscoelastic acoustic boundary conditions to a non‐locally reacting boundary.     

Analysis of a Degenerate Obstacle Problem on an Unbounded Set Arising in the Environment

We study a class of optimization dynamics problems related to investment under uncertainty. The general model problem is reformulated in terms of an obstacle problem associated to a second-order elliptic operator which is not in divergence form. The spatial domain is unbounded and no boundary conditions are a priori specified. By using the special structure of the differential operator and the spatial domain, and some approximating arguments, we show the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the problem. We also study the regularity of the solution and give some estimates on the location of the coincidence set.     

Analysis of a Degenerate Obstacle Problem on an Unbounded Set Arising in the Environment

We study a class of optimization dynamics problems related to investment under uncertainty. The general model problem is reformulated in terms of an obstacle problem associated to a second-order elliptic operator which is not in divergence form. The spatial domain is unbounded and no boundary conditions are a priori specified. By using the special structure of the differential operator and the spatial domain, and some approximating arguments, we show the existence and uniqueness of a solution of the problem. We also study the regularity of the solution and give some estimates on the location of the coincidence set.     

A Linear PDE Approach to the Bellman Equation of Ergodic Control with Periodic Structure

Abstract. In this paper we give a new proof of the existence result of Bensoussan [1, Theorem II-6.1] for the Bellman equation of ergodic control with periodic structure. This Bellman equation is a nonlinear PDE, and he constructed its solution by using the solution of a nonlinear PDE. On the contrary, our key idea is to solve two linear PDEs. Hence, we propose a linear PDE approach to this Bellman equation.     

A Linear PDE Approach to the Bellman Equation of Ergodic Control with Periodic Structure

   Abstract. In this paper we give a new proof of the existence result of Bensoussan [1, Theorem II-6.1] for the Bellman equation of ergodic control with periodic structure. This Bellman equation is a nonlinear PDE, and he constructed its solution by using the solution of a nonlinear PDE. On the contrary, our key idea is to solve two linear PDEs. Hence, we propose a linear PDE approach to this Bellman equation.     

On the Approximate Controllability of Some Semilinear Parabolic Boundary-Value Problems

We prove the approximate controllability of several nonlinear parabolic boundary-value problems by means of two different methods: the first one can be called a Cancellation method and the second one uses the Kakutani fixed-point theorem. Accepted 10 June 1996     

Tangent Sets of Order One and Two to the Positive Cones of Some Functional Spaces

We compute the tangent cone and the tangent set of order two to the positive cone of some important functional spaces such as the space C(K) of continuous functions on a compact space and the space L_p(Q) of p-integrable functions on a measured space. The results are applied to the calculus of derivatives of order one and two of marginal functions. Accepted 19 April 1996     

The Asymptotic Behavior of Conformal Modules of Quadrilaterals with Applications to the Estimation of Resistance Values

We consider the conformal mapping of ``strip-like' domains and derive a number of asymptotic results for computing the conformal modules of an associated class of quadrilaterals. These results are then used for the following two purposes: (a) to estimate the error of certain engineering formulas for measuring resistance values of integrated circuit networks; and (b) to compute the modules of complicated quadrilaterals of the type that occur frequently in engineering applications. April 17, 1997. Date revised: September 10, 1997.     

Fractional powers of the Stokes operator with boundary conditions involving the pressure

Since the pioneer work of Leray [23] and Hopf [17], Stokes and Navier–Stokes problems have been often studied with Dirichlet boundary condition. Nevertheless, in the opinion of engineers and physicists such a condition is not always realistic in industrial and applied problems of origin. Thus arises naturally the need to carry out a mathematical analysis of these systems with different boundary conditions, which best represent the underlying fluid dynamic phenomenology. Based on the study of the complex and fractional powers of the Stokes operator with pressure boundary condition, we carry out a systematic treatment of the Stokes problem with the corresponding boundary conditions in ‐spaces.     

Remarks on the long time behaviour of the solutions of hamilton-jacobi equations

We study the Navier-Stokes equations, written in a domain of R ³ which is invariant under rotation around the vertical axis, or in the whole space R ³; the solutions seeked are also invariant by that rotation, and we look for conditions on the initial data which are close to the natural assumptions in the case of two space dimensions.     

A convergence analysis and applications for the Newton-Kantorovich method in K-normed spaces

We study the local and semilocal convergence of the Newton-Kantorovich method to a solution of a nonlinear operator equation on aK-normed space setting. Using more precise majorizing sequences than before we show that in the semilocal case finer error bounds can be determined on the distances involved and an at least as precise information on the location of the solution as in earlier results. In the local case we show that a larger radius of convergence can be obtained.     

Linear Maps Preserving the Closure of Numerical Range on Nest Algebras with Maximal Atomic Nest

Let be a maximal atomic nest on Hilbert space H and denote the associated nest algebra. We prove that a weakly continuous and surjective linear map preserves the closure of numerical range if and only if there exists a unitary operator such that for every or for every , where denotes the transpose of T relative to an arbitrary but fixed base of H. As applications, we get the characterizations of the numerical range or numerical radius preservers on . The surjective linear maps on the diagonal algebras of atomic nest algebras preserving the closure of numerical range or preserving the numerical range (radius) are also characterized. Submitted: January 3, 2001?Revised: December 2, 2001     

Hardy Approximation to L p Functions on Subsets of the Circle with 1< =p< = infinity

We consider approximation of L ^p functions by Hardy functions on subsets of the circle for . After some preliminaries on the possibility of such an approximation which are connected to recovery problems of the Carleman type, we prove existence and uniqueness of the solution to a generalized extremal problem involving norm constraints on the complementary subset. December 6, 1995. Date revised: August 26, 1996.