Oleinik type estimates for the Ostrovsky–Hunter equation

The Ostrovsky–Hunter equation provides a model of small-amplitude long waves in a rotating fluid of finite depth. This is a nonlinear evolution equation. In this study, we consider the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem associated with this equation within a class of bounded discontinuous solutions. We show that we can replace the Kruzkov-type entropy inequalities with an Oleinik-type estimate and we prove the uniqueness via a nonlocal adjoint problem. This implies that a shock wave in an entropy weak solution to the Ostrovsky–Hunter equation is admissible only if it jumps down in value (similar to the inviscid Burgers' equation).     

A Hamiltonian Regularization of the Burgers Equation

We consider a quasilinear equation that consists of the inviscid Burgers equation plus O(α²) nonlinear terms. As we show, these extra terms regularize the Burgers equation in the following sense: for smooth initial data, the α > 0 equation has classical solutions globally in time. Furthermore, in the zero-α limit, solutions of the regularized equation converge strongly to weak solutions of the Burgers equation. We present numerical evidence that the zero-α limit satisfies the Oleinik entropy inequality. For all α ≥ 0, the regularized equation possesses a nonlocal Poisson structure. We prove the Jacobi identity for this generalized Hamiltonian structure.     

Numerical Solution of a Scalar One-Dimensional Monotonicity-Preserving Nonlocal Nonlinear Conservation Law

In this paper, we present numerical studies of a recently proposed scalar nonlocal nonlinear conservation law in one space dimension. The nonlocal model accounts for nonlocal interactions over a finite horizon and enjoys maximum principle, monotonicity-preserving and entropy condition on the continuum level. Moreover, it has a well-defined local limit given by a conventional local conservation laws in the form of partial differential equations. We discuss convergent numerical approximations that preserve similar properties on the discrete level. We also present numerical experiments to study various limiting behavior of the numerical solutions.     

Construction of Approximate Entropy Measure-Valued Solutions for Hyperbolic Systems of Conservation Laws

Entropy solutions have been widely accepted as the suitable solution framework for systems of conservation laws in several space dimensions. However, recent results in De Lellis and Székelyhidi Jr (Ann Math 170(3):1417–1436, 2009) and Chiodaroli et al. (2013) have demonstrated that entropy solutions may not be unique. In this paper, we present numerical evidence that state-of-the-art numerical schemes need not converge to an entropy solution of systems of conservation laws as the mesh is refined. Combining these two facts, we argue that entropy solutions may not be suitable as a solution framework for systems of conservation laws, particularly in several space dimensions. We advocate entropy measure-valued solutions, first proposed by DiPerna, as the appropriate solution paradigm for systems of conservation laws. To this end, we present a detailed numerical procedure which constructs stable approximations to entropy measure-valued solutions, and provide sufficient conditions that guarantee that these approximations converge to an entropy measure-valued solution as the mesh is refined, thus providing a viable numerical framework for systems of conservation laws in several space dimensions. A large number of numerical experiments that illustrate the proposed paradigm are presented and are utilized to examine several interesting properties of the computed entropy measure-valued solutions.     

Generalized convexity and the existence of finite time blow-up solutions for an evolutionary problem

In this paper we study a class of nonlinearities for which a nonlocal parabolic equation with Neumann-Robin boundary conditions, for p-Laplacian, has finite time blow-up solutions.     

On the Hughes' model for pedestrian flow: The one-dimensional case

In this paper we investigate the mathematical theory of Hughes' model for the flow of pedestrians (cf. Hughes (2002) [17]), consisting of a non-linear conservation law for the density of pedestrians coupled with an eikonal equation for a potential modelling the common sense of the task. For such an approximated system we prove existence and uniqueness of entropy solutions (in one space dimension) in the sense of Kru?kov (1970) [22], in which the boundary conditions are posed following the approach of Bardos et al. (1979) [7]. We use BV estimates on the density ρ and stability estimates on the potential ? in order to prove uniqueness. Furthermore, we analyze the evolution of characteristics for the original Hughes' model in one space dimension and study the behavior of simple solutions, in order to reproduce interesting phenomena related to the formation of shocks and rarefaction waves. The characteristic calculus is supported by numerical simulations.     

Perturbation method for nonlocal impulsive evolution equations

This paper deals with the existence of mild solutions for a class of semilinear nonlocal impulsive evolution equations in ordered Banach spaces. The existence and uniqueness theorem of mild solution for the associated linear nonlocal impulsive evolution equation is established. With the aid of the theorem, the existence of mild solutions for nonlinear nonlocal impulsive evolution equation is obtained by using perturbation method and monotone iterative technique. The theorems proved in this paper improve and extend some related results in ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations. Moreover, we present two examples to illustrate the feasibility of our abstract results.     

On a reaction diffusion equation with nonlinear time‐nonlocal source term

In this article, we prove the local existence of a unique solution to a nonlocal in time and space evolution equation with a time nonlocal nonlinearity of exponential growth. Moreover, under some suitable conditions on the initial data, it is shown that local solutions experience blow‐up. The time profile of the blowing‐up solutions is also presented. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Initial–boundary value problems for conservation laws with source terms and the Degasperis–Procesi equation

We consider conservation laws with source terms in a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We first prove the existence of a strong trace at the boundary in order to provide a simple formulation of the entropy boundary condition. Equipped with this formulation, we go on to establish the well-posedness of entropy solutions to the initial–boundary value problem. The proof utilizes the kinetic formulation and the averaging lemma. Finally, we make use of these results to demonstrate the well-posedness in a class of discontinuous solutions to the initial–boundary value problem for the Degasperis–Procesi shallow water equation, which is a third order nonlinear dispersive equation that can be rewritten in the form of a nonlinear conservation law with a nonlocal source term.     

Travelling Waves and Numerical Approximations in a Reaction Advection Diffusion Equation with Nonlocal Delayed Effects

Summary. In this paper, we consider the growth dynamics of a single-species population with two age classes and a fixed maturation period living in a spatial transport field. A Reaction Advection Diffusion Equation (RADE) model with time delay and nonlocal effect is derived if the mature death and diffusion rates are age independent. We discuss the existence of travelling waves for the delay model with three birth functions which appeared in the well-known Nicholson's blowflies equation, and we consider and analyze numerical solutions of the travelling wavefronts from the wave equations for the problems with nonlocal temporally delayed effects. In particular, we report our numerical observations about the change of the monotonicity and the possible occurrence of multihump waves. The stability of the travelling wavefront is numerically considered by computing the full time-dependent partial differential equations with nonlocal delay.     

The hyperbolic mean curvature flow

We introduce a geometric evolution equation of hyperbolic type, which governs the evolution of a hypersurface moving in the direction of its mean curvature vector. The flow stems from a geometrically natural action containing kinetic and internal energy terms. As the mean curvature of the hypersurface is the main driving factor, we refer to this model as the hyperbolic mean curvature flow (HMCF). The case that the initial velocity field is normal to the hypersurface is of particular interest: this property is preserved during the evolution and gives rise to a comparatively simpler evolution equation. We also consider the case where the manifold can be viewed as a graph over a fixed manifold. Our main results are as follows. First, we derive several balance laws satisfied by the hypersurface during the evolution. Second, we establish that the initial-value problem is locally well-posed in Sobolev spaces; this is achieved by exhibiting a convexity property satisfied by the energy density which is naturally associated with the flow. Third, we provide some criteria ensuring that the flow will blow-up in finite time. Fourth, in the case of graphs, we introduce a concept of weak solutions suitably restricted by an entropy inequality, and we prove that a classical solution is unique in the larger class of entropy solutions. In the special case of one-dimensional graphs, a global-in-time existence result is established.     

Deterministic particle approximation for nonlocal transport equations with nonlinear mobility

We construct a deterministic, Lagrangian many-particle approximation to a class of nonlocal transport PDEs with nonlinear mobility arising in many contexts in biology and social sciences. The approximating particle system is a nonlocal version of the follow-the-leader scheme. We rigorously prove that a suitable discrete piece-wise density reconstructed from the particle scheme converges strongly in $L_{loc}^1$ towards the unique entropy solution to the target PDE as the number of particles tends to infinity. The proof is based on uniform BV estimates on the approximating sequence and on the verification of an approximated version of the entropy condition for large number of particles. As part of the proof, we also prove uniqueness of entropy solutions. We further provide a specific example of non-uniqueness of weak solutions and discuss the interplay of the entropy condition with the steady states. Finally, we produce numerical simulations supporting the need of a concept of entropy solution in order to get a well-posed semigroup in the continuum limit, and showing the behaviour of solutions for large times.     

Nonlinear fourth-order elliptic equations with nonlocal boundary conditions

This paper is concerned with a class of fourth-order nonlinear elliptic equations with nonlocal boundary conditions, including a multi-point boundary condition in a bounded domain of Rn. Also considered is a second-order elliptic equation with nonlocal boundary condition, and the usual multi-point boundary problem in ordinary differential equations. The aim of the paper is to show the existence of maximal and minimal solutions, the uniqueness of a positive solution, and the method of construction for these solutions. Our approach to the above problems is by the method of upper and lower solutions and its associated monotone iterations. The monotone iterative schemes can be developed into computational algorithms for numerical solutions of the problem by either the finite difference method or the finite element method.     

Exact solutions of nonlocal Fokas–Lenells equation

In this paper we propose a nonlocal Fokas–Lenells (FL) equation which can be derived from the Kaup–Newell (KN) linear scattering problem. By constructing the Darboux transformation of nonlocal FL equation, we obtain its different kinds of exact solutions including bright/dark solitons, kink solutions, periodic solutions and several types of mixed soliton solutions. It is shown that the solutions of nonlocal FL equation possess different properties from the normal FL equation.     

Mild solutions of non-autonomous second order problems with nonlocal initial conditions

In this paper we establish the existence of mild solutions for a non-autonomous abstract semi-linear second order differential equation submitted to nonlocal initial conditions. Our approach relies on the existence of an evolution operator for the corresponding linear equation and the properties of the Hausdorff measure of non-compactness.     

Analytical solution of a spatially variable coefficient advection–diffusion equation in up to three dimensions

Analytical solutions are provided for the two- and three-dimensional advection–diffusion equation with spatially variable velocity and diffusion coefficients. We assume that the velocity component is proportional to the distance and that the diffusion coefficient is proportional to the square of the corresponding velocity component. There is a simple transformation which reduces the spatially variable equation to a constant coefficient problem for which there are available a large number of known analytical solutions for general initial and boundary conditions. These solutions are also solutions to the spatially variable advection–diffusion equation. The special form of the spatial coefficients has practical relevance and for divergent free flow represent corner or straining flow. Unlike many other analytical solutions, we use the transformation to obtain solutions of the spatially variable coefficient advection–diffusion equation in two and three dimensions. The analytical solutions, which are simple to evaluate, can be used to validate numerical models for solving the advection–diffusion equation with spatially variable coefficients. For numerical schemes which cannot handle flow stagnation points, we provide analytical solution to the spatially variable coefficient advection–diffusion equation for two-dimensional corner flow which contains an impermeable flow boundary. The impermeable flow boundary coincides with a streamline along which the fluid velocity is finite but the concentration vanishes. This example is useful for validating numerical schemes designed to predict transport around a curved boundary.     

Fractional Retarded Differential Equations Involving Mixed Nonlocal Plus Local Initial Conditions

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to discuss the existence of mild solutions and positive mild solutions for a general class of semilinear fractional retarded evolution equations subjected to mixed nonlocal plus local initial conditions on infinite dimensional Banach spaces. Under the situation that the nonlinear term and nonlocal function satisfy some appropriate growth conditions and a noncompactness measure condition, we obtained the existence of mild solutions and positive mild solutions by utilizing a generalized Darbo’s fixed point theorem and a new estimation technique of the measure of noncompactness. In addition, the strong restriction on the constants in the condition of noncompactness measure is completely deleted in this paper. An example about the retarded parabolic partial differential equation involving a general mixed nonlocal plus local initial conditions is also given to illustrate the feasibility of our abstract results.     

Nonlinear behavior of model equations which are linearly ill-posed

We discuss two model equations of nonlinear evolution which demonstrate that linearly ill-posed problems may be well-posed in a mild sense. For the nonlocal equation (1.4), smooth solutions exist for all time, are unique, and depend continuously on the initial data in low norms. For the partial differential equation (1.1), solutions always exist; we do not know whether they are unique, but if they are, they also have continuous dependence on data. The large-time behavior of solutions and other qualitative properties are discussed     

On shape changing solutions of a generalized inhomogeneous Hirota equation

In a recent series of papers, Kavitha et al. [2,3,4] solved three inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger (INLS) integro-differential equation under the influence of a variety of nonlinear inhomogeneities and nonlocal damping by the modified extended tangent hyperbolic function method. They obtained several kinds of exact solitary solutions accompanied by the shape changing property. In this paper, we demonstrate that most of exact solutions derived by them do not satisfy the nonlinear equations and consequently are wrong. Furthermore, we study a generalized Hirota equation with spatially-inhomogenetiy and nonlocal nonlinearity. Its integrability is explored through Painlevé analysis and N-soliton solutions are obtained based on the Hirota bilinear method. Effects of linear inhomogeneity on the profiles and dynamics of solitons are also investigated graphically.     

Asymptotic behavior for nonlocal dispersal equations

This paper is concerned with the existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions of a nonlocal dispersal equation. By means of super-subsolution method and monotone iteration, we first study the existence and asymptotic behavior of solutions for a general nonlocal dispersal equation. Then, we apply these results to our equation and show that the nonnegative solution is unique, and the behavior of this solution depends on parameter λ in equation. For λ≤λ₁(Ω), the solution decays to zero as t→∞; while for λ>λ₁(Ω), the solution converges to the unique positive stationary solution as t→∞. In addition, we show that the solution blows up under some conditions.