On asymptotic properties of solutions of functional differential equations with linearly transformed argument

We establish new properties of solutions of the functional differential equation x′(t) = ax(t) + bx(t − r) + cx′(t − r) + px(qt) + hx′(qt) + f ₁(x(t), x(t − r), x′(t − r), x(qt), x′(qt)) in the neighborhood of the singular point t = +∞. __________ Translated from Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 144–160, January–March, 2007.     

Asymptotic Variational Wave Equations

We investigate the equation (u _t +(f(u)) _x ) _x =f ^{′ ′}(u) (u _x )²/2 where f(u) is a given smooth function. Typically f(u)=u ²/2 or u ³/3. This equation models unidirectional and weakly nonlinear waves for the variational wave equation u _tt − c(u) (c(u)u _x ) _x =0 which models some liquid crystals with a natural sinusoidal c. The equation itself is also the Euler–Lagrange equation of a variational problem. Two natural classes of solutions can be associated with this equation. A conservative solution will preserve its energy in time, while a dissipative weak solution loses energy at the time when singularities appear. Conservative solutions are globally defined, forward and backward in time, and preserve interesting geometric features, such as the Hamiltonian structure. On the other hand, dissipative solutions appear to be more natural from the physical point of view.We establish the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem within the class of conservative solutions, for initial data having finite energy and assuming that the flux function f has a Lipschitz continuous second-order derivative. In the case where f is convex, the Cauchy problem is well posed also within the class of dissipative solutions. However, when f is not convex, we show that the dissipative solutions do not depend continuously on the initial data.     

Reynolds' analogy for the thermal convection driven by nonisothermal stretching surfaces

In the present paper the steady boundary-layer flows induced by permeable stretching surfaces with variable temperature distribution are investigated under the aspect of Reynolds' analogy r = St _x /C _f(x). It is shown that for certain stretching velocities and wall temperature distributions, “Reynolds' function”r, i.e. the ratio of the local Stanton number St _x and the skin friction coefficient C _f(x) equals −1/2 for any value of the Prandtl number Pr and of the dimensionless suction/injection velocity f _w. In all of these cases, the dimensionless temperature field ϑ is connected to the dimensionless downstream velocity f ^′ by the simple relationship ϑ=(f ^′)^Pr. It is also shown that in the general case, Reynolds' function r may possess several singularities in f _w. The largest of them represents a critical value, so that for f _w<f _w,crit the solutions of the energy equation (although they still satisfy all the boundary conditions) become nonphysical.     

A unified approach to closed-form solutions of moving heat-source problems

A closed-form model for the computation of temperature distribution in an infinitely extended isotropic body with a time-dependent moving-heat sources is discussed. The temperature solutions are presented for the sources of the forms: (i) ₀₁(t)=₀ exp(−λt), (ii) ₀₂(t) =₀(t/t ^*)exp(−λt), and ₀₃(t)=₀[1+a cos(ωt)], where λ and ω are real parameters and t ^* characterizes the limiting time. The reduced (or dimensionless) temperature solutions are presented in terms of the generalized representation of an incomplete gamma function Γ(α,x;b) and its decomposition C _Γ and S _Γ. The solutions are presented for moving, -point, -line, and -plane heat sources. It is also demonstrated that the present analysis covers the classical temperature solutions of a constant strength source under quasi-steady state situations. Received on 13 June 1997     

On the Nonexistence of Some Special Eigenfunctions for the Dirichlet Laplacian and the Lamé System

Let Ω be a bounded Lipschitz domain in ℝ ⁿ with n ≥ 3. We prove that the Dirichlet Laplacian does not admit any eigenfunction of the form u(x) =ϕ(x′)+ψ(x _n) with x′=(x1, ..., x _n−1). The result is sharp since there are 2-d polygonal domains in which this kind of eigenfunctions does exist. These special eigenfunctions for the Dirichlet Laplacian are related to the existence of uniaxial eigenvibrations for the Lamé system with Dirichlet boundary conditions. Thus, as a corollary of this result, we deduce that there is no bounded Lipschitz domain in 3-d for which the Lamé system with Dirichlet boundary conditions admits uniaxial eigenvibrations. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

On the behavior of solutions of systems of linear functional differential equations with constant coefficients and linearly transformed argument in the neighborhood of a singular point

We establish new properties of C ¹(0, +∞)-solutions of systems of linear functional differential equations x′(t) = Ax(t) + Bx(qt) + Cx′(qt) in the neighborhood of the singular point t = 0.     

Entire Solutions with Merging Fronts to Reaction–Diffusion Equations

We deal with a reaction–diffusion equation u _t = u _xx + f(u) which has two stable constant equilibria, u = 0, 1 and a monotone increasing traveling front solution u = φ(x + ct) (c > 0) connecting those equilibria. Suppose that u = a (0 < a < 1) is an unstable equilibrium and that the equation allows monotone increasing traveling front solutions u = ψ₁(x + c ₁ t) (c ₁ < 0) and ψ₂(x + c ₂ t) (c ₂ > 0) connecting u = 0 with u = a and u = a with u = 1, respectively. We call by an entire solution a classical solution which is defined for all . We prove that there exists an entire solution such that for t≈ − ∞ it behaves as two fronts ψ₁(x + c ₁ t) and ψ₂(x + c ₂ t) on the left and right x-axes, respectively, while it converges to φ(x + ct) as t→∞. In addition, if c > − c ₁, we show the existence of an entire solution which behaves as ψ₁( − x + c ₁ t) in and φ(x + ct) in for t≈ − ∞.     

Asymptotic Stability of Riemann Solutions for a Class of Multidimensional Systems of Conservation Laws with Viscosity

We prove the asymptotic stability of two-state nonplanar Riemann solutions for a class of multidimensional hyperbolic systems of conservation laws when the initial data are perturbed and viscosity is added. The class considered here is those systems whose flux functions in different directions share a common complete system of Riemann invariants, the level surfaces of which are hyperplanes. In particular, we obtain the uniqueness of the self-similar L^∞ entropy solution of the two-state nonplanar Riemann problem. The asymptotic stability to which the main result refers is in the sense of the convergence as t→∞ in L_loc¹ of the space of directions ξ = x/t. That is, the solution u(t, x) of the perturbed problem satisfies u(t, tξ)→R(ξ) as t→∞, in L_loc¹(ℝⁿ), where R(ξ) is the self-similar entropy solution of the corresponding two-state nonplanar Riemann problem.     

A complete expression of the asymptotic solution of differential equation with three-turning points

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Sharp Estimates of Bounded Solutions to Some Second-order Forced Dissipative Equations

Résumé A l’aide d’inégalités différentielles, on établit une estimation proche de l’optimalité pour la norme dans de l’unique solution bornée de u′′ + cu′ + Au = f(t) lorsque A = A ^* ≥ λ I est un opérateur borné ou non sur un espace de Hilbert réel H, V = D(A ^1/2) et λ, c sont des constantes positives, tandis que . By using differential inequalities, a close-to-optimal bound of the unique bounded solution of u′′ + cu′ + Au = f(t) is obtained whenever A = A ^* ≥ λ I is a bounded or unbounded linear operator on a real Hilbert space H, V = D(A ^1/2) and λ, c are positive constants, while .

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Floquet’s Theorem and Stability of Periodic Solitary Waves

This paper is concerned with the spectrum the Hill operator L(y) = −y′′ + Q(x) y in L²_per[0, p]{L^{2}_{\rm per}[0, \pi]} . We show that the eigenvalues of L can be characterized by knowing one of its eigenfunctions. Applications are given to nonlinear stability of a class of periodic problems.     

Exact analytic solutions for free convection boundary layers on a heated vertical plate with lateral mass flux embedded in a saturated porous medium

 The problem of the self-similar boundary flow of a “Darcy-Boussinesq fluid” on a vertical plate with temperature distribution T _w(x) = T _∞+A·x ^λ and lateral mass flux v _w(x) = a·x ^(λ−1)/2, embedded in a saturated porous medium is revisited. For the parameter values λ = 1,−1/3 and −1/2 exact analytic solutions are written down and the characteristics of the corresponding boundary layers are discussed as functions of the suction/ injection parameter in detail. The results are compared with the numerical findings of previous authors. Received on 8 March 1999     

Nonuniform Exponential Dichotomies and Lyapunov Regularity

The notion of exponential dichotomy plays a central role in the Hadamard–Perron theory of invariant manifolds for dynamical systems. The more general notion of nonuniform exponential dichotomy plays a similar role under much weaker assumptions. On the other hand, for nonautonomous linear equations v′ = A(t)v with global solutions, we show here that this more general notion is in fact as weak as possible: namely, any such equation possesses a nonuniform exponential dichotomy. It turns out that the construction of invariant manifolds under the existence of a nonuniform exponential dichotomy requires the nonuniformity to be sufficiently small when compared to the Lyapunov exponents. Thus, it is crucial to estimate the deviation from the uniform exponential behavior. This deviation can be measured by the so-called regularity coefficient, in the context of the classical Lyapunov–Perron regularity theory. We obtain here lower and upper sharp estimates for the regularity coefficient, expressed solely in terms of the matrices A(t).     

Second-order nonlinear differential equations with infinite set of periodic solutions

For the differential equation u″ = f(t, u, u′), where the function f: R × R ² → R is periodic in the first variable and f (t, x, 0) ≡ 0, sufficient conditions for the existence of a continuum of nonconstant periodic solutions are found. Published in Neliniini Kolyvannya, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 495–500, October–December, 2008.     

Erratum to: Floquet’s Theorem and Stability of Periodic Solitary Waves

This paper is concerned with the spectrum the Hill operator L(y) = −y′′ + Q(x) y in L²_per[0, p]{L^2_{{\rm per}}[0, \pi]}. We show that the eigenvalues of L can be characterized by knowing one of its eigenfunctions. Applications are given to nonlinear stability of a class of periodic problems.     

Algebraic-Delay Differential Systems, State-Dependent Delay, and Temporal Order of Reactions

Systems of the form

Bifurcations of Heteroclinic Orbits

The search for traveling wave solutions of a semilinear diffusion partial differential equation can be reduced to the search for heteroclinic solutions of the ordinary differential equation ü − cu̇ + f(u) = 0, where c is a positive constant and f is a nonlinear function. A heteroclinic orbit is a solution u(t) such that u(t) → γ ₁ as t → −∞ and u(t) → γ ₂ as t → ∞ where γ ₁, γ ₂ are zeros of f. We study the existence of heteroclinic orbits under various assumptions on the nonlinear function f and their bifurcations as c is varied. Our arguments are geometric in nature and so we make only minimal smoothness assumptions. We only assume that f is continuous and that the equation has a unique solution to the initial value problem. Under these weaker smoothness conditions we reprove the classical result that for large c there is a unique positive heteroclinic orbit from 0 to 1 when f(0) = f(1) = 0 and f(u) > 0 for 0 < u < 1. When there are more zeros of f, there is the possibility of bifurcations of the heteroclinic orbit as c varies. We give a detailed analysis of the bifurcation of the heteroclinic orbits when f is zero at the five points −1 < −θ < 0 < θ < 1 and f is odd. The heteroclinic orbit that tends to 1 as t → ∞ starts at one of the three zeros, −θ, 0, θ as t → −∞. It hops back and forth among these three zeros an infinite number of times in a predictable sequence as c is varied.     

Contact Transformation Group Classification of Nonlinear Wave Equations

Interest in nonlinear wave equations has been stimulated bynumerous physical applications, such as telecommunication (e.g.nonlinear telegrapher equation), gasdynamics, anisotropic plasticity andnonlinear elasticity, etc. Mathematical models of these phenomena canoften be reduced to particular types of the equation u _tt = f(x, u _x ) u _xx + g(x, u _x ). In this paper, the problem ofclassification of the latter equation with respect to admitted contacttransformation groups is reduced to the investigation of pointtransformation groups of the equivalent system of first-orderquasi-linear equations v _t =a(x, v)w _x , w _t = b(x,v)v _x .     

Global Semigroup of Conservative Solutions of the Nonlinear Variational Wave Equation

We prove the existence of a global semigroup for conservative solutions of the nonlinear variational wave equation u _tt − c(u)(c(u)u _x ) _x  = 0. We allow for initial data u| _{t = 0} and u _t | _t=0 that contain measures. We assume that 0 < k^-1 \leqq c(u) \leqq k{0 < \kappa^{-1} \leqq c(u) \leqq \kappa}. Solutions of this equation may experience concentration of the energy density (u_t²+c(u)²u_x²)dx{(u_t^2+c(u)^2u_x^2){\rm d}x} into sets of measure zero. The solution is constructed by introducing new variables related to the characteristics, whereby singularities in the energy density become manageable. Furthermore, we prove that the energy may focus only on a set of times of zero measure or at points where c′(u) vanishes. A new numerical method for constructing conservative solutions is provided and illustrated with examples.     

Nonlocal dispersion in media with continuously evolving scales of heterogeneity

General nonlocal diffusive and dispersive transport theories are derived from molecular hydrodynamics and associated theories of statistical mechanical correlation functions, using the memory function formalism and the projection operator method. Expansion approximations of a spatially and temporally nonlocal convective-dispersive equation are introduced to derive linearized inverse solutions for transport coefficients. The development is focused on deriving relations between the frequency-and wave-vector-dependent dispersion tensor and measurable quantities. The resulting theory is applicable to porous media of fractal character.Nomenclature C _v (t) particle velocity correlation function - C _v ,(t) particle fluctuation velocity correlation function - C _j (x,t) current correlation function - D(x,t) dispersion tensor - D(x,t) fluctuation dispersion tensor - f ₀(x,p) equilibrium phase probability distribution function - f(x, p;t) nonequilibrium phase probability distribution function - G(x,t) conditional probability per unit volume of finding a particle at (x,t) given it was located elsewhere initially - (k,t) Fourier transform ofG(x,t) - G(x,t) fluctuation conditional probability per unit volume of finding a particle at (x,t) given it was located elsewhere initially - k wave vector - K(t) memory function - L Liouville operator - m mass - p(t) particle momentum coordinate - P = (0)( , (0)) projection operator - Q =I-P projection operator - s real Laplace space variable - S(k, ) time-Fourier transform of(k,t) - t time - v(t) particle velocity vector - v(t) particle fluctuation velocity vector - V phase space velocity - time-Fourier variable - ^(itn)(k) frequency moment of(k,t) - x(t) particle displacement coordinate - x(t) particle displacement fluctuation coordinate - friction coefficient - (t) normalized correlation function General Functions () Dirac delta function - () Gamma function Averages ₀ Equilibrium phase-space average - Nonequilibrium phase-space average - (,) L ² inner product with respect tof ₀