Solving a nonlinear inverse Robin problem through a linear Cauchy problem

ABSTRACT

Considered in this paper is an inverse Robin problem governed by a steady-state diffusion equation. By the Robin inverse problem, one wants to recover the unknown Robin coefficient on an inaccessible boundary from Cauchy data measured on the accessible boundary. In this paper, instead of reconstructing the Robin coefficient directly, we compute first the Cauchy data on the inaccessible boundary which is a linear inverse problem, and then compute the Robin coefficient through Newton's law. For the Cauchy problem, a parameter-dependent coupled complex boundary method (CCBM) is applied. The CCBM has its own merits, and this is particularly true when it is applied to the Cauchy problem. With the introduction of a positive parameter, we can prove the regularized solution is uniformly bounded with respect to the regularization parameter which is a very good property because the solution can now be reconstructed for a rather small value of the regularization parameter. For the problem of computing the Robin coefficient from the recovered Cauchy data, a least square output Tikhonov regularization method is applied to Newton's law to obtain a stable approximate Robin coefficient. Numerical results are given to show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Waveguide with non-periodically alternating Dirichlet and Robin conditions: homogenization and asymptotics

We consider a magnetic Schrödinger operator in a planar infinite strip with frequently and non-periodically alternating Dirichlet and Robin boundary conditions. Assuming that the homogenized boundary condition is the Dirichlet or the Robin one, we establish the uniform resolvent convergence in various operator norms and we prove the estimates for the rates of convergence. It is shown that these estimates can be improved by using special boundary correctors. In the case of periodic alternation, pure Laplacian, and the homogenized Robin boundary condition, we construct two-terms asymptotics for the first band functions, as well as the complete asymptotics expansion (up to an exponentially small term) for the bottom of the band spectrum.     

振荡Robin混合边值齐次化问题

该文研究了振荡Robin混合边值齐次化问题解的收敛率.该工作的困难之处在于Robin边值上出现的振荡因子以及边界交叉项的处理.该文利用对偶方法巧妙得对振荡积分进行了估计.文中建立了解的H1和L2收敛率,所得结果明显地依赖于维数.该文可以视为将对偶方法和光滑算子,延拓到处理振荡Robin混合边值问题的情形.     

具有多重解的非线性Robin问题的奇摄动[英文]

本文利用边界层法，研究了具有多重解的非线性Robin问题εx″ f(t,x)x′ g(t,x)=0,0≤t≤1,x′(0,ε）-ax(0,ε)=A,x′(1,ε） bx(1,ε）=B其中ε为正的小参数。在适当的假设下，我们通过给出外部解展开式系数的一般表达式，得到了退化问题的边值为某方程的多重根时的渐近解，推广了有关结果。     

Hardy inequalities for Robin Laplacians

In this paper we establish a Hardy inequality for Laplace operators with Robin boundary conditions. For convex domains, in particular, we show explicitly how the corresponding Hardy weight depends on the coefficient of the Robin boundary conditions. We also study several extensions to non-convex and unbounded domains.     

Invariants of Isospectral Deformations and Spectral Rigidity

We introduce a notion of weak isospectrality for continuous deformations. Consider the Laplace–Beltrami operator on a compact Riemannian manifold with Robin boundary conditions. Given a Kronecker invariant torus Λ of the billiard ball map with a Diophantine vector of rotation we prove that certain integrals on Λ involving the function in the Robin boundary conditions remain constant under weak isospectral deformations. To this end we construct continuous families of quasimodes associated with Λ. We obtain also isospectral invariants of the Laplacian with a real-valued potential on a compact manifold for continuous deformations of the potential. These invariants are obtained from the first Birkhoff invariant of the microlocal monodromy operator associated to Λ. As an application we prove spectral rigidity of the Robin boundary conditions in the case of Liouville billiard tables of dimension two in the presence of a (?/2?)² group of symmetries.     

Robin boundary value problem for the Cauchy-Riemann operator

The aim of this article is to give explicit representations for solutions of the Robin boundary value problem for the Cauchy-Riemann operator [image omitted]. In the homogeneous cases we investigate the Robin boundary condition in a more general form. Finally, we give solutions of the corresponding higher-order operators.     

The Robin problem for the scalar Oseen equation

We study the Robin problem for the scalar Oseen equation in an open n‐dimensional set with compact Ljapunov boundary. We prescribe two types of Robin boundary conditions, and prove the unique solvability of these problems as well as a representation formula for the solution in form of a scalar Oseen single layer potential. Moreover, we prove the maximum principle for the solution to the Robin problem of the scalar Oseen equation. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Green's functions for elliptic and parabolic systems with Robin-type boundary conditions

The aim of this paper is to investigate Green's function for parabolic and elliptic systems satisfying a possibly nonlocal Robin-type boundary condition. We construct Green's function for parabolic systems with time-dependent coefficients satisfying a possibly nonlocal Robin-type boundary condition assuming that weak solutions of the system are locally Hölder continuous in the interior of the domain, and as a corollary we construct Green's function for elliptic system with a Robin-type condition. Also, we obtain Gaussian bound for Robin Green's function under an additional assumption that weak solutions of Robin problem are locally bounded up to the boundary. We provide some examples satisfying such a local boundedness property, and thus have Gaussian bounds for their Green's functions.     

Analysis of a meshless method for the time fractional diffusion-wave equation

In this paper a numerical technique is proposed for solving the time fractional diffusion-wave equation. We obtain a time discrete scheme based on finite difference formula. Then, we prove that the time discrete scheme is unconditionally stable and convergent using the energy method and the convergence order of the time discrete scheme is \(\mathcal {O}(\tau ^{3-\alpha })\). Firstly, we change the main problem based on Dirichlet boundary condition to a new problem based on Robin boundary condition and then, we consider a semi-discrete scheme with Robin boundary condition and show when \(\beta \rightarrow +\infty \) solution of the main semi-discrete problem with Dirichlet boundary condition is convergent to the solution of the new semi-discrete problem with Robin boundary condition. We consider the new semi-discrete problem with Robin boundary condition and use the meshless Galerkin method to approximate the spatial derivatives. Finally, we obtain an error bound for the new problem. We prove that convergence order of the numerical scheme based on Galekin meshless is \(\mathcal {O}(h)\). In the considered method the appeared integrals are approximated using Gauss Legendre quadrature formula. The main aim of the current paper is to obtain an error estimate for the meshless Galerkin method based on the radial basis functions. Numerical examples confirm the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed scheme.     

Neumann heat content asymptotics with singular initial temperature and singular specific heat

We study the asymptotic behavior of the heat content on a compact Riemannian manifold with boundary and with singular specific heat and singular initial temperature distributions imposing Robin boundary conditions. Assuming the existence of a complete asymptotic series we determine the first three terms in that series. In addition to the general setting, the interval is studied in detail as are recursion relations among the coefficients and the relationship between the Dirichlet and Robin settings.     

A Talenti Comparison Result for Solutions to Elliptic Problems with Robin Boundary Conditions

Comparison results of Talenti type for elliptic problems with Dirichlet boundary conditions have been widely investigated in recent decades. In this paper, we deal with Robin boundary conditions. Surprisingly, contrary to the Dirichlet case, Robin boundary conditions make the comparison sensitive to the dimension, and while the planar case seems to be completely settled, in higher dimensions some open problems are yet unsolved. © 2023 The Authors. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.     

Robin spectral rigidity of nearly circular domains with a reflectional symmetry

This is a note on a paper of De Simoi–Kaloshin–Wei. We show that by combining their techniques with the wave trace invariants of Guillemin–Melrose and the heat trace invariants of Zayed for the Laplacian with Robin boundary conditions, one can extend the Dirichlet/Neumann spectral rigidity results of De Simoi–Kaloshin–Wei to the case of Robin boundary conditions. We will consider the same generic subset as did by De Simoi–Kaloshin–Wei of smooth strictly convex ?₂-symmetric planar domains sufficiently close to a circle, however we pair them with arbitrary ?₂-symmetric smooth Robin functions on the boundary and of course allow deformations of Robin functions as well.     

A closed form solution to one dimensional robin boundary problems

Many cellular and subcellular biological processes can be described in terms of diffusing and chem- ically reacting species (e.g. enzymes). In this paper, we will use reflected and absorbed Brownian motion and stochastic differential equations to construct a closed form solution to one dimensional Robin boundary prob- lems. Meanwhile, we will give a reasonable explanation to the closed form solution from a stochastic point of view. Finally, we will extend the problem to Robin boundary problem with two boundary conditions and give a specific solution by resorting to a stopping time.     

Alternating boundary layer type solutions of some singularly perturbed periodic parabolic equations with Dirichlet and Robin boundary conditions

In this paper, we continue the analysis of alternating boundary layer type solutions to certain singularly perturbed parabolic equations for which the degenerate equations (obtained by setting small parameter multiplying derivatives equal to zero) are algebraic equations that have three roots. Here, we consider spatially one-dimensional equations. We address special cases where the following are true: (a) boundary conditions are of the Dirichlet type with different values of unknown functions specified at different endpoints of the interval of interest; (b) boundary conditions are of the Robin type with an appropriate power of a small parameter multiplying the derivative in the conditions. We emphasize a number of new features of alternating boundary layer type solutions that appear in these cases. One of the important applications of such equations is related to modeling certain types of bioswitches. Special choices of Dirichlet and Robin type boundary conditions can be used to tune up such bioswitches. This article was submitted by the authors in English.     

Numerical estimation of the piecewise constant Robin coefficient by identifying its discontinuous points

We propose a new numerical method for estimating the piecewise constant Robin coefficient in two-dimensional elliptic equation from boundary measurements. The Robin inverse problem is recast into a minimization of an output least-square formulation. A technique based on determining the discontinuous points of the unknown coefficient is suggested, and we investigate the differentiability of the solution and the objective functional with respect to the discontinuous points. Then we apply the Gauss-Newton method for reconstructing the shape of the unknown Robin coefficient. Numerical examples illustrate its efficiency and stability.     

Multiple solutions for a class of semilinear elliptic problems with Robin boundary condition

In this paper, we show the existence of at least four nontrivial solutions for a class of semilinear elliptic problems with Robin boundary condition and jumping nonlinearities. Solvability of oscillating equations with Robin boundary condition is also investigated. We prove the conclusions by using sub-super-solution method, Fu?ík spectrum theory, mountain pass theorem in order intervals and Morse theory.     

半线性系统的Robin边值问题的奇摄动

本文利用微分不等式的方法与技巧研究半线性系统的Robin边值问题的奇摄动.我们假定相应的退化系统至少有一个Ⅰ_q-稳定的解.这种依分量Ⅰ_q-稳定性的条件将允许我们去得到解的每一个分量的估计.     

Reconstruction of Scattered Field from Far-Field by Regularization

In this paper, we consider an inverse scattering problem for an obstacle D R^2 with Robin boundary condition. By applying the point source, we give a regularizing method to recover the scattered field from the far-field pattern. Numerical implementations are also presented.