Cauchy problem for quasi-linear wave equations with nonlinear damping and source terms

The paper studies the existence and non-existence of global weak solutions to the Cauchy problem for a class of quasi-linear wave equations with nonlinear damping and source terms. It proves that when α?max{m,p}, where m+1, α+1 and p+1 are, respectively, the growth orders of the nonlinear strain terms, the nonlinear damping term and the source term, under rather mild conditions on initial data, the Cauchy problem admits a global weak solution. Especially in the case of space dimension N=1, the weak solutions are regularized and so generalized and classical solution both prove to be unique. On the other hand, if 0?α<1, and the initial energy is negative, then under certain opposite conditions, any weak solution of the Cauchy problem blows up in finite time. And an example is shown.     

Global existence of classical solutions to the Cauchy problem on a semi-bounded initial axis for a nonhomogeneous quasilinear hyperbolic system

It is proven that if the leftmost eigenvalue is weakly linearly degenerate, then the Cauchy problem for a class of nonhomogeneous quasilinear hyperbolic systems with small and decaying initial data given on a semi-bounded axis admits a unique global C¹ solution on the domain , where x=xn(t) is the fastest forward characteristic emanating from the origin. As an application of our result, we prove the existence of global classical, C¹ solutions of the flow equations of a model class of fluids with viscosity induced by fading memory with small smooth initial data given on a semi-bounded axis.     

Shock reflection for a system of hyperbolic balance laws

This paper concerns shock reflection for a system of hyperbolic balance laws in one space dimension. It is shown that the generalized nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem for a system of hyperbolic balance laws with nonlinear boundary conditions in the half space admits a unique global piecewise C¹ solution u=u(t,x) containing only shocks with small amplitude and this solution possesses a global structure similar to that of self-similar solution of the corresponding homogeneous Riemann problem, if each characteristic field with positive velocity is genuinely nonlinear and the corresponding homogeneous Riemann problem has only shocks but no centered rarefaction waves and contact discontinuities. This result is also applied to shock reflection for the flow equations of a model class of fluids with viscosity induced by fading memory.     

Global solutions with shock waves to the generalized Riemann problem for a system of hyperbolic conservation laws with linear damping

It is proven that a class of the generalized Riemann problem for quasilinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with the uniform damping term admits a unique global piecewise C¹ solution u=u(t,x) containing only n shock waves with small amplitude on t?0 and this solution possesses a global structure similar to that of the similarity solution of the corresponding homogeneous Riemann problem. As an application of our result, we prove the existence of global shock solutions, piecewise continuous and piecewise smooth solution with shock discontinuities, of the flow equations of a model class of fluids with viscosity induced by fading memory with a single jump initial data. We also give an example to show that the uniform damping mechanism is not strong enough to prevent the formation of shock waves.     

Cauchy problem for quasi-linear wave equations with viscous damping

The paper studies the global existence and asymptotic behavior of weak solutions to the Cauchy problem for quasi-linear wave equations with viscous damping. It proves that when pmax{m,α}, where m+1, α+1 and p+1 are, respectively, the growth orders of the nonlinear strain terms, the nonlinear damping term and the source term, the Cauchy problem admits a global weak solution, which decays to zero according to the rate of polynomial as t→∞, as long as the initial data are taken in a certain potential well and the initial energy satisfies a bounded condition. Especially in the case of space dimension N=1, the solutions are regularized and so generalized and classical solution both prove to be unique. Comparison of the results with previous ones shows that there exist clear boundaries similar to thresholds among the growth orders of the nonlinear terms, the states of the initial energy and the existence, asymptotic behavior and nonexistence of global solutions of the Cauchy problem.     

Cauchy problem for the multi-dimensional Boussinesq type equation

The paper studies the existence and non-existence of global weak solutions to the Cauchy problem for the multi-dimensional Boussinesq type equation utt−Δu+Δ²u=Δσ(u). It proves that the Cauchy problem admits a global weak solution under the assumptions that σ∈C(R), σ(s) is of polynomial growth order, say p (>1), either , s∈R, where β>0 is a constant, or the initial data belong to a potential well. And the weak solution is regularized and the strong solution is unique when the space dimension N=1. In contrast, any weak solution of the Cauchy problem blows up in finite time under certain conditions. And two examples are shown.     

The Cauchy problems for evolutionary pseudo-differential equations over p-adic field and the wavelet theory

We solve the Cauchy problems for p-adic linear and semi-linear evolutionary pseudo-differential equations (the time-variable t∈R and the space-variable ). Among the equations under consideration there are the heat type equation and the Schrödinger type equations (linear and nonlinear). To solve these problems, we develop the “variable separation method” (an analog of the classical Fourier method) which reduces solving evolutionary pseudo-differential equations to solving ordinary differential equations with respect to real variable t. The problem of stabilization for solutions of the Cauchy problems as t→∞ is also studied. These results give significant advance in the theory of p-adic pseudo-differential equations and can be used in applications.     

Localization for the evolution p-Laplacian equation with strongly nonlinear source term

In this paper we study the strict localization for the p-Laplacian equation with strongly nonlinear source term. Let u:=u(x,t) be a solution of the Cauchy problem

     

Existence and scattering of small solutions to a Boussinesq type equation of sixth order

In this paper, we consider the existence and uniqueness of the global small solution as well as the small data scattering result to the Cauchy problem for a Boussinesq type equation of sixth order with the nonlinear term f(u) behaving as as u→0 in . The main method and techniques used in our paper are the Littlewood-Paley dyadic decomposition, the stationary phase estimate and some properties of Bessel function.     

Universal bounds for global solutions of a diffusion equation with a nonlocal reaction term

We consider the nonlinear heat equation with nonlocal reaction term in space , in smoothly bounded domains. We prove the existence of a universal bound for all nonnegative global solutions of this equation. Moreover, in contrast with similar recent results for equations with local reaction terms, this is shown to hold for all p>1. As an interesting by-product of our proof, we derive for this equation a smoothing effect under weaker assumptions than for corresponding problem with local reaction.     

On the Cauchy problem of 3-D energy-critical Schrödinger equations with subcritical perturbations

We investigate the global well-posedness, scattering and blow up phenomena when the 3-D quintic nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which is energy-critical, is perturbed by a subcritical nonlinearity λ₁p|u|u. We find when the quintic term is defocussing, then the solution is always global no matter what the sign of λ₁ is. Scattering will occur either when the perturbation is defocussing and or when the mass of the solution is small enough and . When the quintic term is focusing, we show the blow up for certain solutions.     

Well-posedness and persistence properties for the Novikov equation

Recently, Novikov found a new integrable equation (we call it the Novikov equation in this paper), which has nonlinear terms that are cubic, rather than quadratic, and admits peaked soliton solutions (peakons). Firstly, we prove that the Cauchy problem for the Novikov equation is locally well-posed in the Besov spaces (which generalize the Sobolev spaces Hs) with the critical index . Then, well-posedness in Hs with , is also established by applying Kato's semigroup theory. Finally, we present two results on the persistence properties of the strong solution for the Novikov equation.     

Navier-Stokes equations and nonlinear heat equations in modulation spaces with negative derivative indices

The Cauchy problems for Navier-Stokes equations and nonlinear heat equations are studied in modulation spaces . Though the case of the derivative index s=0 has been treated in our previous work, the case s≠0 is also treated in this paper. Our aim is to reveal the conditions of s, q and σ of for the existence of local and global solutions for initial data .     

Nonlinear Dirac equations with critical nonlinearities on compact spin manifolds

We study some basic analytical problems for nonlinear Dirac equations involving critical Sobolev exponents on compact spin manifolds. Their solutions are obtained as critical points of certain strongly indefinite functionals defined on H1/2-spinors with critical growth. We prove the existence of a non-trivial solution for the Brezis-Nirenberg type problem when the dimension m of the manifold is larger than 3. We also prove a global compactness result for the associated Palais-Smale sequences and the regularity of -weak solutions.     

On α-times integrated C-cosine functions and abstract Cauchy problem I

In this paper we first investigate some basic properties concerning nondegenerate α-times integrated C-cosine functions on a Banach space X, and then characterize their generator A in terms of the unique existence of strong solutions of the following abstract Cauchy problem: for t>0, u(0)=x, u^′(0)=y.     

Analysis of a system of fractional differential equations

We prove existence and uniqueness theorems for the initial value problem for the system of fractional differential equations , where D^α denotes standard Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative, 0<α<1, and A is a square matrix. The unique solution to this initial value problem turns out to be , where E_α denotes the Mittag-Leffler function generalized for matrix arguments. Further we analyze the system , , 0<α<1, and investigate dependence of the solutions on the initial conditions.     

The generalized nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem for linearly degenerate quasilinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

This work is a continuation of our previous work, in the present paper we study the generalized nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem with small BV data for linearly degenerate quasilinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with nonlinear boundary conditions in a half space . We prove the global existence and uniqueness of piecewise C¹ solution containing only contact discontinuities to a class of the generalized nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem, which can be regarded as a small BV perturbation of the corresponding nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem, for general n×n linearly degenerate quasilinear hyperbolic system of conservation laws; moreover, this solution has a global structure similar to the one of the self-similar solution to the corresponding nonlinear initial-boundary Riemann problem. Some applications to quasilinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws arising in the string theory and high energy physics are also given.     

Semilinear elliptic variational inequalities with dependence on the gradient via Mountain Pass techniques

In this paper we consider a semilinear variational inequality with a gradient-dependent nonlinear term. Obviously the nature of this problem is non-variational. Nevertheless we study that problem associating a suitable semilinear variational inequality, variational in nature, with it, and performing an iterative technique used in De Figueiredo et al. (2004) [6] in order to treat semilinear elliptic equations when there is a gradient dependence on the nonlinearity. We prove the existence of a non-trivial non-negative weak solution u for our problem using essentially variational methods, a penalization technique and an iterative scheme. Via Lewy-Stampacchia’s estimates and regularity theory for elliptic equation we also show that u is differentiable and its gradient is α-H?lder continuous on for any α∈(0,1).