Polyanalytic Hardy decomposition of higher order Lipschitz functions

This paper is concerned with the problem of decomposing a higher order Lipschitz function on a closed Jordan curve Γ into a sum of two polyanalytic functions in each open domain defined by Γ. Our basic tools are the Hardy projections related to a singular integral operator arising in polyanalytic function theory, which, as it is proved here, represents an involution operator on the higher order Lipschitz classes. Our result generalizes the classical Hardy decomposition of Hölder continuous functions on the boundary of a domain.     

Solving Linear Boundary Value Problems Via Non-commutative Gröbner Bases

A new approach for symbolically solving linear boundary value problems is presented. Rather than using general-purpose tools for obtaining parametrized solutions of the underlying ODE and fitting them against the specified boundary conditions (which may be quite expensive), the problem is interpreted as an operator inversion problem in a suitable Banach space setting. Using the concept of the oblique Moore—Penrose inverse, it is possible to transform the inversion problem into a system of operator equations that can be attacked by virtue of non-commutative Gröbner bases. The resulting operator solution can be represented as an integral operator having the classical Green’s function as its kernel. Although, at this stage of research, we cannot yet give an algorithmic formulation of the method and its domain of admissible inputs, we do believe that it has promising perspectives of automation and generalization; some of these perspectives are discussed.     

An Inverse Problem of Calderón Type with Partial Data

A generalized variant of the Calderón problem from electrical impedance tomography with partial data for anisotropic Lipschitz conductivities is considered in an arbitrary space dimension n ≥ 2. The following two results are shown: (i) The selfadjoint Dirichlet operator associated with an elliptic differential expression on a bounded Lipschitz domain is determined uniquely up to unitary equivalence by the knowledge of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on an open subset of the boundary, and (ii) the Dirichlet operator can be reconstructed from the residuals of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map on this subset.     

Macroscopic current induced boundary conditions for Schrödinger-type operators

We describe an embedding of a quantum mechanically described structure into a macroscopic flow. The open quantum system is partly driven by an adjacent macroscopic flow acting on the boundary of the bounded spatial domain designated to quantum mechanics. This leads to an essentially non-selfadjoint Schrödinger-type operator, the spectral properties of which will be investigated.     

Semiclassical Pseudodifferential Calculus and the Reconstruction of a Magnetic Field

We give a procedure for reconstructing a magnetic field and electric potential from boundary measurements given by the Dirichlet to Neumann map for the magnetic Schrödinger operator in R ⁿ , n ≥ 3. The magnetic potential is assumed to be continuous with L ^∞ divergence and zero boundary values. The method is based on semiclassical pseudodifferential calculus and the construction of complex geometrical optics solutions in weighted Sobolev spaces.     

Energy minimizing harmonic maps with an obstacle at the free boundary

We consider partial regularity for energy minimizing maps satisfying a partially free boundary condition. This condition takes the form of the requirement that a relatively open subset of the boundary of the domain manifold be mapped into a closed submanifold with non-empty boundary, contained in the target manifold. We obtain an optimal estimate on the Hausdorff dimension of the singular set of such a map. Our result can be interpreted as regularity result for a vector-valued Signorini, or thin-obstacle, problem.     

An explicit spectral collocation method using nonpolynomial basis functions for the time‐dependent Schrödinger equation

We propose a spectral collocation method for the numerical solution of the time‐dependent Schrödinger equation, where the newly developed nonpolynomial functions in a previous study are used as basis functions. Equipped with the new basis functions, various boundary conditions can be imposed exactly. The preferable semi‐implicit time marching schemes are employed for temporal discretization. Moreover, the new basis functions build in a free parameter λ intrinsically, which can be chosen properly so that the semi‐implicit scheme collapses to an explicit scheme. The method is further applied to linear Schrödinger equation set in unbounded domain. The transparent boundary conditions are constructed for time semidiscrete scheme of the linear Schrödinger equation. We employ spectral collocation method using the new basis functions for the spatial discretization, which allows for the exact imposition of the transparent boundary conditions. Comprehensive numerical tests both in bounded and unbounded domain are performed to demonstrate the attractive features of the proposed method.     

Asymptotics of a Solution of a Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Wave Equation near a Butterfly Catastrophe Point

We consider an optimal distributed control problem in a planar convex domain with smooth boundary and a small parameter at the highest derivatives of an elliptic operator. The zero Dirichlet condition is given on the boundary of the domain, and the control is included additively in the inhomogeneity. The set of admissible controls is the unit ball in the corresponding space of square integrable functions. Solutions of the obtained boundary value problems are considered in the generalized sense as elements of a Hilbert space. The optimality criterion is the sum of the squared norm of the deviation of the state from a given state and the squared norm of the control with a coefficient. This structure of the optimality criterion makes it possible to strengthen, if necessary, the role of either the first or the second term of the criterion. In the first case, it is more important to achieve the desired state, while, in the second case, it is preferable to minimize the resource consumption. We study in detail the asymptotics of the problem generated by the sum of the Laplace operator with a small coefficient and a first-order differential operator. A feature of the problem is the presence of the characteristics of the limit operator which touch the boundary of the domain. We obtain a complete asymptotic expansion of the solution of the problem in powers of the small parameter in the case where the optimal control is an interior point of the set of admissible controls.     

An inverse problem for a time-dependent Schrödinger operator in an unbounded strip

In this Note we prove a stability result for two independent coefficients (each one depending on only one space variable and the potential also depending on the time variable) for a time-dependent Schrödinger operator in an unbounded strip with one observation on an unbounded subset of the boundary and the data of the solution at a fixed time on the whole domain.     

Spectral analysis of nonselfadjoint Schrödinger problem with eigenparameter in the boundary condition

In this paper we consider the nonselfadjoint (dissipative) Schrödinger boundary value problem in the limit-circle case with an eigenparameter in the boundary condition. Since the boundary conditions are nonselfadjoint, the approach is based on the use of the maximal dissipative operator, and the spectral analysis of this operator is adequate for the boundary value problem. We construct a selfadjoint dilation of the maximal dissipative operator and its incoming and outgoing spectral representations, which make it possible to determine the scattering matrix of the dilation. We construct a functional model of the maximal dissipative operator and define its characteristic function in terms of solutions of the corresponding Schrödinger equation. Theorems on the completeness of the system of eigenvectors and the associated vectors of the maximal dissipative operator and the Schrödinger boundary value problem are given.     

Initial‐Boundary Value Problems for the Defocusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation in the Semiclassical Limit

Initial‐boundary value problems for integrable nonlinear partial differential equations have become tractable in recent years due to the development of so‐called unified transform techniques. The main obstruction to applying these methods in practice is that calculation of the spectral transforms of the initial and boundary data requires knowledge of too many boundary conditions, more than are required to make the problem well‐posed. The elimination of the unknown boundary values is frequently addressed in the spectral domain via the so‐called global relation, and types of boundary conditions for which the global relation can be solved are called linearizable. For the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the global relation is only known to be explicitly solvable in rather restrictive situations, namely homogeneous boundary conditions of Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin (mixed) type. General nonhomogeneous boundary conditions are not known to be linearizable. In this paper, we propose an explicit approximation for the nonlinear Dirichlet‐to‐Neumann map supplied by the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation and use it to provide approximate solutions of general nonhomogeneous boundary value problems for this equation posed as an initial‐boundary value problem on the half‐line. Our method sidesteps entirely the solution of the global relation. The accuracy of our method is proven in the semiclassical limit, and we provide explicit asymptotics for the solution in the interior of the quarter‐plane space‐time domain.     

A method for reduction of differential problems to integral equations

A differential problem in an arbitrary domain is replaced with a problem with the same differential operator posed in a canonical domain for which the solution is either easily written out or is relatively easy to construct in terms of a function which is already known on the boundary of the canonical domain. The function is determined using the boundary conditions of the original problem, which in general leads to an integral equation. Some typical problems of mathematical physics are considered as an example.Translated from Vychislitel'naya i Prikladnaya Matematika, No. 62, pp. 8–14, 1987.     

Partial data inverse problems for Maxwell equations via Carleman estimates

In this article we consider an inverse boundary value problem for the time-harmonic Maxwell equations. We show that the electromagnetic material parameters are determined by boundary measurements where part of the boundary data is measured on a possibly very small set. This is an extension of earlier scalar results of Bukhgeim–Uhlmann and Kenig–Sjöstrand–Uhlmann to the Maxwell system. The main contribution is to show that the Carleman estimate approach to scalar partial data inverse problems introduced in those works can be carried over to the Maxwell system.     

A characterization of the eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions

The eigenvalues of the self-adjoint Schrödinger operators on a bounded domain with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are characterized by the singularities of an associated Dirichlet-to-Neumann map and its inverse, respectively. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Sobolev estimates for the complex green operator on a class of weakly pseudoconvex boundaries

On the boundary of a smooth bounded convex domain in C_n (more generally, a domain that admits a defining funtion that is plurisubharmonic on the boundary), the canonicl (narm-minimizing) solution operator of the -equation, the inverse of □_b (the complex Gereen Operator) and the Szegö projection are continuous is Sobolev norms.     

Inverse problem for Schrödinger equations with Yang–Mills potentials in a slab

In this work we consider the inverse boundary value problem for Schrödinger equations with Yang–Mills potentials in the domain of infinite slab type. We prove that the potentials can be determined uniquely up to a gauge equivalent class assuming that only partial measurements are known on the boundary hyperplanes.     

Stability of inverse problems in an infinite slab with partial data

In this paper, we study the stability of two inverse boundary value problems in an infinite slab with partial data. These problems have been studied by Li and Uhlmann for the case of the Schrödinger equation and by Krupchyk, Lassas, and Uhlmann for the case of the magnetic Schrödinger equation. Here, we quantify the method of uniqueness proposed by Li and Uhlmann and prove a log–log stability estimate for the inverse problems associated to the Schrödinger equation. The boundary measurements considered in these problems are modeled by partial knowledge of the Dirichlet-to-Neumann map: in the first inverse problem, the corresponding Dirichlet and Neumann data are known on different boundary hyperplanes of the slab; in the second inverse problem, they are known on the same boundary hyperplane of the slab.     

Counterexamples to Rational Dilation on Symmetric Multiply Connected Domains

We show that if R is a compact domain in the complex plane with two or more holes and an anticonformal involution onto itself (or equivalently a hyperelliptic Schottky double), then there is an operator T which has R as a spectral set, but does not dilate to a normal operator with spectrum on the boundary of R.     

Identifiability at the boundary for first-order terms

Let Ω be a domain in R ⁿ whose boundary is C ¹ if n≥3 or C ^1,β if n=2. We consider a magnetic Schrödinger operator L _{W , q} in Ω and show how to recover the boundary values of the tangential component of the vector potential W from the Dirichlet to Neumann map for L _{W , q} . We also consider a steady state heat equation with convection term Δ+2W·? and recover the boundary values of the convection term W from the Dirichlet to Neumann map. Our method is constructive and gives a stability result at the boundary.