Relaxation of variational problems in two-dimensional nonlinear elasticity

Consider a plate occupying in a reference configuration a bounded open set Ω ⊂ ℝ ² , and let be its stored-energy function. In this paper we are concerned with relaxation of variational problems of type:

Invariants and spaces of zero solutions of linear partial differential operators

It is shown that for open convex , d > 1 and a nontrivial polynomial P the space does not have property . If P is elliptic or homogeneous, then this holds for every open Ω. For even cannot occur and if it occurs for some Ω, then P must be hypoelliptic. Received: 18 July 2005     

A singular Moser-Trudinger embedding and its applications

Let Ω be a bounded domain in , we prove the singular Moser-Trudinger embedding: if and only if where and . We will also study the corresponding critical exponent problem.     

Some Nonlinear Elliptic Problems in Unbounded Domains

In this paper the results of some investigations concerning nonlinear elliptic problems in unbounded domains are summarized and the main difficulties and ideas related to these researches are described. The model problem

A Fully Nonlinear Nonhomogeneous Neumann Problem

Let Ω be an open bounded set in ℝ^N, N≥3, with connected Lipschitz boundary ∂Ω and let a(x,ξ) be an operator of Leray–Lions type (a(⋅,∇u) is of the same type as the operator |∇u|^p−2∇u, 1<p<N). If τ is the trace operator on ∂Ω, [φ] the jump across ∂Ω of a function φ defined on both sides of ∂Ω, the normal derivative ∂/∂ν_a related to the operator a is defined in some sense as 〈a(⋅,∇u),ν〉, the inner product in ℝ^N, of the trace of a(⋅,∇u) on ∂Ω with the outward normal vector field ν on ∂Ω. If β and γ are two nondecreasing continuous real functions everywhere defined in ℝ, with β(0)=γ(0)=0, f∈L¹(ℝ^N), g∈L¹(∂Ω), we prove the existence and the uniqueness of an entropy solution u for the following problem,

Blow-up criterion for 2-D Boussinesq equations in bounded domain

We extend the results for 2-D Boussinesq equations from ℝ² to a bounded domain Ω. First, as for the existence of weak solutions, we transform Boussinesq equations to a nonlinear evolution equation U _t + A(t, U) = 0. In stead of using the methods of fundamental solutions in the case of entire ℝ², we study the qualities of F(u, υ) = (u · ▽)υ to get some useful estimates for A(t, U), which helps us to conclude the local-in-time existence and uniqueness of solutions. Second, as for blow-up criterions, we use energy methods, Sobolev inequalities and Gronwall inequality to control and by and . Furthermore, can control by using vorticity transportation equations. At last, can control . Thus, we can find a blow-up criterion in the form of .      

Renormalized solutions of nonlinear parabolic equations with general measure data

Let a bounded open set, N ≥  2, and let p > 1; we prove existence of a renormalized solution for parabolic problems whose model is

The Fourier Formula for Discontinuous Functions of Several Variables

An analog of the classical Fourier formula for the characteristic function of a convex compact set is considered:

Regularity results for the gradient of solutions linear elliptic equations with L 1, λ data

We prove that if f belongs to the Morrey space , with λ ∊ [0, n−2], and u is the solution of the problem

Perpetual Integrals for Lévy Processes

Given a Lévy process \(\xi \), we find necessary and sufficient conditions for almost sure finiteness of the perpetual integral \(\int _0^\infty f(\xi _s)\hbox {d}s\), where \(f\) is a positive locally integrable function. If \(\mu =\mathbb {E}[\xi _1]\in (0,\infty )\) and \(\xi \) has local times we prove the 0–1 law

$$\begin{aligned} \mathbb {P}\Big (\int _0^\infty f(\xi _s)\,\hbox {d}s<\infty \Big )\in \{0,1\} \end{aligned}$$

with the exact characterization

$$\begin{aligned} \mathbb {P}\Big (\int _0^\infty f(\xi _s)\,\hbox {d}s<\infty \Big )=0\qquad \Longleftrightarrow \qquad \int ^\infty f(x)\,\hbox {d}x=\infty . \end{aligned}$$

The proof uses spatially stationary Lévy processes, local time calculations, Jeulin’s lemma and the Hewitt–Savage 0–1 law.

     

Continuous dependence on the boundary conditions for the Wentzell Laplacian

The solution u of the well-posed problem

An admissible estimator in the one-parameter exponential family with ambiguous information

Summary LetX be a random variable from the one-parameter exponential family with the probability element β(θ) exp (θx)dm(x) for which an ambiguous prior information is available to the effect that θ is likely to be larger than or equal to a known constant. The information is represented by a fuzzy set with the membership function χ(θ). Then it is shown that is an admissible estimator for E ₀ (X) under the quadratic loss function.     

Heat Equation with Dynamical Boundary Conditions of Locally Reactive Type

The aim of this paper is to study the well-posedness of the initial-boundary value problem

On Some Quasilinear Elliptic Systems with Singular and Sign-Changing Potentials

Using variational methods, we study the existence and nonexistence of nontrivial weak solutions for the quasilinear elliptic system $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}- {\rm div}(h_1(|\nabla u|^2)\nabla u) = \frac{\mu}{|x|^2}u + \lambda F_u(x, u, \upsilon)\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega,\\- {\rm div}(h_2(|\nabla \upsilon|^2)\nabla \upsilon) = \frac{\mu}{|x|^2}\upsilon + \lambda F_\upsilon(x,u,\upsilon)\quad {\rm in}\,\Omega,\\u = \upsilon = 0 \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad {\rm in}\, \partial\Omega, \end{array}\right.$$ where \({\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N,N \geq 3}\) , is a bounded domain containing the origin with smooth boundary \({\partial \Omega ; h_i, i = 1, 2}\) , are nonhomogeneous potentials; \({(F_u, F_v) = \nabla F}\) stands for the gradient of a sign-changing C ¹-function \({F : \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}}\) in the variable \({{w = (u, v) \in \mathbb{R}^2}}\) ; and λ and μ are parameters.     

On the Existence of Weak Solutions for a Degenerate and Singular Elliptic System in ℝ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis></Superscript>

This paper deals with the existence of weak solutions to a class of degenerate and singular elliptic systems in ℝ ^N , N ≧2 of the form

Représentation intégrale de fonctionnelles convexes sur un espace de mesures

Résumé Partant d’un résultat abstrait de représentation intègrale pour une fonctionnelle convexe faiblement s.c.i. sur [M _b (Ω)] ^d (obtenu grace à [1]); on établit un résultat de convergence pour une suite de fonctionnelles du type μ _n εM _b ⁺ (Ω),f _n : Ω×R ^d →−∞, +∞] inté Quelques exemples motivés par des applications à la mécanique sont ensuite traités.

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Riassunto Partendo da un risultato astratto di rappresentazione integrale per un funzionale convesso debolmente s.c.i. su [M _b (Ω)] ^d (ottenuto grazie a [1]), si dimostra un risultato di convergenza per una successione di funzionali del tipo con μ _n εM _b ⁺ (Ω),f _n : Ω×R ^d →−∞, +∞] integrando normale convesso. Vengono inoltre trattati alcuni esempi motivati da applicazioni alla Meccanica.

     

Estimates on the Green’s Function and Existence of Positive Solutions of Nonlinear Singular Elliptic Equations in the Half Space

We establish a new 3G-Theorem for the Green’s function for the half space We exploit this result to introduce a new class of potentials that we characterize by means of the Gauss semigroup on . Next, we define a subclass of and we study it. In particular, we prove that properly contains the classical Kato class . Finally, we study the existence of positive continuous solutions in of the following nonlinear elliptic problem

A classification of martingale Hardy spaces associated with rearrangement-invariant function spaces

Let X be a rearrangement-invariant Banach function space over a complete probability space , and denote by the Hardy space consisting of all martingales such that . We prove that implies for any filtration if and only if Doobs inequality holds in X, where denotes the martingale defined by , n = 0, 1, 2, ..., and a.s.Received: 1 August 2000     

Ultraproducts of real interpolation spaces between L p -spaces

Let , be a family of compatible couples of L^p-spaces. We show that, given a countably incomplete ultrafilter in , the ultraproduct of interpolation spaces defined by the real method is isomorphic to the direct sum of an interpolation space of type , an intermediate K?the space between and being a purely atomic measure space, and a K?the function space K(Ω₃) defined on some purely non atomic measure space (Ω₃, ν₃) in such a way that Ω₂ ∪ Ω₃ ≠∅. The research of first and third authors is partially supported by the MEC and FEDER project MTM2004-02262 and AVCIT group 03/050.     

Profile of Blow-up Solution to Hyperbolic System with Nonlocal Term

This paper is concerned with a nonlocal hyperbolic system as follows utt = △u ＋ （∫Ωvdx ）^p for x∈R^N,t〉0 ,utt = △u ＋ （∫Ωvdx ）^q for x∈R^N,t〉0 ,u（x,0）=u0（x）,ut（x,0）=u01（x） for x∈R^N,u（x,0）=u0（x）,ut（x,0）=u01（x） for x∈R^N, where 1≤ N ≤3, p ≥1, q ≥ 1 and pq 〉 1. Here the initial values are compactly supported and Ω belong to R^N is a bounded open region. The blow-up curve, blow-up rate and profile of the solution are discussed.