Global existence and time decay of the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation with hard potential

This paper is concerned with the Cauchy problem on the Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff assumption for hard potential in the whole space. When the initial data is a small perturbation of a global Maxwellian, the global existence of solution to this problem is proved in unweighted Sobolev spaces $H^N\left({\mathbb{R}}_{x,v}^6\right)$ with $N\ge 2$. But if we want to obtain the optimal temporal decay estimates, we need to add the velocity weight function, in this case the global existence and the optimal temporal decay estimate of the Boltzmann equation are all established. Meanwhile, we further gain a more accurate energy estimate, which can guarantee the validity of the assumption in Chen et al. (0000).     

Global existence of solutions of the Boltzmann equation for Bose–Einstein particles with anisotropic initial data

In this paper we prove the global in time existence and uniqueness of solutions of the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation for Bose–Einstein particles for the hard sphere model for bounded anisotropic initial data. The main idea of our proof is as follows: we first establish an intermediate equation which is closely related to the original equation and is relatively easily proven to have global in time and unique solutions, then we use the multi-step iterations of the collision gain operator to obtain a desired uniform $L^{\infty }$-bound for solutions of the intermediate equation so that if an initial datum is sufficiently small relative to the inverse of the Planck constant (which belongs to the case of very high temperature), then the corresponding solution of the intermediate equation becomes the solution of the original equation.     

On the Boltzmann equation for Fermi-Dirac particles with very soft potentials: Global existence of weak solutions

For general initial data we prove the global existence and weak stability of weak solutions of the Boltzmann equation for Fermi-Dirac particles in a periodic box for very soft potentials (−5<γ?−3) with a weak angular cutoff. In particular the Coulomb interaction (γ=−3) with the weak angular cutoff is included. The conservation of energy and moment estimates are also proven under a further angular cutoff. The proof is based on the entropy inequality, velocity averaging compactness of weak solutions, and various continuity properties of general Boltzmann collision integral operators.     

Global existence for the critical generalized KdV equation

We discuss results regarding global existence of solutions for the critical generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation,

The theory established shows the existence of global solutions in Sobolev spaces with order below the one given by the energy space , i.e. solutions corresponding to data , 3/4$">, with , where is the solitary wave solution of the equation.

     

Global existence and decay estimates of the Boltzmann equation with frictional force: The general results

In this paper, we give the existence theory and the optimal time convergence rates of the solutions to the Boltzmann equation with frictional force near a global Maxwellian. We generalize our previous results on the same problem for hard sphere model into both hard potential and soft potential case. The main method used in this paper is the classic energy method combined with some new time–velocity weight functions to control the large velocity growth in the nonlinear term for the case of interactions with hard potentials and to deal with the singularity of the cross-section at zero relative velocity for the soft potential case.     

The Boltzmann equation without angular cutoff in the whole space: I,Global existence for soft potential

It is known that the singularity in the non-cutoff cross-section of the Boltzmann equation leads to the gain of regularity and a possible gain of weight in the velocity variable. By defining and analyzing a non-isotropic norm which precisely captures the dissipation in the linearized collision operator, we first give a new and precise coercivity estimate for the non-cutoff Boltzmann equation for general physical cross-sections. Then the Cauchy problem for the Boltzmann equation is considered in the framework of small perturbation of an equilibrium state. In this part, for the soft potential case in the sense that there is no positive power gain of weight in the coercivity estimate on the linearized operator, we derive some new functional estimates on the nonlinear collision operator. Together with the coercivity estimates, we prove the global existence of classical solutions for the Boltzmann equation in weighted Sobolev spaces.     

Global existence for a delay differential equation

An elastic-plastic bar with simply connected cross section Q is clamped at the bottom and given a twist at the top. The stress function u, at a prescribed cross section, is then the solution of the variational inequality (0.1) $\text{min}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>v</mtext><mtext>?</mtext><mtext>K</mtext>}}\text{{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{¦}\text{▽}\text{v¦}{}^2\text{? 2θ}{}_1\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{v} = ∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{¦}\text{▽}\text{u¦}{}^2\text{? 2θ}{}_1\text{∝}{}_{\mathrm{Q}}\text{u, u}\text{?}\text{K,}\text{where}\text{(0.2) K = {v}\text{?}\text{H}{}_0{}^1\text{(Q), ¦}\text{▽}\text{v¦ ? 1}\text{a.e.}\text{}}\text{and}\text{θ}{}_1$ is equal to the angle of the twist (after normalizing the units). Introducing the Lagrange multiplier λ_θ1, the unloading problem consists in solving the variational inequality (0.3) is the twisting angle for the unloaded bar; θ₂ < θ₁. Let (0.4) $\text{K}{}^1\text{= {v}\text{?}\text{H}{}_0{}^1\text{(Q), ?d(x) ? v(x) ? d(x)},}\text{where}\text{d(x) =}\text{dist}\text{.(x, ?Q)}$, and denote by $\text{u}{}^1\text{, w}{}^1$ the solutions of (0.1), (0.3), respectively, when K is replaced by $\text{K}{}^1$. The following results are well known for the loading problem (0.1):(0.5) $\text{u = u}{}^1$; (0.6) the plastic set $\text{P = (X}\text{?}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{; ¦}\text{▽}\text{u(x)¦ = 1}}$ is connected to the boundary. In this paper we show that, in general, (0.7) $\text{w ≠ w}{}^1$; (0.8) the plastic set $\text{P}\text{?}\text{= {x}\text{?}\text{Q}\text{?}\text{; ¦}\text{▽}\text{w(x)¦ = 1}}$ is not connected to the boundary. That is, we construct domains Q for which (0.7) and (0.8) hold for a suitable choice of θ₁, θ₂.     

Global existence for the higher-order Camassa-Holm shallow water equation

In this paper, we investigate the global existence of the higher-order Camassa-Holm equation in the case of k=2. We prove the local well-posedness of this equation and find a conservation law. Then a global existence result is obtained.     

Global existence and uniqueness for the magnetic Hartree equation

In this paper, we consider

On the existence of non-negative numerical solutions of the Boltzmann equation

The diamond difference scheme approximating the linear Boltzmann equation may provide partly negative solutions. From the physics' point of view the solutions describing the density of neutrons or photons should be non-negative. It is shown that under assumptions being satisfied by suitable physical problems the solutions are non-negative if the step size is sufficiently small. This is shown for inhomogeneous boundary problems and for eigenvalue problems of the one-dimensional Boltzmann equation. In the latter case the greatest eigenvalue is a measure of the reactivity of reactors. It is proved that this eigenvalue is real and positive.     

On the initial layer and the existence theorem for the nonlinear Boltzmann equation

The truncated Hilbert expansion including the initial layer terms is considered. This enables us to replace the singulary perturbed Boltzmann equation by a weakly nonlinear equation. In this way the existence of a strong solution of the Boltzmann equation is obtained for initial data close enough to a local Maxwellian. The solution exists in the physically significant time interval on which smooth solutions to the Euler equations exist.     

Global existence for a new periodic integrable equation

We establish the local well-posedness for a new periodic integrable equation. We show that the equation has classical solutions that blowup in finite time as well as classical solutions which exist globally in time.     

Global existence and blow-up for the generalized sixth-order Boussinesq equation

In this paper we prove local well-posedness in L²(R)$L^2\left(\mathbb{R}\right)$ and H¹(R)$H^1\left(\mathbb{R}\right)$ for the generalized sixth-order Boussinesq equation _utt=_uxx+β_uxxxx+_uxxxxxx+_(|u|αu)xx$u_{tt}=u_{xx}+\beta u_{xxxx}+u_{xxxxxx}+{\left({\left|u\right|}^{\alpha }u\right)}_{xx}$. Our proof relies in the oscillatory integrals estimates introduced by Kenig et al. (1991) [14]. We also show that, under suitable conditions, a global solution for the initial value problem exists. In addition, we derive the sufficient conditions for the blow-up of the solution to the problem.     

Global existence of small amplitude solution for the generalized IMBq equation

In this paper, we reconsider the problem discussed in [G.W. Chen, S.B. Wang, Small amplitude solutions of the generalized IMBq equation, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 274 (2002) 846-866]. The proof of global existence presented in [G.W. Chen, S.B. Wang, Small amplitude solutions of the generalized IMBq equation, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 274 (2002) 846-866] is very simple in form, but it is a pity that the authors overlooked the bad behavior of low frequency part of B(t)ψ which causes trouble in L^∞ and Hs estimates. In this paper, we will give out a new proof of the global existence under an additional condition on the initial data.     

On a two-velocity model of the Boltzmann-Enskog equation

Summary A simple two-velocity model (-model)of the Boltzmann-Enskog equation for a gas of hard spheres is proposed. Physical properties of such a model are analyzed and its differences with respect to the Carleman model are investigated. Global existence theorems and some qualitative properties of solutions of the -model are also proved.On leave from Dept. of Mathematics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Poland.