Approximate inertial manifolds of Burgers equation approached by nonlinear Galerkin’s procedure and its application

The approximate inertial manifolds (AIMs) of Burgers equation is approached by nonlinear Galerkin methods, and it can be used to capture and study the shock wave numerically in a reduced system with low dimension. Following inertial manifolds, the asymptotic behavior of Burgers equation, an infinite dimensional dissipative dynamic systems, will evolve to a compact set known as a global attractor, which is finite-dimensional, and the nonlinear phenomena are included and captured in such global attractor. In the application, nonlinear Galerkin methods is introduced to approach such inertial manifolds. By this method, the solution of the original system is projected onto the complete space spanned by the eigenfunctions or the modes of the linear operator of Burgers equation, and nonlinear Galerkin method splits the infinite-dimensional phase space into two complementary subspaces: a finite-dimensional one and its infinite-dimensional complement. Then, the post-processed Galerkin’s procedure is used to approximate the solution of the reduced system, with the introduction of the interaction between lower and higher modes. Additionally, some numerical examples are presented to make a comparison between the traditional Galerkin method and nonlinear Galerkin method, in particular, some sharp jumping phenomena, which are related to the shock wave, have been captured by the numerical method presented. As the conclusion, it can be drawn that it is possible to completely describe the dynamics on the attractor of a nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) with a finite-dimensional dynamical system, and the study can provide a numerical method for the analysis of the nonlinear continuous dynamic systems and complicated nonlinear phenomena in finite-dimensional dynamic system, whose nonlinear dynamics has been developed completely compared with infinite-dimensional dynamic system.     

Approximate inertial manifolds for retarded semilinear parabolic equations

The asymptotic behavior of a system of retarded parabolic equations is considered. For any given η>0 we construct an approximate inertial manifold (AIM) which contains all the steady states of the system and has an attractive neighborhood of thickness η. The dependence of AIMs on the delay time is investigated.     

Pullback attractors for non-autonomous 2D-Navier–Stokes equations in some unbounded domains

In this Note we first introduce the concept of pullback asymptotic compactness. Next, we establish a result ensuring the existence of a pullback attractor for a non-autonomous dynamical system under the general assumptions of pullback asymptotic compactness and the existence of a pullback absorbing family of sets. Finally, we prove the existence of a pullback attractor for a non-autonomous 2D Navier–Stokes model in an unbounded domain, a case in which the theory of uniform attractors does not work since the non-autonomous term is quite general. To cite this article: T. Caraballo et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 342 (2006).     

Estimates on the dimension of an exponential attractor for a delay differential equation

We study the long time behavior of delay differential equation, considered in a bounded domain in ? ^d . Using the short trajectory method to prove the existence of the exponential attractor. Also we have estimates on the fractal dimension of an exponential attractor.     

Uniform attractors for the closed process and applications to the reaction-diffusion equation with dynamical boundary condition

In this paper, we first introduce the concept of a closed process in a Banach space, and we obtain the structure of a uniform attractor of the closed process by constructing a skew product-flow on the extended phase space. Then, the properties of the kernel section of closed process are investigated. Moreover, we prove the existence and structure of the uniform attractor for the reaction-diffusion equation with a dynamical boundary condition in L^p without any restriction on the growth order of the nonlinear term.     

Attractors and Approximate Inertial Manifolds for the Generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony Equation

In the present paper, we deal with the long time behaviour of solutions for the generalized Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation. By a priori estimates methods, we show this equation possesses a global attractor in H^k for every integer k⩾2, which has finite Hausdorff and fractal dimensions. We also construct approximate inertial manifolds such that every solution enters their thin neighbourhood in a finite time. © 1997 by B.G. Teubner Stuttgart-John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On non-autonomous strongly damped wave equations with a uniform attractor and some averaging

In this paper we study the existence of a uniform attractor for strongly damped wave equations with a time-dependent driving force. If the time-dependent function is translation compact, then in a certain parameter region, the uniform attractor of the system has a simple structure: it is the closure of all the values of the unique, bounded complete trajectory of the wave equation. And it attracts any bounded set exponentially. At the same time, we consider the strongly damped wave equations with rapidly oscillating external force gε(x,t)=g(x,t,t/ε) having the average g⁰(x,t) as ε→⁰⁺. We prove that the Hausdorff distance between the uniform attractor Aε of the original equation and the uniform attractor A₀ of the averaged equation is less than O(ε1/2). We mention, in particular, that the obtained results can be used to study the usual damped wave equations.     

A cubic Hénon-like map in the unfolding of degenerate homoclinic orbit with resonance

In this Note, we study the unfolding of a vector field that possesses a degenerate homoclinic (of inclination-flip type) to a hyperbolic equilibrium point where its linear part possesses a resonance. For the unperturbed system, the resonant term associated with the resonance vanishes. After suitable rescaling, the Poincaré return map is a cubic Hénon-like map. We deduce the existence of a strange attractor which persists in the Lebesgue measure sense. We also show the presence of an attractor with topological entropy close to $\log 3$. To cite this article: M. Martens et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 340 (2005).     

On the Dynamics of Nonautonomous General Dynamical Systems and Differential Inclusions

This paper is concerned with the dynamics of nonautonomous general dynamical systems (NAGDSs in short) and applications to differential inclusions on ? ^m . First, we show that if a NAGDS has a compact uniformly attracting set, then it has a pullback attractor $\mathcal{A}$ with the parametrically inflated pullback attractor $\mathcal{A}(\varepsilon_0)$ being uniformly forward attracting. Then, we establish some stability results for pullback attractors. Finally, we apply the abstract theory to nonautonomous differential inclusions on ? ^m to obtain some interesting results. In particular, the effects of small time delays to asymptotic stability is addressed.     

On the asymptotic convergence factor of the total step method in interval computation

For a special class of n×n interval matrices A we derive a necessary and sufficient condition for the asymptotic convergence factor α of the total step method x^(m+1)=Ax^(m)+b to be less than the spectral radius ϱ(|A|) of the absolute value |A| of A.     

Modification of special relativity and local structures of gravity-free space and time

Besides two fundamental postulates, (i) the principle of relativity and (ii) the constancy of the one-way speed of light in all inertial frames of reference, the special theory of relativity uses the assumption about the Euclidean structure of gravity-free space and the homogeneity of gravity-free time in the usual inertial coordinate system. Introducing the so-called primed inertial coordinate system, in addition to the usual inertial coordinate system, for each inertial frame of reference, we assume the flat structures of gravity-free space and time in the primed inertial coordinate system and their generalized Finslerian structures in the usual inertial coordinate system. We combine this assumption with the two postulates (i) and (ii) to modify the special theory of relativity. The modified special relativity theory involves two versions of the light speed, infinite speed c^′ in the primed inertial coordinate system and finite speed c in the usual inertial coordinate system. It also involves the c^′-type Galilean transformation between any two primed inertial coordinate systems and the localized Lorentz transformation between any two usual inertial coordinate systems. The physical principle is: the c^′-type Galilean invariance in the primed inertial coordinate system plus the transformation from the primed to the usual inertial coordinate systems. Evidently, the modified special relativity theory and the quantum mechanics theory together found a convergent and invariant quantum field theory.     

Finite-dimensional attractors for the Kirchhoff equation with a strong dissipation

The paper studies the existence of the finite-dimensional global attractors and exponential attractors for the dynamical system associated with the Kirchhoff type equation with a strong dissipation utt−M(‖∇u^‖2)Δu−Δut+h(ut)+g(u)=f(x). It proves that the above mentioned dynamical system possesses a global attractor which has finite fractal dimension and an exponential attractor. For application, the fact shows that for the concerned viscoelastic flow the permanent regime (global attractor) can be observed when the excitation starts from any bounded set in phase space, and the dimension of the attractor, that is, the number of degree of freedom of the turbulent phenomenon and thus the level of complexity concerning the flow, is finite.     

Pullback attractors for the non-autonomous Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equations in H

In this paper, we prove the existence of the pullback attractor for the non-autonomous Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equations in H² by establishing the pullback uniformly asymptotical compactness.     

On the hyperbolic relaxation of the one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation

We consider the one-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard equation with an inertial term ?utt, for ??0. This equation, endowed with proper boundary conditions, generates a strongly continuous semigroup S?(t) which acts on a suitable phase-space and possesses a global attractor. Our main result is the construction of a robust family of exponential attractors {M?}, whose common basins of attraction are the whole phase-space.     

Averaging of the planetary 3D geostrophic equations with oscillating external forces

In this article, we consider a non-autonomous three-dimensional planetary geostrophic model of the ocean with a singularly oscillating external force depending on a small parameter ?. We prove the existence of the uniform global attractor A^?. Furthermore, using the method of [11] in the case of the two-dimensional Navier-Stokes systems, we study the convergence of A^? as ? goes to zero.     

Hausdorff dimension of attractors for two dimensional Lorenz transformations

A class of transformations on [0, 1]², which includes transformations obtained by a Poincare section of the Lorenz equation, is considered. We prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the attractor of these transformations equalsz+1 wherez is the unique zero of a certain pressure function. Furthermore we prove that all vertical intersections with this attractor, except of countable many, have Hausdorff dimensionz.     

On the dimension of the attractor for a perturbed 3d Ladyzhenskaya model

We consider the so-called Ladyzhenskaya model of incompressible fluid, with an additional artificial smoothing term ?Δ³. We establish the global existence, uniqueness, and regularity of solutions. Finally, we show that there exists an exponential attractor, whose dimension we estimate in terms of the relevant physical quantities, independently of ? > 0.     

On the Rate of Multivariate Poisson Convergence

The distribution of the sum of independent nonidentically distributed Bernoulli random vectors inR^kis approximated by a multivariate Poisson distribution. By using a multivariate adaption of Kerstan's (1964,Z. Wahrsch. verw. Gebiete2, 173–179) method, we prove a conjecture of Barbour (1988,J. Appl. Probab.25A, 175–184) on removing a log-term in the upper bound of the total variation distance. Second-order approximations are included.     

Random attractors of reaction-diffusion equations with multiplicative noise in L

In this paper, we study the random dynamical system (RDS) generated by the reaction-diffusion equation with multiplicative noise and prove the existence of a random attractor for such RDS in L^p(D) for any p?2.     

On the representation of a class of contractive matrix-valued functions

By a decomposition of L₊²(Cⁿ) in two orthogonal subspaces we obtain a representation of a matrix-valued function of the class $\text{J}$Π, defined by Arov (Darlington realization of matrix-valued functions, Izv. Akad. Nauk. SSSR, Ser. Mat. Tom.37 (1973), No. 6); (Math. USSR Izvestija7 (1973), No. 6, 1295–1326). Real matrix-valued functions of this class play an important role in methods of synthesis of scattering matrices of linear passive n-ports.