Hamilton-Jacobi equations having only action functions as solutions

Let L(x, v) be a Lagrangian which is convex and superlinear in the velocity variable v, and let H(x, p) be the associated Hamiltonian. Conditions are obtained under which every viscosity solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation

Minimizers of non convex scalar functionals and viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi equations

We consider a class of non convex scalar functionals of the form

Comparison theorem and uniqueness of positive solutions for sublinear elliptic equations

In semilinear elliptic equations, we prove that the necessary and sufficient condition for the comparison theorem of positive solutions to be valid is that the nonlinear term is sublinear. Our theorem needs neither any regularity of the nonlinear term nor the smoothness of the boundary. Applying this theorem, we prove the uniqueness of positive solutions for the Dirichlet problem. Received: 9 April 2008     

Asymptotic behavior of geophysical fluids in highly rotating balls

In this note we study the convergence in the limit of small Ekman and Rossby numbers of the magnetohydrodynamics equations relevant to describe the flow in the Earth core. In particular, we prove the nonlinear stability of Ekman-Hartmann type boundary layers in a spherical geometry for some class of well-prepared initial data.     

On approximate solutions to the first initial boundary value problem for the m-Hessian evolution equations

We adapt to degenerate m-Hessian evolution equations the notion of m-approximate solutions introduced by N. Trudinger for m-Hessian elliptic equations, and we present close to necessary and sufficient conditions guaranteeing the existence and uniqueness of such solutions for the first initial boundary value problem. Dedicated to Professor Felix Browder     

On an obstacle problem for degenerate elliptic operators involving the critical Sobolev exponent

We establish the existence of a solution to the variational inequality (the obstacle problem) (1.1) which involves the critical Sobolev exponent. This result is also extended to an obstacle problem with a lower order perturbation. Dedicated to Professor F. Browder on the occasion of his 80-th birthday     

Large solutions for equations involving the p-Laplacian and singular weights

In this paper we consider the boundary blow-up problem Δ_pu = a(x)u^q in a smooth bounded domain Ω of , with u = +∞ on ∂Ω. Here is the well-known p-Laplacian operator with p > 1, q > p − 1, and a(x) is a nonnegative weight function which can be singular on ∂Ω. Our results include existence, uniqueness and exact boundary behavior of positive solutions.      

Error estimation of approximate solutions to one inverse problem for a parabolic equation

This paper is devoted to solving the inverse boundary problem of the heat diagnostics by the projective regularization method. We obtain exact with respect to the order error estimates of the corresponding approximate solution.     

Non-variational elliptic systems in dimension two: a priori bounds and existence of positive solutions

We establish a priori bounds for positive solutions of semilinear elliptic systems of the form

Two solutions to a nonlinear Neumann problem without asymptotic conditions

We use critical point theory to establish the existence of at least two solutions to a nonlinear Neumann problem involving the one-dimensional p-Laplacian without assuming asymptotic conditions at infinity on the nonlinearity.     

Exact solutions for two dimensional flows of couple stress fluids

Exact solutions are derived for the class of two dimensional couple stress flows. This class consists of flows for which the vorticity distribution is proportional to the stream function perturbed by a uniform stream. The solutions are obtained by applying the so-called inverse method which makes certain hypothesis a priori on the form of the velocity field and pressure without making any on the boundaries of the domain occupied by the fluid. Exact solutions are obtained for both steady and unsteady cases.     

The behavior of the Laplace transform of the invariant measure on the hypersphere of high dimension

We consider the sequence of the hyperspheres M _n , i.e., the homogeneous transitive spaces of the Cartan subgroup of the group and study the normalized limit of the corresponding sequence of invariant measures m _n on those spaces. In the case of compact groups and homogeneous spaces, for example, for the classical pairs (SO(n), S ^n-1), n = 1, 2, … , the limit of the corresponding measures is the classical infinite-dimensional Gaussian measure; this is the well-known Maxwell-Poincaré lemma. Simultaneously the Gaussian measure is a unique (up to a scalar) invariant measure with respect to the action of the infinite orthogonal group O(∞). This coincidence implies the asymptotic equivalence between grand and small canonical ensembles for the series of the pairs (SO(n), S ^n-1). Our main result shows that the situation for noncompact groups, for example for the case , is completely different: the limit of the measures m _n does not exist in the literal sense, and we show that only a normalized logarithmic limit of the Laplace transforms of those measures does exist. At the same time, there exists a measure which is invariant with respect to a continuous analogue of the Cartan subgroup of the group GL(∞), the so-called infinite-dimensional Lebesgue measure (see [7]). This difference is an evidence for non-equivalence between the grand and small canonical ensembles in the noncompact case. To my friend Dima Arnold     

Periodic boundary value problem of functional differential equations with perturbation

By coincidence degree, the existence of solution to the periodic boundary value problem of functional differential equations with perturbation     

Exact solutions of Euler equations of ideal gasdynamics via Lie group analysis

In this paper, we explicitly characterize a class of solutions to the first order quasilinear system of partial differential equations (PDEs), governing one dimensional unsteady planar and radially symmetric flows of an adiabatic gas involving shock waves. For this, Lie group analysis is used to identify a finite number of generators that leave the given system of PDEs invariant. Out of these generators, two commuting generators are constructed involving some arbitrary constants. With the help of canonical variables associated with these two generators, the assigned system of PDEs is reduced to an autonomous system, whose simple solutions provide non trivial solutions of the original system. It is interesting to remark that one of the special solutions obtained here, using this approach, is precisely the blast wave solution known in the literature.      

Estimates for Littlewood-Paley Functions and Extrapolation

We prove certain L ^p -estimates for Littlewood-Paley functions arising from rough kernels. The estimates are useful for extrapolation to prove L ^p -boundedness of the Littlewood-Paley functions under a sharp kernel condition.      

Remarks on extremal solutions of differential equations with advanced argument

We show the existence of absolutely continuous extremal solutions to the problemx′(t)=f(t, x)h(t)))+g(t)),x(0)=x ₀, whereh is an arbitrary continuous deviated argument. Conditions for the uniqueness of solutions are given. Research partialy supported by grant UG BW 5100 - 5 - 0143 - 4     

On the diophantine equation x 2 + p 2k = y n

Let 2 ≤ p < 100 be a rational prime and consider equation (3) in the title in integer unknowns x, y, n, k with x > 0, y > 1, n ≥ 3 prime, k ≥ 0 and gcd(x, y) = 1. Under the above conditions we give all solutions of the title equation (see the Theorem). We note that if in (3) gcd(x, y) = 1, our Theorem is an extension of several earlier results [15], [27], [2], [3], [5], [23]. Received: 25 April 2008     

On Lipschitz property of solutions of functional equations

In this work it is proved that under certain conditions the continuous vector-valued solutionsf of the functional equation