The critical exponent of degenerate parabolic systems

The Cauchy problemu _t=u +v ^p ,v _t =v +u ^q is studied, wherex R ^N , 0 <t < and ,,p andq, are positive exponents. It is proved that ifp,q 1 and 1 <pq < 1 + 2 max(p + ,q + )/n then every nontrivial non-negative solution is not global in time; whereaspq > 1 + 2 max(p + , q + )/n then there exist both positive global solutions and non-global solutions. In addition, the decaying in time of solutions tou _t,=u inR ⁿ × (0, ), an equation which occurs naturally in our study of above systems, is studied and solutions with the fastest decaying in time are constructed.     

A Fujita type global existence-global nonexistence theorem for a weakly coupled system of reaction-diffusion equations

LetDR ^N be a region with smooth boundaryD. Letp·q>1,p, q1. We consider the system:u _t=u+v ^p,v _t=u+u ^q inD×[0, ) withu=v=0 inD×[0, ) andu ₀,v ₀ nonnegative. Let=max(p, q). We show that ifD isR ^N, a cone or the exterior of a bounded domain, then there is a numberpc(D) such that (a) if (+1)/(pq–1)>pc(D) no nontrivial global positive solutions of the system exist while (b) if (+1)/(pq–1)<pc(D) both nontrivial global and nonglobal solutions exist. In caseD is a cone orD=R ^N, (a) holds with equality. An explicit formula forpc(D) is given.This research was supported in part by NSF Grant DMS-8822788 and in part by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.     

Galerkin methods for parabolic equations with nonlinear boundary conditions

A variety of Galerkin methods are studied for the parabolic equationu _t =(a(x) u),x ⁿ ,t (O,T], subject to the nonlinear boundary conditionu _v =g(x,t,u),x,t (O,T] and the usual initial condition. Optimal order error estimates are derived both inL ² () andH ¹ () norms for all methods treated, including several that produce linear computational procedures.The authors were partially supported by The National Science Foundation during the preparation of this paper.     

A degenerate and strongly coupled quasilinear parabolic system not in divergence form

This paper deals with positive solutions of degenerate and strongly coupled quasi-linear parabolic system not in divergence form: u_t=v^p(u+au), v_t=u^q (v+bv) with null Dirichlet boundary condition and positive initial condition, where p, q, a and b are all positive constants, and p, q 1. The local existence of positive classical solution is proved. Moreover, it will be proved that: (i) When min {a, b} ₁ then there exists global positive classical solution, and all positive classical solutions can not blow up in finite time in the meaning of maximum norm (we can not prove the uniqueness result in general); (ii) When min {a, b} > ₁, there is no global positive classical solution (we can not still prove the uniqueness result), if in addition the initial datum (u₀v₀) satisfies u₀ + au₀ 0, v₀+bv₀ 0 in , then the positive classical solution is unique and blows up in finite time, where ₁ is the first eigenvalue of – in with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition.     

Aleksandrov reflection and nonlinear evolution equations,I: The n-sphere and n-ball

We consider the (degenerate) parabolic equationu _t =G(u + ug, t) on then-sphereS ⁿ . This corresponds to the evolution of a hypersurface in Euclidean space by a general function of the principal curvatures, whereu is the support function. Using a version of the Aleksandrov reflection method, we prove the uniform gradient estimate ¦u(·,t)¦ <C, whereC depends on the initial conditionu(·, 0) but not ont, nor on the nonlinear functionG. We also prove analogous results for the equationu _t =G(u +cu, ¦x¦,t) on then-ballB ⁿ , wherec ₂(B ⁿ ).     

Existence and uniqueness of solutions of (n + 1)-point value problems for differential equations of then- th. order

Summary The paper deals with the (n + 1) -point problem u ⁽ⁿ⁾=f(t, u, u, ...,u ^(n–1),u(t ₀)=u(t ₁)=...=u(t _n),where – <t ₀ <t ₁ < ... <t _n< + .There are established the sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions of this problem.     

Delaunay Transformations of a Delaunay Polytope

Let P be a Delaunay polytope in ⁿ . Let T(P) denote the set of affine bijections f of ⁿ for which f (P) is again a Delaunay polytope. The relation: fg if f, g differ by an orthogonal transformation and/or a translation is an equivalence relation on T(P). We show that the dimension (in the topological sense) of the quotient set T(P)/ coincides with another parameter of P, namely, with its rank.Let V denote the set of vertices of P and let dp denote the distance on V defined by dp(u, v)=u–v ² for u, vV. Assouad [1] shows that dp belongs to the cone |V|:={d | _u,vV b _u b _v d(u,v) 0 for b ^V with _uV b _u = 1}. Then, the rank of P is defined as the dimension of the smallest face of the cone |V| that contains dp. AMS Subject Classification (1991): 11H06, 52C07.     

The approach to normality of the distance-neighbour function when used to describe relative turbulent dispersion

Batchelor [1] suggested that the Distance-Neighbour Function when used to describe the relative turbulent dispersion of a cloud of marked fluid, whose diameter is well within the length scale range of the universal inertial sub-range of turbulence, would become of Gaussian form. This paper determines that a necessary condition for the Gaussian form to apply is that the non-dimensional time of (/v)^1/2 t 300, following the release of the marked fluid with an initial diameter <(v ³/t)^1/4, be attained.

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Zusammenfassung Batchelor [1] hat die Behauptung aufgestellt, dass die Abstands-Nachbar-Funktion (räumliche Korrelation) die Gauss'sche Form annimmt, wen man sie zur Beschreibung der relativen turbulenten Dispersion einer Wolke von markierter Flüssigkeit benützt, falls der Durchmesser der Wolke nicht über die Längenskala des universellen Inertial-Unterbereichs der Turbulenz hinausgeht. In dieser Arbeit wird gezeigt, dass eine notwendige Bedingung der Anwendbarkeit der Gauss'schen Form darin besteht, dass die dimensionsloze Zeit (/v)^1/2 t 300 nach dem Ablösen einer markierten Flüssigkeits-wolke mit dem Anfangsdurchmesser <(v ³/t)^1/4 erreicht wird.

     

Uniqueness for the harmonic map flow in two dimensions

LetM be a two-dimensional Riemannian manifold with smooth (possibly empty) boundary. Ifu andv are weak solutions of the harmonic map flow inH ¹(M×[0,T]; S^N) whose energy is non-increasing in time and having the same initial data u₀ H¹(M,S^N) (and same boundary values H ^3/2(M; S^N) if M; S^N Ø) thenu=v.     

A new upper bound for the total vertex irregularity strength of graphs

We investigate the following modification of the well-known irregularity strength of graphs. Given a total weighting w of a graph G=(V,E) with elements of a set {1,2,…,s}, denote wt_G(v)=∑_evw(e)+w(v) for each vV. The smallest s for which exists such a weighting with wt_G(u)≠wt_G(v) whenever u and v are distinct vertices of G is called the total vertex irregularity strength of this graph, and is denoted by . We prove that for each graph of order n and with minimum degree δ>0.     

Optimal pairs of score vectors for positional scoring rules

Letw=(w ₁,,w _m ) andv=(v ₁,,v _m-1 ) be nonincreasing real vectors withw ₁>w _m andv ₁>v _m-1 . With respect to a lista ₁,,a _n of linear orders on a setA ofm3 elements, thew-score ofaA is the sum overi from 1 tom ofw _i times the number of orders in the list that ranka inith place; thev-score ofaA{b} is defined in a similar manner after a designated elementb is removed from everya _j .We are concerned with pairs (w, v) which maximize the probability that anaA with the greatestw-score also has the greatestv-score inA{b} whenb is randomly selected fromA{a}. Our model assumes that linear ordersa _j onA are independently selected according to the uniform distribution over them linear orders onA. It considers the limit probabilityP _m (w, v) forn that the element inA with the greatestw-score also has the greatestv-score inA{b}.It is shown thatP _m (m,v) takes on its maximum value if and only if bothw andv are linear, so thatw _i –w _i+1=w _i+1–w _i+2 forim–2, andv _i –v _i+1 =v _i+1 –v _i+2 forim–3. This general result for allm3 supplements related results for linear score vectors obtained previously form{3,4}.     

On the Lp–Lq maximal regularity for the linear thermoelastic plate equation in a bounded domain

This paper is concerned with the thermoelastic plate equations in a domain Ω: subject to the boundary condition: u|=D_νu|=θ|=0 and initial condition: (u, u_t, θ)|_t=0=(u₀, v₀, θ₀). Here, Ω is a bounded domain in ?ⁿ(n≧2). We assume that the boundary ?Ω of Ω is a C⁴ hypersurface. We obtain an L_p–L_q maximal regularity theorem. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Shock waves in one-dimensional models with cubic nonlinearity

Shock waves are described qualitatively for a class of one-dimensional models with cubic nonlinearity (of the type of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation):u _t–6u ²u_x+u _xxx=vu _xx. Both the integrable and the nonintegrable case are considered. The behavior of a shock wave in the limitt is considered.St. Petersburg Branch of the V. A. Steklov Mathematics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 97, No. 2, pp. 191–212, November, 1993.     

Approximation of evolution equations with polynomial reproducing nonlinearities

Summary We study evolution equations of typeu _t =Au+Nu with polynomial nonlinearityN, in a Banach spaceB which lies in a Hilbert space. Under the restriction that the nonlinear operatorN is finitely reproducing relative to the orthonormal sequencee _i generated byAu=u, the explicitly known Faedo-Galerkin approximations of the evolution equation can be estimated. The reproducing property is shown in the special case of a diffusion equation with Neumann boundary conditions and a nonlinearity of third degree. We study the numerical behavior of the approximations.

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Zusammenfassung Wir behandeln gewisse Evolutionsgleichungen der Artu _t =Au+Nu, mit polynomialer NichtlinearitätN, in einem BanachraumB der in einem Hilbertraum liegt. Unter der Voraussetzung, daß der OperatorN, endlich reproduzierend bezüglich einer Orthonormalfolgee _i ist, die durchAu=u erzeugt wird, können die explizit bekannten Faedo-Galerkin-Approximationen der Evolutionsgleichung berechnet werden. Für den Spezialfall einer Diffusionsgleichung mit einer polynomialen Nichtlinearität dritten Grades und Neumann-Randbedingungen, wird die reproduzierende Eigenschaft bewiesen und das numerische Verhalten der Approximationen untersucht.

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Supported in part by the DAAD at the University of Cologne, West Germany.     

On the Almost Intersections of Transient Brownian Motions

Let {B ₁ ^d (t)} and {B ^d ₂(t)} be independent Brownian motions in R ^d starting from 0 and nx respectively, and let w ^d _i (a,b) ={xR ^d : B ^d _i (t)=x for some t(a,b)}, i=1,2. Asymptotic expressions as n for the probability of dist(w ^d ₁(n ² t ₁, n ² t ₂), w ₂ ^d (0,n ² t ₃))1 with d4, respectively for the probability of dist(w ₁ ⁴(n ² t ₁,n ² t ₂),w ₂ ⁴(0,n ² t ₃))1 are obtained. As an application, an improvement of a result due to M. Aizenman concerning the intersections of Wiener sausages in R ⁴ is presented.     

Boundedness in a four‐dimensional attraction‐repulsion chemotaxis system with logistic source

In this paper, we study the attraction‐repulsion chemotaxis system with logistic source: u_t = Δu−χ∇·(u∇v)+ξ∇·(u∇w)+f(u), 0 = Δv−βv+αu, 0 = Δw−δw+γu, subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a bounded and smooth domain , where χ,α,ξ,γ,β, and δ are positive constants, and is a smooth function satisfying f(s) ≤ a−bs^3/2 for all s ≥ 0 with a ≥ 0 and b > 0. It is proved that when the repulsion cancels the attraction (ie, ξγ=χα), for any nonnegative initial data , the solution is globally bounded. This result corresponds to the one in the classical 2‐dimensional Keller‐Segel model with logistic source bearing quadric growth restrictions.     

Computation of suboptimal randomized strategies for steering the random motion of a point under partial observation

Consider the random motion in the plane of a pointM, whose velocityv=(v ₁,v ₂) is perturbed by an ²-valued Gaussian white noise. Only noisy nonlinear observations taken on the point location (state) are available toM. The velocityv is of the formv(y)= _u (u ₁,u ₂) _y (du), wherey denotes the value of the observed signal,U is the range of the velocity, and, for eachy, _y is a probability measure on (U). Using the available observations, the pointM wishes to steer itself into a given target set by choosing a randomized strategy ={ _y :y ²}. Sufficient conditions on weak optimal randomized strategies are derived. An algorithm for computing weak suboptimal randomized strategies is suggested, and the strategies are computed for a variety of cases.This work was partially supported by a grant from Control Data.     

Infinitesimal obstructions to weakly mixing

Let ^t be the flow (parametrized with respect to arc length) of a smooth unit vector field v on a closed Riemannian manifold M ⁿ , whose orbits are geodesics. Then the (n-1)-plane field normal to v, v, is invariant under d ^t and, for each x M, we define a smooth real function _x (t) : (1 + _i (t)), where the _i(t) are the eigenvalues of AA ^T, A being the matrix (with respect to orthonormal bases) of the non-singular linear map d^2t , restricted to v at the point _x ^-t M ⁿ.Among other things, we prove the Theorem (Theorem II, below). Assume v is also volume preserving and that _x ^' (t) 0 for all x M and real t; then, if _x ^t : M M is weakly missng for some t, it is necessary that vx 0 at all x M.     

Controlling the moving boundary of the parabolic obstacle problem

We consider the controlled parabolic obstacle problem with the controlu appearing through the Neumann condition y/v=u on the boundary of an open domain ofR ^N . Given a smooth open subsetQ ⁰ of ×(0,T) we prove that the problemQ ⁰ {(x, t) Q, y ^u (x, t)=0} is approximately solvable. Numerical tests are given.This work was done while Viorel Barbu was the Otto Szasz Visiting Professor at the University of Cincinnati.     

A System of Schrödinger Equations in the Critical Case

A system of nonlinear Schrödinger equations u _k } / t=ia _k u _k+f _k (u,u ^*), t>0, k=1,... ,m; u _k (0,x)=u _k0 (x), where f _k are homogeneous functions of order 1+4/n, is considered. Sufficient conditions for the globality of the solution are obtained. The existence of the explicit blow-up solution is proved.