Uniqueness via the adjoint problems for systems of conservation laws

We prove a result of uniqueness of the entropy weak solution to the Cauchy problem for a class of nonlinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws that includes in particular the p-system of isentropic gas dynamics. Our result concerns weak solutions satisfying the, as we call it, Wave Entropy Condition, or WEC for short, introduced in this paper. The main feature of this condition is that it concerns both shock waves and rarefaction waves present in a solution. For the proof of uniqueness, we derive an existence result (respectively a uniqueness result) for the backward (respectively forward) adjoint problem associated with the nonlinear system. Our method also applies to obtain results of existence or uniqueness for some linear hyperbolic systems with discontinuous coefficients. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OF THE ENTROPY SOLUTION TO A NONLINEAR HYPERBOLIC EQUATION

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Entropy solutions for nonlinear elliptic anisotropic problems with homogeneous Neumann boundary condition

This study is about a nonlinear anisotropic problem with homogeneous Neumann boundary condition. We first prove, by using the technic of monotone operators in Banach spaces, the existence of weak solution, and by approximation methods, we achieve a result of existence and uniqueness of entropy solution     

Convergence of finite volume monotone schemes for scalar conservation laws on bounded domains

Summary. This paper is devoted to the study of the finite volume methods used in the discretization of conservation laws defined on bounded domains. General assumptions are made on the data: the initial condition and the boundary condition are supposed to be measurable bounded functions. Using a generalized notion of solution to the continuous problem (namely the notion of entropy process solution, see [9]) and a uniqueness result on this solution, we prove that the numerical solution converges to the entropy weak solution of the continuous problem in for every . This also yields a new proof of the existence of an entropy weak solution. Received May 18, 2000 / Revised version received November 21, 2000 / Published online June 7, 2001     

Weak–strong uniqueness for heat conducting non-Newtonian incompressible fluids

In this work, we introduce a notion of dissipative weak solution for a system describing the evolution of a heat-conducting incompressible non-Newtonian fluid. This concept of solution is based on the balance of entropy instead of the balance of energy and has the advantage that it admits a weak–strong uniqueness principle, justifying the proposed formulation. We provide a proof of existence of solutions based on finite element approximations, thus obtaining the first convergence result of a numerical scheme for the full evolutionary system including temperature dependent coefficients and viscous dissipation terms. Then we proceed to prove the weak–strong uniqueness property of the system by means of a relative energy inequality.     

Existence and uniqueness of the entropy solution of a stochastic conservation law with a Q-Brownian motion

In this paper, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the entropy solution for a first-order stochastic conservation law with a multiplicative source term involving a $Q$-Brownian motion. After having defined a measure-valued weak entropy solution of the stochastic conservation law, we present the Kato inequality, and as a corollary, we deduce the uniqueness of the measure-valued weak entropy solution, which coincides with the unique weak entropy solution of the problem. The Kato inequality is proved by a doubling of variables method; to that purpose, we prove the existence and the uniqueness of the strong solution of an associated stochastic nonlinear parabolic problem by means of an implicit time discretization scheme; we also prove its convergence to a measure-valued entropy solution of the stochastic conservation law, which proves the existence of the measure-valued entropy solution.     

EXISTENCE UNIQUENESS AND DECAY OF SOLUTION FOR FRACTIONAL BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION

The Boussinesq approximation finds more and more frequent use in geologi- cal practice. In this paper, the asymptotic behavior of solution for fractional Boussinesq approximation is studied. After obtaining some a priori estimates with the aid of eommu- tator estimate, we apply the Galerkin method to prove the existence of weak solution in the case of periodic domain. Meanwhile, the uniqueness is also obtained. Because the results obtained are independent of domain, the existence and uniqueness of the weak solution for Cauchy problem is also true. Finally, we use the Fourier splitting method to prove the decay of weak solution in three cases respectively.     

Existence Uniqueness and Decay of Solution for Fractional Boussinesq Approximation

The Boussinesq approximation finds more and more frequent use in geological practice. In this paper, the asymptotic behavior of solution for fractional Boussinesq approximation is studied. After obtaining some a priori estimates with the aid of commutator estimate, we apply the Galerkin method to prove the existence of weak solution in the case of periodic domain. Meanwhile, the uniqueness is also obtained. Because the results obtained are independent of domain, the existence and uniqueness of the weak solution for Cauchy problem is also true. Finally, we use the Fourier splitting method to prove the decay of weak solution in three cases respectively.     

Existence and uniqueness for a nonlinear parabolic/Hamilton–Jacobi coupled system describing the dynamics of dislocation densities

We study a mathematical model describing the dynamics of dislocation densities in crystals. This model is expressed as a 1D system of a parabolic equation and a first order Hamilton–Jacobi equation that are coupled together. We examine an associated Dirichlet boundary value problem. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a viscosity solution among those assuming a lower-bound on their gradient for all time including the initial time. Moreover, we show the existence of a viscosity solution when we have no such restriction on the initial data. We also state a result of existence and uniqueness of entropy solution for the initial value problem of the system obtained by spatial derivation. The uniqueness of this entropy solution holds in the class of bounded-from-below solutions. In order to prove our results on the bounded domain, we use an “extension and restriction” method, and we exploit a relation between scalar conservation laws and Hamilton–Jacobi equations, mainly to get our gradient estimates.     

Convolution solutions of an abstract stochastic Cauchy problem

We study convolution solutions of an abstract stochastic Cauchy problem with the generator of a convolution operator semigroup. In the case of additive noise, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a weak convolution solution; this solution is described by a formula generalizing the classical Cauchy formula in which the solution operators of the homogeneous problem are replaced by the convolution solution operators of the homogeneous problem. For the problem with multiplicative noise, we find a condition under which the weak convolution solution coincides with the soft solution and indicate a sufficient condition for the existence and uniqueness of a weak convolution solution; the latter can be obtained by the successive approximation method.     

On Majda' Model For Dynamic Combustion

Majda's model of dynamic combustion, consists of the system,

In this paper the Cauchy problem is considered. A weak entropy solution for this system is defined, existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence on initial data are proved, as well as finite propagation speed, for initial data in . The existence is proved via the "vanishing viscosity method". Furthermore it is proved that the solution to the Riemann problem converges as to the Z–N–D traveling wave solution. In the appendices, a second order numerical scheme for the model is described, and some numerical results are presented.     

On a time-splitting method for a scalar conservation law with a multiplicative stochastic perturbation and numerical experiments

In this paper, we present a numerical scheme for a first-order hyperbolic equation of nonlinear type perturbed by a multiplicative noise. The problem is set in a bounded domain D of ${\mathbb{R}^{d}}$ and with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. Using a time-splitting method, we are able to show the existence of an approximate solution. The result of convergence of such a sequence is based on the work of Bauzet–Vallet–Wittbold (J Funct Anal, 2013), where the authors used the concept of measure-valued solution and Kruzhkov’s entropy formulation to show the existence and uniqueness of the stochastic weak entropy solution. Then, we propose numerical experiments by applying this scheme to the stochastic Burgers’ equation in the one-dimensional case.     

On a nonlinear heat equation with viscoelastic term associated with Robin conditions

This paper is devoted to study of a nonlinear heat equation with a viscoelastic term associated with Robin conditions. At first, by the Faedo–Galerkin and the compactness method, we prove existence, uniqueness, and regularity of a weak solution. Next, we prove that any weak solution with negative initial energy will blow up in finite time. Finally, by the construction of a suitable Lyapunov functional, we give a sufficient condition to guarantee the global existence and exponential decay of weak solutions.     

ENTROPY SOLUTIONS FOR FIRST-ORDER QUASILINEAR EQUATIONS RELATED TO A BILATERAL OBSTACLE CONDITION IN A BOUNDED DOMAIN

This paper is devoted to the existence and the uniqueness of the entropy solution for a general scalar conservation law associated with a forced bilateral obstacle condition in a bounded domain of R^P, p ≥ 1. The method of penalization is used with a view to obtaining an existence result. How-ever, the former only gives uniform L^∞-estimates and so leads in fact to look for an Entropy Measure-Valued Solution, according to the specific properties of bounded sequences in L^∞. The uniqueness of this EMVS is proved. Classically, it first ensures the existence of a bounded and measurable function U entropy solution and then the strong convergence in La of approximate solutions to U.     

A Boundary Value Problem for an Elliptic Equation with Asymmetric Coefficients in a Nonschlicht Domain

We propose some minimum principle for the quadratic energy functional of an elliptic boundary value problem describing a transport process with asymmetric tensor coefficients in a nonschlicht domain. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a weak solution in the energy space. The energy norm equals the entropy production rate.     

The Dirichlet Problem for the Total Variation Flow

We introduce a new concept of solution for the Dirichlet problem for the total variational flow named entropy solution. Using Kruzhkov's method of doubling variables both in space and in time we prove uniqueness and a comparison principle in L¹ for entropy solutions. To prove the existence we use the nonlinear semigroup theory and we show that when the initial and boundary data are nonnegative the semigroup solutions are strong solutions.     

A Robin–Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear wave equation with the source term containing a nonlinear integral

In this paper, we consider the Robin–Dirichlet problem for a nonlinear wave equation with the source term containing a nonlinear integral. Using the Faedo–Galerkin method and the linearization method for nonlinear terms, we prove the existence and uniqueness of a weak solution. We also discuss an asymptotic expansion of high order in a small parameter of a weak solution.     

On the theorem of T. Yamada and S. Watanabe

The well-known theorem of T. Yamada and S. Watanabe asserts that (weak) existence and pathwise uniqueness of the solution of a stochastic equation implies the existence of a strong solution. This is the most powerful tool for proving that a stochastic equation possesses a strong solution. However, pathwise uniqueness is far from being a necessary condition for this. Even if the solution is not unique in law it is also of interest to ask for strong solutions. In the present note, we will discuss in more detail the connection between pathwise uniqueness and the existence of a strong solution. We will state a condition which is not only sufficient but also necessary for the existence of a strong solution.     

具有双障碍的退缩抛物变分不等式解的存在性和唯一性(英)

本文研究具有双障碍的退缩抛物变分不等式．我们利用罚技巧，有限逼近和先验估计方法，得到一类退缩抛物变分不等式弱解的存在性，并在一定条件之下，建立了弱解的唯一性．本文结论对广泛的一类抛物型变分不等式成立．     

On the global existence and small dissipation limit for generalized dissipative Zakharov system

This paper deals with the existence and uniqueness of the global solutions to the initial boundary value problem for a generalized Zakharov system with direct self‐interaction of the dispersive waves and weak dissipation in the nondispersive subsystem. We prove the global existence of the generalized solution to the problem by a priori estimates and Galerkin method. We also establish the regularity of the global generalized solution and the existence and uniqueness of the global classical solution. Moreover, we obtain the convergence of the solutions of the generalized Zakharov system with dissipation as the dissipative coefficient approaches zero.