Large-Time Behavior of Solutions to the Equations of a One-Dimensional Viscous Polytropic Ideal Gas in Unbounded Domains

The large-time behavior of solutions to the initial and initial boundary value problems for a one-dimensional viscous polytropic ideal gas in unbounded domains is investigated. Using a special cut-off function to localize the problem, we derive a local representation for the specific volume. With the help of the local representation, and certain new estimates for the temperature and the stress, and the weighted energy estimates, we prove that in any bounded interval, the specific volume is pointwise bounded from below and above for all t≥ 0 and a generalized solution is convergent as time goes to infinity. Received: 21 July 1997/ Accepted: 21 June 1998     

From Ballistic to Diffusive Behavior in Periodic Potentials

The long-time/large-scale, small-friction asymptotic for the one dimensional Langevin equation with a periodic potential is studied in this paper. It is shown that the Freidlin-Wentzell and central limit theorem (homogenization) limits commute. We prove that, in the combined small friction, long-time/large-scale limit the particle position converges weakly to a Brownian motion with a singular diffusion coefficient which we compute explicitly. We show that the same result is valid for a whole one parameter family of space/time rescalings. The proofs of our main results are based on some novel estimates on the resolvent of a hypoelliptic operator.     

Large-Time Behavior of Solutions for the Boltzmann Equation with Hard potentials

We study the quantitative behavior of the solutions of the one-dimensional Boltzmann equation for hard potential models with Grad’s angular cutoff. Our results generalize those of [5] for hard sphere models. The main difference between hard sphere and hard potential models is in the exponent of the collision frequency . This gives rise to new wave phenomena, particularly the sub-exponential behavior of waves. Unlike the hard sphere models, the spectrum of the Fourier operator is non-analytic in η for hard potential models. Thus the complex analytic methods for inverting the Fourier transform are not applicable and we need to use the real analytic method in the estimates of the fluidlike waves. We devise a new weighted energy function to account for the sub-exponential behavior of waves.     

Some Remarks on Large-Time Asymptotic of the Lifshitz–Slyozov Equations

We obtain an entropy functional for the Lifshitz–Slyozov system. This can be used to investigate the time asymptotics of the system. In particular, we describe situations in which the monomers concentration either tend to 0 or saturate as time becomes large. The latter situation can be excluded under assumptions on the support of the initial data.     

Diffusive Limit of a Kinetic Model for Cometary Flows

A kinetic equation with a relaxation time model for wave-particle collisions is considered. Similarly to the BGK-model of gas dynamics, it involves a projection onto the set of equilibrium distributions, nonlinearly dependent on the moments of the distribution function. Under a diffusive and low Mach number scaling the macroscopic limit is a generalization of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations, where the momentum equations are coupled to a diffusive equation for an energy distribution function. By a moment approximation, this system can be related to a low Mach number model of fluid mechanics, which already appeared in the literature. Finally, for a linearized version corresponding to Stokes flow an existence result for initial value problems is proved.     

Existence of Solutions to the Bethe Ansatz Equations for the 1D Hubbard Model: Finite Lattice and Thermodynamic Limit

In this work, we present a proof of the existence of real and ordered solutions to the generalized Bethe Ansatz equations for the one dimensional Hubbard model on a finite lattice, with periodic boundary conditions. The existence of a continuous set of solutions extending from any U>0 to U=∞ is also shown. We use this continuity property, combined with the proof that the norm of the wavefunction obtained with the generalized Bethe Ansatz is not zero, to prove that the solution gives us the ground state of the finite system, as assumed by Lieb and Wu. Lastly, for the absolute ground state at half-filling, we show that the solution converges to a distribution in the thermodynamic limit. This limit distribution satisfies the integral equations that led to the Lieb-Wu solution of the 1D Hubbard model.     

Asymptotic Analysis of the Spatially Homogeneous Boltzmann Equation: Grazing Collisions Limit

In the present work, we consider the asymptotic problem of the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation when almost all collisions are grazing, that is, the deviation angle $\theta $ of the collision is limited near zero (i.e., $\theta \le \epsilon $ ). We show that by taking the proper scaling to the cross-section which was used in [37], that is, assuming $$\begin{aligned} B^\epsilon ( v-v_{*},\sigma )=2(1-s)|v-v_*|^{\gamma }\epsilon ^{-3}\sin ^{-1}\theta \left( \frac{\theta }{\epsilon }\right) ^{-1-2s}\mathrm {1}_{\theta \le \epsilon }, \end{aligned}$$ where $\theta = \langle \theta ={\frac{\upsilon -\upsilon _*}{|\upsilon -\upsilon _*|}}.\sigma \rangle , $ the solution $f^\epsilon $ of the Boltzmann equation with initial data $f_0$ can be globally or locally expanded in some weighted Sobolev space as $$\begin{aligned} f^\epsilon = f+ O(\epsilon ), \end{aligned}$$ where the function $f$ is the solution of Landau equation, which is associated with the grazing collisions limit of Boltzmann equation, with the same initial data $f_0$ . This gives the rigorous justification of the Landau approximation in the spatially homogeneous case. In particular, if taking $\gamma =-3$ and $s=1-\epsilon $ in the cross-section $B^\epsilon $ , we show that the above asymptotic formula still holds and in this case $f$ is the solution of Landau equation with the Coulomb potential. Going further, we revisit the well-posedness problem of the Boltzmann equation in the limiting process. We show there exists a common lifespan such that the uniform estimates of high regularities hold for each solution $f^\epsilon $ . Thanks to the weak convergence results on the grazing collisions limit in [37], in other words, we establish a unified framework to establish the well-posedness results for both Boltzmann and Landau equations.     

From Limit Cycles to Strange Attractors

We define a quantitative notion of shear for limit cycles of flows. We prove that strange attractors and SRB measures emerge when systems exhibiting limit cycles with sufficient shear are subjected to periodic pulsatile drives. The strange attractors possess a number of precisely-defined dynamical properties that together imply chaos that is both sustained in time and physically observable.     

Notes on Solutions to Burgers-type Equations

A transformation is introduced and applied to solve Burgers-type equations,such as Burgers equation,Burgers-KdV equation and Burgers-KdV-Kuramoto equation.Many kinds of travelling wave solutions including solitary wave solution are obtained,and it is shown that this is a powerful method to solve nonlinear equations with odd-order and even-order derivatives simultaneously.     

One Dimensional Behavior of Singular N Dimensional Solutions of Semilinear Heat Equations

We consider u(x,t) a solution of u _t =Δu+|u| ^{p − 1} u that blows up at time T, where u:ℝ ^N ×[0, T)→ℝ, p>1, (N−2)p<N+2 and either u(0)≥ 0 or (3N−4)p<3N+8. We are concerned with the behavior of the solution near a non isolated blow-up point, as T−t→ 0. Under a non-degeneracy condition and assuming that the blow-up set is locally continuous and N−1 dimensional, we escape logarithmic scales of the variable T−t and give a sharper expansion of the solution with the much smaller error term (T−t)^{1, 1/2−η} for any η>0. In particular, if in addition p>3, then the solution is very close to a superposition of one dimensional solutions as functions of the distance to the blow-up set. Finally, we prove that the mere hypothesis that the blow-up set is continuous implies that it is C ^{1, 1/2−η} for any η>0. Received: 20 June 2001 / Accepted: 6 October 2001     

Odd-Soliton Solutions to the Einstein Equations

Using the Inverse Scattering Method (ISM) of Belinskii and Zakharov a new odd-soliton solutions to the Einstein's field equations for an axially symmetric space-time in general relativity are obtained in the determinant form and shown to include Weyl's half-integral delta static solutions in a special case.     

On the Behavior of Solutions of a Class of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

The behavior of the steady-state (or the traveling wave) solutions for a class of nonlinear partial differential equations is studied. The nonlinearity in these equations is expressed by the presence of the convective term. It is shown that the steady-state (or the traveling wave) solution may explode at a finite value of the spatial (or the characteristic) variable. This holds whatever the order of the spatial derivative term in these equations. Furthermore, new special solutions of a set of equations in this class are also found.     

Exact Traveling-Wave Solutions to Bidirectional Wave Equations

In this paper, we present several systematicways to find exact traveling-wave solutions of thesystems

Soliton Solutions to Coupled Integrable Dispersionless Equations

In this paper, by introducing a new transformation, the bilinear form of the coupled integrable dispersionless （CID） equations is derived. It will be shown that this bilineax form is easier to perform the standard Hirota process. One-, two-, and three-soliton solutions are presented. Furthermore, the N-soliton solutions axe derived.     

The Pullback Asymptotic Behavior of the Solutions for 2D Nonautonomous G-Navier-Stokes Equations

The pullback asymptotic behavior of the solutions for 2D Nonautonomous G-Navier-Stokes equations is studied, and the existence of its $L^2$-pullback attractors on some bounded domains with Dirichlet boundary conditions is investigated by using the measure of noncompactness. Then the estimation of the fractal dimensions for the 2D G-Navier-Stokes equations is given.     

Global Solutions to the Ultra-Relativistic Euler Equations

We show that when entropy variations are included and special relativity is imposed, the thermodynamics of a perfect fluid leads to two distinct families of equations of state whose relativistic compressible Euler equations are of Nishida type. (In the non-relativistic case there is only one.) The first corresponds exactly to the Stefan-Boltzmann radiation law, and the other, emerges most naturally in the ultra-relativistic limit of a γ-law gas, the limit in which the temperature is very high or the rest mass very small. We clarify how these two relativistic equations of state emerge physically, and provide a unified analysis of entropy variations to prove global existence in one space dimension for the two distinct 3 × 3 relativistic Nishida-type systems. In particular, as far as we know, this provides the first large data global existence result for a relativistic perfect fluid constrained by the Stefan-Boltzmann radiation law.     

Soliton Solutions to Coupled Integrable Dispersionless Equations

In this paper, by introducing a new transformation, the bilinear form of the coupled integrable dispersionless (CID) equations is derived. It will be shown that this bilinear form is easier to perform the standard Hirota process. One-, two-, and three-soliton solutions are presented. Furthermore, the N-soliton solutions are derived.     

Envelope Periodic Solutions to Coupled Nonlinear Equations

The envelope periodic solutions to some nonlinear coupled equations are obtained by means of the Jacobielliptic function expansion method. And these envelope periodic solutions obtained by this method can degenerate tothe envelope shock wave solutions and/or the envelope solitary wave solutions.