Well-posedness for two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows past a Lipschitz wedge

For a supersonic Euler flow past a straight-sided wedge whose vertex angle is less than the extreme angle, there exists a shock-front emanating from the wedge vertex, and the shock-front is usually strong especially when the vertex angle of the wedge is large. In this paper, we establish the L¹ well-posedness for two-dimensional steady supersonic Euler flows past a Lipschitz wedge whose boundary slope function has small total variation, when the total variation of the incoming flow is small. In this case, the Lipschitz wedge perturbs the flow, and the waves reflect after interacting with the strong shock-front and the wedge boundary. We first obtain the existence of solutions in BV when the incoming flow has small total variation by the wave front tracking method and then establish the L¹ stability of the solutions with respect to the incoming flows. In particular, we incorporate the nonlinear waves generated from the wedge boundary to develop a Lyapunov functional between two solutions containing strong shock-fronts, which is equivalent to the L¹ norm, and prove that the functional decreases in the flow direction. Then the L¹ stability is established, so is the uniqueness of the solutions by the wave front tracking method. Finally, the uniqueness of solutions in a broader class, the class of viscosity solutions, is also obtained.     

Vector‐valued optimal Lipschitz extensions

Consider a bounded open set and a Lipschitz function . Does this function always have a canonical optimal Lipschitz extension to all of U? We propose a notion of optimal Lipschitz extension and address existence and uniqueness in some special cases. In the case n = m = 2, we show that smooth solutions have two phases: in one they are conformal and in the other they are variants of infinity harmonic functions called infinity harmonic fans. We also prove existence and uniqueness for the extension problem on finite graphs. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Global stability of solutions with discontinuous initial data containing vacuum states for the isentropic Euler equations

The global stability of Lipschitz continuous solutions with discontinuous initial data is established in a broad class of entropy solutions in L^￥L^\infty containing vacuum states. In particular, the uniqueness of Lipschitz solutions with discontinuous initial data is obtained in the broad class of entropy solutions in L^￥L^\infty .     

On the regularization mechanism for the periodic Korteweg–de Vries equation

In this paper we develop and use successive averaging methods for explaining the regularization mechanism in the the periodic Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation in the homogeneous Sobolev spaces Ḣ^s for s ≥ 0. Specifically, we prove the global existence, uniqueness, and Lipschitz‐continuous dependence on the initial data of the solutions of the periodic KdV. For the case where the initial data is in L₂ we also show the Lipschitz‐continuous dependence of these solutions with respect to the initial data as maps from Ḣ^s to Ḣ^s for s ∈(−1,0]. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

The weak vorticity formulation of the 2-d euler equations and concentration-cancellation

The weak limit of a sequence of approximate solutions of the 2-D Euler equations will be a solution if the approximate vorticities concentrate only along a curve x(t) that is Holder continuous with exponent ½.

A new proof is given of the theorem of DiPerna and Majda that weak limits of steady approximate solutions are solutions provided that the singularities of the inhomogeneous forcing term are sufficiently mild. An example shows that the weaker condition imposed here on the forcing term is sharp.

A simplified formula for the kernel in Delort's weak vorticity formulation of the two-dimensional Euler equations makes the properties of that kernel readily apparent, thereby simplying Delort's proof of the existence of one-signed vortex sheets.     

Deformation and Symmetry in the Inviscid SQG and the 3D Euler Equations

The global regularity problem concerning the inviscid SQG and the 3D Euler equations remains an outstanding open question. This paper presents several geometric observations on solutions of these equations. One observation stems from a relation between what we call Eulerian and Lagrangian deformations and reflects the alignment of the stretching directions of these deformations and the tangent direction of the level curves for the SQG equation. Various spatial symmetries in solutions to the 3D Euler equations are exploited. In addition, two observations on the curvature of the level curves of the SQG equation are also included.     

Uniqueness of conservative solutions for nonlinear wave equations via characteristics

For some classes of one-dimensional nonlinear wave equations, solutions are Hölder continuous and the ODEs for characteristics admit multiple solutions. Introducing an additional conservation equation and a suitable set of transformed variables, one obtains a new ODE whose right hand side is either Lipschitz continuous or has directionally bounded variation. In this way, a unique characteristic can be singled out through each initial point. This approach yields the uniqueness of conservative solutions to various equations, including the Camassa-Holm and the variational wave equation u_tt ? c(u)(c(u)u_x )_x = 0, for general initial data in H¹(R).     

On the evolution of sharp fronts for the quasi‐geostrophic equation

We consider the problem of the evolution of sharp fronts for the surface quasi‐geostrophic (QG) equation. This problem is the analogue to the vortex patch problem for the two‐dimensional Euler equation. The special interest of the quasi‐geostrophic equation lies in its strong similarities with the three‐dimensional Euler equation, while being a two‐dimen‐sional model. In particular, an analogue of the problem considered here, the evolution of sharp fronts for QG, is the evolution of a vortex line for the three‐dimensional Euler equation. The rigorous derivation of an equation for the evolution of a vortex line is still an open problem. The influence of the singularity appearing in the velocity when using the Biot‐Savart law still needs to be understood. We present two derivations for the evolution of a periodic sharp front. The first one, heuristic, shows the presence of a logarithmic singularity in the velocity, while the second, making use of weak solutions, obtains a rigorous equation for the evolution explaining the influence of that term in the evolution of the curve. Finally, using a Nash‐Moser argument as the main tool, we obtain local existence and uniqueness of a solution for the derived equation in the C^∞ case. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Unicité de la solution faible à support compact de l’équation de Vlasov-Poisson

We study here the 3-dimensional Vlasov-Poisson equation of stellar dynamics. It is well known that this equation has weak solutions for every bounded initial density with finite kinetic energy. In [6], Lions and Perthame prove a uniqueness result under a Lipschitz continuity assumption on the initial datum. Using the moment estimates of [6], we can easily see that if the initial datum is compactly supported, the solution will remain compactly supported for ever. We prove here the uniqueness of the compactly supported weak solution. Our proof is an adaptation of that of Youdovitch (see [8]) for the 2-dimensional Euler equation.     

GLOBAL STABILITY OF SOLUTIONS WITH DISCONTINUOUS INITIAL DATA CONTAINING VACUUM STATES FOR THE RELATIVISTIC EULER EQUATIONS

The global stability of Lipschitz continuous solutions with discontinuous initial data for the relativistic Euler equations is established in a broad class of entropy solutions in L∞containing vacuum states. As a corollary, the uniqueness of Lipschitz solutions with discontinuous initial data is obtained in the broad class of entropy solutions in     

Toward a unified theory for third R-order iterative methods for operators with unbounded second derivative

In this paper, we provide a semilocal convergence analysis for a family of Newton-like methods, which contains the best-known third-order iterative methods for solving a nonlinear equation F(x)=0 in Banach spaces. It is assumed that the operator F is twice Fréchet differentiable and F^″ satisfies a Lipschitz type condition but it is unbounded. By using majorant sequences, we provide sufficient convergence conditions to obtain cubic semilocal convergence. Results on existence and uniqueness of solutions, and error estimates are also given. Finally, a numerical example is provided.     

Stability of Riemann solutions with large oscillation for the relativistic Euler equations

We are concerned with entropy solutions of the 2×2 relativistic Euler equations for perfect fluids in special relativity. We establish the uniqueness of Riemann solutions in the class of entropy solutions in L^∞∩BV_loc with arbitrarily large oscillation. Our proof for solutions with large oscillation is based on a detailed analysis of global behavior of shock curves in the phase space and on special features of centered rarefaction waves in the physical plane for this system. The uniqueness result does not require specific reference to any particular method for constructing the entropy solutions. Then the uniqueness of Riemann solutions yields their inviscid large-time stability under arbitrarily largeL¹∩L^∞∩BV_loc perturbation of the Riemann initial data, as long as the corresponding solutions are in L^∞ and have local bounded total variation that allows the linear growth in time. We also extend our approach to deal with the uniqueness and stability of Riemann solutions containing vacuum in the class of entropy solutions in L^∞ with arbitrarily large oscillation.     

Existence and uniqueness of martingale solutions for SDEs with rough or degenerate coefficients

In this paper we extend recent results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions of ODEs with non-smooth vector fields to the case of martingale solutions, in the Stroock-Varadhan sense, of SDEs with non-smooth coefficients. In the first part we develop a general theory, which roughly speaking allows to deduce existence, uniqueness and stability of martingale solutions for Ld-almost every initial condition x whenever existence and uniqueness is known at the PDE level in the L^∞-setting (and, conversely, if existence and uniqueness of martingale solutions is known for Ld-a.e. initial condition, then existence and uniqueness for the PDE holds). In the second part of the paper we consider situations where, on the one hand, no pointwise uniqueness result for the martingale problem is known and, on the other hand, well-posedness for the Fokker-Planck equation can be proved. Thus, the theory developed in the first part of the paper is applicable. In particular, we will study the Fokker-Planck equation in two somehow extreme situations: in the first one, assuming uniform ellipticity of the diffusion coefficients and Lipschitz regularity in time, we are able to prove existence and uniqueness in the L²-setting; in the second one we consider an additive noise and, assuming the drift b to have BV regularity and allowing the diffusion matrix a to be degenerate (also identically 0), we prove existence and uniqueness in the L^∞-setting. Therefore, in these two situations, our theory yields existence, uniqueness and stability results for martingale solutions.     

Local solvability of a nonstationary leakage problem for an ideal incompressible fluid, 3

In this paper we prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions of the leakage problem for the Euler equations in bounded domain Ω C R³ with corners π/n, n = 2, 3… We consider the case where the tangent components of the vorticity vector are given on the part S₁ of the boundary where the fluid enters the domain. We prove the existence of an unique solution in the Sobolev space W_p^l(Ω), for arbitrary natural l and p > 1. The proof is divided on three parts: (1) the existence of solutions of the elliptic problem in the domain with corners where v – velocity vector, ω – vorticity vector and n is an unit outward vector normal to the boundary, (2) the existence of solutions of the following evolution problem for given velocity vector (3) the method of successive approximations, using solvability of problems (1) and (2).     

Minimization problems in L1(R3)

In this paper, minimization problems in L¹($\text{R}$³) are considered. These problems arise in astrophysics for the determination of equilibrium configurations of axially symmetric rotating fluids (rotating stars). Under nearly optimal assumptions a minimizer is proved to exist by a direct variational method, which heavily uses the symmetry of the problem in order to get some compactness. Finally, by looking directly at the Euler equation, we give some existence results (of solutions of the Euler equation) even if the infimum is not finite.     

The Inhomogeneous Neumann Problem in Lipschitz Domains

Abstract

Existence and uniqueness is established for the solution to the inhomogeneous Neumann problem for Laplace's equation in Lipschitz domains with data in L ^P Sobolev spaces.     

Asymptotic behavior of stochastic Schrödinger lattice systems driven by nonlinear noise

Abstract

We study the random dynamics of the N-dimensional stochastic Schrödinger lattice systems with locally Lipschitz diffusion terms driven by locally Lipschitz nonlinear noise. We first prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions and define a mean random dynamical system associated with the solution operators. We then establish the existence and uniqueness of weak pullback random attractors in a Bochner space. We finally prove the existence of invariant measures of the stochastic equation in the space of complex-valued square-summable sequences. The tightness of a family of probability distributions of solutions is derived by the uniform estimates on the tails of the solutions at far field.     

Uniqueness and stability in determining the speed of propagation of second-order hyperbolic equation with variable coefficients

One of the basic inverse problems in an anisotropic media is the determination of coefficients in a bounded domain with a single measurement. We consider the problem of finding the coefficient of the second derivatives in a second-order hyperbolic equation with variable coefficients.

Under a weak regularity assumption and a geometrical condition on the metric, we prove the uniqueness in a multidimensional hyperbolic inverse problem with a single measurement. Moreover we show that our uniqueness results yield the Lipschitz stability estimate in L ² space for solution to the inverse problem under consideration.     

Generalized surface quasi‐geostrophic equations with singular velocities

This paper establishes several existence and uniqueness results for two families of active scalar equations with velocity fields determined by the scalars through very singular integrals. The first family is a generalized surface quasigeostrophic (SQG) equation with the velocity field u related to the scalar θ by $u=\nabla^\perp\Lambda^{\beta-2}\theta$ , where $1<\beta\le 2$ and $\Lambda=(-\Delta)^{1/2}$ is the Zygmund operator. The borderline case β = 1 corresponds to the SQG equation and the situation is more singular for β > 1. We obtain the local existence and uniqueness of classical solutions, the global existence of weak solutions, and the local existence of patch‐type solutions. The second family is a dissipative active scalar equation with $u=\nabla^\perp (\log(I-\Delta))^\mu\theta\ {\rm for}\ \mu>0$ , which is at least logarithmically more singular than the velocity in the first family. We prove that this family with any fractional dissipation possesses a unique local smooth solution for any given smooth data. This result for the second family constitutes a first step towards resolving the global regularity issue recently proposed by K. Ohkitani. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.