Theoretical analysis of boundary control extremal problems for Maxwell’s equations

Under study are the extremal problems of multiplicative boundary control for timeharmonic Maxwell’s equations considered with the impedance boundary condition for the electric field. The solvability of the original extremal problem is proved. Some sufficient conditions are derived on the original data which guarantee the stability of solutions to concrete extremal problems with respect to certain perturbations of both the quality functional and one of the known functions that has the meaning of the density of the electric current.     

On stability of solutions of the coefficient inverse extremal problems for the stationary convection-diffusion equation

The coefficient inverse extremal problems are studied for the stationary convectiondiffusion equation in a bounded domain under mixed boundary conditions on the boundary of the domain. The role of control is played by the velocity vector of a medium and the functions that are involved in the boundary conditions for temperature. The solvability of the extremal problems is proven both for an arbitrary weakly lower semicontinuous quality functional and for the particular quality functionals. On the basis of analysis of the optimality system some sufficient conditions are established on the initial data providing the uniqueness and stability of optimal solutions under sufficiently small perturbations of both the quality functional and one of the functions involved in the original boundary value problem.     

Stability estimates for the solutions of control problems for the stationary magnetohydrodynamic equations

We study control problems for the stationary magnetohydrodynamic equations. In these problems, one has to find an unknown vector function occurring in the boundary condition for the magnetic field and the solution of the boundary value problem in question by minimizing a performance functional depending on the velocity and pressure. We derive new a priori estimates for the solutions of the original boundary value problem and the extremal problem and prove theorems on the local uniqueness and stability of solutions for specific performance functionals.     

Existence and Comparison Results for Difference φ-Laplacian Boundary Value Problems with Lower and Upper Solutions in Reverse Order

This paper is devoted to the study of the existence and comparison results for nonlinear difference φ-Laplacian problems with mixed, Dirichlet, Neumann, and periodic boundary value conditions. We deduce existence of extremal solutions of periodic and Neumann boundary value problems lying between a pair of lower and upper solutions given in reverse order. We prove the optimality of some assumptions in φ.     

Solvability of Inverse Extremal Problems for Stationary Heat and Mass Transfer Equations

We consider inverse extremal problems for the stationary system of heat and mass transfer equations describing the propagation of a substance in a viscous incompressible heat conducting fluid in a bounded domain with Lipschitz boundary. The problems consist in finding some unknown parameters of a medium or source densities from a certain information of a solution. We study solvability of the direct boundary value problem and the inverse extremal problem, justify application of the Lagrange principle, introduce and analyze the optimality systems, and establish sufficient conditions for uniqueness of solutions.     

Stability of solutions to extremal problems of boundary control for stationary heat convection equations

We study extremal problems of boundary control for stationary heat convection equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions on velocity and temperature. As the cost functional we choose the mean square integral deviation of the required temperature field from a given temperature field measured in some part of the flow region. The controls are functions appearing in the Dirichlet conditions on velocity and temperature. We prove the stability of solutions to these problems with respect to certain perturbations of both the quality functional and one of the known functions appearing in the original equations of the model.     

Elastic and electro-magnetic waves in infinite waveguides

We consider initial-boundary value problems for the equations of isotropic elasticity for several mixed boundary conditions in infinite wave guides, as well as Maxwell equations. With the help of decompositions of the displacement field into divergence- and curl-free parts, respectively, which are compatible with the boundary conditions, we obtain sharp decay rates for the solutions. The decomposed systems correspond to the second-order Maxwell equations for the electric and the magnetic field with electric and magnetic boundary conditions, respectively.     

A class of boundary value problems for first-order impulsive integro-differential equations with deviating arguments

This paper is concerned with a class of boundary value problems for nonlinear mixed impulsive integro-differential equations with deviating arguments. We establish a new comparison principle and use the method of upper and lower solutions together with the monotone iterative technique. Under suitable conditions, we obtain the existence results of extremal solutions for the problems. An example is also given to illustrate our results.     

On the uniqueness and stability of solutions of extremal problems for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations

We consider inverse extremal problems for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations. In these problems, one seeks an unknown vector function occurring in the Dirichlet boundary condition for the velocity and the solution of the considered boundary value problem on the basis of the minimization of some performance functional. We derive new a priori estimates for the solutions of the considered extremal problems and use them to prove theorems of the local uniqueness and stability of solutions for specific performance functionals.     

Boundary value problems for systems of nonlinear integro-differential equations with deviating arguments

By establishing a comparison result and using the method of upper and lower solutions and the monotone iterative technique, we investigate the systems of nonlinear mixed integro-differential equations with deviating arguments and mixed boundary value conditions. Sufficient conditions are established for the existence of extremal system of solutions of the given problem.     

Mixed Elastico-Plasticity Problems with Partially Unknown Boundaries

In this paper,we study mixed elastico-plasticity problems in which part of the boundary is known,while the other part of the boundary is unknown and is a free boundary.Under certain conditions,this problemcan be transformed into a Riemann-Hilbert boundary value problem for analytic functions and a mixed boundaryvalue problem for complex equations.Using the theory of generalized analytic functions,the solvability of theproblem is discussed.     

Study of a class of control problems for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations with mixed boundary conditions

Under study are extremal problems for the stationary Navier-Stokes equations with mixed boundary conditions on velocity. Some new a priori estimates are deduced for solutions to the extremal problems under consideration. These yield some local theorems on the uniqueness and stability of solutions for the particular quality functionals that depend on the total pressure.     

An analytic series method for Laplacian problems with mixed boundary conditions

Mixed boundary value problems are characterised by a combination of Dirichlet and Neumann conditions along at least one boundary. Historically, only a very small subset of these problems could be solved using analytic series methods (“analytic” is taken here to mean a series whose terms are analytic in the complex plane). In the past, series solutions were obtained by using an appropriate choice of axes, or a co-ordinate transformation to suitable axes where the boundaries are parallel to the abscissa and the boundary conditions are separated into pure Dirichlet or Neumann form. In this paper, I will consider the more general problem where the mixed boundary conditions cannot be resolved by a co-ordinate transformation. That is, a Dirichlet condition applies on part of the boundary and a Neumann condition applies along the remaining section. I will present a general method for obtaining analytic series solutions for the classic problem where the boundary is parallel to the abscissa. In addition, I will extend this technique to the general mixed boundary value problem, defined on an arbitrary boundary, where the boundary is not parallel to the abscissa. I will demonstrate the efficacy of the method on a well known seepage problem.     

Asymptotic expansions for hyperbolic–parabolic systems with a small parameter

In this paper we consider initial-boundary value problems for systems with a small parameter ?. The problems are mixed hyperbolic–parabolic when ? > 0 and hyperbolic when ? = 0. Often the solution can be expanded asymptotically in ? and to first approximation it consists of the solution of the corresponding hyperbolic problem and a boundary layer part. We prove sufficient conditions for the expansion to exist and give estimates of the remainder. We also examine how the boundary conditions should be choosen to avoid O(1) boundary layers.     

PERIODIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR NONLINEAR INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF MIXED TYPE ON TIME SCALES

We prove several new comparison results and develop the monotone iterative technique to show the existence of extremal solutions to a kind of periodic boundary value problem (PBVP) for nonlinear integro-differential equation of mixed type on time scales.     

Two-parameter extremum problems of boundary control for stationary thermal convection equations

Two-parameter extremum problems of boundary control are formulated for the stationary thermal convection equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions for velocity and with mixed boundary conditions for temperature. The cost functional is defined as the root mean square integral deviation of the desired velocity (vorticity, or pressure) field from one given in some part of the flow region. Controls are the boundary functions involved in the Dirichlet condition for velocity on the boundary of the flow region and in the Neumann condition for temperature on part of the boundary. The uniqueness of the extremum problems is analyzed, and the stability of solutions with respect to certain perturbations in the cost functional and one of the functional parameters of the original model is estimated. Numerical results for a control problem associated with the minimization of the vorticity norm aimed at drag reduction are discussed.     

The generalized neumann problem for yang-mills connections

The purpose of this paper is defining a new boundary value problem for Yang-Mills connections, which is the most general in the context of Neumann-type problems for forms. We achieve this by reflecting the base manifold across the boundary, and lifting this action non-trivially to the bundle. This way we obtain a twisted boundary value problem in which the boundary conditions are mixed, of Dirichlet type on some of the Lie-algebra components of the connection A, of Neumann type on others. This problem arises naturally and it can be viewed in the context of generalizing non-linear Hodge theory for connections. We prove a good gauge theorem for this problem. We give an application.     

First order functional differential equations with periodic boundary conditions

In this article, the authors prove an existence theorem for periodic boundary value problems for first order functional differential equations (FDE) in Banach algebras under mixed generalized Lipschitz and Carathéodory conditions. The existence of extremal positive solutions is also proved under certain monotonicity conditions. An example illustrating the results is included.     

Best mean-quasiconformal mappings

We look for best mean-quasiconformal mappings as extremals of the functional equal to the integral of the square of the functional of the conformality distortion multiplied by a special weight. The mapping inverse to an extremal is an extremal of the same functional. We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the Petrovskii ellipticity of the system of Euler equations for an extremal. We prove the local unique solvability of boundary values problems for this system in the 2-dimensional case. In the general case we prove the unique solvability of boundary value problems for the system linearized at the identity mapping.     

Optimal control problems for the reaction–diffusion–convection equation with variable coefficients

The solvability of optimal control problems is proved on both weak and strong solutions of a boundary value problem for the nonlinear reaction–diffusion–convection equation with variable coefficients. In the second case, the requirements for smoothness of the multiplicative control are reduced. The study of extremal problems is based on the proof of the solvability of the corresponding boundary value problems and on the qualitative analysis of their solutions properties. The large data existence results for weak solutions, the maximum principle as well as the local existence and uniqueness of a strong solution are established. Moreover, an optimal feedback control problem is considered. Using methods of the theory of topological degree for set-valued perturbations (with aspheric image sets) of generalized monotone operators, we obtain sufficient conditions for the solvability of this problem in the class of weak solutions.