Large time behavior of Euler-Poisson system for semiconductor

In this note,we present a framework for the large time behavior of general uniformly bounded weak entropy solutions to the Cauchy problem of Euler-Poisson system of semiconductor devices.It is shown that the solutions converges to the stationary solutions exponentially in time.No smallness and regularity conditions are assumed.     

MIXED INTERIOR PENALTY DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS FOR ONE-DIMENSIONAL FULLY NONLINEAR SECOND ORDER ELLIPTIC AND PARABOLIC EQUATIONS

This paper is concerned with developing accurate and efficient numerical methods for one-dimensional fully nonlinear second order elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations （PDEs）. In the paper we present a general framework for constructing high order interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin （IP-DG） methods for approximating viscosity solutions of these fully nonlinear PDEs. In order to capture discontinuities of the second order derivative uxx of the solution u, three independent functions p1,p2 and p3 are introduced to represent numerical derivatives using various one-sided limits. The proposed DG frame- work, which is based on a nonstandard mixed formulation of the underlying PDE, embeds a nonlinear problem into a mostly linear system of equations where the nonlinearity has been modified to include multiple values of the second order derivative uxz. The proposed framework extends a companion finite difference framework developed by the authors in [9] and allows for the approximation of fully nonlinear PDEs using high order polynomials and non-uniform meshes. In addition to the nonstandard mixed formulation setting, another main idea is to replace the fully nonlinear differential operator by a numerical operator which is consistent with the differential operator and satisfies certain monotonicity （called g-monotonicity） properties. To ensure such a g-monotonicity, the crux of the construction is to introduce the numerical moment, which plays a critical role in the proposed DG frame- work. The g-monotonicity gives the DG methods the ability to select the mathematically ＂correct＂ solution （i.e., the viscosity solution） among all possible solutions. Moreover, the g-monotonicity allows for the possible development of more efficient nonlinear solvers as the special nonlinearity of the algebraic systems can be explored to decouple the equations. This paper also presents and analyzes numerical results for several numerical test problems which are used to guage the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed DG methods.     

ANALYSIS OF A COMPRESSIBLE GAS-LIQUID MODEL MOTIVATED BY OIL WELL CONTROL OPERATIONS Dedicated to Professor Constantine M. Dafermos on the occasion of his 70th birthday

We are interested in a viscous two-phase gas-liquid mixture model relevant for modeling of well control operations within the petroleum industry.We focus on a simplified mixture model and provide an existence result within an appropriate class of weak solutions.We demonstrate that upper and lower limits can be obtained for the gas and liquid masses which ensure that transition to single-phase regions do not occur.This is used together with appropriate a prior estimates to obtain convergence to a weak solution for a sequence of approximate solutions corresponding to mollified initial data.Moreover,by imposing an additional regularity condition on the initial masses,a uniqueness result is obtained.The framework herein seems useful for further investigations of more realistic versions of the gas-liquid model that take into account different flow regimes.     

Viscous Approximations and Decay Rate of Maximal Vorticity Function for 3-D Axisymmetric Euler Equations

In this paper, we are first concerned with viscous approximations for the three-dimensional axisymmetric incompressible Euler equations. It is proved that the viscous approximations, which are the solutions of the corresponding Navier-Stokes equations, converge strongly in L^2([0, T]; Lloc^2(R^3)) provided that they have strong convergence in the region away from the symmetry axis. This result has been proved by the authors for the approximate solutions generated by smoothing the initial data,with no restriction of the sign of the initial data. Then we discuss the decay rate for maximal vorticity function, which is established for both approximate solutions generated by smoothing the initial data and viscous approximations respectively. One sufficient condition to guarantee the strong convergence in the region away from the symmetry axis is given, and a decay rate for maximal vorticity function in the region away from the symmetry axis is obtained for non-negative initial vorticity.     

Macroscopic regularity for the Boltzmann equation

The regularity of solutions to the Boltzmann equation is a fundamental problem in the kinetic theory. In this paper, the case with angular cut-off is investigated. It is shown that the macroscopic parts of solutions to the Boltzmann equation, i.e., the density, momentum and total energy are continuous functions of(x, t) in the region R3×(0, +∞). More precisely, these macroscopic quantities immediately become continuous in any positive time even though they are initially discontinuous and the discontinuities of solutions propagate only in the microscopic level. It should be noted that such kind of phenomenon can not happen for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations in which the initial discontinuities of the density never vanish in any finite time, see [22]. This hints that the Boltzmann equation has better regularity effect in the macroscopic level than compressible Navier-Stokes equations.     

ILL-POSEDNESS FOR THE NONLINEAR DAVEY-STEWARTSON EQUATION

The nonlinear D-S equations on R^d, with general power nonlinearity and with both the focusing and defocusing signs, are proved to be ill-posed in the Sobolev space H^s whenever the exponent s is lower than that predicted by scaling or Galilean invariance, or when the regularity is too low to support distributional solutions. Authors analyze a class of solutions for which the zero-dispersion limit provides good approximations.     

Global well-posedness of coupled parabolic systems

The initial boundary value problem of a class of reaction-diffusion systems(coupled parabolic systems)with nonlinear coupled source terms is considered in order to classify the initial data for the global existence,finite time blowup and long time decay of the solution.The whole study is conducted by considering three cases according to initial energy:the low initial energy case,critical initial energy case and high initial energy case.For the low initial energy case and critical initial energy case the sufficient initial conditions of global existence,long time decay and finite time blowup are given to show a sharp-like condition.In addition,for the high initial energy case the possibility of both global existence and finite time blowup is proved first,and then some sufficient initial conditions of finite time blowup and global existence are obtained,respectively.     

On Boundary Stability of Wave Equations with Variable Coefficients

In this paper, we consider the boundary stabilization of the wave equation with variable coefficients by Riemmannian geometry method subject to a different geometric condition which is motivated by the geometric multiplier identities. Several (multiplier) identities (inequalities) which have been built for constant wave equation by Kormornik and Zuazua are generalized to the variable coefficient case by some computational techniques in Riemmannian geometry, so that the precise estimates on the exponential decay rate are derived from those inequalitities. Also, the exponential decay for the solutions of semilinear wave equation with variable coefficients is obtained under natural growth and sign assumptions on the nonlinearity. Our method is rather general and can be adapted to other evolution systems with variable coefficients (e.g. elasticity plates) as well.     

Qualitative analysis and solutions of bounded traveling wave for B-BBM equation

In this paper, we apply the theory of planar dynamical systems to carry out qualitative analysis for the dynamical system corresponding to B-BBM equation, and obtain global phase portraits under various parameter conditions. Then, the relations between the behaviors of bounded traveling wave solutions and the dissipation coeffiicient μ are investigated. We find that a bounded traveling wave solution appears as a kink profile solitary wave solution when μ is more than the critical value obtained in this paper, while a bounded traveling wave solution appears as a damped oscillatory solution when μ is less than it. Furthermore, we explain the solitary wave solutions obtained in previous literature, and point out their positions in global phase portraits. In the meantime, approximate damped oscillatory solutions are given by means of undetermined coefficients method. Finally, based on integral equations that reflect the relations between the approximate damped oscillatory solutions and the implicit exact damped oscillatory solutions, error estimates for the approximate solutions are presented.     

Global regularity for a class of Monge-Ampère type equations

In this paper we are concerned with the global regularity of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for a class of Monge-Ampère type equations.By employing the concept of(a,η) type domain,we emphasize that the boundary regularity depends on the convexity of the domain in nature.The key idea of our proof is to provide more effective global H?lder estimates of convex solutions to the problem based on carefully choosing auxiliary functions and constructing sub-solutions.     

Critical Exponents for Fast Diffusion Equations with Nonlinear Boundary Sources

In this paper,we study the large time behavior of solutions to a class of fast diffusion equations with nonlinear boundary sources on the exterior domain of the unit ball.We are interested in the critical global exponent q_o and the critical Fujita exponent q_c for the problem considered,and show that q_o=q_c for the multidimensional Non-Newtonian polytropic filtration equation with nonlinear boundary sources,which is quite different from the known results that q_o〈q_c for the onedimensional case;moreover,the value is different from the slow case.     

Time-consistent investment-reinsurance strategies towards joint interests of the insurer and the reinsurer under CEV models

The present paper studies time-consistent solutions to an investment-reinsurance problem under a mean-variance framework.The paper is distinguished from other literature by taking into account the interests of both an insurer and a reinsurer jointly.The claim process of the insurer is governed by a Brownian motion with a drift.A proportional reinsurance treaty is considered and the premium is calculated according to the expected value principle.Both the insurer and the reinsurer are assumed to invest in a risky asset,which is distinct for each other and driven by a constant elasticity of variance model.The optimal decision is formulated on a weighted sum of the insurer’s and the reinsurer’s surplus processes.Upon a verification theorem,which is established with a formal proof for a more general problem,explicit solutions are obtained for the proposed investment-reinsurance model.Moreover,numerous mathematical analysis and numerical examples are provided to demonstrate those derived results as well as the economic implications behind.     

ELASTIC MEMBRANE EQUATION WITH MEMORY TERM AND NONLINEAR BOUNDARY DAMPING:GLOBAL EXISTENCE,DECAY AND BLOWUP OF THE SOLUTION

In this paper we consider the Elastic membrane equation with memory term and nonlinear boundary damping.Under some appropriate assumptions on the relaxation function h and with certain initial data,the global existence of solutions and a general decay for the energy are established using the multiplier technique.Also,we show that a nonlinear source of polynomial type is able to force solutions to blow up in finite time even in presence of a nonlinear damping.     

Generalized Persistence of Entropy Weak Solutions for System of Hyperbolic Conservation Laws

Let u(t, x) be the solution to the Cauchy problem of a scalar conservation law in one space dimension. It is well known that even for smooth initial data the solution can become discontinuous in finite time and global entropy weak solution can best lie in the space of bounded total variations. It is impossible that the solutions belong to, for example, H¹ because by Sobolev embedding theorem H¹ functions are H¨older continuous. However, the author notes that from any point (t, x), he can draw a generalized characteristic downward which meets the initial axis at y = α(t, x). If he regards u as a function of (t, y), it indeed belongs to H¹ as a function of y if the initial data belongs to H¹ . He may call this generalized persistence (of high regularity) of the entropy weak solutions.The main purpose of this paper is to prove some kinds of generalized persistence (of high regularity) for the scalar and 2 × 2 Temple system of hyperbolic conservation laws in one space dimension.     

Gevrey Class Regularity and Exponential Decay Property for Navier-Stokes-α Equations

The Navier-Stokes-α equations subject to the periodic boundary conditions are considered.An-alyticity in time for a class of solutions taking values in a Gevrey class of functions is proven.Exponentialdecay of the spatial Fourier spectrum for the analytic solutions and the lower bounds on the rate defined by theexponential decay are also obtained.     

Upper bounds of the rates of decay for solutions of the Boussinesq equations

In this paper,upper bounds of the L2-decay rate for the Boussinesq equations are considered.Using the L2 decay rate of solutions for the heat equation,and assuming that the solutions of the Boussinesq equations are smooth,we obtain the upper bounds of L2 decay rate for the smooth solutions and difference between the solutions of the Boussinesq equations and those of the heat system with the same initial data.The decay results may then be obtained by passing to the limit of approximating sequences of solutions.The main tool is the Fourier splitting method.     

LINEAR WAVES THAT EXPRESS THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE PERIODIC STRUCTURE OF THE COMPRESSIBLE EULER EQUATIONS

In this paper we show how the simplest wave structure that balances compression and rarefaction in the nonlinear compressible Euler equations can be represented in a solution of the linearized compressible Euler equations. Such waves are exact solutions of the equations obtained by linearizing the compressible Euler equations about the periodic extension of two constant states separated by entropy jumps. Conditions on the states and the periods are derived which allow for the existence of solutions in the Fourier 1-mode. In [3, 4, 5] it is shown that these are the simplest linearized waves such that, for almost every period, they are isolated in the kernel of the linearized operator that imposes periodicity, and such that they perturb to nearby nonlinear solutions of the compressible Euler equations that balance compression and rarefaction along characteristics in the formal sense described in [3]. Their fundamental nature thus makes them of interest in their own right.     

Piecewise linear approximation for the dynamical Φ_3~4 model

We construct a piecewise linear approximation for the dynamicalΦ3~4 model on T^3.The approximation is based on the theory of regularity structures developed by Hairer(2014).They proved that renormalization in a dynamicalΦ3~4 model is necessary for defining the nonlinear term.In contrast to Hairer(2014),we apply piecewise linear approximations to space-time white noise,and prove that the solutions of the approximating equations converge to the solution of the dynamicalΦ_3~4 model.In this case,the renormalization corresponds to multiplying the solution by a t-dependent function,and adding it to the approximating equation.     

The method of p-harmonic approximation and optimal interior partial regularity for energy minimizing p-harmonic maps under the controllable growth condition

In this paper, we are concerned with the partial regularity for the weak solutions of energy minimizing p-harmonic maps under the controllable growth condition. We get the interior partial regularity by the p-harmonic approximation method together with the technique used to get the decay estimation on some Degenerate elliptic equations and the obstacle problem by Tan and Yan. In particular, we directly get the optimal regularity.     

Second Order Nonlinear Evolution Inclusions Ⅰ： Existence and Relaxation Results

This is the first part of a work on second order nonlinear, nonmonotone evolution inclusions defined in the framework of an evolution triple of spaces and with a multivalued nonlinearity depending on both x（t） and x（t）. In this first part we prove existence and relaxation theorems. We consider the case of an usc, convex valued nonlinearity and we show that for this problem the solution set is nonempty and compact in C^1 （T, H）. Also we examine the Isc, nonconvex case and again we prove the existence of solutions. In addition we establish the existence of extremal solutions and by strengthening our hypotheses, we show that the extremal solutions are dense in C^1 （T, H） to the solutions of the original convex problem （strong relaxation）. An example of a nonlinear hyperbolic optimal control problem is also discussed.