Determining surface heat flux in the steady state for the Cauchy problem for the Laplace equation

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the Laplace equation, in a strip where the Cauchy data is given at x = 0 and the flux is sought in the interval 0<x?1. This problem is typical ill-posed: the solution (if it exists) does not depend continuously on the data. We study a modification of the equation, where a fourth-order mixed derivative term is added. Some error stability estimates for the flux are given, which show that the solution of the modified equation is approximate to the solution of the Cauchy problem for the Laplace equation. Furthermore, numerical examples show that the modified method works effectively.     

Uniform stability of solutions of Boltzmann equation for soft potential with external force

The study of Cauchy problem of the Boltzmann equation is important in both theory and applications. Existence of global solutions to the equation and uniform stability of solutions in the absence of external force were introduced in the previous work on the Boltzmann equation. In this paper, we will investigate the uniform stability of solutions in L¹ for the Cauchy problem of the Boltzmann equation when there is an external force for the case of soft potentials.     

Convergence analysis for the Cauchy problem of Laplace’s equation by a regularized method of fundamental solutions

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem of Laplace’s equation in the neighborhood of a circle. The method of fundamental solutions (MFS) combined with the discrete Tikhonov regularization is applied to obtain a regularized solution from noisy Cauchy data. Under the suitable choices of a regularization parameter and an a priori assumption to the Cauchy data, we obtain a convergence result for the regularized solution. Numerical experiments are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Functional Integrals for the Schrodinger Equation on Compact Riemannian Manifolds

In this paper, we represent the solution of the Cauchy problem for the Schrodinger equation on compact Riemannian manifolds in terms of functional integrals with respect to the Wiener measure corresponding to the Brownian motion in a manifold and with respect to the Smolyanov surface measures constructed from the Wiener measure on trajectories in the underlying space. The representation of the solution is obtained for the case of analytic (on some sets) potential and analytic initial condition under certain assumptions on the geometric characteristics of the manifold. In the proof, we use a method due to Doss and the representations via functional integrals of the solution to the Cauchy problem for the heat equation in a compact Riemannian manifold.     

On the stochastic Benjamin-Ono equation

We discuss the Cauchy problem for the stochastic Benjamin-Ono equation in the function class Hs(R), s>3/2. When there is a zero-order dissipation, we also establish the existence of an invariant measure with support in H²(R). Many authors have discussed the Cauchy problem for the deterministic Benjamin-Ono equation. But our results are new for the stochastic Benjamin-Ono equation. Our goal is to extend known results for the deterministic equation to the stochastic equation.     

The Cauchy problem in Sobolev spaces for Dirac operators

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem as a typical example of ill-posed boundary-value problems. We obtain the necessary and (separately) sufficient conditions for the solvability of the Cauchy problem for a Dirac operator A in Sobolev spaces in a bounded domain D ? ? ⁿ with a piecewise smooth boundary. Namely, we reduce the Cauchy problem for the Dirac operator to the problem of harmonic extension from a smaller domain to a larger one. Moreover, along with the solvability conditions for the problem, using bases with double orthogonality, we construct a Carleman formula for recovering a function u in a Sobolev space H ^s (D), s ∈ ?, from its values on Γ and values Au in D, where Γ is an open connected subset of the boundary ?D. It is worth pointing out that we impose no assumptions about geometric properties of the domain D, except for its connectedness.     

On the Cauchy problem of a weakly dissipative μ-Hunter–Saxton equation

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem of a weakly dissipative μ-Hunter–Saxton equation. We first establish the local well-posedness for the weakly dissipative μ-Hunter–Saxton equation by Kato's semigroup theory. Then, we derive the precise blow-up scenario for strong solutions to the equation. Moreover, we present some blow-up results for strong solutions to the equation. Finally, we give two global existence results to the equation.     

A self-similar solution to the equation of gas filtration in a spherically symmetric porous medium

We consider the Cauchy problem for the Boussinesq equation which describes filtration of a gas in a spherically symmetric porous medium. For the self-similar solution to this problem we construct a formal in the neighborhood of the point r → ∞ expansion and a convergent near r = 0 one.     

Entropy solutions to the Verigin ultraparabolic problem

We study the Cauchy problem for the two-dimensional ultraparabolic model of filtration of a viscous incompressible fluid containing an admixture, with diffusion of the admixture in a porous medium taken into account. The porous medium consists of the fibers directed along some vector field n ^⊥. We prove that if the nonlinearity in the equations of the model and the geometric structure of fibers satisfy some additional “genuine nonlinearity” condition then the Cauchy problem with bounded initial data has at least one entropy solution and the fast oscillating regimes possible in the initial data are promptly suppressed in the entropy solutions. The proofs base on the introduction and systematic study of the kinetic equation associated with the problem as well as on application of the modification of Tartar H-measures which was proposed by Panov.     

The Gellerstedt problem for a parabolic-hyperbolic equation of the second kind

In this paper we consider the Gellerstedt problem for a parabolic-hyperbolic equation of the second kind. We prove the unique solvability of this problem by means of a new representation for a solution to the modified Cauchy problem in a generalized class R.     

Équations faiblement hyperboliques du deuxième ordre et classes de fonctions ultradifférentiables

We consider a second order weakly hyperbolic equation and we study in which classes the corresponding Cauchy problem is well posed. We consider operators with coefficients depending only on the t variable and belonging to a class X between C^∞ and the real analytic class. We find then a class, strictly related to X, where the Cauchy problem is well posed. Finally, we prove by some counterexamples that these results are almost optimal.     

On a quasi-reversibility regularization method for a Cauchy problem of the Helmholtz equation

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the Helmholtz equation in a rectangle, where the Cauchy data is given for y=0 and boundary data are for x=0 and x=π. The solution is sought in the interval 0<y≤1. A quasi-reversibility method is applied to formulate regularized solutions which are stably convergent to the exact one with explicit error estimates.     

Missing boundary data reconstruction by the factorization method

We consider the data completion problem for the Laplace equation in a cylindrical domain. The Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions are given on one face of the cylinder while there is no condition on the other face. This Cauchy problem has been known since Hadamard (1953) to be ill-posed. Here it is set as an optimal control problem with a regularized cost function. We use the factorization method for elliptic boundary value problems. For each set of Cauchy data, to obtain the estimate of the missing data one has to solve a parabolic Cauchy problem in the cylinder and a linear equation. The operator appearing in these problems satisfy a Riccati equation that does not depend on the data. To cite this article: A. Ben Abda et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 347 (2009).     

GLOBAL EXISTENCE AND Lp ESTIMATES FOR SOLUTIONS OF DAMPED WAVE EQUATION WITH NONLINEAR CONVECTION IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPACE＊

In this article,the author studies the Cauchy problem of the damped wave equation with a nonlinear convection term in multi-dimensions.The author shows that a classical solution to the Cauchy problem e...     

The Cauchy problem for the Novikov equation

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem for the Novikov equation. We prove that the Cauchy problem for the Novikov equation is not locally well-posed in the Sobolev spaces ${H^s(\mathfrak{R})}$ with ${s < \frac{3}{2}}$ in the sense that its solutions do not depend uniformly continuously on the initial data. Since the Cauchy problem for the Novikov equation is locally well-posed in ${H^{s}(\mathfrak{R})}$ with s > 3/2 in the sense of Hadamard, our result implies that s =  3/2 is the critical Sobolev index for well-posedness. We also present two blow-up results of strong solution to the Cauchy problem for the Novikov equation in ${H^{s}(\mathfrak{R})}$ with s > 3/2.     

On k-summability of formal solutions for a class of partial differential operators with time dependent coefficients

We study the k-summability of divergent formal solutions for the Cauchy problem of a certain class of linear partial differential operators with time dependent coefficients. The problem is reduced to a k-summability property of formal solutions for a linear similar ordinary differential equation associated with the Cauchy problem.     

Well-posedness of the Cauchy problem of Ostrovsky equation in anisotropic Sobolev spaces

We study the Cauchy problem of the Ostrovsky equation , with βγ<0. By establishing a bilinear estimate on the anisotropic Bourgain space Xs,ω,b, we prove that the Cauchy problem of this equation is locally well-posed in the anisotropic Sobolev space H(s,ω)(R) for any and some . Using this result and conservation laws of this equation, we also prove that the Cauchy problem of this equation is globally well-posed in H(s,ω)(R) for s?0.     

Energy estimate and fundamental solution for degenerate hyperbolic Cauchy problems

The aim of this paper is to give an uniform approach to different kinds of degenerate hyperbolic Cauchy problems. We prove that a weakly hyperbolic equation, satisfying an intermediate condition between effective hyperbolicity and the C^∞ Levi condition, and a strictly hyperbolic equation with non-regular coefficients with respect to the time variable can be reduced to first-order systems of the same type. For such a kind of systems, we prove an energy estimate in Sobolev spaces (with a loss of derivatives) which gives the well-posedness of the Cauchy problem in C^∞. In the strictly hyperbolic case, we also construct the fundamental solution and we describe the propagation of the space singularities of the solution which is influenced by the non-regularity of the coefficients with respect to the time variable.     

The theory of the nonlinear Boltzmann equation for Maxwell molecules in Fourier representation

We study the Cauchy problem for the spatially homogenem Boltzmann equation for true Maxwell molecules. Using the Fourier representation introduced by Bobylev [Bo75],we give a simplified proof of a result proved by Tanaka [Ta78].Moreover, we show by means of simple geometric properties, that Tanaka functional is an entropy decreasing functional for the Boltzmann equation for Maxwell molecules.     

On the convexity of reachability sets of controlled initial-boundary value problems

For a functional-operator equation describing a broad class of controlled initial-boundary value problems, we introduce the notion of abstract reachability set. We obtain sufficient conditions for the convexity and precompactness of that set. The situation of a Nash ?-equilibrium is justified in the sense of program strategies in noncooperative functional-operator games with many players. As an example of reduction of a controlled initial-boundary value problem to the equation under study, we consider the Cauchy problem for a semilinear wave equation with two space variables.