Entire solutions of the KPP equation

This paper deals with the solutions defined for all time of the KPP equation u_t = u_xx + f(u),   0 < u(x,t) < 1, (x,t) ∈ ℝ², where ƒ is a KPP‐type nonlinearity defined in [0,1]: ƒ(0) = ƒ(1) = 0, ƒ′(0) > 0, ƒ′(1) < 0, ƒ > 0 in (0,1), and ƒ′(s) ≤ ƒ′(0) in [0,1]. This equation admits infinitely many traveling‐wave‐type solutions, increasing or decreasing in x. It also admits solutions that depend only on t. In this paper, we build four other manifolds of solutions: One is 5‐dimensional, one is 4‐dimensional, and two are 3‐dimensional. Some of these new solutions are obtained by considering two traveling waves that come from both sides of the real axis and mix. Furthermore, the traveling‐wave solutions are on the boundary of these four manifolds. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

On the time continuity of entropy solutions

We show that any entropy solution u of a convection diffusion equation ?_t u + div F(u)-Df(u) = b{\partial_t u + {\rm div} F(u)-\Delta\phi(u) =b} in Ω × (0, T) belongs to C([0,T),L¹_loc(W)){C([0,T),L^1_{\rm loc}({\Omega}))} . The proof does not use the uniqueness of the solution.     

Stability of a traveling-wave solution to the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation

The asymptotic behavior of the solution to the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation u _t + (f(u)) _x + au _xxx − bu _xx = 0 as t → ∞ is analyzed. Sufficient conditions for the existence and local stability of a traveling-wave solution known in the case of f(u) = u ² are extended to the case of an arbitrary sufficiently smooth convex function f(u).     

Action functional and quasi‐potential for the burgers equation in a bounded interval

Consider the viscous Burgers equation u_t + f(u)_x = εu_xx on the interval [0,1] with the inhomogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions u(t,0) = ρ₀, u(t,1) = ρ₁. The flux f is the function f(u) = u(1 − u), ε > 0 is the viscosity, and the boundary data satisfy 0 < ρ₀ < ρ₁ < 1. We examine the quasi‐potential corresponding to an action functional arising from nonequilibrium statistical mechanical models associated with the above equation. We provide a static variational formula for the quasi‐potential and characterize the optimal paths for the dynamical problem. In contrast with previous cases, for small enough viscosity, the variational problem defining the quasi‐potential admits more than one minimizer. This phenomenon is interpreted as a nonequilibrium phase transition and corresponds to points where the superdifferential of the quasi‐potential is not a singleton. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On the behavior of solutions of a semilinear parabolic or elliptic equation satisfying a nonlinear boundary condition in a cylindrical domain

One considers a semilinear parabolic equation u _t = Lu − a(x)f(u) or an elliptic equation u _tt + Lu − a(x)f(u) = 0 in a semi-infinite cylinder Ω × ℝ₊ with the nonlinear boundary condition , where L is a uniformly elliptic divergent operator in a bounded domain Ω ∈ ℝⁿ; a(x) and b(x) are nonnegative measurable functions in Ω. One studies the asymptotic behavior of solutions of such boundary-value problems for t → ∞. __________ Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 26, pp. 368–389, 2007.     

Boundedness in nonlinear oscillations

In this paper, the boundedness of all solutions of the nonlinear differential equation (φ_p(x′))′ + αφ_p(x⁺) – βφ_p(x^–) + f(x) = e(t) is studied, where φ_p(u) = |u|^p–2 u, p ≥ 2, α, β are positive constants such that = 2w^–1 with w ∈ ?⁺\?, f is a bounded C⁵ function, e(t) ∈ C⁶ is 2π_p‐periodic, x⁺ = max{x, 0}, x^– = max{–x, 0}. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Existence and uniqueness of positive solutions to nonlinear fractional differential equation with integral boundary conditions

In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear fractional three-point boundary-value problem:

Probabilistic viscosity algorithm for the scalar conservation law

We derive an algorithm for solving the initial value problem for u_t = ½σ²u_xx + f(u)u_x. The approach is based on the representation of the solution to the above equation in the form of the functional of Brownian motion. For small σ we get the approximation for u_t = f(u)u_x. A comparison with the random choice method is illustrated by the numerical example.     

Existence and Uniqueness of Strong Solutions for a Class of Quasi‐Linear Hyperbolic Equations with Order Degeneration

Let k(y) > 0, 𝓁(y) > 0 for y > 0, k(0) = 𝓁(0) = 0 and lim_{y → 0}k(y)/𝓁(y) exists; then the equation L(u) ≔ k(y)u_xx – ∂_y(𝓁(y)u_y) + a(x, y)u_x = f(x, y, u) is strictly hyperbolic for y > 0 and its order degenerates on the line y = 0. Consider the boundary value problem Lu = f(x, y, u) in G, u|_AC = 0, where G is a simply connected domain in ℝ² with piecewise smooth boundary ∂G = AB∪AC∪BC; AB = {(x, 0) : 0 ≤ x ≤ 1}, AC : x = F(y) = ∫^y₀(k(t)/𝓁(t))^1/2dt and BC : x = 1 – F(y) are characteristic curves. Existence of generalized solution is obtained by a finite element method, provided f(x, y, u) satisfies Carathéodory condition and |f(x, y, u)| ≤ Q(x, y) + b|u| with Q ∈ L²(G), b = const > 0. It is shown also that each generalized solution is a strong solution, and that fact is used to prove uniqueness under the additional assumption |f(x, y, u₁) – f(x, y, u₂| ≤ C|u₁ – u₂|, where C = const > 0.     

An unconditionally stable alternating direction implicit scheme for the two space dimensional linear hyperbolic equation

We report a new unconditionally stable implicit alternating direction implicit (ADI) scheme of O(k² + h²) for the difference solution of linear hyperbolic equation u_tt + 2αu_t + β²u = u_xx + u_yy + f(x, y, t), αβ ≥ 0, 0 < x, y < 1, t > 0 subject to appropriate initial and Dirichlet boundary conditions, where α > 0 and β ≥ 0 are real numbers. The resulting system of algebraic equations is solved by split method. Numerical results are provided to demonstrate the efficiency and accuracy of the method. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 17: 684–688, 2001     

Grow-up of critical solutions for a non-local porous medium problem with Ohmic heating source

We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ =  λ* for the non-local porous medium equation ${u_t = (u^n)_{xx} + {\lambda}f(u)/({\int_{-1}^1} f(u){\rm d}x)^2}We investigate the behaviour of solution u = u(x, t; λ) at λ =  λ* for the non-local porous medium equation u_t = (uⁿ)_xx + lf(u)/(ò_-1¹ f(u)dx)²{u_t = (u^n)_{xx} + {\lambda}f(u)/({\int_{-1}^1} f(u){\rm d}x)^2} with Dirichlet boundary conditions and positive initial data. The function f satisfies: f(s),−f ′ (s) > 0 for s ≥ 0 and s ^n-1 f(s) is integrable at infinity. Due to the conditions on f, there exists a critical value of parameter λ, say λ*, such that for λ > λ* the solution u = u(x, t; λ) blows up globally in finite time, while for λ ≥ λ* the corresponding steady-state problem does not have any solution. For 0 < λ < λ* there exists a unique steady-state solution w = w(x; λ) while u = u(x, t; λ) is global in time and converges to w as t → ∞. Here we show the global grow-up of critical solution u* =  u(x, t; λ*) (u* (x, t) → ∞, as t → ∞ for all x ? (-1,1){x\in(-1,1)}.     

On singular diffusion equations with applications to self-organized criticality

We consider solutions of the singular diffusion equation _t, = (u^m?1 u_x)_x, m ≦ 0, associated with the flux boundary condition lim_x→?∞ (u^m?1u_x)_x = λ > 0. The evolutions defined by this problem depend on both m and λ. We prove existence and stability of traveling wave solutions, parameterized by λ. Each traveling wave is stable in its appropriate evolution. These traveling waves are in L¹ for ?1 < m ≦ 0, but have non-integrable tails for m ≦ ?1. We also show that these traveling waves are the same as those for the scalar conservation law u_t = ?[f(u)]_x + u_xx for a particular nonlinear convection term f(u) = f(u;m, λ). © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Solutions with boundary‐layers and spike‐layers to singularly perturbed quasilinear Dirichlet problems

The structure of nontrivial nonnegative solutions to singularly perturbed quasilinear Dirichlet problems of the form –?Δ_pu = f(u) in Ω, u = 0 on ?Ω, Ω ? R ^N a bounded smooth domain, is studied as ? → 0⁺, for a class of nonlinearities f(u) satisfying f(0) = f(z₁) = f(z₂) = 0 with 0 < z₁ < z₂, f < 0 in (0, z₁), f > 0 in (z₁, z₂) and f(u)/u^p–1 = –∞. It is shown that there are many nontrivial nonnegative solutions with spike‐layers. Moreover, the measure of each spike‐layer is estimated as ? → 0⁺. These results are applied to the study of the structure of positive solutions of the same problems with f changing sign many times in (0,∞). Uniqueness of a solution with a boundary‐layer and many positive intermediate solutions with spike‐layers are obtained for ? sufficiently small. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A degenerate parabolic equation with a nonlocal source and an absorption term

This article deals with a class of nonlocal and degenerate quasilinear parabolic equation u _t = f(u)(Δu + a∫_Ω u(x, t)dx ? u) with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The local existence of positive classical solutions is proved by using the method of regularization. The global existence of positive solutions and blow-up criteria are also obtained. Furthermore, it is shown that, under certain conditions, the solutions have global blow-up property. When f(s) = s ^p , 0 < p ≤ 1, the blow-up rate estimates are also obtained.     

Saddle solutions of the balanced bistable diffusion equation

We prove that Δu + f(u) = 0 has a unique entire solution u(x, y) on ?² which has the same sign as the function xy, where f is a balanced bistable function like f(u) = u ? u³. But we neither assume f is odd nor assume the monotonicity properties of f(u)/u. Our result generalizes a previous result by Dang, Fife, and Peletier [12]. Our approach combines bifurcation methods and recent results on the qualitative properties for elliptic equations in unbounded domains by Berestycki, Caffarelli and Nirenberg [5, 6]. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Unboundedness of the large solutions of some asymmetric oscillators at resonance

In this paper, we consider the unboundedness of solutions of the following differential equation (φ_p(x′))′ + (p ? 1)[αφ_p(x⁺) ? βφ_p(x^?)] = f(x)x′ + g(x) + h(x) + e(t) where φ_p(u) = |u|^{p? 2} u, p > 1, x^± = max {±x, 0}, α and β are positive constants satisfying with m, n ∈ N and (m, n) = 1, f and g are continuous and bounded functions such that lim_x→±∞g(x) ? g(±∞) exists and h has a sublinear primitive, e(t) is 2π_p‐periodic and continuous. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to viscous conservation laws with slowly varying external forces

This paper considers the existence and large time behavior of solutions to the convection-diffusion equation u _t −Δu+b(x)·∇(u|u| ^{q −1})=f(x, t) in ℝ ⁿ ×[0,∞), where f(x, t) is slowly decaying and q≥1+1/n (or in some particular cases q≥1). The initial condition u ₀ is supposed to be in an appropriate L ^p space. Uniform and nonuniform decay of the solutions will be established depending on the data and the forcing term.This work is partially supported by an AMO Grant     

Multidimensional Oscillations for Non-linear Hyperbolic Mixed Problem: The Justified Non-linear Geometric Optics Method

The mixed-Neumann problem for the non-linear wave equation □u−a(u)(∣∂_tu)∣²−∣∇u∣² = f_ε(z) is studied. The function f_ε(z) = ∑_k∈Kf_k(z,ε⁻¹ϕ_k(z),ε), ε∈[0,1], K is finite, f_k(z,θ_k,ε) are 2π-periodic with respect to θ_k. The existence of solution u_ε on a domain z = (t,x,y)∈[0,T]×ℝ₊×ℝ^d, d = 1 or 2, is proved when ε is sufficiently small; T does not depend on ε. By the non-linear geometric optics method the asymptotic (with respect to ε→0) solution ũ _ε is constructed. The estimation for the rest ε²r_ε = u_ε−ũ_ε is derived and the limit r_ε, ε→0, is studied.     

EXISTENCE OF FAST-DECAY GROUND STATE OF P-LAPLACIAN EQUATION

Using the shooting argument and an approximating method, this paper is concerned with the existence of fast-decay ground state of p-Laplacian equation: Δ_pu + f(u) = 0, in Rⁿ, where f(u) behaves just like f(u) = u^q – u^s, as s > q >np/(n – p) – 1.     

Functional equations on abelian groups with involution

Summary We produce complete solution formulas of selected functional equations of the formf(x +y) ±f(x + σ (ν)) = Σ _I ² =₁ g _l (x)h _l (y),x, y∈G, where the functionsf,g ₁,h ₁ to be determined are complex valued functions on an abelian groupG and where σ:G→G is an involution ofG. The special case of σ=−I encompasses classical functional equations like d’Alembert’s, Wilson’s first generalization of it, Jensen’s equation and the quadratic equation. We solve these equations, the equation for symmetric second differences in product form and similar functional equations for a general involution σ.