Homogenization of some parabolic operators with several time scales

The main focus in this paper is on homogenization of the parabolic problem ∂ _t uɛ − ∇ · (a(x/ɛ,t/ɛ,t/ɛ ^r )∇u ^ɛ ) = f. Under certain assumptions on a, there exists a G-limit b, which we characterize by means of multiscale techniques for r > 0, r ≠ 1. Also, an interpretation of asymptotic expansions in the context of two-scale convergence is made.     

A relation between Г-convergence of functionals and their associated gradient flows

Giorgi conjectured in 1979 that if a sequence of functionals converges in the sense of Г-convergence to a limiting functional, then the corresponding gradient flows will converge as well after changing timescale appropriately. It is shown that this conjecture holds true for a rather wide kind of functionals. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19701018).     

Estimates of solutions of initial-irregular oblique derivative problems for fully nonlinear parabolic equations

In this paper the initial-irregular oblique derivative problems for fully nonlinear parabolic equations of second order are proposed, and then some a priori estimates of solutions for the above problems are given.     

Smooth solutions to a class of free boundary parabolic problems

We establish existence, uniqueness, and regularity results for solutions to a class of free boundary parabolic problems, including the free boundary heat equation which arises in the so-called ``focusing problem' in the mathematical theory of combustion. Such solutions are proved to be smooth with respect to time for positive , if the data are smooth.

     

非线性抛物型方程计算方法 值此周毓麟先生九十寿辰之际, 谨以本文表达对他的崇高敬意和真诚祝福

本文简要回顾非线性抛物型方程差分方法若干研究工作, 包括周毓麟先生在该研究方向取得的部分研究成果, 并对近年来相关的部分研究进展进行综述, 展望拟开展的研究工作.     

Global solutions for quasilinear parabolic problems

Results on the global existence of classical solutions for quasilinear parabolic equations in bounded domains with homogeneous Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions are presented. Besides quasilinear parabolic equations, the method is also applicable to some weakly-coupled reaction-diffusion systems and to elliptic equations with nonlinear dynamic boundary conditions. Received December 21, 2000; accepted August 30, 2001.     

Existence and approximation of nonlocal optimal design problems driven by parabolic equations

This work is a follow‐up to a series of articles by the authors where the same topic for the elliptic case is analyzed. In this article, a class of nonlocal optimal design problem driven by parabolic equations is examined. After a review of results concerning existence and uniqueness for the state equation, a detailed formulation of the nonlocal optimal design is given. The state equation is of nonlocal parabolic type, and the associated cost functional belongs to a broad class of nonlocal integrals. In the first part of the work, a general result on the existence of nonlocal optimal design is proved. The second part is devoted to analyzing the convergence of nonlocal optimal design problems toward the corresponding classical problem of optimal design. After a slight modification of the problem, either on the cost functional or by considering a new set of admissibility, the G‐convergence for the state equation and, consequently, the convergence of the nonlocal optimal design problem are proved.     

An example of stability for the minima of a sequence of dc functions: Homogenization for a class of nonlinear Sturm-Liouville problems

Combining the Clarke-Ekeland dual least action principle and the epi-convergence, we state an existence result and study the asymptotic behaviour for the periodic solution of a nonlinear Sturm-Liouville problem deriving from a convex subquadratic potential, when the data are perturbed in a suitable sense. The result appears like a stability result for the minimizers of a sequence of DC functions.     

Boundary layers for parabolic regularizations of totally characteristic quasilinear parabolic equations

In this paper we study boundary layers of nonlinear characteristic parabolic equations as the viscosity goes to zero. We obtain and justify in small time a complete expansion of the solution with respect to the viscosity.     

抛物型时间周期问题的Schwarz波形松驰方法

周期稳态是科学和工程系统中一类重要的运行状态,其计算复杂度远高于相应的初值问题,因此有更迫切的并行计算需要.我们提出了计算抛物型方程时间周期解的并行方法—基于区域分解(又称Schwarz方法)的波形松驰方法,该方法只需在子区域上求解较低维的周期问题.我们分析了两种不同的传输条件下方法的收敛性,并用数值实验支持了理论结果.     

Homogenization of a nonlinear degenerate parabolic differential equation

This paper is devoted to the homogenization of a nonlinear degenerate parabolic problem ɑtu∈-div(D(x/∈, u∈,▽u∈)+ K(x/∈, u∈))= f(x) with Dirichlet boundary condition. Here the operator D(y, s,s) is periodic in y and degenerated in ▽s. In the paper, under the two-scale convergence theory, we obtain the limit equation as ∈→ 0 and also prove the corrector results of ▽u∈ to strong convergence.     

The reconstruction of a parabolic system

We are concerned with the identification and reconstruction of the coefficients of a linear parabolic system from finite time observations of the solution on the boundary. We present two procedures depending on whether the spectrum of the system is simple or multiple. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A posteriori error estimation and adaptivity for degenerate parabolic problems

Two explicit error representation formulas are derived for degenerate parabolic PDEs, which are based on evaluating a parabolic residual in negative norms. The resulting upper bounds are valid for any numerical method, and rely on regularity properties of solutions of a dual parabolic problem in nondivergence form with vanishing diffusion coefficient. They are applied to a practical space-time discretization consisting of piecewise linear finite elements over highly graded unstructured meshes, and backward finite differences with varying time-steps. Two rigorous a posteriori error estimates are derived for this scheme, and used in designing an efficient adaptive algorithm, which equidistributes space and time discretization errors via refinement/coarsening. A simulation finally compares the behavior of the rigorous a posteriori error estimators with a heuristic approach, and hints at the potentials and reliability of the proposed method.

     

Quasilinear degenerate parabolic equations of Kirchhoff type

We investigate the evolution problem where H is a Hilbert space, A is a self‐adjoint linear non‐negative operator on H with domain D(A), and is a continuous function. We prove that if , and , then there exists at least one global solution, which is unique if either m never vanishes, or m is locally Lipschitz continuous. Moreover, we prove that if for all , then this problem is well posed in H. On the contrary, if for some it happens that for all , then this problem has no solution if with β small enough. We apply these results to degenerate parabolic PDEs with non‐local non‐linearities. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonlinear anisotropic parabolic equations in with locally integrable data

In this paper, we prove existence and regularity of weak solutions for a class of nonlinear anisotropic parabolic problems in with locally integrable data. Our approach is based on the anisotropic Sobolev inequality, a smoothness, and compactness results. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类非线性抛物型方程组解的整体存在及爆破

研究了一类带有非线性边界条件的非线性抛物型方程组解的整体存在及解在有限时刻爆破问题.通过构造方程组的上、下解.得到了解整体存在及解在有限时刻爆破的充分条件.对指数型反应项和边界流采用了常微分方程方法构造其上下解,而其它例如第一特征值等方法运用于该方程就比较困难.     

Homogenization of degenerate nonlinear parabolic equation in divergence form

In this paper the homogenization of degenerate nonlinear parabolic equations

where a(t,y,λ) is periodic in (t,y), is studied via a weighted compensated compactness result.     

On well-posedness of semilinear parabolic and elliptic problems in the hyperbolic space

We investigate existence and uniqueness of solutions to semilinear parabolic and elliptic equations in bounded domains of the n-dimensional hyperbolic space (n?3). Lp→Lq estimates for the semigroup generated by the Laplace-Beltrami operator are obtained and then used to prove existence and uniqueness results for parabolic problems. Moreover, under proper assumptions on the nonlinear function, we establish uniqueness of positive classical solutions and nonuniqueness of singular solutions of the elliptic problem; furthermore, for the corresponding semilinear parabolic problem, nonuniqueness of weak solutions is stated.