The nonlinear diffusion equation in cylindrical coordinates

Nonlinear corrections to some classical solutions of the linear diffusion equation in cylindrical coordinates are studied within quadratic approximation. When cylindrical coordinates are used, we try to find a nonlinear correction using quadratic polynomials of Bessel functions whose coefficients are Laurent polynomials of radius. This usual perturbation technique inevitably leads to a series of overdetermined systems of linear algebraic equations for the unknown coefficients (in contrast with the Cartesian coordinates). Using a computer algebra system, we show that all these overdetermined systems become compatible if we formally add one function on radius W(r). Solutions can be constructed as linear combinations of these quadratic polynomials of the Bessel functions and the functions W(r) and W′(r). This gives a series of solutions to the nonlinear diffusion equation; these are found with the same accuracy as the equation is derived. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 235–245, 2007.     

Weinberg bounds over nonspherical graphs

Let Aut(G) and E(G) denote the automorphism group and the edge set of a graph G, respectively. Weinberg's Theorem states that 4 is a constant sharp upper bound on the ratio |Aut(G)|/|E(G)| over planar (or spherical) 3‐connected graphs G. We have obtained various analogues of this theorem for nonspherical graphs, introducing two Weinberg‐type bounds for an arbitrary closed surface Σ, namely: where supremum is taken over the polyhedral graphs G with respect to Σ for W_P(Σ) and over the graphs G triangulating Σ for W_T(Σ). We have proved that Weinberg bounds are finite for any surface; in particular: W_P = W_T = 48 for the projective plane, and W_T = 240 for the torus. We have also proved that the original Weinberg bound of 4 holds over the graphs G triangulating the projective plane with at least 8 vertices and, in general, for the graphs of sufficiently large order triangulating a fixed closed surface Σ. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 33: 220–236, 2000     

Capture in linear functional differential games of pursuit

The problem of capture in a pursuit game which is described by a linear retarded functional differential equation is considered. The initial function belongs to the Sobolev space W₂⁽¹⁾. The target is either a subset of W₂⁽¹⁾ a point in W₂⁽¹⁾, a subset of the Euclidean space Eⁿ or a point of Eⁿ. There is capture if the initial function can be forced to the target by the pursuer no matter what the quarry does. The concept of capture therefore formalizes the concepts of controllability under unpredictable disturbances. This is proved to be equivalent to the controllability of an associated linear retarded functional differential equation. There is nothing in (2) (6) or (7) below which restricts the control sets to be of the same dimension as the phase space. Our results can be applied in (2) for example, if the constraint sets Q′, P′ are subsets of E^m and Eⁱ respectively with q(t) = C(t) q′(t), − p(t) = B(t) p′(t), q′(t) ε E^mp′(t) ε E^r and B(t) is an n × r′-matrices and C(t) an n × m-matrix.     

Investigation of a nonlinear heat equation with a quadratic source

We consider a particular case of the nonlinear heat equation on a straight line. A family of exact solutions of the form p(t) + q(t) cos (x/ ) is constructed, where p(t) and q(t) satisfy some dynamical system. A detailed analysis of the system is given. The existence of blowup solutions as well as solutions that decay to a nonzero background is proved for the Cauchy problem for the given equation. Part of the solutions from this family are close in a certain sense to the analytical solution of the nonlinear equation with power nonlinearities evolving in the S-regime. Profiles of various solutions are constructed and localization is investigated numerically. __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Matematika i Informatika, No. 24, pp. 5–23, 2006.     

On a family of solutions of a linear second-order differential equation with constant unbounded operator coefficients in a Banach space

In a Banach space E, we study the equation 1 $$ u''(t) + Bu'(t) + Cu(t) = f(t), 0 \leqslant t < \infty $$ , where f(t) ∈ C([0,∞);E), B,C ∈ N(E), and N(E) is the set of closed unbounded linear operators from E to E with dense domain in E. We find a two-parameter family of solutions of Eq. (1) in two cases: (a) the operator discriminant D = B ² ? 4C of Eq. 1 is zero; (b) D = F ², where F is some operator in N(E). We suggest a method for increasing the smoothness of such solutions by imposing more restrictive conditions on the input data W = (B,C,f(t)) and the parameters x ₁, x ₂ ∈ E.     

Conditions for the existence of bounded solutions of nonlinear differential and functional differential equations

Let E be a finite-dimensional Banach space, let C⁰(R; E) be a Banach space of functions continuous and bounded on R and taking values in E; let K:C ⁰(R ,E) → C ⁰(R, E) be a c-continuous bounded mapping, let A: E → E be a linear continuous mapping, and let h ∈ C ⁰(R, E). We establish conditions for the existence of bounded solutions of the nonlinear equation

Geometry and analysis of spin equations

We introduce W‐spin structures on a Riemann surface Σ and give a precise definition to the corresponding W‐spin equations for any quasi‐homogeneous polynomial W. Then we construct examples of nonzero solutions of spin equations in the presence of Ramond marked points. The main result of the paper is a compactness theorem for the moduli space of the solutions of W‐spin equations when W = W(x₁, …, x_t) is a nondegenerate, quasi‐homogeneous polynomial with fractional degrees (or weights) q_i < ½ for all i. In particular, the compactness theorem holds for the superpotentials E₆, E₇, E₈ or A_{n ? 1}, D_{n + 1} for n ≥ 3. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

KAM tori for higher dimensional beam equation with a fixed constant potential

In this paper, we consider the higher dimensional nonlinear beam equation:utt + △2u + σu + f(u)=0 with periodic boundary conditions, where the nonlinearity f(u) is a real-analytic function of the form f(u)=u3+ h.o.t near u=0 and σ is a positive constant. It is proved that for any fixed σ>0, the above equation admits a family of small-amplitude, linearly stable quasi-periodic solutions corresponding to finite dimensional invariant tori of an associated infinite dimensional dynamical system.     

Representation of Contractive Solutions of a Class of Algebraic Riccati Equations as Characteristic Functions of Maximal Dissipative Operators

Let

Polynomials Annihilating the Witt Ring

Let F be a non-formally real field of characteristic not 2 and let W(F) be the Witt ring of F. In certain cases generators for the annihilator ideal are determined. Aim the primary decomposition of A(F) is given. For formally d fields F, as an analogue the primary decomposition of A_t(F) = {f(X) ∈ Z[X]| f(ω) = 0 for all ω ∈ W_t(F)}, where W_t(F) is the torsion part of the Witt group, is obtained.     

Idempotent Modules in the Stable Category

Let G be a finite group and k be an algebraically closed fieldof prime characteristic. Corresponding to each closed homogeneoussubvariety W of the maximal ideal spectrum of H*(G, k) we construct(usually infinite-dimensional) kG-modules E(W) and F(W) whichare idempotent in the sense that E(W) and F(W) are isomorphic(up to projective summands) to E(W) E(W) and F(W) F(W) respectively.We study the properties of these modules, and as an applicationwe use them to describe natural direct sum decompositions ofmodules in quotient categories.     

Transition-layer solutions of quasilinear elliptic boundary blow-up problems and dirichlet problems

We study profiles of positive solutions for quasilinear elliptic boundary blow-up problems and Dirichlet problems with the same equation:

Very weak solutions to elliptic equations with nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions

Consider the equation −Δu = 0 in a bounded smooth domain , complemented by the nonlinear Neumann boundary condition ∂_ν u = f(x, u) − u on ∂Ω. We show that any very weak solution of this problem belongs to L ^∞(Ω) provided f satisfies the growth condition |f(x, s)| ≤ C(1 + |s| ^p ) for some p ∈ (1, p*), where . If, in addition, f(x, s) ≥ −C + λs for some λ > 1, then all positive very weak solutions are uniformly a priori bounded. We also show by means of examples that p* is a sharp critical exponent. In particular, using variational methods we prove the following multiplicity result: if N ∈ {3, 4} and f(x, s) =  s ^p then there exists a domain Ω and such that our problem possesses at least two positive, unbounded, very weak solutions blowing up at a prescribed point of ∂Ω provided . Our regularity results and a priori bounds for positive very weak solutions remain true if the right-hand side in the differential equation is of the form h(x, u) with h satisfying suitable growth conditions.     

Curves on a Kummer Surface in ℙ3, I

In this paper the asymptotic behaviour of the solutions of x' = A(t)x + h(t,x) under the assumptions of instability is studied, A(t) and h(t,x) being a square matrix and a vector function, respectively. The conditions for the existence of bounded solutions or solutions tending to the origin as t → ∞ are obtained. The method: the system is recasted to an equation with complex conjugate coordinates and this equation is studied by means of a suitable Lyapunov function and by virtue of the Wazevski topological method. Applications to a nonlinear differential equation of the second order are given.     

Non-autonomous stochastic evolution equations and applications to stochastic partial differential equations

In this paper we study the following non-autonomous stochastic evolution equation on a Banach space E: $({\rm SE})\quad \left\{\begin{array}{ll} {\rm d}U(t) = (A(t)U(t) +F(t,U(t)))\,{\rm d}t + B(t,U(t))\,{\rm d}W_H(t), \quad t\in [0,T], \\ U(0) = u_0.\end{array}\right.$ Here, ${(A(t))_{t\in [0,T]}}In this paper we study the following non-autonomous stochastic evolution equation on a Banach space E:

(SE)    {ll dU(t) = (A(t)U(t) +F(t,U(t))) dt + B(t,U(t)) dWH(t),     t ? [0,T], U(0) = u0.({\rm SE})\quad \left\{\begin{array}{ll} {\rm d}U(t) = (A(t)U(t) +F(t,U(t)))\,{\rm d}t + B(t,U(t))\,{\rm d}W_H(t), \quad t\in [0,T], \\ U(0) = u_0.\end{array}\right.      17. Infinite-dimensional Langevin equations: uniqueness and rate of convergence for finite-dimensional approximations      Sigurd Assing 《Probability Theory and Related Fields》2001,120(2):143-167 The paper deals with the infinite-dimensional stochastic equation dX= B(t, X) dt + dW driven by a Wiener process which may also cover stochastic partial differential equations. We study a certain finite dimensional approximation of B(t, X) and give a qualitative bound for its rate of convergence to be high enough to ensure the weak uniqueness for solutions of our equation. Examples are given demonstrating the force of the new condition. Received: 6 November 1999 / Revised version: 21 August 2000 / Published online: 6 April 2001      18. Freeoids: a semi-abstract view on endomorphism monoids of relatively free algebras      Jānis Cīrulis 《Algebra Universalis》2011,65(1):41-60 A freeoid over a (normally, infinite) set of variables X is defined to be a pair (W, E), where W is a superset of X, and E is a submonoid of W W containing just one extension of every mapping X → W. For instance, if W is a relatively free algebra over a set of free generators X, then the pair F(W) := (W, End(W)) is a freeoid. In the paper, the kernel equivalence and the range of the transformation F are characterized. Freeoids form a category; it is shown that the transformation F gives rise to a functor from the category of relatively free algebras to the category of freeoids which yields a concrete equivalence of the first category to a full subcategory of the second one. Also, the concept of a model of a freeoid is introduced; the variety generated by a free algebra W is shown to be concretely equivalent to the category of models of F(W). The sets X, W, and the algebras W may generally be many-sorted.      19. The radial basis functions method for identifying an unknown parameter in a parabolic equation with overspecified data      Mehdi Dehghan  Mehdi Tatari 《Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations》2007,23(5):984-997 Parabolic partial differential equations with overspecified data play a crucial role in applied mathematics and engineering, as they appear in various engineering models. In this work, the radial basis functions method is used for finding an unknown parameter p(t) in the inverse linear parabolic partial differential equation ut = uxx + p(t)u + φ, in [0,1] × (0,T], where u is unknown while the initial condition and boundary conditions are given. Also an additional condition ∫01k(x)u(x,t)dx = E(t), 0 ≤ t ≤ T, for known functions E(t), k(x), is given as the integral overspecification over the spatial domain. The main approach is using the radial basis functions method. In this technique the exact solution is found without any mesh generation on the domain of the problem. We also discuss on the case that the overspecified condition is in the form ∫0s(t) u(x,t)dx = E(t), 0 < t ≤ T, 0 < s(t) < 1, where s and E are known functions. Some illustrative examples are presented to show efficiency of the proposed method. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2007      20. Fast homoclinic solutions for a class of damped vibration problems with subquadratic potentials      Peng Chen  X. H. Tang 《Mathematische Nachrichten》2013,286(1):4-16 In this paper, we deal with the existence and multiplicity of homoclinic solutions of the following damped vibration problems where L(t) and W(t, x) are neither autonomous nor periodic in t. Our approach is variational and it is based on the critical point theory. We prove existence and multiplicity results of fast homoclinic solutions under general growth conditions on the potential function. Our theorems appear to be the first such result and our results extend some recent works.

Infinite-dimensional Langevin equations: uniqueness and rate of convergence for finite-dimensional approximations

The paper deals with the infinite-dimensional stochastic equation dX= B(t, X) dt + dW driven by a Wiener process which may also cover stochastic partial differential equations. We study a certain finite dimensional approximation of B(t, X) and give a qualitative bound for its rate of convergence to be high enough to ensure the weak uniqueness for solutions of our equation. Examples are given demonstrating the force of the new condition. Received: 6 November 1999 / Revised version: 21 August 2000 / Published online: 6 April 2001     

Freeoids: a semi-abstract view on endomorphism monoids of relatively free algebras

A freeoid over a (normally, infinite) set of variables X is defined to be a pair (W, E), where W is a superset of X, and E is a submonoid of W ^W containing just one extension of every mapping X → W. For instance, if W is a relatively free algebra over a set of free generators X, then the pair F(W) := (W, End(W)) is a freeoid. In the paper, the kernel equivalence and the range of the transformation F are characterized. Freeoids form a category; it is shown that the transformation F gives rise to a functor from the category of relatively free algebras to the category of freeoids which yields a concrete equivalence of the first category to a full subcategory of the second one. Also, the concept of a model of a freeoid is introduced; the variety generated by a free algebra W is shown to be concretely equivalent to the category of models of F(W). The sets X, W, and the algebras W may generally be many-sorted.     

The radial basis functions method for identifying an unknown parameter in a parabolic equation with overspecified data

Parabolic partial differential equations with overspecified data play a crucial role in applied mathematics and engineering, as they appear in various engineering models. In this work, the radial basis functions method is used for finding an unknown parameter p(t) in the inverse linear parabolic partial differential equation u_t = u_xx + p(t)u + φ, in [0,1] × (0,T], where u is unknown while the initial condition and boundary conditions are given. Also an additional condition ∫₀¹k(x)u(x,t)dx = E(t), 0 ≤ t ≤ T, for known functions E(t), k(x), is given as the integral overspecification over the spatial domain. The main approach is using the radial basis functions method. In this technique the exact solution is found without any mesh generation on the domain of the problem. We also discuss on the case that the overspecified condition is in the form ∫₀^s(t) u(x,t)dx = E(t), 0 < t ≤ T, 0 < s(t) < 1, where s and E are known functions. Some illustrative examples are presented to show efficiency of the proposed method. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2007     

Fast homoclinic solutions for a class of damped vibration problems with subquadratic potentials

In this paper, we deal with the existence and multiplicity of homoclinic solutions of the following damped vibration problems where L(t) and W(t, x) are neither autonomous nor periodic in t. Our approach is variational and it is based on the critical point theory. We prove existence and multiplicity results of fast homoclinic solutions under general growth conditions on the potential function. Our theorems appear to be the first such result and our results extend some recent works.