On exact solutions of Stokes second problem for a Burgers�� fluid, II. The cases �� =?��2/4 and �� > ��2/4

In this study, the exact solutions of the Stokes second problem for a Burgers?? fluid are presented when the relaxation time satisfies the conditions ?? =???²/4 and ?? >???²/4. The velocity field and the associated tangential stress, when only one initial condition is necessary for velocity, are determined by means of the Laplace transform. The physical interpretation for the emerging parameters is discussed with the help of graphical illustrations. The similar solutions for the Stokes?? first problem are obtained as the limiting cases of our solutions.     

Exact solutions of accelerated flows for a Burgers’ fluid II. The cases γ = λ2/4 and γ > λ2/4

The purpose of this study is to provide the exact analytic solutions of accelerated flows for a Burgers’ fluid when the relaxation times satisfy the conditions γ = λ²/4 and γ > λ²/4. The velocity field and the adequate tangential stress that is induced by the flow due to constantly accelerating plate and flow due to variable accelerating plate are determined by means of Laplace transform. All the solutions that have been obtained are presented in the form of simple or multiple integrals in terms of Bessel functions. A comparison between Burgers’ and Newtonian fluids for the velocity and the shear stress is also made through several graphs.     

Exact solutions of starting flows for a fractional Burgers’ fluid between coaxial cylinders

This paper deals with the unsteady flows of a viscoelastic fluid between two infinitely long concentric circular cylinders. The fractional calculus approach in the constitutive relationship model of a Burgers’ fluid is introduced. With the help of integral transforms (the Laplace transform and the Weber transform), exact solutions are constructed for the following two problems: (i) when the outer cylinder makes a simple harmonic oscillation; and (ii) when the outer cylinder suddenly begins rotating while the inner cylinder remains stationary. Some previous and classical results can be recovered from the presented results, such as starting solutions for second grade, Maxwell, Oldroyd-B, and Burgers’ fluids.     

Numerical algorithm for solving the Stokes’ first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid with fractional derivative

In this paper, based on the second-order compact approximation of first-order derivative, the numerical algorithm with second-order temporal accuracy and fourth-order spatial accuracy is developed to solve the Stokes’ first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid with fractional derivative; the solvability, convergence, and stability of the numerical algorithm are analyzed in detail by algebraic theory and Fourier analysis, respectively; the numerical experiment support our theoretical analysis results.     

On the behaviour ast→∞ of solutions of the second mixed problem for a second-order parabolic equation

In this paper is distinguished a geometric characteristic of the unbounded domain , that determines the rate of stabilization fort of the solution in (t>0)× of the second boundary value problem for a second-order parabolic equation, in which the initial function decreases sufficiently rapidly as |x|.     

On flow of a Navier–Stokes fluid in curved pipes. Part I: Steady flow

We consider the steady, fully developed motion of a Navier–Stokes fluid in a curved pipe of cross-section $D$ under a given axial pressure gradient $G$. We show that, if $G$ is constant, this problem has a smooth steady solution, for arbitrary values of the Dean’s number $\kappa$, for $D$ of arbitrary shape and for any curvature ratio $\delta$ of the pipe. This solution is also unique for $\kappa$ sufficiently small. Moreover, we prove that the solution is unidirectional (no secondary motion) if and only if $\kappa =0$. Finally, we show the same properties for the approximations to the Navier–Stokes equations called “Dean’s equations” and provide a rigorous way in which solutions to the full Navier–Stokes equations approach those to this approximation in the limit of $\delta \to 0$.     

On a nonlocal problem of A. A. Dezin for the Lavrent’ev-Bitsadze equation

In a special rectangular domain, for a second-order linear equation of mixed type with discontinuous coefficients and with the Lavrent’ev-Bitsadze operator in the leading part, we prove an extremum principle and existence and uniqueness theorems for the solution of a nonlocal problem stated by A.A. Dezin in his report at the Joint Soviet-American Symposium on Partial Differential Equations (Novosibirsk, 1963).     

On four-sheeted polynomial mappings of ℂ2. I. The case of an irreducible ramification curve

The paper is devoted to the Jacobian Conjecture: a polynomial mappingf²² with a constant nonzero Jacobian is polynomially invertible. The main result of the paper is as follows. There is no four-sheeted polynomial mapping whose Jacobian is a nonzero constant such that after the resolution of the indeterminacy points at infinity there is only one added curve whose image is not a point and does not belong to infinity.Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 64, No. 6, pp. 847–862, December, 1998.The authors are grateful to A. G. Vitushkin and P. Cassou-Nogues for useful discussions.This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant No. 96-01-01218. The work of the second author was done under the financial support of DGICYT (Spain), grant No. SAB95-0502.     

Comments on: “Exact solution of Stokes’ first problem for heated generalized Burgers’ fluid in a porous half-space” [Nonlinear Anal. RWA 9 (2008) 1628]

We point out and correct a number of misrepresentations and related inaccuracies that appear in the recently published paper [C. Xue, J. Nie, Nonlinear Anal. RWA 9 (2008) 1628].     

Renormalized solutions in thermo-visco-plasticity for a Norton–Hoff type model. Part I: The truncated case

We prove existence of global in time strong solutions to the truncated thermo-visco-plasticity with an inelastic constitutive function of Norton–Hoff type. This result is a starting point to obtain renormalized solutions for the considered model without truncations. The method of our proof is based on Yosida approximation of the maximal monotone term and a passage to the limit.     

On exact solutions for quantum particles with spin <Emphasis Type="Italic">S</Emphasis> = 0, 1/2, 1 and de Sitter event horizon

Exact wave solutions for particles with spin 0, 1/2 and 1 in the static coordinates of the de Sitter space–time model are examined in detail. Firstly, for scalar particle, two pairs of linearly independent solutions are specified explicitly: running and standing waves. A known algorithm for calculation of the reflection coefficient R_ej{R_{\epsilon j}} on the background of the de Sitter space–time model is analyzed. It is shown that the determination of R_ej{R_{\epsilon j}} requires an additional constrain on quantum numbers er/ (^h/_2p) c >> j{\epsilon \rho / \hbar c \gg j}, where ρ is a curvature radius. When taken into account of this condition, the R_ej{R_{\epsilon j}} vanishes identically. It is claimed that the calculation of the reflection coefficient R_ej{R_{\epsilon j}} is not required at all because there is no barrier in an effective potential curve on the background of the de Sitter space–time. The same conclusion holds for arbitrary particles with higher spins, it is demonstrated explicitly with the help of exact solutions for electromagnetic and Dirac fields.     

Solvability “in the small” of a nonstationary flow problem for an ideal incompressible fluid,I

For the system of Euler equations and the incompressibility equation one considers the following initial-boundary value problem: the field of velocities is prescribed at the initial moment and for all to one gives the following boundary conditions: on the entire boundary of the normal component of the velocity is prescribed and on that part S₁ of the boundary of where inflow occurs one prescribes the value of the velocity =rot |S₂, whose components satisfy a certain necessary equality, derived in the paper. For such a problem one proves its unique solvability on a small interval of time.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova Akad. Nauk SSSR, Vol. 96, pp. 39–56, 1980.     

Existence of solutions for a critical fractional Kirchhoff type problem in ℝ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis></Superscript>

This paper concerns with the existence of solutions for the following fractional Kirchhoff problem with critical nonlinearity:

$${\left( {\int {\int {_{{\mathbb{R}^{2N}}}\frac{{{{\left| {u\left( x \right) - u\left( y \right)} \right|}^2}}}{{{{\left| {x - y} \right|}^{N + 2s}}}}dxdy} } } \right)^{\theta - 1}}{\left( { - \Delta } \right)^s}u = \lambda h\left( x \right){u^{p - 1}} + {u^{2_s^* - 1}} in {\mathbb{R}^N},$$

where (?Δ) ^s is the fractional Laplacian operator with 0 < s < 1, 2 _s * = 2N/(N ? 2s), N > 2s, p ∈ (1, 2 _s *), θ ∈ [1, 2 _s */2), h is a nonnegative function and λ a real positive parameter. Using the Ekeland variational principle and the mountain pass theorem, we obtain the existence and multiplicity of solutions for the above problem for suitable parameter λ > 0. Furthermore, under some appropriate assumptions, our result can be extended to the setting of a class of nonlocal integro-differential equations. The remarkable feature of this paper is the fact that the coefficient of fractional Laplace operator could be zero at zero, which implies that the above Kirchhoff problem is degenerate. Hence our results are new even in the Laplacian case.

     

On exact estimates of the convergence rate of fourier series for functions of one variable in the space <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis> <Subscript>2</Subscript>[–π, π]

The work is devoted to exact estimates of the convergence rate of Fourier series in the trigonometric system in the space of square summable 2π-periodic functions with the Euclidean norm on certain classes of functions characterized by the generalized modulus of continuity. Some N-widths of these classes are calculated, and the residual term of one quadrature formula over equally spaced nodes for a definite integral connected with the issues under consideration is found.     

Boundary stabilization of elastodynamic systems,part I: Rellich-type relations for a problem in elasticity involving singularities

For the Lamé’s system, mixed boundary conditions generate singularities in the solution, mainly when the boundary of the domain is connected. We here prove Rellich relations involving these singularities.     

Platonic polyhedra,topological constraints and periodic solutions of the classical <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-body problem

We prove the existence of a number of smooth periodic motions u _∗ of the classical Newtonian N-body problem which, up to a relabeling of the N particles, are invariant under the rotation group R\mathcal{R} of one of the five Platonic polyhedra. The number N coincides with the order |R||\mathcal{R}| of R\mathcal{R} and the particles have all the same mass. Our approach is variational and u _∗ is a minimizer of the Lagrangian action A\mathcal{A} on a suitable subset K\mathcal{K} of the H ¹ T-periodic maps u:ℝ→ℝ^3N . The set K{\mathcal {K}} is a cone and is determined by imposing on u both topological and symmetry constraints which are defined in terms of the rotation group R\mathcal{R}. There exist infinitely many such cones K{\mathcal {K}}, all with the property that A|_K{\mathcal {A}}|_{{\mathcal {K}}} is coercive. For a certain number of them, using level estimates and local deformations, we show that minimizers are free of collisions and therefore classical solutions of the N-body problem with a rich geometric–kinematic structure.     

On the Existence of Weak Solutions for a Degenerate and Singular Elliptic System in ℝ<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis></Superscript>

This paper deals with the existence of weak solutions to a class of degenerate and singular elliptic systems in ℝ ^N , N ≧2 of the form