Cascading Multilevel Finite-Element Analysis for Local and Nonlocal Parabolic Problems

In this article, several cascading multilevel finite-element algorithms are considered to discretize nonlinear parabolic problems, of which the nonlinearity has either local or nonlocal form. Algorithm I solves only a stationary linear system of equations at each level of P1 finite element spaces, while Algorithm II works on the coupling of a stationary linear system of equations with a linear parabolic equation. The convergence orders of Algorithms I and II are both O(h _J ) in the energy norm; in Algorithm I the estimation depends on the number of grids, while Algorithm II does not. Algorithm III is based on Picard linearization techniques and Algorithm IV on Newton iteration. Both algorithms have convergence order—O(h _J ).     

An Explicit Solution of a Parabolic Equation with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions

We consider a parabolic differential equation with nonlocal boundary conditions. We find an explicit solution of the problem and prove the uniqueness of the solution. Analysis of the explicit solution reveals that it has three physically different linear components. The first component is of standing wave type, and the other two are of right- and left-going wave types, respectively. The speed of propagation of the heat waves depends on constants present in nonlocal boundary conditions. We give examples of right-going heat waves that have constant energy. This work was partially supported by Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation grant No. C-07/2003. Printed in Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 315–332, July–September, 2005.     

Results on Nonlocal Boundary Value Problems

In this article, we provide a variational theory for nonlocal problems where nonlocality arises due to the interaction in a given horizon. With this theory, we prove well-posedness results for the weak formulation of nonlocal boundary value problems with Dirichlet, Neumann, and mixed boundary conditions for a class of kernel functions. The motivating application for nonlocal boundary value problems is the scalar stationary peridynamics equation of motion. The well-posedness results support practical kernel functions used in the peridynamics setting.

We also prove a spectral equivalence estimate which leads to a mesh size independent upper bound for the condition number of an underlying discretized operator. This is a fundamental conditioning result that would guide preconditioner construction for nonlocal problems. The estimate is a consequence of a nonlocal Poincaré-type inequality that reveals a horizon size quantification. We provide an example that establishes the sharpness of the upper bound in the spectral equivalence.     

On the $L_\infty$ Convergence and the Extrapolation Method of a Difference Scheme for Nonlocal Parabolic Equation with Natural Boundary Conditions

In paper [4] (J. Comput. Appl. Math.,76 (1996), 137-146), a difference scheme for a class of nonlocal parabolic equations with natural boundary conditions was derived by the method of reduction of order and the unique solvability and second order convergence in $L_2$-norm are proved. In this paper, we prove that the scheme is second order convergent in $L_\infty$ norm and then obtain fourth order accuracy approximation in $L_\infty$ norm by extrapolation method. At last, one numerical example is presented.     

非局部初边值条件下的抛物型偏微分方程

本文讨论在非局部初边值条件下的抛物型偏微分方程,在更为宽松的边界假设条件下讨论所构造的迭代序列的收敛速度问题.并且对非局部初值条件为离散形式的情况做了相应的讨论.     

具有非局部源与加权非局部边界条件的拟线性抛物方程组

In this paper, we investigate the blow-up properties of a quasilinear reaction-diffusion system with nonlocal nonlinear sources and weighted nonlocal Dirichlet boundary conditions. The critical exponent is determined under various situations of the weight functions. It is observed that the boundary weight functions play an important role in determining the blow-up conditions. In addition, the blow-up rate estimate of non-global solutions for a class of weight functions is also obtained, which is found to be independent of nonlinear diffusion parameters m and n.     

Convergence of the Swartztrauber-Sweet Method for Parabolic Problems on a Disk with Singularities

In this article, we study the convergence analysis for the initial and boundary value problem of parabolic equations on a disk with singular solutions. It is assumed that the exact solution performs singular properties that its derivatives go to infinity at the boundary of the disk. We propose a fully implicit time-stepping numerical scheme. A stretching polynomial-like function with a parameter is used to construct a local grid refinement. Over the nonuniform partition, we combine the Swartztrauber-Sweet scheme and the backward Euler method in spatial and temporal discretization, respectively. We carry out convergence analysis and analyze the effects of the parameter. It is shown that our numerical scheme is of first order accuracy for temporal discretization and of almost second order accuracy for spatial discretization. Numerical experiments are performed to illustrate our analysis results and show that there exists an optimal value for the parameter to obtain a best approximate solution.     

可化约拟线性双曲组带一类非局部边界条件的精确边界能控性

先证明了一类非线性积分方程解的存在唯一性,利用此结果,建立了可化约拟线性双曲组带一类非局部边界条件的单侧精确边界能控性.     

A Problem with Nonlocal Boundary Conditions for a Quasilinear Parabolic Equation

The solvability of the nonlocal boundary value problem

带谱参数边界条件的四阶边值问题的矩阵表示

研究了一类具有有限谱的带有谱参数边界条件的四阶微分方程边值问题及其矩阵表示,证明了对任意正整数m,所考虑的问题至多有2m+6个特征值,进一步给出这类带有谱参数边条件的四阶边值问题与一类矩阵特征值问题之间在具有相同特征值的意义下是等价的.     

一类具非局部源抛物型方程组解的一致爆破性质

考虑带有齐次Dirichlet边界条件,具非局部源项的半线性抛物型方程组正解的爆破性质,首先给出了该问题的解在有限时刻爆破的充分条件,以及解的两个分量同时爆破的必要条件,并建立了解的一致爆破模式.     

Heat Kernel Estimates for Operators with Boundary Conditions

We prove Gaussian upper bounds for kernels associated with non – symmetric, non – autonomous second order parabolic operators of divergence form subject to various boundary conditions. The growth of the kernel in time is determined by theboundary conditions and the geometric properties of the domain. The theory gives a unified treatment for Dirichlet, Neumann and Robin boundary conditions, and the existence of a Gaussian type bound is essentially reduced to verifying some properties of the Hilbert space in the weak formulation of the problem.     

带转移条件的四阶微分方程边值问题的特征值的依赖性

研究带转移条件的四阶微分方程边值问题的特征值对边界条件及转移条件的连续依赖性和可微依赖性,并给出了特征值关于这些参数所满足的微分表达式.     

具有非局部边界的奇异摄动问题的数值解

研究了具有非局部边界的奇异摄动问题。对于正的小摄动参数，其解显示出边界层特性。为了求解该问题，构造了非等距网格上的指数型有限差分。还给出了小参数时的一致收敛性分析，同时给出了一个数值例子。     

带非线性边界条件的非线性抛物型方程组

本文讨论带非线性边界条件的抛物型方程组ｕｔ＝Δｕｍ，ｖｔ＝Δｖｍ，ｘ∈Ω，ｔ＞０，ｕｎ＝ｖｐ，ｖｎ＝ｕｑ，ｘ∈Ω，ｔ＞０，ｕ（ｘ，０）＝ｕ０（ｘ）δ＞０，ｖ（ｘ，０）＝ｖ０（ｘ）δ＞０，ｘ∈Ω（Ｉ）解的整体存在性和在有限时刻爆破问题．其中ｍ，ｐ，ｑ＞０，ΩＩＲＮ是有界光滑区域，δ＞０可以充分小．     

具有非局部边界条件的奇摄动反应扩散问题

本文研究了一类具有非局部边界条件的奇摄动反应扩散初始边值问题．在适当的条件下，利用比较定理讨论了问题解的渐近性态．     

一类带非局部反应项的抛物方程组全局解的一致有界性

本文研究一类带非局部反应项的抛物方程组全局解的一致有界性,证明了该类方程组全局解关于时间和空间变量都是有界的.     

Boundary Value Problems with Compatible Boundary Conditions

If Y is a subset of the space ℝⁿ × ℝⁿ, we call a pair of continuous functions U, V Y-compatible, if they map the space ℝⁿ into itself and satisfy Ux · Vy ≥ 0, for all (x, y) ∈ Y with x · y ≥ 0. (Dot denotes inner product.) In this paper a nonlinear two point boundary value problem for a second order ordinary differential n-dimensional system is investigated, provided the boundary conditions are given via a pair of compatible mappings. By using a truncation of the initial equation and restrictions of its domain, Brouwer's fixed point theorem is applied to the composition of the consequent mapping with some projections and a one-parameter family of fixed points P _δ is obtained. Then passing to the limits as δ tends to zero the so-obtained accumulation points are solutions of the problem.