Real analytic solutions of parabolic equations with time-measurable coefficients

We use Bernstein's technique to show that for any fixed , strong solutions of the uniformly parabolic equation in are real analytic in . Here, is a bounded domain and the coefficients are measurable. We also use Bernstein's technique to obtain interior estimates for pure second derivatives of solutions of the fully nonlinear, uniformly parabolic, concave equation in , where is measurable in .

     

On the regularity of solutions to fully nonlinear elliptic equations via the Liouville property

We show that any solution to the uniformly elliptic equation must belong to , if the equation has the Liouville property.

     

The linear heat equation with highly oscillating potential

In this paper we consider the following initial value problem:

where and . Nonexistence of positive solutions is analyzed.

     

Integration by parts formulas involving generalized Fourier-Feynman transforms on function space

In an upcoming paper, Chang and Skoug used a generalized Brownian motion process to define a generalized analytic Feynman integral and a generalized analytic Fourier-Feynman transform. In this paper we establish several integration by parts formulas involving generalized Feynman integrals, generalized Fourier-Feynman transforms, and the first variation of functionals of the form where denotes the Paley-Wiener-Zygmund stochastic integral .

     

Asymptotics of solutions to the periodic problem for the nonlinear damped wave equation

We study large time asymptotic behavior of solutions to the periodic problem for the nonlinear damped wave equation

Uniqueness of solution to a free boundary problem from combustion

We investigate the uniqueness and agreement between different kinds of solutions for a free boundary problem in heat propagation that in classical terms is formulated as follows: to find a continuous function defined in a domain and such that

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We also assume that the interior boundary of the positivity set, \nobreak 0\}$">, so-called free boundary, is a regular hypersurface on which the following conditions are satisfied:

Here denotes outward unit spatial normal to the free boundary. In addition, initial data are specified, as well as either Dirichlet or Neumann data on the parabolic boundary of . This problem arises in combustion theory as a limit situation in the propagation of premixed flames (high activation energy limit).

The problem admits classical solutions only for good data and for small times. Several generalized concepts of solution have been proposed, among them the concepts of limit solution and viscosity solution. We investigate conditions under which the three concepts agree and produce a unique solution.

     

Solutions of fully nonlinear elliptic equations with patches of zero gradient: Existence, regularity and convexity of level curves

In this paper, we first construct ``viscosity' solutions (in the Crandall-Lions sense) of fully nonlinear elliptic equations of the form

In fact, viscosity solutions are surprisingly weak. Since candidates for solutions are just continuous, we only require that the ``test' polynomials (those tangent from above or below to the graph of at a point ) satisfy the correct inequality only if . That is, we simply disregard those test polynomials for which .

Nevertheless, this is enough, by an appropriate use of the Alexandroff-Bakelman technique, to prove existence, regularity and, in two dimensions, for , (0$">) and constant boundary conditions on a convex domain, to prove that there is only one convex patch.

     

A combinatorial property of cardinals

(GCH) For every cardinal there exists such that for every , there are such that .

     

Large time behavior of small solutions to subcritical derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equations

We consider the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equations

where the coefficient satisfies the time growth condition

is a sufficiently small constant and the nonlinear interaction term consists of cubic nonlinearities of derivative type

where and . We suppose that the initial data satifsfy the exponential decay conditions. Then we prove the sharp decay estimate , for all , where . Furthermore we show that for there exist the usual scattering states, when and the modified scattering states, when

     

Hölder estimates of solutions to a degenerate diffusion equation

This paper is concerned with the Hölder estimates of weak solutions of the Cauchy problem for the general degenerate parabolic equations

with the initial data , where the diffusion function can be a constant on a nonzero measure set, such as the equations of two-phase Stefan type. Some explicit Hölder exponents of the composition function with respect to the space variables are obtained by using the maximum principle.

     

A problem of prescribing Gaussian curvature on

A class of functions and the corresponding solutions of

are obtained as a special case of the solutions of

where is defined as .

     

Almost automorphic solutions of semilinear evolution equations

We are concerned with the semilinear differential equation in a Banach space ,

where generates an exponentially stable -semigroup and is a function of the form . Under appropriate conditions on and , and using the Schauder fixed point theorem, we prove the existence of an almost automorphic mild solution to the above equation.

     

Nontrivial Solution for a Kirchhoff Type Problem with Zero Mass

Consider the Kirchhoff type equation \begin{equation}\label{eq0.1}-\left(a+b\int_{\mathbb{R}^{N}}|\nabla u|^{2}\,dx\right) \Delta u=\left(\frac{1}{|x|^\mu}*F(u)\right)f(u)\ \ \mbox{in}\ \mathbb{R}^N, \ \ u\in D^{1,2}(\mathbb{R}^N), ~~~~~~(0.1)\end{equation}where $a>0$, $b\geq0$, $0<\mu<\min\{N, 4\}$ with $N\geq 3$, $f: \mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function and $F(u)=\int_0^u f(t)\,dt$. Under some general assumptions on $f$, we establish the existence of a nontrivial spherically symmetric solution for problem (0.1). The proof is mainly based on mountain pass approach and a scaling technique introduced by Jeanjean.     

A global approach to fully nonlinear parabolic problems

We consider the general initial-boundary value problem

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where is a bounded open set in with sufficiently smooth boundary.  The problem (1)-(3) is first reduced to the analogous problem in the space with zero initial condition and

The resulting problem is then reduced to the problem where the operator satisfies Condition  This reduction is based on a priori estimates which are developed herein for linear parabolic operators with coefficients in Sobolev spaces.  The local and global solvability of the operator equation are achieved via topological methods developed by I. V. Skrypnik. Further applications are also given involving relevant coercive problems, as well as Galerkin approximations.

     

Exact multiplicity result for the perturbed scalar curvature problem in

Let denote the closure of in the norm Let and define the constants and Let We consider the following problem for

We show an exact multiplicity result for for all small .

     

Strongly indefinite functionals and multiple solutions of elliptic systems

We study existence and multiplicity of solutions of the elliptic system

where , is a smooth bounded domain and . We assume that the nonlinear term

where , , and . So some supercritical systems are included. Nontrivial solutions are obtained. When is even in , we show that the system possesses a sequence of solutions associated with a sequence of positive energies (resp. negative energies) going toward infinity (resp. zero) if 2$"> (resp. ). All results are proved using variational methods. Some new critical point theorems for strongly indefinite functionals are proved.

     

A Nonhomogeneous Boundary Value Problem for the Boussinesq Equation on a Bounded Domain

In this paper, we study the well-posedness of an initial-boundary-value problem (IBVP) for the Boussinesq equation on a bounded domain,\begin{cases} &u_{tt}-u_{xx}+(u^2)_{xx}+u_{xxxx}=0,\quad x\in (0,1), \;\;t>0,\\ &u(x,0)=\varphi(x),\;\;\; u_t(x,0)=ψ(x),\\ &u(0,t)=h_1(t),\;\;\;u(1,t)=h_2(t),\;\;\;u_{xx}(0,t)=h_3(t),\;\;\;u_{xx}(1,t)=h_4(t).\\ \end{cases} It is shown that the IBVP is locally well-posed in the space $H^s (0,1)$ for any $s\geq 0$ with the initial data $\varphi,$ $\psi$ lie in $H^s(0,1)$ and $ H^{s-2}(0,1)$, respectively, and the naturally compatible boundary data $h_1,$ $h_2$ in the space $H_{loc}^{(s+1)/2}(\mathbb{R}^+)$, and $h_3 $, $h_4$ in the the space of $H_{loc}^{(s-1)/2}(\mathbb{R}^+)$ with optimal regularity.     

-estimates for the linearized Monge-Ampère equation

Let be a strictly convex domain and let be a convex function such that    det in . The linearized Monge-Ampère equation is

where det is the matrix of cofactors of . We prove that there exist and depending only on , and such that

for all solutions to the equation .

     

Full signature invariants for

Let be a number field closed under complex conjugation. Denote by the Witt group of hermitian forms over . We find full invariants for detecting non-zero elements in . This group plays an important role in topology in the work done by Casson and Gordon.

     

Asymptotics for the heat equation in the exterior of a shrinking compact set in the plane via Brownian hitting times

Let and let be a continuous, nonincreasing function on satisfying . Consider the heat equation in the exterior of a time-dependent shrinking disk in the plane:

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If there exist constants and a constant 0$"> such that , for sufficiently large , then . The same result is also shown to hold when is replaced by , where . Also, a discrepancy is noted between the asymptotics for the above forward heat equation and the corresponding backward one. The method used is probabilistic.