Conditions of nontrivial solvability of the homogeneous Dirichlet problem for equations of any even order in the case of multiple characteristics without slope angles

We consider the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in the unit disk K ⊂ R ² for a general typeless differential equation of any even order 2m, m ≥ 2, with constant complex coefficients whose characteristic equation has multiple roots ± i. For each value of multiplicity of the roots i and – i, we either formulate criteria of the nontrivial solvability of the problem or prove that the analyzed problem possesses solely the trivial solution. A similar result generalizes the well-known Bitsadze examples to the case of typeless equations of any even order.     

Solvability of the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in a disk for equations of order 2<Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis> in the case of multiple characteristics with inclination angles

We obtain a criterion of nontrivial solvability of the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in a unit disk K for a general equation of even order 2m, m > 2 , with constant complex coefficients and a homogeneous degenerate symbol. The dependence between the multiplicity of roots of the characteristic equation and the existence of a nontrivial solution of the problem from the space in the case where the roots are not equal to ± _i is established. Translated from Matematychni Metody ta Fizyko-Mekhanichni Polya, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 33–41, January–March, 2008.     

On the breakdown of the uniqueness of a solution of the Dirichlet problem for typeless differential equations of arbitrary even order in a disk

The nontrivial solvability of the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in a unit disk $ K\subset {{\mathbb{R}}^2} $ in positive Sobolev spaces is studied for a typeless differential equation of arbitrary even order 2m, m ≥ 2, with constant complex-valued coefficients and homogeneous symbol. The detailed proofs of the criteria of nontrivial solvability of the problem are given in various cases that form a complete picture. The example considered by A. V. Bitsadze is generalized for the equations of arbitrary even order 2m, m ≥ 2.     

Solvability of inhomogeneous boundary-value problems for fourth-order differential equations

We consider a Cauchy-type boundary-value problem, a problem with three boundary conditions, and the Dirichlet problem for a general typeless fourth-order differential equation with constant complex coefficients and nonzero right-hand side in a bounded domain Ω ⊂ R ² with smooth boundary. By the method of the Green formula, the theory of extensions of differential operators, and the theory of L-traces (i.e., traces associated with the differential operation L), we establish necessary and sufficient (for elliptic operators) conditions of the solvability of each of these problems in the space H ^m (Ω), m ≥ 4.     

Expansions of Dirichlet to Neumann operators under perturbations

We obtain an asymptotic expansion of the Dirichlet to Neumann operator (DNO) for the Dirichlet problem on perturbations of the unit disk. We write our result in terms of pseudodifferential operators which themselves have expansions in the perturbation parameter. For a given power of the perturbation parameter, m > 0, and a given order, n < 0, we give an algorithm which allows for the expansion of the symbol of the DNO up to mth power in the perturbation parameter, with error terms belonging to symbols of order n.     

Solvability of elliptic systems with square integrable boundary data

We consider second order elliptic divergence form systems with complex measurable coefficients A that are independent of the transversal coordinate, and prove that the set of A for which the boundary value problem with L ₂ Dirichlet or Neumann data is well posed, is an open set. Furthermore we prove that these boundary value problems are well posed when A is either Hermitean, block or constant. Our methods apply to more general systems of partial differential equations and as an example we prove perturbation results for boundary value problems for differential forms.     

Weyl group multiple Dirichlet series II: The stable case

To each reduced root system Φ of rank r, and each sufficiently large integer n, we define a family of multiple Dirichlet series in r complex variables, whose group of functional equations is isomorphic to the Weyl group of Φ. The coefficients in these Dirichlet series exhibit a multiplicativity that reduces the specification of the coefficients to those that are powers of a single prime p. For each p, the number of nonzero such coefficients is equal to the order of the Weyl group, and each nonzero coefficient is a product of n-th order Gauss sums. The root system plays a basic role in the combinatorics underlying the proof of the functional equations.     

Boundary-value problems for an elliptic equation with complex coefficients and a certain moment problem

Elliptic systems of two second-order equations, which can be written as a single equation with complex coefficients and a homogeneous operator, are studied. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the connection of traces of a solution are obtained for an arbitrary bounded domain with a smooth boundary. These conditions are formulated in the form of a certain moment problem on the boundary of a domain; they are applied to the study of boundary-value problems. In particular, it is shown that the Dirichlet problem and the Neumann problem are solvable only together. In the case where the domain is a disk, the indicated moment problem is solved together with the Dirichlet problem and the Neumann problem. The third boundary-value problem in a disk is also investigated.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 11, pp. 1476–1483, November, 1993.     

A Local Expansion Theorem for the Löwner Equation

If W(z) is a power series with complex coefficients which represents an injective function bounded by one in the unit disk and which vanishes at the origin then a Grunsky space $\mathcal{G}(W)$ exists. It is contained contractively in the Dirichlet space for the unit disk. In this paper an admissible family of weighted Dirichlet spaces is used as in the proof of Bieberbach conjecture to construct a Local Grunsky space. An expansion theorem is presented for such a Local Grunsky space. The proof relies on the reproducing kernel function for coefficients of powers of z and Löwner differential equation.     

Uniform approximation by polynomial solutions of second-order elliptic equations, and the corresponding Dirichlet problem

Conditions for the uniform approximability of functions by polynomial solutions of second-order elliptic equations with constant complex coefficients on compact sets of special form in ?² are studied. The results obtained are of analytic character. Conditions of solvability and uniqueness for the corresponding Dirichlet problem are also studied. It is proved that the polynomial approximability on the boundary of a domain is not generally equivalent to the solvability of the corresponding Dirichlet problem.     

On energy estimates for second order hyperbolic equations with Levi conditions for higher order regularity

We consider energy estimates for second order homogeneous hyperbolic equations with time dependent coefficients. The property of energy conservation, which holds in the case of constant coefficients, does not hold in general for variable coefficients; in fact, the energy can be unbounded as t → ∞ in this case. The conditions to the coefficients for the generalized energy conservation (GEC), which is an equivalence of the energy uniformly with respect to time, has been studied precisely for wave type equations, that is, only the propagation speed is variable. However, it is not true that the same conditions to the coefficients conclude (GEC) for general homogeneous hyperbolic equations. The main purpose of this paper is to give additional conditions to the coefficients which provide (GEC); they will be called as C ^k -type Levi conditions due to the essentially same meaning of usual Levi condition for the well-posedness of weakly hyperbolic equations.     

Time periodic solutions of porous medium equation

In this article, we study the time periodic solutions to the following porous medium equation under the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition: The existence of nontrivial nonnegative solution is established provided that 0≤α<m. The existence is also proved in the case α=m but with an additional assumption $\mathop{\min}\nolimits_{\overline{\Omega}\times[0,T]}a(x,t){>}{\lambda}_1In this article, we study the time periodic solutions to the following porous medium equation under the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition: The existence of nontrivial nonnegative solution is established provided that 0≤α<m. The existence is also proved in the case α=m but with an additional assumption $\mathop{\min}\nolimits_{\overline{\Omega}\times[0,T]}a(x,t){>}{\lambda}_1$, where λ₁ is the first eigenvalue of the operator ?Δ under the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition. We also show that the support of these solutions is independent of time by providing a priori estimates for their upper bounds using Moser iteration. Further, we establish the attractivity of maximal periodic solution using the monotonicity method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analysis of the behavior of a weak solution to <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-Hessian equations near the boundary of a domain

We consider the Dirichlet problem for the m-Hessian equations F _m [u] = f in a domain Ω and analyze the behavior of approximate solutions at the boundary of Ω. We show that the growth rate for weak solutions towards to the boundary locally depends on the summability exponent of f or on the fact whether f belongs to a certain Morrey type space near the boundary. The result obtained can be used for estimating the H?lder constant for weak solutions in the closed domain. Bibliography: 11 titles.     

A family of fourth-order parallel splitting methods for parabolic partial differential equations

A family of numerical methods which are L-stable, fourth-order accurate in space and time, and do not require the use of complex arithmetic is developed for solving second-order linear parabolic partial differential equations. In these methods, second-order spatial dderivatives are approximated by fourth-order finite-difference approximations, and the matrix exponential function is approximated by a rational approximation consisting of three parameters. Parallel algorithms are developed and tested on the one-dimensional head equation, with constant coefficients, subject to homogeneous and time-dependent boundary conditions. These methods are also extended to two- and three-dimensional heat equations, with constant coefficients, subject to homogeneous boundary conditions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 13 : 357–373, 1997     

On the decay of solutions for a class of quasilinear hyperbolic equations with non‐linear damping and source terms

In this paper, we consider the non‐linear wave equation a,b>0, associated with initial and Dirichlet boundary conditions. Under suitable conditions on α, m, and p, we give precise decay rates for the solution. In particular, we show that for m=0, the decay is exponential. This work improves the result by Yang (Math. Meth. Appl. Sci. 2002; 25 :795–814). Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Galerkin methods for nonlinear Sobolev equations

Summary We study Galerkin approximations to the solution of nonlinear Sobolev equations with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition in two spatial dimensions and derive optimalL ² error estimates for the continuous Crank — Nicolson and Extrapolated Crank — Nicolson approximations.     

On coefficients of polynomials over finite fields

In this paper we study the relation between coefficients of a polynomial over finite field Fq and the moved elements by the mapping that induces the polynomial. The relation is established by a special system of linear equations. Using this relation we give the lower bound on the number of nonzero coefficients of polynomial that depends on the number m of moved elements. Moreover we show that there exist permutation polynomials of special form that achieve this bound when m|q−1. In the other direction, we show that if the number of moved elements is small then there is an recurrence relation among these coefficients. Using these recurrence relations, we improve the lower bound of nonzero coefficients when m?q−1 and . As a byproduct, we show that the moved elements must satisfy certain polynomial equations if the mapping induces a polynomial such that there are only two nonzero coefficients out of 2m consecutive coefficients. Finally we provide an algorithm to compute the coefficients of the polynomial induced by a given mapping with O(q3/2) operations.     

Lemma about increase of approximate solutions to the Dirichlet problem for <Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>-Hessian equations

We prove an assertion about the increase of a solution, weak in the sense of Trudinger, to the Dirichlet problem for m-Hessian equations with the righthand side in L ^q , q > n(n + 1)/(2m). We estimate the ratio between the increment of the solution along the normal and the distance to the boundary of a domain. This assertion is also proved for some class of degenerate linear elliptic equations of second order. Bibliography: 7 titles. Translated from Problemy Matematicheskogo Analiza, No. 38, December 2008, pp. 37–46.     

On convolutions of Siegel modular forms

In this article we study a Rankin‐Selberg convolution of n complex variables for pairs of degree n Siegel cusp forms. We establish its analytic continuation to ?ⁿ, determine its functional equations and find its singular curves. Also, we introduce and get similar results for a convolution of degree n Jacobi cusp forms. Furthermore, we show how the relation of a Siegel cusp form and its Fourier‐Jacobi coefficients is reflected in a particular relation connecting the two convolutions studied in this paper. As a consequence, the Dirichlet series introduced by Kalinin [7] and Yamazaki [19] are obtained as particular cases. As another application we generalize to any degree the estimate on the size of Fourier coefficients given in [14]. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On the discretization of differential and Volterra integral equations with variable delay

In this paper we analyze the attainable order ofm-stage implicit (collocation-based) Runge-Kutta methods for differential equations and Volterra integral equations of the second kind with variable delay of the formqt (0<q<1). It will be shown that, in contrast to equations without delay, or equations with constant delay, collocation at the Gauss (-Legendre) points will no longer yield the optimal (local) orderO(h ^2m ). This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Research Grant OGP0009406).