Attractors for a class of semi-linear degenerate parabolic equations

We consider degenerate parabolic equations of the form $$\left. \begin{array}{ll}\,\,\, \partial_t u = \Delta_\lambda u + f(u) \\u|_{\partial\Omega} = 0, u|_{t=0} = u_0\end{array}\right.$$ in a bounded domain ${\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N}$ , where Δ_λ is a subelliptic operator of the type $$\quad \Delta_\lambda:= \sum_{i=1}^{N} \partial_{x_i}(\lambda_{i}^{2} \partial_{x_i}),\qquad \lambda = (\lambda_1,\ldots, \lambda_N).$$ We prove global existence of solutions and characterize their longtime behavior. In particular, we show the existence and finite fractal dimension of the global attractor of the generated semigroup and the convergence of solutions to an equilibrium solution when time tends to infinity.     

Time periodic solutions of nonlinear wave equations

Existence and regularity of solutions of $$(1)u_{tt} - u_{xx} = \varepsilon K(x,t,u,u_t )0< x< \pi ,0 \leqslant t \leqslant 2\pi $$ together with the periodicity and boundary conditions $$(2)u(x,t + 2\pi ) = u(x,t),u(0,t) = 0 = u(\pi ,t)$$ is studied both with an without the dissipation u_t. A solution is a pair (χ, u). A main feature of interest here is an infinite dimensional biofurcation problem. Under appropriate conditions on K, global existence results are obtained by a combination of analytical and topological methods.     

Mean value theorem and a maximum principle for Kolmogorov's equation

For an equation of the form $$\begin{gathered} \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} - \sum\nolimits_{ij = 1}^n {{\text{ }}\alpha ^{ij} } \frac{{\partial ^2 u}}{{\partial x^i \partial x^j }} + \sum\nolimits_{ij = 1}^n {\beta _j^i x^i } \frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial x^i }} = 0, \hfill \\ {\text{ }}x \in R^n ,{\text{ }}t \in R^1 , \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ where α=(α^ij) is a constant nonnegative matrix andΒ=(Β _i ⁱ ) is a constant matrix, subject to certain conditions, we construct a fundamental solution, similar in its structure to the fundamental solution of the heat conduction equation; we prove a mean value theorem and show that u(x₀, t₀) can be represented in the form of the mean value of u(x, t) with a nonnegative density over a level surface of the fundamental solution of the adjoint equation passing through the point (x₀, t₀); finally, we prove a parabolic maximum principle.     

Solvability of the Dirichlet problem for degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations

In a bounded domain of the n -dimensional (n?2) space one considers a class of degenerate quasilinear elliptic equations, whose model is the equation $$\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\frac{{\partial F}}{{\partial x_i }}} (a^{\ell _i } (u)\left| {u_{x_i } } \right|^{m_i - 2} u_{x_i } ) = f(x),$$ where x =(x₁,..., x_r), l_i?0, m_i>1, the function f is summable with some power, the nonnegative continuous function a(u) vanishes at a finite number of points and satisfies \(\frac{{lim}}{{\left| u \right| \to \infty }}a(u) > 0\) . One proves the existence of bounded generalized solutions with a finite integral $$\int\limits_\Omega {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {a^{\ell _i } (u)\left| {u_{x_i } } \right|^{m_i } dx} }$$ of the Dirichlet problem with zero boundary conditions.     

Global existence of small radially symmetric solutions to quadratic nonlinear wave equations in an exterior domain

We study the initial boundary value problem for the nonlinear wave equation: (*) $$\left\{ \begin{gathered} \partial _t^2 u - (\partial _r^2 + \frac{{n - 1}}{r}\partial _r )u = F(\partial _t u,\partial _t^2 u),t \in \mathbb{R}^ + ,R< r< \infty , \hfill \\ u(0,r) = \in _0 u_0 (r),\partial _t u(0,r) = \in _0 u_1 (r),R< r< \infty , \hfill \\ u(t,R) = 0,t \in \mathbb{R}^ + , \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right.$$ wheren=4,5,u ₀,u ₁ are real valued functions and ∈₀ is a sufficiently small positive constant. In this paper we shall show small solutions to (*) exist globally in time under the condition that the nonlinear termF:?²→? is quadratic with respect to ? _t u and ? _t ² u.     

The integral representation of the exponential product of stochastic semigroups

An integral representation is obtained for the exponential product of stochastic semigroups $$X_s^t \otimes Z_s^t = X_s^t + \mathop \smallint \limits_{s< u< t} X_u^t dV_u X_s^u + \mathop {\smallint \smallint }\limits_{s< u_1< u_2< t} X_{u_2 }^t dV_{u_2 } X_{u_1 }^{u_2 } dV_{u_1 } X_s^{u_1 } + \cdots ,$$ whereV _t is the generating process of the semigroupZ _s ^t and the integrals are understood in the sense of mean-square limits of the Riemann-Stieltjes sums. This representation is different from the traditional representation $$X_s^t \otimes Z_s^t = E + \mathop \smallint \limits_{s< u< t} dW_u + \mathop {\smallint \smallint }\limits_{s< u_1< u_2< t} dW_{u_2 } dW_{u_1 } + \cdots ,$$ in which the integration extends over the processW _t=Y_t+V_t that is the generating process of the exponential productX _s ^t ?Z _s ^t andY _t is the generator of the semigroupX _s ^t .     

Compactness of support of solutions to nonlinear second-order elliptic and parabolic equations in a half-cylinder

We study equations of the form $$\begin{gathered} u_{tt} + Lu + b(x,t)u_t = a(x,t)\left| u \right|^{\sigma - 1} u, \hfill \\ - u_t + Lu = a(x,t)\left| u \right|^{\sigma - 1} u \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ , whereL is a uniformly elliptic operator and 0<σ<1. In the half-cylinder II_0,∞={(x, t):x= (x ₁,...,x _n )∈ ω,t>0}, where ? ? ? _n is a bounded domain, we consider solutions satisfying the homogeneous Neumann condition forx∈?ω andt>0. We find conditions under which these solutions have compact support and prove statements of the following type: ifu(x, t)=o(t ^γ) ast→∞, then there exists aT such thatu(x, t)≡0 fort>T. In this case γ depends on the coefficients of the equation and on the exponent σ.     

Nonlocal problem for a parabolic-hyperbolic equation in a rectangular domain

For an equation of mixed type, namely, $$ \left( {1 - \operatorname{sgn} t} \right)u_{tt} + \left( {1 - \operatorname{sgn} t} \right)u_t - 2u_{xx} = 0 $$ in the domain {(x, t) | 0 < x < 1, ?α < t < β}, where α, β are given positive real numbers, we study the problem with boundary conditions $$ u\left( {0,t} \right) = u\left( {1,t} \right) = 0, - \alpha \leqslant t \leqslant \beta , u\left( {x, - \alpha } \right) - u\left( {x,\beta } \right) = \phi \left( x \right), 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1. $$ . We establish a uniqueness criterion for the solution constructed as the sum of Fourier series. We establish the stability of the solution with respect to its nonlocal condition φ(x).     

Regularity up to the boundary for generalized solutions to the first boundary-value problem for doubly degenerate quasilinear parabolic equations

For quasilinear doubly degenerate parabolic equations it has been possible to establish the existence of nonnegative generalized solutions to the first boundary-value problem that are Hölder continuous up to the boundary of the cylinder Q_T=Ωx(0, T]. A typical example of an admissible equation is the equation of Newtonian polytropic filtration $$\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} - \frac{\partial }{{\partial x_i }}\left\{ {a_0 \left| u \right|^l \left| {u_x } \right|^{m - 2} u_{x_i } } \right\} = 0, a_0 > 0,l > 0,m > 2.$$ .     

GLOBAL EXISTENCE OF THE SOLUTION OF NONLINEAR SCHRDINGER EQUATIONS IN EXTERIOR DOMAINS

In this paper,we discuss the problem for the nonlinear Schr(?)dinger equation(?)where Ω is the exterior domain of a compact set in B~n,a_j(u)=O(|u|),b_j(u)=O(|u|)(1≤j≤n),c(u)=O(|u|~2)near u=0.If n≥5,some Sobolev norm of u_0(x)is sufficiently small,under suitableassumptions on smoothnessand and compatibility and the shape of Ω,we get that the problem has aunique global solution u(t,x),with the decay estimate‖u(t,·)‖_(L(?)(Ω))=O(t~(-n/4)),‖u(t,·)‖_(L~4(Ω))=O(t~(-n/4)),t→+∞.     

Asymptotic behavior relative to a large parameter of the solution of the Fok-Klein-Gordon equation in the case of a discontinuous initial condition

One considers the problem of the asymptotic behavior for K→+∞ of the solution of the Cauchy problem $$u_{tt} - u_{xx} + \kappa ^2 u = 0; u|_{t = 0} = \theta (x), u_t |_{t = 0} = 0 (t > 0 - fixed)$$ Hereθ(x) is the Heaviside function. In the neighborhood of the characteristics x=±t function u(x,t)_?2 oscillates exceptionally fast (the wavelength is of order k^?2). Near the t axis the asymptotics of u(x,t) contains the Fresnel integral.     

Logarithmically Improved Regularity Conditions for the 3D Navier–Stokes Equations

In this paper, we consider two new regularity criteria for the 3D Navier–Stokes equations involving partial components of the velocity in multiplier spaces. It is proved that if the horizontal velocity ? = (u ₁,u ₂,0) satisfies $$\int_{0}^{T} \frac{\|\tilde{u}\|_{\dot{X}_{r}}^{\frac{2}{1-r}}}{1+ln(e + \|u(t,.)\|_{\infty})}{\rm d}t < \infty, \quad r \in[0, 1),$$ or the horizontal gradient field satisfies $$\int_{0}^{T}\frac{\|\nabla_{h}\tilde{u}\|_{\dot{X}_{r}}^{\frac{2}{2-r}}}{1 + ln(e + \|u(t,.)\|_{\infty})}{\rm d}t < \infty, \quad r \in[0, 1],$$ then the local strong solution remains smooth on [0, T].     

Increasing Powers in a Degenerate Parabolic Logistic Equation

The purpose of this paper is to study the asymptotic behavior of the positive solutions of the problem $$\partial _t u - \Delta u = au - b\left( x \right)u^p in \Omega \times \mathbb{R}^ + , u(0) = u_0 , \left. {u(t)} \right|_{\partial \Omega } = 0,$$ as p → + ∞, where Ω is a bounded domain, and b(x) is a nonnegative function. The authors deduce that the limiting configuration solves a parabolic obstacle problem, and afterwards fully describe its long time behavior.     

THE GLOBAL SMOOTH SOLUTIONS OF SECOND ORDER QUASILINEAR HYPERBOLIC EQUATIONS WITH DISSIPATIVE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

The paper deals with the following boundary problem of the second order quasilinear hyperbolic equation with a dissipative boundary condition on a part of the boundary:u_(tt)-sum from i,j=1 to n a_(ij)(Du)u_(x_ix_j)=0, in (0, ∞)×Ω,u|Γ_0=0,sum from i,j=1 to n, a_(ij)(Du)n_ju_x_i+b(Du)u_t|Γ_1=0,u|t=0=φ(x), u_t|t=0=ψ(x), in Ω, where Ω=Γ_0∪Γ_1, b(Du)≥b_0>0. Under some assumptions on the equation and domain, the author proves that there exists a global smooth solution for above problem with small data.     

Stability of the Faedo-Galerkin approximation of nonlinear wave-equations

Present investigation analyses the Ljapunov stability of the systems of ordinary differential equations arising in then-th step of the Faedo-Galerkin approximation for the nonlinear wave-equation $$\begin{gathered} u_{tt} - u_{xx} + M(u) = 0 \hfill \\ u(0,t) = u(1,t) = 0 \hfill \\ u(x,0) = \Phi (x); u_t (x,0) = \Psi (x). \hfill \\ \end{gathered}$$ For the nonlinearities of the classM (u)=u ^{2 p+1} ,p ∈N, ann-independent stability result is given. Thus also the stability of the original equation is shown.     

Reiterated homogenization of monotone parabolic problems

Reiterated homogenization is studied for divergence structure parabolic problems of the form . It is shown that under standard assumptions on the function a(y ₁,y ₂,t,ξ) the sequence of solutions converges weakly in to the solution u of the homogenized problem .      

Local estimates for parabolic equations with nonlinear gradient terms

In this paper we deal with local estimates for parabolic problems in ${\mathbb{R}^N}$ with absorbing first order terms, whose model is $$\left\{\begin{array}{l@{\quad}l}u_t- \Delta u +u |\nabla u|^q = f(t,x) \quad &{\rm in}\, (0,T) \times \mathbb{R}^N\,,\\u(0,x)= u_0 (x) &{\rm in}\, \mathbb{R}^N \,,\quad\end{array}\right.$$ where ${T >0 , \, N\geq 2,\, 1 < q \leq 2,\, f(t,x)\in L^1\left( 0,T; L^1_{\rm loc} \left(\mathbb{R}^N\right)\right)}$ and ${u_0\in L^1_{\rm loc}\left(\mathbb{R}^{N}\right)}$ .     

Inhomogeneous minimum of indefinite quadratic forms in five variables of type (3,2) or (2,3): A conjecture of watson

LetQ(x,y,z,t,u) be a real indefinite quadratic form in five variables of type (3,2) or (2,3) and determinantD≠0. The given any real numbersx ₀,y ₀,z ₀,t ₀,u ₀ we can find integersx,y,z,t,u, satisfying $$|Q(x + x_0 ,y + y_0 ,z + z_0 ,t + t_0 ,u + u_0 )| \leqslant (\frac{1}{4}|D|)^{{\raise0.7ex\hbox{$1$} \!\mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {1 5}}\right.\kern-\nulldelimiterspace}\!\lower0.7ex\hbox{$5$}}} .$$ All the cases when the sign of equality holds are also determined.