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[EN] In this paper, a novel technique is formed to obtain the solution of a fractional gas dynamics equation. Some reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces are defined. Reproducing kernel functions of these spaces have been found. Some numerical examples are shown to confirm the efficiency of the reproducing kernel Hilbert space method. The accurate pulchritude of the paper is arisen in its strong implementation of Caputo fractional order time derivative on the classical equations with the success of the highly accurate solutions by the series solutions. Reproducing kernel Hilbert space method is actually capable of reducing the size of the numerical work. Numerical results for different particular cases of the equations are given in the numerical section., This research was partially supported by Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades PGC2018-095896-B-C22 and Generalitat Valenciana PROMETEO/2016/089.

Let e ℓ , for ℓ = 1,2,3, be orthogonal unit vectors in R 3 and let Ω ⊂ R 3 be a bounded open set with smooth boundary ∂Ω. Denoting by x a point in Ω, the heat equation, for nonhomogeneous materials, is obtained replacing the Fourier law, given by the following: T = a(x)∂xe1 + b(x)∂ye2 + c(x)∂ze3, into the conservation of energy law, here a, b, c ∶ Ω → R are given functions. With the S-spectrum approach to fractional diffusion processes we determine, in a suitable way, the fractional powers of T. Then, roughly speaking, we replace the fractional powers of T into the conservation of energy law to obtain the fractional evolution equation. This method is important for nonhomogeneous materials where the Fourier law is not simply the negative gradient. In this paper, we determine under which conditions on the coefficients a, b, c ∶ Ω → R the fractional powers of T exist in the sense of the S-spectrum approach. More in general, this theory allows to compute the fractional powers of vector operators that arise in different fields of science and technology. This paper is devoted to researchers working in fractional diffusion and fractional evolution problems, partial differential equations, and noncommutative operator theory.

This paper is focused on following time-harmonic Maxwell equation: ∇×(μ−1(x)∇×u)−ω2e(x)u=f(x,u),inΩ,ν×u=0,on∂Ω, where Ω⊂R3 is a bounded Lipschitz domain, ν:∂Ω→R3 is the exterior normal, and ω is the frequency. The boundary condition holds when Ω is surrounded by a perfect conductor. Assuming that f is asymptotically linear as |u|→∞, we study the above equation by improving the generalized Nehari manifold method. For an anisotropic material with magnetic permeability tensor μ∈R3×3 and permittivity tensor e∈R3×3, ground state solutions are established in this paper. Applying the principle of symmetric criticality, we find 2 types of solutions with cylindrical symmetries in particular for the uniaxial material.

This paper deals with an adaptation of the Poincare-Lindstedt method for the determination of periodic orbits in three-dimensional nonlinear differential systems. We describe here a general symbolic algorithm to implement the method and apply it to compute periodic solutions in a three-dimensional Lotka-Volterra system modeling a chain food interaction. The sufficient conditions to make secular terms disappear from the approximate series solution are given in the paper.

In this paper, an iteration process is considered to solve linear ill-posed problems. Based on the randomness of the involved variables, this kind of problems is regarded as simulation problems of the posterior distribution of the unknown variable given the noise data. We construct a new ensemble Kalman filter-based method to seek the posterior target distribution. Despite the ensemble Kalman filter method having widespread applications, there has been little analysis of its theoretical properties, especially in the field of inverse problems. This paper analyzes the propagation of the error with the iteration step for the proposed algorithm. The theoretical analysis shows that the proposed algorithm is convergence. We compare the numerical effect with the Bayesian inversion approach by two numerical examples: backward heat conduction problem and the first kind of integral equation. The numerical tests show that the proposed algorithm is effective and competitive with the Bayesian method. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, our main aim is to establish some new fractional integral inequalities involving Hadamard-type k-fractional integral operators recently given by Mubeen et al. Furthermore, the paper discusses some of their relevance with known results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper addresses a study of the controllability for a class of heat equations with memory in one spacial dimension. Unlike the classical heat equation, a heat equation with memory in general is not null controllable. There always exists a set of initial values such that the property of the null controllability fails. Also, one does not know whether there are nontrivial initial values, which can be driven to zero with a boundary control. In this paper, we give a characterization of the set of such nontrivial initial values. On the other hand, if a moving control is imposed on this system with memory, we prove the null controllability of it in a suitable state space for any initial value. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, we are interested in a model derived from the 1-D Keller-Segel model on the half line x > as follows: ut−lux−uxx=−β(uvx)x,x>0,t>0,λv−vxx=u,x>0,t>0,lu(0,t)+ux(0,t)=vx(0,t)=0,t>0,u(x,0)=u0(x),x>0, where l is a constant. Under the conserved boundary condition, we study the asymptotic behavior of solutions. We prove that the problem is always globally and classically solvable when the initial data is small, and moreover, we obtain the decay rates of solutions. The paper mainly deals with the case of l > 0. In this case, the solution to the problem tends to a conserved stationary solution in an exponential decay rate, which is a very different result from the case of l

This paper applies Nevanlinna theory of value distribution to discuss existence of solutions of certain types of non-linear differential-difference equations such as (5) and (8) given in the succeeding paragraphs. Existence of solutions of differential equations and difference equations can be said to have been well studied, that of differential-difference equations, on the other hand, have been paid little attention. Such mixed type equations have great significance in applications. This paper, in particular, generalizes the Rellich–Wittich-type theorem and Malmquist-type theorem about differential equations to the case of differential-difference equations. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, applying both Lyapunov function techniques and monotone iterative techniques, we establish new sufficient conditions under which the infected equilibrium of an HIV pathogenesis model with cure rate is globally asymptotically stable. By giving an explicit expression for eventual lower bound of the concentration of susceptible CD4+ T cells, we establish an affirmative partial answer to the numerical simulations investigated in the recent paper [Liu, Wang, Hu and Ma, Global stability of an HIV pathogenesis model with cure rate, Nonlinear Analysis RWA (2011) 12: 2947–2961]. Our monotone iterative techniques are applicable for the small and large growth rate in logistic functions for the proliferation rate of healthy and infected CD4+ T cells. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper revisits and complement in different directions the classical work by W. T. Reid on symmetrizable completely continuous transformations in Hilbert spaces and a more recent paper by one of the authors. More precisely, we deal with spectral properties of % non-compact operators G on a complex Hilbert space H such that SG is self-adjoint where S is a (not necessarily injective) nonnegative operator. We study the isolated eigenvalues of G outside its essential spectral interval and provide variational characterization of them as well as stability estimates. We compare them also to spectral objects of SG. Finally, we characterize the Schechter essential spectrum of strongly symmetrizable operators in terms singular Weyl sequences; in particular, we complement J. I. Nieto's paper on the essential spectrum of symmetrizable. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, we constructed the split-step θ (SSθ)-method for stochastic age-dependent population equations. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the convergence of the SS θ-method for stochastic age-dependent population equations. It is proved that the proposed method is convergent with strong order 1/2 under given conditions. Finally, an example is simulated to verify the results obtained from the theory, and comparative analysis with Euler method is given, the results show the higher accuracy of the SS θ-method. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, a new adaption of homotopy analysis method is presented to handle nonlinear problems. The proposed approach is capable of reducing the size of calculations and easily overcome the difficulty arising in calculating complicated integrals. Furthermore, the homotopy polynomials that decompose the nonlinear term of the problem as a series of polynomials are introduced. Then, an algorithm of calculating such polynomials, which makes the solution procedure more straightforward and more effective, is constructed. Numerical examples are examined to highlight the significant features of the developed techniques. The algorithms described in this paper are expected to be further employed to solve nonlinear problems in mathematical physics. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper is concerned with the sparse representation of analytic signal in Hardy space , where is the open unit disk in the complex plane. In recent years, adaptive Fourier decomposition has attracted considerable attention in the area of signal analysis in . As a continuation of adaptive Fourier decomposition-related studies, this paper proves rapid decay properties of singular values of the dictionary. The rapid decay properties lay a foundation for applications of compressed sensing based on this dictionary. Through Hardy space decomposition, this program contributes to sparse representations of signals in the most commonly used function spaces, namely, the spaces of square integrable functions in various contexts. Numerical examples are given in which both compressed sensing and l1-minimization are used. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, we consider the scattering theory of a nonlinear Klein–Gordon system, which describes the interaction of two scalar fields. The analysis in this paper is an adaptation of the technique used by Nakanishi, which is originally due to Bourgain. The new technical point appears in the localization argument of proving a concentration phenomenon. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In a recent paper, the authors have introduced the windowed linear canonical transform and shown its good properties together with some applications such as Poisson summation formulas, sampling interpolation, and series expansion. In this paper, we prove the Paley–Wiener theorems and the uncertainty principles for the (inverse) windowed linear canonical transform. They are new in literature and has some consequences that are now under investigation. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper deals with the impulsive control for a class of differential systems with delay. Using Lyapunov functions and the comparison principle, we present some sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability and exponential stability of impulsive control systems with delay. Moreover, we give an estimate of the upper bound of impulse interval. The results in this paper extend and improve the earlier publications. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper is focused on higher order differentiation of Fourier series of functions. By means of Stokes's transformation, the recursion relations between the Fourier coefficients in Fourier series of different order (partial) derivatives of the functions as well as the general formulas for Fourier series of higher order (partial) derivatives of the functions are acquired. And then, the sufficient conditions for term-by-term differentiation of Fourier series of the functions are presented. These findings are subsequently used to reinvestigate the Fourier series methods for linear elasto-dynamical systems. The results given in this paper on the constituent elements, together with their combinatorial modes and numbering, of the sets of coefficients concerning 2rth order linear differential equation with constant coefficients are found to be different from the results deduced by Chaudhuri back in 2002. And it is also shown that the displacement solution proposed by Li in 2009 is valid only when the second order mixed partial derivative of the displacement vanishes at all of the four corners of the rectangular plate. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The objective of this paper is to present an algorithm from which a rapidly convergent solution is obtained for Volterra integral equations of Hammerstein type. Such equations are often encountered when describing the response of viscoelastic materials where the time dependency of the material properties is often expressed in the form of a convolution integral. Frequently, singularity is encountered and often ignored when dealing with the constitutive equations of viscoelastic materials. In this paper, the singularity is incorporated in the solution and the iterative scheme used to solve the equation converges within six iterations to a typical toleration error of 10−5. The algorithm is applied to the strain response of a polymer under impulsive (constant) loading and the results show excellent correlation between the experimental and analytical solution. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper is concerned with computable and guaranteed upper bounds of the difference between exact solutions of variational inequalities arising in the theory of viscous fluids and arbitrary approximations in the corresponding energy space. Such estimates (also called error majorants of functional type) have been derived for the considered class of nonlinear boundary-value problems in (Math. Meth. Appl. Sci. 2006; 29:2225–2244) with the help of variational methods based on duality theory from convex analysis. In the present paper, it is shown that error majorants can be derived in a different way by certain transformations of the variational inequalities that define generalized solutions. The error bounds derived by this techniques for the velocity function differ from those obtained by the variational method. These estimates involve only global constants coming from Korn- and Friedrichs-type inequalities, which are not difficult to evaluate in case of Dirichlet boundary conditions. For the case of mixed boundary conditions, we also derive another form of the estimate that contains only one constant coming from the following assertion: the L2 norm of a vector-valued function from H1(Ω) in the factor space generated by the equivalence with respect to rigid motions is bounded by the L2 norm of the symmetric part of the gradient tensor. As for some ‘simple’ domains such as squares or cubes, the constants in this inequality can be found analytically (or numerically), we obtain a unified form of an error majorant for any domain that admits a decomposition into such subdomains. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper presents a semigroup approach for the mathematical analysis of the inverse coefficient problems of identifying the unknown coefficient k(ux) in the inhomogenenous quasi-linear parabolic equation ut(x, t)=(k(ux)ux(x, t))x +F(u), with the Dirichlet boundary conditions u(0, t)=ψ0, u(1, t)=ψ1 and source function F(u). The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the distinguishability of the input–output mappings Φ[·]:C1[0, T], Ψ[·]:C1[0, T] via semigroup theory. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, we present a recently developed mathematical model for short double-wall carbon nanotubes. The model is governed by a system of four hyperbolic equations representing the two Timoshenko beams coupled through the Van der Waals forces. The system is equipped with a four-parameter family of the boundary conditions and can be reduced to an evolution equation. This equation defines a strongly continuous semi-group. Spectral properties of the semi-group generator are presented in the paper. We show that it is an unbounded non-selfadjoint operator with compact resolvent. Moreover, this operator is a relatively compact perturbation of a certain selfadjoint operator. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, we present an analysis for the class of delay differential equations with one discrete delay and the right-hand side depending only on the past. We extend the results from paper by U. Foryś (Appl. Math. Lett. 2004; 17(5):581–584), where the right-hand side is a unimodal function. In the performed analysis, we state more general conditions for global stability of the positive steady state and propose some conditions for the stable Hopf bifurcation occurring when this steady state looses stability. We illustrate the analysis by biological examples coming from the population dynamics. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The present paper is concerned with an asymptotics of a solution to the model system of radiating gas. The previous researches have shown that the solution converges to a travelling wave with a rate (1 + t)−1/4 as time t tends to infinity provided that an initial data is given by a small perturbation from the travelling wave in the suitable Sobolev space and the perturbation is integrable. In this paper, we make more elaborate analysis under suitable assumptions on initial data in order to obtain shaper convergence rates than previous researches. The first result is that if the initial data decays at the spatial asymptotic point with a certain algebraic rate, then this rate reflects the time asymptotic convergence rate. Precisely, this convergence rate is completely same as the spatial convergence rate of the initial perturbation. The second result is that if the initial data is given by the Riemann data, an admissible weak solution, which has a discontinuity, converges to the travelling wave exponentially fast. Both of two results are proved by obtaining decay estimates in time through energy methods with suitably chosen weight functions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This article presents a semigroup approach for the mathematical analysis of the inverse coefficient problems of identifying the unknown coefficient k(u(x, t)) in the quasi-linear parabolic equation u t (x, t) = (k(u(x, t))u x (x, t)) x , with Dirichlet boundary conditions u(0, t) = ψ 0 , u(1,t) = ψ 1 . The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the distinguishability of the input-output mappings Φ[·]: K →C 1 [0, T], Ψ[·]: Κ → C 1 [0, T] via semigroup theory. In this paper, it is shown that if the null space of the semigroup T(t) consists of only zero function, then the input-output mappings Φ[·] and Ψ[·] have the distinguishability property. It is also shown that the types of the boundary conditions and the region on which the problem is defined play an important role in the distinguishability property of these mappings. Moreover, under the light of measured output data (boundary observations) f(t):=k(u(0, t))u x (0, t) or/and h(t):=k (u(1,t))u x (1, t), the values k(ψ 0 ) and k(ψ 1 ) of the unknown diffusion coefficient k(u(x,t)) at (x, t) = (0,0) and (x,t) = (1,0), respectively, can be determined explicitly. In addition to these, the values k u (ψ 0 ) and k u (ψ 1 ) of the unknown coefficient k(u(x, t)) at (x,t)=(0,0) and (x, t) = (1, 0), respectively, are also determined via the input data. Furthermore, it is shown that measured output data f(t) and h(t) can be determined analytically by an integral representation. Hence the input-output mappings Φ[·]:Κ→ C 1 [0, T], Ψ[·]:K→ C 1 [0, T] are given explicitly in terms of the semigroup.

In this paper, we study the non-linear stability of convection for a Newtonian fluid heated from below, where the viscosity of the fluid depends upon temperature. We are able to show that for Rayleigh numbers below a certain critical value, Rac, the rest state of the fluid and the steady temperature distribution remains non-linearly stable, using the calculations of Diaz and Straughan (Continuum Mech. Thermodyn. 2004; 16:347–352). The central contribution of this paper lies in a simpler proof of non-linear stability, than the ones in the current literature, by use of a suitable maximum principle argument. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper, we study the growth behaviour of entire Clifford algebra-valued solutions to iterated Dirac and generalized Cauchy–Riemann equations in higher-dimensional Euclidean space. Solutions to this type of systems of partial differential equations are often called k-monogenic functions or, more generically, polymonogenic functions. In the case dealing with the Dirac operator, the function classes of polyharmonic functions are included as particular subcases. These are important for a number of concrete problems in physics and engineering, such as, for example, in the case of the biharmonic equation for elasticity problems of surfaces and for the description of the stream function in the Stokes flow regime with high viscosity. Furthermore, these equations in turn are closely related to the polywave equation, the poly-heat equation and the poly-Klein–Gordon equation. In the first part we develop sharp Cauchy-type estimates for polymonogenic functions, for equations in the sense of Dirac as well as Cauchy–Riemann. Then we introduce generalizations of growth orders, of the maximum term and of the central index in this framework, which in turn then enable us to perform a quantitative asymptotic growth analysis of this function class. As concrete applications we develop some generalizations of some of Valiron's inequalities in this paper. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The aim of this paper is to derive, in the Hilbert space setting, an integral representation formula for the effective elasticity tensor for a two-component composite of elastic materials, not necessarily well-ordered. This integral representation formula implies a relation which links the effective elastic moduli to the N-point correlation functions of the microstructure. Such relation not only facilitates a powerful scheme for systematic incorporation of microstructural information into bounds on the effective elastic moduli but also provides a theoretical foundation for inverse-homogenization. The analysis presented in this paper can be generalized to an n-component composite of elastic materials. The relations developed here can be applied to the inverse-homogenization for a special class of linear viscoelastic composites. The results will be presented in another paper. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

SUMMARY 9 In this paper we investigate the unknown body problem in a wave guide where one boundary has a pressure release condition and the other an impedance condition. The method used in the paper for 11 solving the unknown body inverse problem is the intersection canonical body approximation (ICBA). The ICBA is based on the Rayleigh conjecture, which states that every point on an illuminated body 13 radiates sound from that point as if the point lies on its tangent sphere. The ICBA method requires that an analytical solution be known exterior to a canonical body in the wave guide. We use the sphere of 15 arbitrary centre and radius in the wave guide as our canonical body. We are lead then to analytically computing the exterior solution for a sphere between two parallel plates. We use the ICBA to construct 17 solutions at points ranging over the suspected surface of the unknown object to reconstruct the unknown

In this paper, we deal with a new approximation of a diffusive predator--prey model with Leslie--Gower term and social behavior for the prey subject to Neumann boundary conditions. A new approach for a predator-prey interaction in the presence of prey social behavior has been considered. Our main topic in this work is to study the influence of the prey's herd shape on the predator-prey interaction in the presence of Leslie--Gower term. First of all, we examine briefly the system without spatial diffusion. By analyzing the distribution of the eigenvalues associated with the constant equilibria, the local stability of the equilibrium points and the existence of Hopf bifurcation have been investigated. Then, the spatiotemporal dynamics introduced by self diffusion was determined, where the existence of the positive solution, Hopf bifurcation, Turing driven instability, Turing-Hopf bifurcation point have been derived. Further, the effect of the prey's herd shape rate on the prey and predator equilibrium densities as well as on the Hopf bifurcating points has been discussed. Finally, by using the normal form theory on the center manifold, the direction and stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions have also been obtained. To illustrate the theoretical results, some graphical representations are given.

In this paper we prove an existence result of positive periodic solutions to second order differential equations with certain strong repulsive singularities near the origin and with some semilinear growth near infinity. Different from the nonsingular case, the result in this paper shows that both of the periodic and the antiperiodic eigenvalues play the same role in such an existence result. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

This paper studies the inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger equations, which may model the propagation of laser beams in nonlinear optics. Using the cross-constrained variational method, a sharp condition for global existence is derived. Then, by solving a variational problem, the strong instability of solitary waves of this equation is proved.

In this paper, we study a fractional order time delay for nonlinear financial system. By using Laplace transformation, stability and Hopf bifurcation analysis have been done for the model. Furthermore, numerical simulation has been carried out for better understanding of our results.

In this paper, we investigate the numerical approximation of stochastic convection-reaction-diffusion equations using two explicit exponential integrators. The stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) is driven by additive Wiener process. The approximation in space is done via a combination of the standard finite element method and the Galerkin projection method. Using the linear functional of the noise, we construct two accelerated numerical methods, which achieve higher convergence orders. In particular, we achieve convergence rates approximately $1$ for trace class noise and $\frac{1}{2}$ for space-time white noise. These convergences orders are obtained under less regularities assumptions on the nonlinear drift function than those used in the literature for stochastic reaction-diffusion equations. Numerical experiments to illustrate our theoretical results are provided

This paper is the third in a series of several works devoted to the asymptotic and spectral analysis of a model of an aircraft wing in a subsonic air flow. This model has been developed in the Flight Systems Research Center of UCLA and is presented in the works by Balakrishnan. The model is governed by a system of two coupled integro-differential equations and a two-parameter family of boundary conditions modeling the action of the self-straining actuators. The differential parts of the above equations form a coupled linear hyperbolic system; the integral parts are of the convolution type. The system of equations of motion is equivalent to a single operator evolution-convolution equation in the energy space. The Laplace transform of the solution of this equation can be represented in terms of the so-called generalized resolvent operator, which is an operator-valued function of the spectral parameter. This generalized resolvent operator is a finite-meromorphic function on the complex plane having the branch cut along the negative real semi-axis. Its poles are precisely the aeroelastic modes and the residues at these poles are the projectors on the generalized eigenspaces. In the first two papers (see [33, 34]) and in the present one, our main object of interest is the dynamics generator of the differential parts of the system. This generator is a non-self-adjoint operator in the energy space with a purely discrete spectrum. In the first paper, we have shown that the spectrum consists of two branches, and have derived their precise spectral asymptotics with respect to the eigenvalue number. In the second paper, we have derived the asymptotical approximations for the mode shapes. Based on the asymptotical results of the first two papers, in the present paper, we (a) prove that the set of the generalized eigenvectors of the aforementioned differential operator is complete in the energy space; (b) construct the set of vectors which is biorthogonal to the set of the generalized eigenvectors in the case when theremight be not only eigenvectors but associate vectors as well; and (c) prove that the set of the generalized eigenvectors forms a Riesz basis in the energy space. To prove the main result of the paper, we made use of the Nagy-Foias functional model for non-self-adjoint operators. The results of all three papers will be important for the reconstruction of the solution of the original initial-boundary-value problem from its Laplace transform in the forthcoming papers.

In this paper we show that every variational solution of the steady-state Boussinesq equations (u, p, θ) with thermocapillarity effect on the surface of the liquid has the following regularity: u ∈ H2(Ω)2, p ∈ H1(Ω), θ ∈ H2(Ω) under appropriate hypotheses on the angles of the ‘2-D’ container (a cross-section of the 3-D container in fact) and of the horizontal surface of the liquid with the inner surface of the container. The difficulty comes from the boundary condition on the surface of the liquid (e.g. water) which modelizes the thermocapillarity effect on the surface of the liquid (equation (68.10) of Levich [7]). More precisely we will show that u ∈ P22(Ω)2 and that θ ∈ P22(Ω), where P22(Ω) denotes the usual Kondratiev space. This result will be used in a forthcoming paper to prove convergence results for finite element methods intended to compute approximations of a non-singular solution [1] of this problem. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The paper consists of two parts. In the first part we investigate a Nystrom- or product integration method for second kind singular integral equations. We prove an asymptotically optimal error estimate in the scale of Sobolev Hilbert spaces. Although the result can also be obtained as a special case of a discrete iterated collocation method our proof is more direct and uses the Nystrom interpolation. In the second part of this paper we consider the Dirichlet problem for thin elastic plates with transverse shear deformation. The boundary value problem is transformed into a 3 x 3 system of singular Fredholm integral equations of second kind. After discussing existence and uniqueness of the solution to the integral equations in a Sobolev space setting, we apply the Nystrom method to solve the integral equations numerically.

In this paper, we further Meirong Zhang, et al.'s work by computing the number of weighted eigenvalues for Sturm-Liouville equations, equipped with general integrable potentials and Dirac weights, under Dirichlet boundary condition. We show that, for a Sturm-Liouville equation with a general integrable potential, if its weight is a positive linear combination of $n$ Dirac Delta functions, then it has at most $n$ (may be less than $n$, or even be $0$) distinct real Dirichlet eigenvalues, or every complex number is a Dirichlet eigenvalue; in particular, under some sharp condition, the number of Dirichlet eigenvalues is exactly $n$. Our main method is to introduce the concepts of characteristics matrix and characteristics polynomial for Sturm-Liouville problem with Dirac weights, and put forward a general and direct algorithm used for computing eigenvalues. As an application, a class of inverse Dirichelt problems for Sturm-Liouville equations involving single Dirac distribution weights is studied., 23 pages

Consider the two adjacent rectangular wedges K1, K2 with common edge in the upper halfspace of ℝ3 and the operator A (=−Laplacian multiplied by different constant coefficients a1, a2 in K1, K2, respectively) acting on a subspace of ∏2j=1L2(Kj). This subspace should consist of those sufficiently regular functions u=(u1,u2) satisfying the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition on the bottom of the upper halfspace. Moreover, the coincidence of u1 and u2 along the interface of the two wedges is prescribed as well as a transmission condition relating their first one-sided derivatives. We interpret the corresponding wave equation with A defining its spatial part as a simple model for wave propagation in two adjacent media with different material constants. In this paper it is shown (by Friedrichs' extension) that A is selfadjoint in a suitable Hilbert space. Applying the Fourier (-sine) transformations we reduce our problem with singularities along the z-axis to a non-singular Klein–Gordon equation in one space dimension with potential step. The resolvent, the limiting absorption principle and expansion in generalized eigenfunctions of A are derived (by Plancherel theory) from the corresponding results concerning the latter equation in one space dimension. An application of the spectral theorem for unbounded selfadjoint operators on Hilbert spaces yields the solution of the time dependent problem with prescribed initial data. The paper is concluded by a discussion of the relation between the physical geometry of the problem and its spectral properties. © 1997 by B. G. Teubner Stuttgart–John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

This paper concerns the well-posedness of the hydrodynamic model for semiconductor devices, a quasilinear elliptic-parbolic-hyperbolic system. Boundary conditions for elliptic and parabolic equations are Dirichlet conditions while boundary conditions for the hyperbolic equations are assumed to be well-posed in L2 sense. Maximally strictly dissipative boundary conditions for the hyperbolic equations satisfy the assumption of well-posedness in L2 sense. The well-posedness of the model under the boundary conditions is demonstrated. This paper addresses the well-posedness of the hydrodynamic model for semiconductors. The model is derived from moments of the Boltzmann’s equation, taken over group velocity space. When coupled with the charge conservation equation, it describes the behaviour of small semiconductor devices and accounts for special features such as hot electrons and velocity overshoots. The model consists of a set of non-linear conservation laws for particle number, momentum, and energy, coupled to Poisson’s equation for the electric potential. It is a perturbation of the drift diffusion model [7]. We consider a ballistic diode problem which models the channel of a MOSFET, so the effect of holes in the model can be neglected. The model is [4,11]

This paper attempts to focus on the split common fixed point problem for demicontractive mappings. We give an accelerated hybrid projection algorithm which combines the hybrid projection method and the inertial technique. The strong convergence theorems of this algorithm are obtained under mild conditions by a self-adaptive step-size sequence, which does not need prior knowledge of operator norms. Some numerical experiments in infinite Hilbert space are provided to illustrate the reliability and robustness of the algorithm and also to compare it with existin

This paper is concerned with the solution of a boundary transmission problem in an infinite wedge. We treat this problem by a boundary integral method using Green's contact function for two half-spaces. The integral operators are studied via a harmonic analysis approach which goes back to a paper of Fabes et al. We improve their results studying the Fourier symbol of the associated integral operators on the half-plane. This leads to invertibility criteria for the boundary integral operators.

In this paper, we establish existence and finite time blow up of weak solutions of a parabolic equation of p(x)-Laplacian type with the Dirichlet boundary condition. Moreover, we obtain upper and lower bounds for the blow up time of solutions, by employing concavity method and differential inequality technique respectively.

In this paper, we consider the generalized approximate boundary synchronization for a coupled system of wave equations with Dirichlet boundary controls. We analyse the relationship between the generalized approximate boundary synchronization and the generalized exact boundary synchronization, give a sufficient condition to realize the generalized approximate boundary synchronization and a necessary condition in terms of Kalman’s matrix, and show the meaning of the number of total controls. Besides, by the generalized synchronization decomposition, we define the generalized approximately synchronizable state, and obtain its properties and a sufficient condition for it to be independent of applied boundary controls.

The interest in the use of quasimodes, or almost frequencies and almost eigenfunctions, to describe asymptotics for low-frequency and high-frequency vibrations in certain singularly perturbed spectral problems, which depend on a small parameter e, has been recently highlighted in many papers. In this paper we deal with the low frequencies for a Steklov-type eigenvalue homogenization problem: we consider harmonic functions in a bounded domain of ℝ2, and strongly alternating boundary conditions of the Dirichlet and Steklov type on a part of the boundary. The spectral parameter appears in the boundary condition on small segments Te of size O(e) periodically distributed along the boundary; e also measures the periodicity of the structure. We consider associated second-order evolution problems on spaces of traces that depend on e, and we provide estimates for the time t in which standing waves, constructed from quasimodes, approach their solutions ue(t) as e0. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper we give a proof of the global existence of weak solutions for the semiconductor Boltzmann equation. This equation rules the evolution of the distribution function of carriers in the kinetic model of semiconductors. The main tool for the proof consists of a recent compactness result on velocity averages of solutions of transport equations. This result needs a L2-estimate of the electric field, which is obtained from the energy estimate, using the original regularization procedure of the problem, proposed in this paper.

In the paper, we consider the local-in-time and the global-in-time infinity-ion-mass convergence of bipolar Euler-Maxwell systems by setting the mass of an electron me=1 and letting the mass of an ion mi→∞. We use the method of asymptotic expansions to handle the local-in-time convergence problem and find that the limiting process from bipolar models to unipolar models is actually decoupling, but not the vanishing of equations for the corresponding the other particle. Moreover, when the initial data is sufficiently close to the constant equilibrium state, we establish the global-in-time infinity-ion-mass convergence.

[EN] Historically, the Poincare disk model has taken a pioneering role in the development of non-Euclidean geometry. But still today, this model is critical as a playground for simulations and new theories. In this paper, we discuss how to implement and simulate acoustic wave phenomena on the Poincare disk with the help of so-called metamaterials. After formally developing a theory based on the acoustic potential for the curved spacetime of the Poincare model, we also provide practical instructions on how to manufacture the appropriate metadevice in a laboratory environment. Finally, as an example, analytical results for the nontrivial radial contributions in concentric wave propagation are derived, and the corresponding numerical predictions are presented., Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Grant/Award Number: TIN2017-89314-P; Programa de Apoyo a la Investigacion y Desarrollo 2018, Grant/Award Number: PAID-06-18

This is the first in a series of papers on minimal-energy splines. The paper is devoted to plane minimal-energy splines with angle constraints. We first consider minimal-energy spline segments, then general minimal-energy spline curves. We formulate problems for minimal-energy spline segments and curves, prove the existence of solutions, justify the Lagrange multiplier rules, and obtain some nice properties (e.g., the infinite smoothness). Finally, we report our computational experience on minimal-energy splines.