Questions tagged [existence-theorems]
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Interesting geometric flow of space curves with non-vanishing torsion
Recently, while thinking about CMC surfaces, I came up with an interesting geometric flow for curves in $\mathbb{R}^3$ given by
\begin{equation}
\partial_t \gamma = \tau^{-\frac{1}{2}} n,
\end{...
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When does a "stable" assignment of buyers into goods exist?
Consider a setting of $n$ buyers and $m$ goods.
We have a value matrix $V\in[0,1]^{n\times m}$ specifying how much each buyer values each good (everything is open information here and there is no ...
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reference on existence result for nonlinear elliptic PDE
During my work, I came to the question of existence of weak solutions to the following elliptic equation
$$\triangle u + \partial_{1} u + \partial_2(f(x_1,x_2,u)) = 0 \hbox{ in } \Omega$$
with ...
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Maximum Principles in Parabolic PDE with Neumann Condition
I am looking for some maximum principles and comparison results for parabolic equations. The most complete book I've found on this subject is: Murray Protter, Hans Weinberger - Maximum Principles in ...
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Existence and uniqueness of an elliptic equation coupled with a parabolic equation (mean curvature flow)
Given a parabolic equation on a simply connected smooth domain $\Omega(t)$ with boundary $\Gamma(t)$
$$
\Delta u = 1 \quad on \quad \Omega(t)
\\
\nabla u \cdot n + u = g \quad on \quad \Gamma(t)
$$
(...
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Existence result for an operator obtained by integrating Laplace-Beltrami operator to normal direction in Fermi coordinate
I am going through some literature and encountered with some known facts about Fermi coordinate and Laplace-Beltrami operator. Let $u$ be a function on $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$ and $\Gamma_0$ be a $0$ level ...
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Uniqueness of the solution to systems of first-order linear PDEs
Context:
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^p$ be an domain.
For functions $A_{jk}^i : \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ and $B_k^i : \Omega \to \mathbb{R}$ with some regularity, I am interested in the following ...
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On the "Peano phenomenon" in higher dimensions
The following result in one-dimensional differential equations is sometimes referred to as "Peano phenomenon" (see e.g. here).
If $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ is a continuous function, the ...
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Well-posedness or existence for a Poisson problem in Orlicz spaces
I know that the problem
\begin{equation}
\Delta_p u = f
\end{equation}
make sense if $f \in L^q$ with $n/p<q<n$ and that is there a existence theory for
$$
u_t -\Delta_p u = f
$$
For a given ...
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Conditions replacing compactness
Reading this book, the authors used the following "classic" idea:
Let $X$ be a Banach space and $C$ a nonempty, weakly compact, convex subset of $X$. Let $T: C \rightarrow C$ be a ...
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Why should we give special attention to at most polynomially growing solutions of PDEs?
The equation
\begin{gather}
\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} (t,x) = \frac{1}{2} \text{Trace}[\sigma(x) \sigma(x) (\text{Hessian}_x u)(x,t)] + \langle \mu (x) , (\nabla_x u) (t,x) \rangle, \\
u(0,x) = \...
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Existence of a shift invariant selection map
Some time ago I asked this question, but now realise that it is harder than I anticipated. Therefore I am taking a step back to the following problem.
Let $X$ and $Y$ be two sets and $F$ a point to ...
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Positive existential theory of $(\mathbb{Z}; +, |_n)$
I am reading a paper and there is the following theorem:
Let $n$ be a fixed integer, and $n >1$.
Denote divisibility in $\mathbb{Z}[\frac{1}{n}]$ by $|_n$, thus for
all $x, y \in \...
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Existence and uniqueness of heteroclinic orbits
I am looking for conditions on a nonlinear dynamical system $\frac{d\vec{x}}{dt} = \vec{F}(\vec{x})$ that guarantee the existence of a unique heteroclinic orbit between a stable attractor of this ...
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When does an optimal input sequence for a discrete-time system exist?
Suppose an LTI discrete-time system is given by the equations
$$
x_{k+1} = Ax_k + Bu_k,\\
y_{k} = Cx_k + Du_k
$$
with $x_k\in\mathbb{R}^{m}$, $y_k\in\mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $u_k\in\mathbb{R}^{p}$ and $\...
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How using the standard Galerkin method
I am attempting to solve the following evolution problem using the standard Galerkin method
$$\begin{cases}
\dot y(x,t)=\Delta y(x,t) +b(t) \nabla y(x,t), \ (x,t)\in \Omega\times (0,T) \\
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Pohozaev type obstruction for higher order elliptic operators
I was reading about Pohazaev type obstructions: precisely, I mean the following kind of results. Let $h\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and consider the following Dirichlet problem
$$
\begin{cases}
\Delta u + ...
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Existence of real solutions to nonlinear algebraic equation: conditions on coefficients
Good day. I am dealing with the following system of nonlinear algebraic equations:
$$
x_j = \prod_{k=1}^N (1 + x_k)^{A_{j,k}}\,,\quad j=1,\ldots,N\,,
$$
where $A_{j,k}\in\mathbb{Z}$.
I would like to ...
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Help with understanding a proof of existence of solutions
In El Fatini and Boukanjime "Stochastic analysis of a two delayed epidemic model incorporating Lévy processes with a general non-linear transmission" paper, can someone give a detailed ...
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Existence of linear stochastic differential equation given solution
Normally if you have a linear SDE given such as
$dx_t = (A(t)x_t + a(t))dt + \sigma(t) dW_t$, we want to find $x_t$, more precisely we want to find the mean and variance of $x_t$ at each timestep $t$. ...
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Existence theory for geometric flow of space curves
Is there any existence theory applicable to general geometric flows of space curves in the following form?
$$
\partial_t \gamma = v_t t + v_n n + v_b b
$$
Here $\gamma$ is the evolving curve, $t$, $n$ ...
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Reference request: existence/uniqueness of solutions to convection diffusion equations
I am looking for a reference wherein existence and uniqueness results are proven for a system of PDEs of the form
$$
\frac{\partial Q}{\partial t} + A \frac{\partial Q}{\partial x} = f(Q,x,t) + \frac{...
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Do functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ with these properties exist?
Basically, I am trying to determine how exactly and in which ways everywhere discontinuous bijections $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ "behave when they are unusual".
More precisely, I am trying to ...
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Reference for Existence and uniqueness of an Integro-Differential Equation
I have an Integro-Differential Equation (IDE) of the following form:
$$
x'(t) = f(t,x(t)) + \int_0^t K(t-s, x(s), x(t)) ds,
$$
I have found this classical reference, but the IDEs considered therein ...
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Theory on interior Helmholtz Equation with mixed Neumann and Robin BC
Let $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ bounded with smooth boundary $\partial \Omega$. Let k>0 and $\partial \Omega = \Gamma_1 \cup \Gamma_2$. Consider the problem
$\Delta u + k^2 u = 0$ in $\Omega$
$\...
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Asymmetric strictly balanced graphs
I am interested in the existence of strictly balanced, asymmetric graph with given number of vertices and edges.
A known result of Rucinski and Vince shows that for every $(v,e)$ with $1\leq v-1 \leq ...
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Follow-up question regarding real singular matrices with additional details
After my question whose answer turned out to be false, I re-examined the course of my proof, which is actually seperate from the one in my question, and found out that there's another condition, at ...
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Existence and Uniqueness of lifting Hele-Shaw problem
I am researching for the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the equation in figure below
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$$\nabla\cdot u = \frac{\dot b(t)}{b(t)} \text{ in }\Omega(t) \tag{1}$$
The ...
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Global existence for one Cauchy problem based on global existence of other two auxiliary Cauchy problems
I have a Cauchy problem for the differential equation
\begin{equation}
y' = f(t, y),
\end{equation}
with initial condition $y(0) = y^0$; here, $y$ and $f$ are two-dimensional vector-functions. The ...
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Existence and uniqueness of solution for nonlinear system
Under what conditions will a solution $y \in \Re^n$ exist for this system of nonlinear equations? If it exists, will it be unique?
$$ \mu_k = \int_0^\infty g_k(x) \, f(x, y) \, dx \qquad \forall \, k ...
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Does there exist this special kind of homeomorphism?
Let $A,B\subset\mathbb{R}^n, n\geq 2,$ are two different shaped spindles. One is thick and one is thin. (Sorry for my unprofessional statements. Unsure about how to say it rigorously.) So there are ...
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