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Continuity of the entropy of the solution of a parabolic PDE at $t=0$
Consider the following initial value problem for a parabolic PDE :
$$\begin{cases}
\textrm{div}\big(A\,\nabla u(t,x) + b(x)\, u(t,x)\big) \,=\,\partial_t u(t,x) \quad x\in\mathbb R^d\,,\ t>0 \\[4pt]...
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Estimate in vanishing viscosity for the difference $\Vert u^\epsilon - u^\eta \Vert_{L^2(\mathbb R^N)} $
Consider the following advection-diffusion equation
$$
\begin{cases}
u^\epsilon_t + f(u^\epsilon)_x = \epsilon \Delta u^\epsilon\\
u^\epsilon(0,\cdot) = u_0,
\end{cases}
$$
How can one prove an ...
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Uniqueness of solution to Cauchy problem with quadratic nonlinearity
Consider the non-linear differential operator
$$\mathfrak{L}: \ C^2((0,T)\times\mathbb{R}^2)\ni\varphi\equiv\varphi(t,x,y) \, \mapsto \, \partial_x^2\varphi + (\partial_x\varphi)^2.$$
For $U\subset\...
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Integral estimate for the solution of the heat equation
Let $u$ be a solution of $\partial_t u - \Delta u =f$ with initial data $u(0,x) = 0$ on $\mathbb R^N$. How do one prove the following inequality?
$$
\int_0^T \int_{\mathbb R^N} \phi(f)(- \Delta) u(...
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Existence and uniqueness for semilinear problem
Consider the following problem:
$$-\Delta u + [(u)^+]^\alpha = 0,$$
where $(\cdot)^+$ is the positive part function and $\alpha >0$. How does the theory of monotone operators provide existence ...
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For what functions does Nash inequality becomes equality?
For what functions does Nash inequality becomes an equality? Also any comment on the regularity of these functions (weak solutions to equality)?
Also same question about Poincare inequality.
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Reference request: $|\partial_t u - \Delta u|\in L^p(\Omega^T)$ implies Holder estimate
I am currently reading a paper regarding harmonic flow between Riemannian manifolds. Let $\Omega$ be a Riemannian domain of dimension $2$, $\Omega^T=\Omega\times[0,T]$. The equation is
$$
\partial_t ...
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Boundary regularity of solutions to semilinear heat equation
Consider the Cauchy IVP problem
$$u_t - \Delta u + f(t,x,u) = 0, \quad (t,x) \in (0,T) \times \mathbb{R}^n,$$
with initial condition $u(0,x) = g(x), \ x \in \mathbb{R}^n.$
Can you point out a ...
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The Cauchy problem associated with $u_t^\epsilon + H(x,t,u^\epsilon,\nabla u^\epsilon) = \epsilon\Delta u^\epsilon$
Consider the initial value problem $$\begin{cases} u_t^\epsilon + H(x,t,u^\epsilon,\nabla_x u^\epsilon) = \epsilon\Delta_x u^\epsilon & \text{ in } \mathbb{R}^n \times (0,\infty)\\ u^\epsilon = g &...
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Uniform bounds for a coupled parabolic system of PDE (linear)
Let $V=H^1(\Omega)$ and $H=L^2(\Omega)$ where $\Omega$ is a compact Riemannian manifold. Define $W = \{ w \in L^2(0,T;V) : w_t \in L^2(0,T;V^*)\}$.
Consider the system, with $u^\epsilon, v^\epsilon \...
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Changing the test function space in a weak formulation of parabolic PDE
Suppose we are interested in the existence of a $u \in L^2(0,T;V)$ with $u' \in L^2(0,T;V^*)$ such that
$$(u(T),\varphi(t))_H -\int_0^T \langle \varphi'(t), u(t) \rangle_{V^*,V} + \int_0^T a(u(t),\...
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A parabolic PDE with Lipschitz nonlinearity, how to obtain well-posedness?
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^n$ (or more generally a compact manifold). I'm interested in well-posedness (existence most importantly) of equations of the form
$$u_t(t) - \...
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Existence of directional heat equation without uniform ellipticity
I am asking for references, or for a proof idea on how to show that weak solutions of the following problem exist: search $u$ on a bounded domain $\Omega\times (0,T]$, where $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$...
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Motivation behind the parabolic metric
I've been reading some papers about parabolic evolution problems between manifolds. We want to study the behaviour of maps from the domain $(0,T)\times \Omega$, where $\Omega\subset \Bbb R^m$, to some ...
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Question on Parabolic PDEs: Improvement of the bound ${\vert \vert v(\cdot,t)-v_0(\cdot) \vert \vert}_{L^p}\le \hat C t^{1/q}$
Let $M$ be a $C^3-$compact manifold and $v \in W^{2,1}_p(M\times
[0,T])$ ($1\le p<\infty$) be the solution of:
$\begin{cases} \partial_t v-\Delta_{M} v=f(v), \quad M\times [0,T]\\
v(x,0)=v_0,...
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Interpolation and embeddings for parabolic function spaces
I have a somewhat easy looking question on parabolic function spaces:
Let $B$ be a ball in $\mathbb R^n$ and let $T>0$. Denote $Q:=B \times [0,T]$. Assume $f \in L^2(Q) \cap L^\infty(0,T; L^q(B))$ ...
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Existence of the solution of a linear parabolic pde
Good day!
Let $V = H^1(\Omega)$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3$.
Consider the linear parabolic equation $y' + Ay = f$ where $f \in L^q(0,T;V')$, $y \in W = \{y \in L^p(0,T;V) \colon dy/dt \in L^q(0,T;...
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Parabolic regularity for weak solution with $L^2$ data
I want to study the regularity of weak solutions $u\in C([0,T];L^2(\Omega))\cap H^1((0,T);L^2(\Omega))\cap L^2(0,T;H^1(\Omega))$ of the heat equation with Neumann boundary conditions:
$$\begin{cases}\...
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$L^2(0,\infty;L^2(\Omega))$ estimate on solution of heat equation with Neumann boundary condition
Let $u$ be a solution of
$$u' - \Delta u = 0 \quad\text{on $\Omega$}$$
$$\partial_\nu u = 0\quad\text{in $\partial \Omega$}$$
$$u(t=0)=u_0\quad\text{on $\Omega$}$$
where $\Omega$ is a bounded ...
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Solution to $u_t = A(t)u + f(t)$ on bounded domain
I am dealing with the problem
\begin{align}u_t &= \nabla \cdot (a(x,t) \nabla u) + f(x,t) &\text{ on } \Omega \times (0,T)\\
\partial_{\nu} u &= 0 &\text{ on } \partial \Omega \...
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Regularity of a Fokker-Planck PDE with unbounded coefficient
Let $A$ be a positive definite symmetric matrix, let $b\in C^1(\mathbb R^d\!\times\!(0,\infty))\cap C(\mathbb R^d\!\times\
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first order derivative of the parabolic equation
Assume $b, \ell \in C_b^{1,2}(\mathbb R^2)$. We consider parabolic PDE
$$(P1)\quad \partial_t v = b \partial_x v + \partial_{xx} v + \ell, \ \forall (t, x) \in \mathbb R^+\times \mathbb R; \quad v(0, ...
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$C^{1,2}$ regularity of (weak) solutions to the heat equation
Let $\Omega$ be a bounded Lipschitz domain (smoother if needed), and consider the heat equation
$$u_t - \Delta u = 0$$
$$\frac{\partial u(t,x)}{\partial \nu(x)} = a(t,x) - b(t,x)u(t,x)$$
$$u(0) = u_0$$...
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Looking for English version of a paper of Jean Ginibre
I am in serious need of an English translation for the following paper:
Séminaire Bourbaki by Jean Ginibre, Le problème de Cauchy pour des EDP semi-linéaires
périodiques en variables d’espace, d'après ...
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Proof of vanishing viscosity error rate
Consider the initial value problem associated to the parabolic equation $u^\epsilon_t + u^\epsilon_x = \epsilon u^\epsilon_{xx}$ and the corresponding hyperbolic problem $u_t + u_x = 0$.
What is a ...
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Does $\int_0^t \Vert u_x(s,\cdot) \Vert_{L^2} ds \le C$ imply $\Vert u_x (t,\cdot) \Vert_{L^2(\mathbb R)} \le C$ in the heat equation?
For the parabolic equation
$$u_t + f(u)_x - u_{xx} = 0$$
one has
$$\Vert u(t,\cdot) \Vert_{L^2(\mathbb R)} + 2\int_0^t \Vert u_x(s,\cdot) \Vert_{L^2} ds \le \Vert u(0,\cdot) \Vert_{L^2(\mathbb R)}.$$...
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Time regularity vs space regularity for parabolic PDE
Suppose that there exist separable Hilbert spaces $V, H, X$ such that $V\hookrightarrow H\hookrightarrow X\hookrightarrow V'\,$ continuously, where $V'$ denotes the dual of the Hilbert space $V$. Let ...
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Partial derivative of the Bessel's operator
Let $J^s = (I- \Delta)^{\frac{s}{2}}$ where $\Delta$ is the Laplacian, and $w(x,y) \in L^2(\mathbb{T}^2)$. During my study to the paper, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.02027.pdf, the author stated that
$$\...
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Rigorous energy estimate for advection-diffusion equation
Let $a \in L^q([0,T];L^p(\mathbb R^N))$ with $2/q + N/p \le 1$ and
$q \in [2,\infty), p \in (N,\infty) \text{ if } N \ge 2$
$q \in [2,4], p \in [2,\infty] \text{ if } N = 1$
and consider the ...
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Positivity of solution for Fisher-Kolmogorov Equation
How can we prove that if $y=y(t,x)$ is the solution of the problem:
$$\begin{cases} \dfrac{\partial y}{\partial t}(t,x)-d\Delta y(t,x)=r(x)y(t,x)-\rho(x) y^2(t,x),\ (t,x)\in (0,T)\times \Omega \\ \...
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$L^p$ estimate for perturbed heat equation
Let us consider the heat equation
$$
\begin{cases}
u_t + f(u)_x - u_{xx} = 0 & x \in (-1,1), \quad t >0\\
u(t,-1) = a(t), \\
u(t,1) = b(t), \\
u(0,x) = u_0(x)
\end{cases}
$$
where $f \in C^\...
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Measurability of the heat semigroup in $L^\infty$
Let $S(t)$ be the $C_0$-semigroup generated by the Laplacian operator with Dirichlet boundary condition in $L^2(\Omega)$, where $\Omega$ is a bounded open subset of $R^n$.
It is known that $S(t)$ ...
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Green's functions/fundamental solution to a non-constant coefficients pde
We already know the relationship between Green's function and solution to elliptic partial differential equation, i.e $$u(y)=\int_{\partial \Omega}u\frac{\partial G}{\partial n} ds+\int_\Omega G\Delta ...
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Interpolation with time continuity
If $u(x,t)$ is a function depends on $x\in\Omega$ and $t\in[0,T]$. The following result could be found in L.C. Evans's book "PDE".
Suppose $u\in L^2(0,T;H_0^1(\Omega))$, with $u_t\in L^2(0,T;H^{-1}(\...
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A question about the commutator $[J^s,u]\partial_x u$
I am studying the use of the commutator for finding the estimate of energy. During my looking through many papers I found that this paper contains a possible typo. Here is the archive version which ...
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Motivation for weak solution of a PDE (initial condition)
The following question came to me when reading the famous paper of ALT and LUCKHAUS: "Quasilinear elliptic-parabolic differential equations"
When looking at a (nonlinear degenerate) PDE like
$$ \...
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