Questions tagged [ap.analysis-of-pdes]
Partial differential equations (PDEs): Existence and uniqueness, regularity, boundary conditions, linear and non-linear operators, stability, soliton theory, integrable PDEs, conservation laws, qualitative dynamics.
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Deduce global estimate from scaling-invariant local estimate
Let $(M,g)$ be a non-compact Riemannian manifold, with finite volume (or compactly exhausted, or any nice condition you would like, except for compactness). Suppose I have a tensor $T$ on $M$ of which ...
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Embedding to $L^\alpha(0,T;L^\beta(\Omega))$
Good day!
Let $V = H^1(\Omega)$, $\Omega \subset \mathbb R^3$.
Consider the space
$W = \{ y \in L^2(0,T;V) \colon dy/dt \in L^2(0,T;V') \}$.
It is well-known that $W \subset C([0,T];H)$ where $H = ...
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Compactness of solutions to parabolic equations (parabolic regularity)
I am working on a Ricci flow $(\mathcal{M} , g(t))$, for which the conjugate heat operator is $\Box ^* := - \partial _t - \Delta + R$, where $R$ is the scalar curvature.
For each $s>0$, I have a ...
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Reference: DaPrato and Grisvard parabolic PDEs.
Has anyone read G. DaPrato and P. Grisvard Equations d'evolution abstraites nonlineaires de type parabolique?
It's not available in my library. I am wondering if it's worth me acquiring it: is it ...
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Brezis-Nirenberg result compared to abstract bifurcation theory
Dear Mathoverflow'ers,
I am interested in the following equation:
$-\Delta u = u^{p-1} + \lambda u$ in $ \Omega$ with $ u=0 $ on $ \partial \Omega$.
1) My question is related to the Brezis-...
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Harnack's Inequality and (hypo)elliptic PDE
Background: I am aware of the Harnack's Inequality for linear elliptic equations.
My questions are:
(a) Is there a version of Harnack's Inequality for nonlinear elliptic equations, say, of the form ...
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On a continuous extension of a linear 2nd order PDE
Consider an elliptic (hyperbolic) equation
$A(x,y) u_{xx} + 2B(x,y) u_{xy} + C(x,y) u_{yy} = 0$
in a bounded open plane set $D$, with real-valued functions $A$, $B$, and $C$. Is it true that at least ...
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Spectrum of Combinatorial Laplacian
The spectrum of the combinatorial laplacian is well understood for a square lattice. What about for other lattices?
In particular:
Let $ f: \mathbb{Z}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $. The usual ...
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Pitfalls when generalizing the heat kernel of a Riemannian metric
Suppose $M$ is a Riemannian manifold with some compact quotient under isometries.
Associated with the Riemannian metric one has the Laplace-Beltrami operator $\Delta$ and the heat kernel $p(t,x,y)$ ...
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About definition of weak derivative in abstract PDE problems
I'm confused about weak derivative definition.
$u \in L^2(0,T;V)$ has weak derivative $u'\in L^2(0,T;V')$ iff
$$\int_0^T u(t)\varphi'(t) = -\int_0^T u'(t)\varphi(t)$$
holds for all $\varphi \in C_0^...
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kernel of the conformal Laplacian
Let $M$ be a smooth, closed manifold of dimension $n>2$. Let $L_g$ be the conformal Laplacian of the metric $g$. That is, $L_g=-\Delta_g + \frac{n-2}{4(n-1)}R_g$, where $R_g$ is the scalar ...
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Existence of harmonic maps between loops
Given a Riemannian manifold $M$ and two smooth loops $\gamma_0, \gamma_1: S^1 \longrightarrow M$ in it, I am looking for maps $\phi: [0, T] \times S^1 \longrightarrow M$ which minimize the energy
$$E[\...
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How to estimate isoperimetric constant?
Suppose $(X^m, g)$ is a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $m$ with the following properties,
There is a constant $\kappa$ such that $\kappa r^m \leq Vol(B(x, r)) \leq \kappa^{-1} r^m$
for every ...
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damped wave equation
For $t>0$, $x$ in a compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$, and $a\in C^\infty(M)$, $a\geq0$, $(\partial_t^2+a\partial_t-\Delta_g)u=0$ is called the damped wave equation.
My question is...why is the ...
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PDES - from Vector fields whose inner product with their vector Laplacian equals norm of the vector field
Let $g(x_{1},........,x_{n}) = \sum_{i=1}^{n}g_{i}(x_{1},\cdots,x_{n})e_{i}$ be a function in $\mathbb{C}^n$ ($e_{i}$ are the standard bases).
Let $\nabla^{2}$ be the vector Laplacian. Let $<\cdot,...
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Maximum principle for heat eq. with boundary conditions on derivatives
The Maximum principle for parabolic eq. is based on the fact that the boundary conditions are given on u.
How can this Maximum principle be used, when having boundary conditions including derivatives....
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(localized) L^2 norm of quasimode for Laplacian
Lately I've been thinking about the following distribution on the flat torus $\mathbb{T}^2$:
$u_k=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\lfloor k^{0.99}\rfloor+1}}\sum_{|l|\leq k^{0.99}}e^{ikx}e^{ily}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\...
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convergence of metrics
Hi, I have the following question: take a Riemannian manifold M, with a family of smooth metrics $g(t)$ in $[0,T)$, call $D_0$ the Levi-Civita connection of $g(0)$ and assume that for every $m\geq 0$
$...
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Point moving inside smooth domain?
Let $U \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ be a domain im $\mathbb{R}^3$ with smooth boundary. Let a point move inside $\mathbb{R}^3$ along the smooth curve $x(t)$. We denote by $\mbox{dist}(x(t), \partial U)$ the ...
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Analyticity of one-dimensional PDE solutions with respect to the space variable
Let $n>1$ and $u$ be a solution of a linear PDE with constant coefficients
$$
u_t-\sum_{k=0}^n a_k \partial_x^k u=0,\quad a_k\in \mathbb C,\quad a_n\ne0,
$$
in some neighborhood of a point $(x_0,...
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Boundedness of a given boundary value problem.
I've been given the following BVP:
\begin{align*}
-\Delta u = u- u^3,\: x\in \Omega
\end{align*}\begin{align}
u = 0,\: x\in \partial \Omega
\end{align}
where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$ is bounded.
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Regularity of harmonic functions with robin data up to the boundary
I want to prove that if $u$ is a solution of
$\Delta u = 0$ in $\Omega$ with Robin boundary conditions $\frac{\partial u}{\partial n} = \lambda u$, where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ has analytic ...
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A free boundary problem by finite difference method
I wanna discretize the following free boundary problem
Find $u$ and $\Omega$ such that $\Delta u=1-\delta_0$ in $\Omega$ with the conditions $u=|\nabla u|=0$ on $\partial \Omega$.
I apply finite ...
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Any reference in absorbing boundary conditions for non-abelian gauge fields?
Is there any paper on absorbing boundary conditions for non-abelian gauge fields?
Currently I only saw some on elastic wave equations and some on EM fields.
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Convergence of elliptic operators
Let $A_t$ be family of second order, positive, elliptic differential operator mapping Sobolev $H^2$ of a compact smooth manifold (or bounded domain) to L^2. Suppose that the coefficients of $A_t$ ...
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Strong minimum principle for maximal plurisubharmonic functions
Suppose $u$ is a bounded maximal plurisubharmonic function in a bounded domain $D \in \Bbb C^n$. If $u$ is $C^2$ one can see that $u$ cannot have a local strict minimum inside $D$. Is there an analog ...
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Definition of spectral gradient
Consider this differential operator
$$
\mathcal{H}(\phi(\mathbf{x})) = -\triangle + V(\mathbf{x})H_\epsilon (\phi(\mathbf{x}))
$$
where $\mathbf{x} \in \mathbb{R}^2$, $\phi : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \...
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Delta notation used for describing numerical stencil
While reading some papers translated from the Russian literature, I've noticed that a delta symbol can be used to denote a FDTD stencil that discretizes a PDE. For example, in [1], a fourth order ...
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nodal lines in the dirichlet problem
In the Dirichlet problem if nodal lines do not touch $\partial\Omega$ (unit disk), what happens to the eigenvalues?
Thanks for help.
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Why Does a quadratic phase term in BNLS causes collapse?
I've heard a couple of times that in the Biharmonic Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation,
$i\psi_z + \Delta ^2 \psi + |\psi | ^{2\sigma } \psi =0 $, $\psi (x, 0) = \psi _0 (x) \in H^2( \mathbb{R} ^d ) $
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Coupled system of linear parabolic PDEs
Hi,
Are there any existence results for the coupled system of linear parabolic PDEs:
$$u_t - a_1u_{xx} - a_2u_x - a_3u = f_1$$
$$v_t - a_3u_{xx} - a_4u_x - a_5u - a_6v_{xx} - a_7v_x - a_8v = f_2$$
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Proper sobolev spaces invariant under no-linearities
Let $f:H^s\to H^s$ at least continuous and not necesarily linear. Is there some kind of criterion or condition over $f$ that lets to ensure that $f({H^{s+k}})\subseteq H^{s+k}$?
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Best Poincare constants on the surface of a ball
I'm considering specifically functions $\xi:\partial B(0,1) \to \partial B(0,1)$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $\mathbb{R}^3$ satisfying $\int_{\partial B(0,1)} \xi(y) dS(y) = 0$. I would like to know first ...
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Entropy of Markov processes
Consider a Markov process $X_t$ with generator $L$ and invariant distribution $\pi$, whose distribution at time $t$ is given by $\pi(t,dx)=\phi(t,x) \pi(dx)$ - in other word, $\phi(t,x)$ is the ...
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Integral of a harmonic function on a manifold with two non-parabolic ends
Let M be a complete Riemannian manifold.Suppose there are two non-parabolic ends on M with respect to $M\backslash {B_p}\left( {{R_0}} \right)$Then there is a harmonic function f on M.Is it right that ...
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Checking initial condition of PDE is satisfied in Galerkin method
I asked this question here: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/416885/checking-initial-condition-of-pde-is-satisfied-in-galerkin-method
But I did not receive the solution so I post it here.
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null controllability of linear wave equation
Consider the linear wave equation :
$$z_{tt}=\Delta z + k(x) z + h(t) , \; in \; \Omega\times (0,T)$$
Are there sufficient conditions on the functions $k(x)$ and $h(t)$ for which $(z,z_t)$ vanish ...
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Any similar inequality in literature?
I got the following inequality:
$B_{4}$ is the unit ball in $R^{4}$, $\partial B_{4}$ is its boundary.
$(\int_{B_{4}}e^{4u}dx)^{\frac{1}{4}} \leq S(\int_{\partial B_{4}}e^{3u}d\xi)^{\frac{1}{3}}$,
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Reference Search for a Functional Minimization Problem
Let $u(x) \ge 0$ be a non-negative, piecewise-differentiable function on the real line. Moreover, let $u(x)$ be integrable with fixed positive mass, that is
$$M \equiv\int_{x=-\infty}^\infty u(x) ~ ...
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Is this Stefan-type problem an open problem?
I am looking for a weak-formulation that would give me an existence and uniqueness of a solution of a Stefan-type problem. It is basically a 2-phase Stefan problem in 2D except that the free-boundary ...
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Oscillatory integral decay & sublevel set growth
I am trying to understand how estimates on sublevel integrals imply estimates on oscillatory integrals. Specifically in this article by M. Greenblatt it says on page 7:
By well-known methods ...
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Kernel of perturbation of biharmonic operator
Suppose we have a linear fourth order operator defined on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ with $n\geq2$ of the form:
$$\mathcal{L}(f)=\Delta^{2}f+\sum_{i,j=1}^{2n}P_{ij}(x)\partial_{i}\partial_{j}f$$
with $P_{ij}(x)...
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two polynomial equations
Let $f:\mathbb R^2\rightarrow\mathbb R$ be a smooth function such that for every point $(x,y)\in\mathbb R^2$ the system
$$f_{11}+2tf_{12}+t^2f_{22}=0$$
$$f_{111}+3tf_{112}+3t^2f_{122}+t^3f_{222}=0$$
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Regularity of solution of nonlinear equation
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Let $L$ be a linear elliptic operator of order $4$ with smooth and bounded coefficients on the ball
$B_1$ of $R^{2n}$ and let $N\in C_{loc}^{0,\alpha}(R^{3})$.
Let $f\in C^{0,\alpha}(B_1)$ ...
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A variational problem involving a negative fractional Soboblev norm.
I've run into the problem of trying to evaluate the following:
$\max_{ \xi} \iint_{\partial B \times \partial B} \xi(x) \Phi(|x-y|) \xi(y) dS(x)dS(y)$
subject to $\int_{\partial B} \xi(y)dS(y) = 0$ ...
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Seeking scalar functions in n>=2 variables (preferably as solution to PDE) with limited regularity.
I have bumped into a phenomenon in the geometry of jet space $J^r(\mathbb{R}^n,\mathbb{R})$ for $r,n\geq 2$ that I think might help one measure and understand the failure of regularity of functions, ...
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Is $C_c(\mathbb{R}^2,\mathbb{R}^2)$ dense in the irrotational square integrable functions?
Let $L_D(\mathbb{R}^n)^n$ be the set of square integrable functions which are the weak derivative of a locally square integrable function. That is
$$L_D(\mathbb{R}^n)^n=\{Du\colon u\in H^1_{loc}(\...
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Finding a dimension-free bound for a certain multiplier on Euclidean space
The following question is indirectly motivated by strong type maximal function estimates. Let $f\in L_{p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$. For $\xi=(\xi_{1},\ldots,\xi_{n})\in\mathbb{R}^{n}$ define $m(\xi)$ so ...
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Compactness of solutions of elliptic equation
Consider the following nonlinear elliptic equation
$$
-\triangle u + u + u^3 = g, \quad x \in R^3.
$$
If $g \in L^2(R^3)$, then the set $Q$ of solutions of above equation is bounded in $H^2(R^3)$, and ...
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Compatibility conditions for parabolic regularity
I'm trying to understand the compatibility conditions for regularity of second order parabolic equations.
Let's consider the equation $u_t - Lu = f$ with $u(0)=g$ on $\Omega \times [0,T)$ with $u = 0$ ...
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