Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: In this paper we consider the vanishing viscosity limit of solutions to the initial boundary value problem for compressible viscoelastic equations in the half space. When the initial deformation gradient does not degenerate and there is no vacuum initially, we establish the uniform regularity estimates of solutions to the initial-boundary value problem for the three-dimensional compressible viscoelastic equations in the Sobolev spaces. Then we justify the vanishing viscosity limit of solutions of the compressible viscoelastic equations based on the uniform regularity estimates and the compactness arguments. Both the no-slip boundary condition and the Navier-slip type boundary condition on velocity are addressed in this paper. On the one hand, for the corresponding vanishing viscosity limit of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with the no-slip boundary condition, it is impossible to derive such uniform energy estimates of solutions due to the appearance of strong boundary layers. Consequently, our results show that the deformation gradient can prevent the formation of strong boundary layers. On the other hand, these results also provide two different kinds of suitable boundary conditions for the well-posedness of the initial-boundary value problem of the elastodynamic equations via the vanishing viscosity limit method. Finally, it is worth noting that we take advantage of the Lagrangian coordinates to study the vanishing viscosity limit for the fixed boundary problem in this paper.

Abstract: To describe the cellular self-aggregation phenomenon, some strongly coupled PDEs named as Patlak--Keller--Segel (PKS) systems were proposed in 1970s. Since PKS systems possess relatively simple structures but admit rich dynamics, plenty of scholars have studied them and obtained many significant results. However, the cells or bacteria in general direct their movement in liquid. As a consequence, it seems more realistic to consider the influence of ambient fluid flow on the chemotactic mechanism. Motivated by this, we consider the chemotaxis-fluid model proposed by He et al. (SIAM J. Math. Anal., Vol. 53, No. 3, 2021) in the two-dimensional bounded domain. It is well-known that the PKS system admits the critical mass phenomenon in 2D and for the whole space $\mathbb R^2$, He et al. also showed there exists the same phenomenon in the chemotaxis-fluid system. In this paper, we first study the global well-posedness of two-dimensional chemotaxis-fluid model in the bounded domain and prove the solution exists globally with the subcritical mass. Then concerning the critical mass case, we construct the boundary spot steady states rigorously via the inner-outer gluing method. While studying the concentration phenomenon with the critical mass, we develop the global $W^{2,p}$ theory of the stationary Stokes operator in 2D.

Abstract: In this paper, we are concerned with the minimal regularity of weak solutions implying the law of balance for both energy and helicity in the incompressible Euler equations. In the spirit of recent works due to Berselli [5] and Berselli-Georgiadis [6], it is shown that the energy of weak solutions is invariant if $v\in L^{p}(0,T;B^{\frac1p}_{\frac{2p}{p-1},c(\mathbb{N})} )$ with $1<p\leq3$ and the helicity is conserved if $v\in L^{p}(0,T;B^{\frac2p}_{\frac{2p}{p-1},c(\mathbb{N})} )$ with $2<p\leq3 $ for both the periodic domain and the whole space, which generalizes the classical work of Cheskidov-Constantin-Friedlander-Shvydkoy in [10]. This indicates the role of the time integrability, spatial integrability and differential regularity of the velocity in the conserved quantities of weak solutions of the ideal fluid.

Abstract: Continuing the investigations started in the recent work [Krieger-Xiang, 2022] on semi-global controllability and stabilization of the $(1+1)$-dimensional wave maps equation with spatial domain $\mathbb{S}^1$ and target $\mathbb{S}^k$, where {\it semi-global} refers to the $2\pi$-energy bound, we prove global exact controllability of the same system for $k>1$ and show that the $2\pi$-energy bound is a strict threshold for uniform asymptotic stabilization via continuous time-varying feedback laws indicating that the damping stabilization in [Krieger-Xiang, 2022] is sharp. Lastly, the global exact controllability for $\mathbb{S}^1$-target within minimum time is discussed.

Abstract: In this paper we investigate a structured population model with distributed delay. Our model incorporates two different types of nonlinearities. Specifically we assume that individual growth and mortality are affected by scramble competition, while fertility is affected by contest competition. In particular, we assume that there is a hierarchical structure in the population, which affects mating success. The dynamical behavior of the model is analysed via linearisation by means of semigroup and spectral methods. In particular, we introduce a reproduction function and use it to derive linear stability criteria for our model. Further we present numerical simulations to underpin the stability results we obtained.

Abstract: We prove the uniform boundedness of all solutions for a general class of Dirichlet anisotropic elliptic problems of the form $$-\Delta_{\overrightarrow{p}}u+\Phi_0(u,\nabla u)=\Psi(u,\nabla u) +f $$ on a bounded open subset $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ $(N\geq 2)$, where $ \Delta_{\overrightarrow{p}}u=\sum_{j=1}^N \partial_j (|\partial_j u|^{p_j-2}\partial_j u)$ and $\Phi_0(u,\nabla u)=\left(\mathfrak{a}_0+\sum_{j=1}^N \mathfrak{a}_j |\partial_j u|^{p_j}\right)|u|^{m-2}u$, with $\mathfrak{a}_0>0$, $m,p_j>1$, $\mathfrak{a}_j\geq 0$ for $1\leq j\leq N$ and $N/p=\sum_{k=1}^N (1/p_k)>1$. We assume that $f \in L^r(\Omega)$ with $r>N/p$. The feature of this study is the inclusion of a possibly singular gradient-dependent term $\Psi(u,\nabla u)=\sum_{j=1}^N |u|^{\theta_j-2}u\, |\partial_j u|^{q_j}$, where $\theta_j>0$ and $0\leq q_j<p_j$ for $1\leq j\leq N$. The existence of such weak solutions is contained in a recent paper by the authors.

Abstract: Let $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$, be an open bounded connected set. We consider the indefinite weighted eigenvalue problem $-\Delta u =\lambda m u$ in $\Omega$ with $\lambda \in \mathbb{R}$, $m\in L^\infty(\Omega)$ and with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. We study weak* continuity, convexity and G\^ateaux differentiability of the map $m\mapsto1/\lambda_1(m)$, where $\lambda_1(m)$ is the principal eigenvalue. Then, denoting by $\mathcal{G}(m_0)$ the class of rearrangements of a fixed weight $m_0$, under the assumptions that $m_0$ is positive on a set of positive Lebesgue measure and $\int_\Omega m\,dx<0$, we prove the existence and a characterization of minimizers of $\lambda_1(m)$ and the non-existence of maximizers. Finally, we show that, if $\Omega$ is a cylinder, then every minimizer is monotone with respect to the direction of the generatrix. In the context of the population dynamics, this kind of problems arise from the question of determining the optimal spatial location of favourable and unfavourable habitats for a population to survive.

Abstract: We study a class of weakly hyperbolic Cauchy problems on $\mathbb{R}^d$, involving linear operators with characteristics of variable multiplicities, whose coefficients are unbounded in the space variable. The behaviour in the time variable is governed by a suitable shape function. We develop a parameter-dependent symbolic calculus, corresponding to an appropriate subdivision of the phase space. By means of such calculus, a parametrix can be constructed, in terms of (generalized) Fourier integral operators naturally associated with the employed symbol class. Further, employing the parametrix, we prove $\mathscr{S}(\mathbb{R}^{d})$-wellposedness and give results about the global decay and regularity of the solution, within a scale of weighted Sobolev space.