Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: In this paper we discuss the behavior of the Oseen-Frank model for nematic liquid crystals in the limit of vanishing thickness. More precisely, in a thin slab~$\Omega\times (0,h)$ with~$\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ and $h>0$ we consider the one-constant approximation of the Oseen-Frank model for nematic liquid crystals. We impose Dirichlet boundary conditions on the lateral boundary and weak anchoring conditions on the top and bottom faces of the cylinder~$\Omega\times (0,h)$. The Dirichlet datum has the form $(g,0)$, where $g\colon\partial\Omega\to \mathbb{S}^1$ has non-zero winding number. Under appropriate conditions on the scaling, in the limit as~$h\to 0$ we obtain a behavior that is similar to the one observed in the asymptotic analysis of the two-dimensional Ginzburg-Landau functional. More precisely, we rigorously prove the emergence of a finite number of defect points in $\Omega$ having topological charges that sum to the degree of the boundary datum. Moreover, the position of these points is governed by a Renormalized Energy, as in the seminal results of Bethuel, Brezis and H\'elein.

Abstract: In this article we consider the multi-layer shallow water system for the propagation of gravity waves in density-stratified flows, with additional terms introduced by the oceanographers Gent and McWilliams in order to take into account large-scale isopycnal diffusivity induced by small-scale unresolved eddies. We establish a bridge between the multi-layer shallow water system and the corresponding system for continuously stratified flows, that is the incompressible Euler equations with eddy-induced diffusivity under the hydrostatic approximation. Specifically we prove that, under an assumption of stable stratification, sufficiently regular solutions to the incompressible Euler equations can be approximated by solutions to multi-layer shallow water systems as the number of layers, $N$, increases. Moreover, we provide a convergence rate of order $1/N^2$. A key ingredient in the proof is a stability estimate for the multi-layer system which relies on suitable energy estimates mimicking the ones recently established by Bianchini and Duch\^ene on the continuously stratified system. This requires to compile a dictionary that translates continuous operations (differentiation, integration, etc.) into corresponding discrete operations.

Abstract: Let $\lambda_k$ be the $k$-th eigenvalue of the zero-Dirichlet Laplacian on the unit ball for $k\in \mathbb{N^+}$. We prove the existence of $k$ smooth families of unbounded domains in $\mathbb{R}^{N+1}$ with $N\geq1$ such that \begin{equation} -\Delta u=\lambda u\,\, \text{in}\,\,\Omega, \,\, u=0,\,\,\partial_\nu u=\text{const}\,\,\text{on}\,\,\partial\Omega\nonumber \end{equation} admits a sign-changing solution with changing the sign by $k-1$ times. This nonsymmetric sign-changing solution can be seen as the perturbation of the eigenfunction corresponding to $\lambda_k$ with $k\geq2$. The main contribution of the paper is to provide some counterexamples to the Berenstein conjecture on unbounded domain.

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to derive the so-called five gradients inequality for optimal transport theory for general cost functions on two class of differentiable manifolds: locally compact Lie groups and compact Riemannian manifolds with Ricci curvature bounded from below.

Abstract: Modulation spaces have received considerable interest recently as it is the natural function spaces to consider low regularity Cauchy data for several nonlinear evolution equations. We establish global well-posedness for 3D Klein-Gordon-Hartree equation $$u_{tt}-\Delta u+u + ( |\cdot|^{-\gamma} \ast |u|^2)u=0$$ with initial data in modulation spaces $M^{p, p'}_1 \times M^{p,p}$ for $p\in \left(2, \frac{54 }{27-2\gamma} \right),$ $2<\gamma<3.$ We implement Bourgain's high-low frequency decomposition method to establish global well-posedness, which was earlier used for classical Klein-Gordon equation. This is the first result on low regularity for Klein-Gordon-Hartree equation with large initial data in modulation spaces (which do not coincide with Sobolev spaces).

Abstract: In this paper, we study the indirect boundary stabilization of a Bresse system with only two dissipation laws. This system, which models the dynamics of a beam, is a hyperbolic system with three wave speeds. We study the asymptotic behaviour of the eigenvalues and of the eigenvectors of the underlying operator in the case of three distinct wave velocities which is not physically relevant. Since the imaginary axis is proved to be an asymptote for one family of eigenvalues, the stability can not be exponential. Of course, this paper is only interesting from a mathematical point of view.

Abstract: In this paper, we present a new framework for the global well-posedness and large-time behavior of a two-phase flow system, which consists of the pressureless Euler equations and incompressible Navier-Stokes equations coupled through the drag force. To overcome the difficulties arising from the absence of the pressure term in the Euler equations, we establish the time decay estimates of the high-order derivative of the velocity to obtain uniform estimates of the fluid density. The upper bound decay rates are obtained by designing a new functional and the lower bound decay rates are achieved by selecting specific initial data. Moreover, the upper bound decay rates are the same order as the lower one. Therefore, the time decay rates are optimal. When the fluid density in the pressureless Euler flow vanishes, the system is reduced into an incompressible Navier-Stokes flow. In this case, our works coincide with the classical results by Schonbek \cite{M.S3} [JAMS,1991], which can be regarded as a generalization from a single fluid model to the two-phase fluid one.

Abstract: We improve Frank-Sabin's work concerning the spectral cluster bounds for orthonormal systems at $p=\infty$, on the flat torus and spaces of nonpositive sectional curvature, by shrinking the spectral band from $[\lambda^{2}, (\lambda+1)^{2})$ to $[\lambda^{2}, (\lambda+\epsilon(\lambda))^{2})$, where $\epsilon(\lambda)$ is a function of $\lambda$ that goes to $0$ as $\lambda$ goes to $\infty$. In achieving this, we invoke the method developed by Bourgain-Shao-Sogge-Yao.

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for pressureless gases in two space dimensions with generic smooth initial data (density and velocity). These equations give rise to singular curves, where the mass has positive density w.r.t.~1-dimensional Hausdorff measure. We observe that the system of equations describing these singular curves is not hyperbolic. For analytic data, local solutions are constructed using a version of the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem. We then study the interaction of two singular curves, in generic position. Finally, for a generic initial velocity field, we investigate the asymptotic structure of the smooth solution up to the first time when a singularity is formed.

Abstract: In this paper we study the convergence of integral functionals with $q$-growth in a randomly perforated domain of $\mathbb R^n$, with $1<q<n$. Under the assumption that the perforations are small balls whose centres and radii are generated by a \emph{stationary short-range marked point process}, we obtain in the critical-scaling limit an averaged analogue of the nonlinear capacitary term obtained by Ansini and Braides in the deterministic periodic case \cite{Ansini-Braides}. In analogy to the random setting introduced by Giunti, H\"ofer, and Vel\'azquez \cite{Giunti-Hofer-Velasquez} to study the Poisson equation, we only require that the random radii have finite $(n-q)$-moment. This assumption on the one hand ensures that the expectation of the nonlinear $q$-capacity of the spherical holes is finite, and hence that the limit problem is well defined. On the other hand, it does not exclude the presence of balls with large radii, that can cluster up. We show however that the critical rescaling of the perforations is sufficient to ensure that no percolating-like structures appear in the limit.

Abstract: We consider the steady-state Boussinesq system in the whole three-dimensional space, with the action of external forces and the gravitational acceleration. First, for $3<p\leq +\infty$ we prove the existence of weak $L^p$-solutions. Moreover, within the framework of a slightly modified system, we discuss the possibly non-existence of $L^p-$solutions for $1\leq p \leq 3$. Then, we use the more general setting of the $L^{p,\infty}-$spaces to show that weak solutions and their derivatives are H\"older continuous functions, where the maximum gain of regularity is determined by the initial regularity of the external forces and the gravitational acceleration. As a bi-product, we get a new regularity criterion for the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations. Furthermore, in the particular homogeneous case when the external forces are equal to zero; and for a range of values of the parameter $p$, we show that weak solutions are not only smooth enough, but also they are identical to the trivial (zero) solution. This result is of independent interest, and it is also known as the Liouville-type problem for the steady-state Boussinesq system.

Abstract: We prove weighted analytic regularity of solutions to the Dirichlet problem for the integral fractional Laplacian in polytopal three-dimensional domains and with analytic right-hand side. Employing the Caffarelli-Silvestre extension allows to localize the problem and to decompose the regularity estimates into results on vertex, edge, face, vertex-edge, vertex-face, edge-face and vertex-edge-face neighborhoods of the boundary. Using tangential differentiability of the extended solutions, a bootstrapping argument based on Caccioppoli inequalities on dyadic decompositions of the neighborhoods provides control of higher order derivatives.

Abstract: In this short note, we prove an $L^6$-control of the macroscopic part of the linear Boltzmann and Landau equations. This result is an extension of the test function method of Esposito-Guo-Kim-Marra~\cite{EGKM}\cite{EGKM2} to the specular reflection boundary condition, in which we crucially used the Korn's inequality and the system of symmetric Poisson equations.