Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: A paper, entitled "Uniform stabilization for the Timoshenko beam by a locally distributed damping" was published in 2003, in the journal Electronic Journal of Differential Equations. Its title concerns exclusively its Section 3, devoted to the case of equal speeds of propagation and to its main theorem, namely Theorem 3.1. It states that the solutions of the Timoshenko system (see (1.3) in [1]) decays exponentially when the damping coefficient b is locally distributed. The proof of Theorem 3.1 is crucially based on Lemma 3.6, which states the existence of a strict Lyapunov function along which the solutions of (1.3) decay when the speeds of propagation are equal. This rebuttal shows the major gap and flaws in the proof of Lemma 3.6, which invalidate the proofs of Lemma 3.6 and Theorem 3.1. Lemma 3.6 is stated at the top of page 12. The main part of its proof is given in the pages 12 and 13. In the last eight lines of page 13, eight inequalities are requested to hold together for the proof of Lemma 3.6. They don't appear in the statements of Lemma 3.6. The subsequent flaws come from the evidence that several of them are contradictory either between them or with claims in the title of the article. We also point in this rebuttal other flaws, or gaps in the proofs of Theorem 2.2 related to strong stability and non uniform stability for the case of distinct speeds of propagation. In [3], we correct and complete the proof of strong stability. We also correct, set up the missing functional frames, fill the gaps in the proof of non uniform stability in the cases of different speeds of propagation, and complete a missing argument in the proof of Theorem A in [4] (see Remark 4.3), the result of Theorem A being used in the paper [1] on which this rebuttal is mainly devoted.

Abstract: For the evolutionary Stokes problem with dynamic boundary condition we show maximal regularity of weak solutions in time. Due to the characteriation of $R$-sectorial operators on Hilbert spaces, the proof reduces to finding the correct functional analytic setting and proving that an operator is sectorial, i.e. generates an analytic semigroup.

Abstract: In part I of the rebuttal (see [2] to the article [1] entitled "Uniform stabilization for the Timoshenko beam by a locally distributed damping" published in 2003, in the journal Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, we prove that Lemma 3.6 and Theorem 3.1 are unproved due to major flaws (contradictory assumptions). We also show that Theorem 2.2 and its proofs of strong stability, and non uniform stability in the case of different speeds of propagation, contain several incorrect arguments and several gaps (including missing functional frames). In this part II, we give the precise missing functional frames, fill the gaps and correct several parts contained in the proof of Theorem 2.2 in [1]. We also complete a missing argument (see Remark 4.23 and Remark 3.2) in the proof of Theorem A in [5] used by [1]. For this we state and prove Proposition 4.4 (see also Proposition 4.6 for a general formulation in Banach spaces). We also give the correct formulations, and proofs of strong stability and non uniform stability (in case of different speeds of propagation) for Timoshenko beams.

Abstract: In this work, we study the blow up results to power-type semilinear wave equation in the high dimensional Schwarzschild spacetime, with damping and potential terms. We can obtain the upper bound estimates of lifespan without the assumption that the support of the initial date should be far away from the black hole.

Abstract: We study the degenerate linear Boltzmann equation inside a bounded domain with the Maxwell and the Cercignani-Lampis boundary conditions, two generalizations of the diffuse reflection, with variable temperature. This includes a model of relaxation towards a space-dependent steady state. For both boundary conditions, we prove for the first time the existence of a steady state and a rate of convergence towards it without assumptions on the temperature variations. Our results for the Cercignani-Lampis boundary condition make also no hypotheses on the accommodation coefficients. The proven rate is exponential when a control condition on the degeneracy of the collision operator is satisfied, and only polynomial when this assumption is not met, in line with our previous results regarding the free-transport equation. We also provide a precise description of the different convergence rates, including lower bounds, when the steady state is bounded. Our method yields constructive constants.

Abstract: In this paper we establish optimal regularity estimates and smoothness of free boundaries for nonlocal obstacle problems governed by a very general class of integro-differential operators with possibly singular kernels. More precisely, in contrast to all previous known results, we are able to treat nonlocal operators whose kernels are not necessarily pointwise comparable to the one of the fractional Laplacian. Such operators might be very anisotropic in the sense that they "do not see" certain directions at all, or might have substantial oscillatory behavior, causing the nonlocal Harnack inequality to fail.

Abstract: In the setting of fractional minimal surfaces, we prove that if two nonlocal minimal sets are one included in the other and share a common boundary point, then they must necessarily coincide. This strict maximum principle is not obvious, since the surfaces may touch at an irregular point, therefore a suitable blow-up analysis must be combined with a bespoke regularity theory to obtain this result. For the classical case, an analogous result was proved by Leon Simon. Our proof also relies on a Harnack Inequality for nonlocal minimal surfaces that has been recently introduced by Xavier Cabr\'e and Matteo Cozzi and which can be seen as a fractional counterpart of a classical result by Enrico Bombieri and Enrico Giusti. In our setting, an additional difficulty comes from the analysis of the corresponding nonlocal integral equation on a hypersurface, which presents a remainder whose sign and fine properties need to be carefully addressed.

Abstract: We analyze spatial spreading in a population model with logistic growth and chemorepulsion. In a parameter range of short-range chemo-diffusion, we use geometric singular perturbation theory and functional-analytic farfield-core decompositions to identify spreading speeds with marginally stable front profiles. In particular, we identify a sharp boundary between between linearly determined, pulled propagation, and nonlinearly determined, pushed propagation, induced by the chemorepulsion. The results are motivated by recent work on singular limits in this regime using PDE methods.

Abstract: We provide an introduction to infinite-dimensional port-Hamiltonian systems. As this research field is quite rich, we restrict ourselves to the class of infinite-dimensional linear port-Hamiltonian systems on a one-dimensional spatial domainand we will focus on topics such as Dirac structures, well-posedness, stability and stabilizability, Riesz-bases and dissipativity. We combine the abstract operator theoretic approach with the more physical approach based on Hamiltonians. This enables us to derive easy verifiable conditions for well-posedness and stability.

Abstract: We construct a two-parameter continuum of type II blow up solutions for the energy-critical focusing NLS in dimension $ d = 3$. The solutions collapse to a single energy bubble in finite time, precisely they have the form $ u(t,x) = e^{i \alpha(t)}\lambda(t)^{\frac{1}{2}}W(\lambda(t) x) + \eta(t, x )$, $ t \in[0, T)$, $ x \in \mathbb{R}^3$, where $ W( x) = \big( 1 + \frac{|x|^2}{3}\big)^{-\frac{1}{2}}$ is the ground state solution, $\lambda(t) = (T-t)^{- \frac12 - \nu} $ for suitable $ \nu > 0 $, $ \alpha(t) = \alpha_0 \log(T - t)$ and $ T= T(\nu, \alpha_0) > 0 $. Further $ \|\eta(t) - \eta_T\|_{\dot{H}^1 \cap \dot{H}^2} = o(1)$ as $ t \to T^-$ for some $ \eta_T \in \dot{H}^{1} \cap~ \dot{H}^2$.