Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: We prove new bounds for Bessel heat kernels and Bessel heat kernels subordinated by stable subordinators. In particular, we provide a 3G inequality in the subordinated case.

Abstract: The fast diffusion equation is analyzed on a bounded domain with Dirichlet boundary conditions, for which solutions are known to extinct in finite time. We construct invariant manifolds that provide a finite-dimensional approximation near the vanishing solution to any prescribed convergence rate.

Abstract: By a semi-Lagrangian change of coordinates, the hydrostatic Euler equations describing free-surface sheared flows is rewritten as a system of quasilinear equations, where stability conditions can be determined by the analysis of its hyperbolic structure. This new system can be written as a quasi linear system in time and horizontal variables and involves no more vertical derivatives. However, the coefficients in front of the horizontal derivatives include an integral operator acting on the new vertical variable. The spectrum of these operators is studied in detail, in particular it includes a continuous part. Riemann invariants are then determined as conserved quantities along the characteristic curves. Examples of solutions are provided, in particular stationary solutions and solutions blowing-up in finite time. Eventually, we propose an exact multi-layer $\mathbb{P}_0$-discretization, which could be used to solve numerically this semi-Lagrangian system, and analyze the eigenvalues of the corresponding discretized operator to investigate the hyperbolic nature of the approximated system.

Abstract: The Rubio de Francia extrapolation theorem is a very powerful result which states that in order to show that certain operators satisfy weighted norm inequalities with Muckenhoupt weights it suffices to see that the corresponding inequalities hold for some fixed exponent, for instance $p=2$. In this paper we extend this result and show that this extrapolation principle allows one to obtain weighted estimates in tent spaces. From our extrapolation result we automatically derive new estimates (and reprove some other) concerning Calder\'on-Zygmund operators, operators associated with the Kato conjecture, or fractional operators.

Abstract: In this paper we present the homogenization for nonlinear viscoelastic second-grade non-simple perforated materials at large strain in the quasistatic setting. The reference domain $\Omega_{\varepsilon}$ is periodically perforated and is depending on the scaling parameter $\varepsilon$ which describes the ratio between the size of the whole domain and the small periodic perforations. The mechanical energy depends on the gradient and also the second gradient of the deformation, and also respects positivity of the determinant of the deformation gradient. For the viscous stresses we assume dynamic frame indifference and is therefore depending of the rate of the Cauchy-stress tensor. For the derivation of the homogenized model for $\varepsilon \to 0$ we use the method of two-scale convergence. For this uniform a priori estimates with respect to $\varepsilon$ are necessary. The most crucial part is to estimate the rate of the deformation gradient. Due to the time-dependent frame indifference of the viscous term, we only get coercivity with respect to the rate of the Cauchy-stress tensor. To overcome this problem we derive a Korn inequality for non-constant coefficients on the perforated domain. The crucial point is to verify that the constant in this inequality, which is usually depending on the domain, can be chosen independently of the parameter $\varepsilon$. Further, we construct an extension operator for second order Sobolev spaces on perforated domains with operator norm independent of $\varepsilon$.

Abstract: The goal of this paper is to prove a comparison principle for viscosity solutions of semilinear Hamilton-Jacobi equations in the space of probability measures. The method involves leveraging differentiability properties of the $2$-Wasserstein distance in the doubling of variables argument, which is done by introducing a further entropy penalization that ensures that the relevant optima are achieved at positive, Lipschitz continuous densities with finite Fischer information. This allows to prove uniqueness and stability of viscosity solutions in the class of bounded Lipschitz continuous (with respect to the $1$-Wasserstein distance) functions. The result does not appeal to a mean field control formulation of the equation, and, as such, applies to equations with nonconvex Hamiltonians and measure-dependent volatility. For convex Hamiltonians that derive from a potential, we prove that the value function associated with a suitable mean-field optimal control problem with nondegenerate idiosyncratic noise is indeed the unique viscosity solution.

Abstract: We consider a rate-independent system with nonconvex energy under discontinuous external loading. The underlying space is finite dimensional and the loads are functions in $BV([0,T];\mathbb{R}^d)$. We investigate the stability of various solution concepts w.r.t. a sequence of loads converging weakly$*$ in $BV([0,T];\mathbb{R}^d)$ with a particular emphasis on the so-called normalized, $\mathfrak{p}$-parametrized balanced viscosity solutions. By means of two counterexamples, it is shown that common solution concepts are not stable w.r.t. weak$*$ convergence of loads in the sense that a limit of a sequence of solutions associated with these loads need not be a solution corresponding to the load in the limit. We moreover introduce a new solution concept, which is stable in this sense, but our examples show that this concept necessarily allows "solutions" that are physically meaningless.

Abstract: In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem for the three dimensional parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel equation with a large non-shear incompressible flow. Without advection, there exist solution with arbitrarily mass which blow up in finite time. Firstly, we introduce a three dimensional non-shear incompressible flow and study the enhanced dissipation of such flows by resolvent estimate method. Next, we show that the enhanced dissipation of such flow can suppress blow-up of solution to three dimensional parabolic-elliptic Keller-Segel equation and establish global classical solution with large initial data.

Abstract: We consider a linearized partial data Calder\'on problem for biharmonic operators extending the analogous result for harmonic operators. We construct special solutions and utilize Segal-Bargmann transform to recover lower order perturbations.

Abstract: We consider the free boundary problem for the Euler--Fourier system that describes the motion of compressible, inviscid and heat-conducting fluids. The effect of surface tension is neglected and there is no heat flux across the free boundary. We prove the local well-posedness of the problem in Lagrangian coordinates under the Taylor sign condition. The solution is produced as the limit of solutions to a sequence of tangentially-smoothed approximate problems, where the so-called corrector is crucially introduced beforehand in the temperature equation so that the approximate initial data satisfying the corresponding compatibility conditions can be constructed. To overcome the strong coupling effect between the Euler part and the Fourier part in solving the linearized approximate problem, the temperature equation is further regularized by a pseudo-parabolic equation. Moreover, we prove the uniform estimates with respect to the Mach number of the solutions to the free-boundary Euler--Fourier system with large temperature variations, which allow us to justify the convergence towards the free-boundary inviscid low Mach number limit system by the strong compactness argument.

Abstract: For any axisymmetric toroidal domain $\Omega \subset \mathbf{R}^3$ we prove that there is a locally generic set of divergence-free vector fields that are not topologically equivalent to any magnetohydrostatic (MHS) equilibrium in $\Omega$. Each vector field in this set is Morse-Smale on the boundary, does not admit a nonconstant first integral, and exhibits fast growth of periodic orbits; in particular this set is residual in the Newhouse domain. The key dynamical idea behind this result is that a vector field with a dense set of nondegenerate periodic orbits cannot be topologically equivalent to a generic MHS equilibrium. On the analytic side, this geometric obstruction is implemented by means of a novel rigidity theorem for the relaxation of generic magnetic fields with a suitably complex orbit structure.

Abstract: We provide a unified viewpoint on two illposedness mechanisms for dispersive equations in one spatial dimension, namely degenerate dispersion and (the failure of) the Takeuchi--Mizohata condition. Our approach is based on a robust energy- and duality-based method introduced in an earlier work of the authors in the setting of Hall-magnetohydynamics. Concretely, the main results in this paper concern strong illposedness of the Cauchy problem (e.g., non-existence and unboundedness of the solution map) in high-regularity Sobolev spaces for various quasilinear degenerate Schr\"odinger- and KdV-type equations, including the Hunter--Smothers equation, $K(m, n)$ models of Rosenau--Hyman, and the inviscid surface growth model. The mechanism behind these results may be understood in terms of combination of two effects: degenerate dispersion -- which is a property of the principal term in the presence of degenerating coefficients -- and the evolution of the amplitude governed by the Takeuchi--Mizohata condition -- which concerns the subprincipal term. We also demonstrate how the same techniques yield a more quantitative version of the classical $L^{2}$-illposedness result by Mizohata for linear variable-coefficient Schr\"odinger equations with failed Takeuchi--Mizohata condition.

Abstract: We study the boundary layer theory for slightly viscous stationary flows forced by an imposed slip velocity at the boundary. According to the theory of Prandtl (1904) and Batchelor (1956), any Euler solution arising in this limit and consisting of a single ``eddy" must have constant vorticity. Feynman and Lagerstrom (1956) gave a procedure to select the value of this vorticity by demanding a \textit{necessary} condition for the existence of a periodic Prandtl boundary layer description. In the case of the disc, the choice -- known to Batchelor (1956) and Wood (1957) -- is explicit in terms of the slip forcing. For domains with non-constant curvature, Feynman and Lagerstrom give an approximate formula for the choice which is in fact only implicitly defined and must be determined together with the boundary layer profile. We show that this condition is also sufficient for the existence of a periodic boundary layer described by the Prandtl equations. Due to the quasilinear coupling between the solution and the selected vorticity, we devise a delicate iteration scheme coupled with a high-order energy method that captures and controls the implicit selection mechanism.