Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: In this paper, we study a tumor growth model where the growth is driven by nutrient availability and the tumor expands according to Darcy's law with a mechanical pressure resulting from the incompressibility of the cells. Our focus is on the free boundary regularity of the tumor patch that holds beyond topological changes. A crucial element in our analysis is establishing the regularity of the hitting time T, which records the first time the tumor patch reaches a given point. We achieve this by introducing a novel Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) interpretation of the pressure, which is of independent interest. The HJB structure is obtained by viewing the model as a limit of the Porous Media Equation (PME) and building upon a new variant of the AB estimate. Using the HJB structure, we establish a new Hopf-Lax type formula for the pressure variable. Combined with barrier arguments, the formula allows us to show that T is C^{\alpha}, where \alpha depends only on the dimension, which translates into a mild nondegeneracy of the tumor patch evolution. Building on this and obstacle problem theory, we show that the tumor patch boundary is regular in spacetime except on a set of Hausdorff dimension at most $d-\alpha$. On the set of regular points, we further show that the tumor patch is locally $C^{1,\alpha}$ in space-time. This conclusively establishes that instabilities in the boundary evolution do not amplify arbitrarily high frequencies.

Abstract: We consider the $L^2$-boundedness of the solution itself of the Cauchy problem for wave equations with time-dependent wave speeds. We treat it in the one-dimensional Euclidean space. To study these, we adopt a simple multiplier method by using a special property equiped with the one dimensional space.

Abstract: We prove the sharp domain of dependence property for solutions to subelliptic wave equations for sums of squares of vector fields satisfying H{\"o}rmander bracket condition. We deduce a unique continuation property for the square root of subelliptic Laplace operators under an additional analyticity condition.

Abstract: We study the inverse problem of determining uniquely and stably quasilinear terms appearing in an elliptic equation from boundary excitations and measurements associated with the solutions of the corresponding equation. More precisely, we consider the determination of quasilinear terms depending simultaneously on the solution and the gradient of the solution of the elliptic equation from measurements of the flux restricted to some fixed and finite number of points located at the boundary of the domain generated by Dirichlet data lying on a finite dimensional space. Our Dirichlet data will be explicitly given by affine functions taking values in $\mathbb R$. We prove our results by considering a new approach based on explicit asymptotic properties of solutions of these class of nonlinear elliptic equations with respect to a small parameter imposed at the boundary of the domain.

Abstract: In 2004, the article "Maximal regularity for evolution equations in weighted $L_p$-spaces" by J. Pr\"{u}ss and G. Simonett has been published in Archiv der Mathematik. We provide a survey of the main results of that article and outline some applications to semilinear and quasilinear parabolic evolution equations which illustrate their power.

Abstract: We show how to explicitly compute the homogenized curvature energy appearing in the isotropic $\Gamma$-limit for flat and for curved initial configuration Cosserat shell models, when a parental three-dimensional minimization problem on $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^3$ for a Cosserat energy based on the second order dislocation density tensor $\alpha:=\overline{R} ^T {\rm Curl}\,\overline{R} \in \mathbb{R}^{3\times 3}$, $\overline{R}\in {\rm SO}(3)$ is used.

Abstract: We study an inverse boundary value problem for a polyharmonic operator in two dimensions. We show that the Cauchy data uniquely determine all the anisotropic perturbations of orders at most $m-1$ and several perturbations of orders $m$ to $2m-2$ under some restriction. The uniqueness proof relies on the $\bar{\partial}$-techniques and the method of stationary phase.

Abstract: We study the sharp constant in the Morrey inequality for fractional Sobolev-Slobodecki\u{\i} spaces on the whole $\mathbb{R}^N$. By generalizing a recent work by Hynd and Seuffert, we prove existence of extremals, together with some regularity estimates. We also analyze the sharp asymptotic behaviour of this constant as we reach the borderline case $s\,p=N$, where the inequality fails. This can be done by means of a new elementary proof of the Morrey inequality, which combines: a local fractional Poincar\'e inequality for punctured balls, the definition of capacity of a point and Hardy's inequality for the punctured space. Finally, we compute the limit of the sharp Morrey constant for $s\nearrow 1$, as well as its limit for $p\nearrow \infty$. We obtain convergence of extremals, as well.

Abstract: In this paper, we focus on the quantitative unique continuation property of solutions to \begin{equation*} \Delta^2u=Vu, \end{equation*} where $V\in W^{1,\infty}$. We show that the maximal vanishing order of the solutions is not large than \begin{equation} C\left(\|V\|^{\frac{1}{4}}_{L^{\infty}}+\|\nabla V\|_{L^{\infty}}+1\right). \end{equation} Our key argument is to lift the original equation to that with a positive potential, then decompose the resulted fourth-order equation into a special system of two second-order equations. Based on the special system, we define a variant frequency function with weights and derive its almost monotonicity to establishing some doubling inequalities with explicit dependence on the Sobolev norm of the potential function.

Abstract: We improve the result by Feola and Iandoli [J. de Math. Pures et App., 157:243-281, 2022], showing that quasilinear Hamiltonian Schr\"odinger type equations are well posed on $H^s(\mathbb{T}^d)$ if $s>d/2+3$. We exploit the sharp paradifferential calculus on $\mathbb{T}^d$ introduced by Berti, Maspero and Murgante [J. Dynam. and Differential Equations, 33 (3): 1475-1513, 2021].

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate a Fisher-KPP nonlocal diffusion model incorporating the effect of advection and free boundaries, aiming to explore the propagation dynamics of the nonlocal diffusion-advection model. Considering the effects of the advection, the existence, uniqueness, and regularity of the global solution are obtained. We introduce the principal eigenvalue of the nonlocal operator with the advection term and discuss the asymptotic properties influencing the long-time behaviors of the solution for this model. Moreover, we give several sufficient conditions determining the occurrences of spreading or vanishing and obtain the spreading-vanishing dichotomy. Most of all, applying the semi-wave solution and constructing the upper and the lower solution, we give an explicit description of the finite asymptotic spreading speeds for the double free boundaries on the effects of the nonlocal diffusion and advection compared with the corresponding problem without an advection term.

Abstract: In this paper, we mainly investigate the spreading dynamics of a nonlocal diffusion KPP model with free boundaries which is firstly explored in time almost periodic media. As the spreading occurs, the long-run dynamics are obtained. Especially, when the threshold condition for the kernel function is satisfied, applying the novel positive time almost periodic function, we accurately express the unique asymptotic spreading speed of the free boundary problem.

Abstract: We prove the well posedness of a class of non linear and non local mixed hyperbolic-parabolic systems in bounded domains, with Dirichlet boundary conditions. In view of control problems, stability estimates on the dependence of solutions on data and parameters are also provided. These equations appear in models devoted to population dynamics or to epidemiology, for instance.

Abstract: We discuss the $(1+1)$-dimensional wave maps equation with values in a compact Lie group. The corresponding Gibbs measure is given by a Brownian motion on the Lie group, which plays a central role in stochastic geometry. Our main theorem is the almost sure global well-posedness and invariance of the Gibbs measure for the wave maps equation. It is the first result of this kind for any geometric wave equation. Our argument relies on a novel finite-dimensional approximation of the wave maps equation which involves the so-called Killing renormalization. The main part of this article then addresses the global convergence of our approximation and the almost invariance of the Gibbs measure under the corresponding flow. The proof of global convergence requires a carefully crafted Ansatz which includes modulated linear waves, modulated bilinear waves, and mixed modulated objects. The interactions between the different objects in our Ansatz are analyzed using an intricate combination of analytic, geometric, and probabilistic ingredients. In particular, geometric aspects of the wave maps equation are utilized via orthogonality, which has previously been used in the deterministic theory of wave maps at critical regularity. The proof of almost invariance of the Gibbs measure under our approximation relies on conservative structures, which are a new framework for the approximation of Hamiltonian equations, and delicate estimates of the energy increment.

Abstract: In this paper, we establish linear enhanced dissipation results for the three-dimensional Boussinesq equations around a stably stratified Couette flow, in the viscous and thermally diffusive setting. The dissipation rates are faster compared to those observed in the homogeneous Navier-Stokes equations, in light of the interplay between velocity and temperature, driven by buoyant forces. Our approach involves introducing a change of variables grounded in a Fourier space symmetrization framework. This change elucidates the energy structure inherent in the system. Specifically, we handle non-streaks modes through an augmented energy functional, while streaks modes are amenable to explicit solutions. This explicit treatment reveals the oscillatory nature of shear modes, providing the elimination of the well-known three-dimensional instability mechanism known as the ``lift-up effect''.