Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)

Abstract: Consider a strictly hyperbolic $n\times n$ system of conservation laws, where each characteristic field is either genuinely nonlinear or linearly degenerate. In this standard setting, it is well known that there exists a Lipschitz semigroup of weak solutions, defined on a domain of functions with small total variation. If the system admits a strictly convex entropy, we give a short proof that every entropy weak solution taking values within the domain of the semigroup coincides with a semigroup trajectory. The result shows that the assumptions of ``Tame Variation" or ``Tame Oscillation", previously used to achieve uniqueness, can be removed in the presence of a strictly convex entropy.

Abstract: In this paper, we propose and study several inverse problems of identifying/determining unknown coefficients for a class of coupled PDE systems by measuring the average flux data on part of the underlying boundary. In these coupled systems, we mainly consider the non-negative solutions of the coupled equations, which are consistent with realistic settings in biology and ecology. There are several salient features of our inverse problem study: the drastic reduction of the measurement/observation data due to averaging effects, the nonlinear coupling of multiple equations, and the non-negative constraints on the solutions, which pose significant challenges to the inverse problems. We develop a new and effective scheme to tackle the inverse problems and achieve unique identifiability results by properly controlling the injection of different source terms to obtain multiple sets of mean flux data. The approach relies on certain monotonicity properties which are related to the intrinsic structures of the coupled PDE system. We also connect our study to biological applications of practical interest.

Abstract: We consider the homogeneous Dirichlet problem for the parabolic equation \[ u_t- \operatorname{div} \left(|\nabla u|^{p(x,t)-2} \nabla u\right)= f(x,t) + F(x,t, u, \nabla u) \] in the cylinder $Q_T:=\Omega\times (0,T)$, where $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 2$, is a $C^{2}$-smooth or convex bounded domain. It is assumed that $p\in C^{0,1}(\overline{Q}_T)$ is a given function, and that the nonlinear source $F(x,t,s, \xi)$ has a proper power growth with respect to $s$ and $\xi$. It is shown that if $p(x,t)>\frac{2(N+1)}{N+2}$, $f\in L^2(Q_T)$, $|\nabla u_0|^{p(x,0)}\in L^1(\Omega)$, then the problem has a solution $u\in C^0([0,T];L^2(\Omega))$ with $|\nabla u|^{p(x,t)} \in L^{\infty}(0,T;L^1(\Omega))$, $u_t\in L^2(Q_T)$, obtained as the limit of solutions to the regularized problems in the parabolic H\"older space. The solution possesses the following global regularity properties: \[ \begin{split} & |\nabla u|^{2(p(x,t)-1)+r}\in L^1(Q_T)\quad \text{for any $0 < r < \frac{4}{N+2}$}, \\ & |\nabla u|^{p(x,t)-2} \nabla u \in W^{1,2}(Q_T)^N. \end{split} \]

Abstract: In this paper we study the following nonlinear Choquard equation $$ -\Delta u+u=\left(\ln\frac{1}{|x|}\ast F(u)\right)f(u),\quad\text{ in }\,\mathbb{R}^2, $$ where $f\in C^1(\mathbb{R})$ and $F$ is the primitive of the nonlinearity $f$ vanishing at zero. We use an asymptotic approximation approach to establish the existence of positive solutions to the above problem in the standard Sobolev space $H^1(\mathbb{R}^2)$. We give a new proof and at the same time extend part of the results established in [Cassani-Tarsi, Calc. Var. P.D.E. (2021)].

Abstract: We give an interpretation of a class of discrete-to-continuum results for Ising systems using the theory of zonoids. We define the classes of rational zonotopes and zonoids, as those of the Wulff shapes of perimeters obtained as limits of finite-range homogeneous Ising systems and of general homogeneous Ising systems, respectively. Thanks to the characterization of zonoids in terms of measures on the sphere, rational zonotopes, identified as finite sums of Dirac masses, are dense in the class of all zonoids. Moreover, we show that a rational zonoid can be obtained from a coercive Ising system if and only if the corresponding measure satisfies some connectedness properties, while it is always a continuum limit of discrete Wulff shapes under the only condition that the support of the measure spans the whole space. Finally, we highlight the connection with the homogenization of periodic Ising systems and propose a generalized definition of rational zonotope of order N, which coincides with the definition of rational zonotope if N=1

Abstract: We prove that stable fluid equilibria with trivial homology on curved, reflection-symmetric periodic channels must posses "islands", or cat's eye vortices. In this way, arbitrarily small disturbances of a flat boundary cause a change of streamline topology of stable steady states.

Abstract: We give a complete description of nontrivial local conservation laws of all orders for a natural generalization of the nonlinear progressive wave equation and, in particular, show that there is an infinite number of such conservation laws.

Abstract: The goal of this article is twofold. First, we investigate the linearized Vlasov-Poisson system around a family of spatially homogeneous equilibria in $\mathbb{R}^3$ (the unconfined setting). Our analysis follows classical strategies from physics and their subsequent mathematical extensions. The main novelties are a unified treatment of a broad class of analytic equilibria and the study of a class of generalized Poisson equilibria. For the former, this provides a detailed description of the associated Green's functions, including in particular precise dissipation rates (which appear to be new), whereas for the latter we exhibit explicit formulas. Second, we review the main result and ideas in our recent work on the full global nonlinear asymptotic stability of the Poisson equilibrium in $\mathbb{R}^3$.