A Formulation of the Porous Medium Equation with Time-Dependent Porosity: A Priori Estimates and Regularity Results

We consider a generalized form of the porous medium equation where the porosity ϕis a function of time t: ϕ=ϕ(x,t): ∂(ϕS)∂t−∇⋅(k(S)∇S)=Q(S).In many works, the porosity ϕis either assumed to be independent of (or to depend very little of) the time variable t. In this work, we want to study the case where it does depend on t(and xas well). For this purpose, we make a change of unknown function V=ϕSin order to obtain a saturation-like (advection-diffusion) equation. A priori estimates and regularity results are established for the new equation based in part on what is known from the saturation equation, when ϕis independent of the time t. These results are then extended to the full saturation equation with time-dependent porosity ϕ=ϕ(x,t). In this analysis, we make explicitly the dependence of the various constants in the estimates on the porosity ϕby the introduced transport vector w, through the change of unknown function. Also we do not assume zero-flux boundary, but we carry the analysis for the case Q≡0.

A Priori Error Analysis for NCVEM Discretization of Elliptic Optimal Control Problem

In this paper, we propose the nonconforming virtual element method (NCVEM) discretization for the pointwise control constraint optimal control problem governed by elliptic equations. Based on the NCVEM approximation of state equation and the variational discretization of control variables, we construct a virtual element discrete scheme. For the state, adjoint state and control variable, we obtain the corresponding prior estimate in H1 and L2 norms. Finally, some numerical experiments are carried out to support the theoretical results.

A Priori and A Posteriori Error Estimates of Streamline Diffusion Finite Element Method for Optimal Control Problem Governed by Convection Dominated Diffusion Equation

In this paper,we investigate a streamline diffusion finite element approxi- mation scheme for the constrained optimal control problem governed by linear con- vection dominated diffusion equations.We prove the existence and uniqueness of the discretized scheme.Then a priori and a posteriori error estimates are derived for the state,the co-state and the control.Three numerical examples are presented to illustrate our theoretical results.

A PRIORI ESTIMATE FOR MAXIMUM MODULUS OF GENERALIZED SOLUTIONS OF QUASI-LINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS

Let G he a hounded domain in E Consider the following quasi-linear elliptic equationAlthough the houndedness of generalized solutions of the equation is proved for very general structural conditions, it does not supply a priori estimate for maximum modulus of solutions. In this paper an estimate to the maximum modulus is made firstly for a special case of quasi-linear elliptic equations, i.e. the A and B satisfy the following structural conditions

A PRIORI ESTIMATES TO THE MAXIMUM MODULUS OF GENERALIZED SOLUTIONS OF A CLASS OF QUASILINEAR ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS WITH ANISOTROPIC GROWTH CONDITIONS

In this paper we give a priori estimates for the maximum modulus of generalizedsolulions of the quasilinear elliplic equations irith anisotropic growth condition.

Virtual Element Discretization of Optimal Control Problem Governed by Brinkman Equations

In this paper, we discuss virtual element method (VEM) approximation of optimal control problem governed by Brinkman equations with control constraints. Based on the polynomial projections and variational discretization of the control variable, we build up the virtual element discrete scheme of the optimal control problem and derive the discrete first order optimality system. A priori error estimates for the state, adjoint state and control variables in L2 and H1 norm are derived. The theoretical findings are illustrated by the numerical experiments.

STABILITY OF THE RAREFACTION WAVE FOR THE GENERALIZED KDV-BURGERS EQUATION

This paper is concerned with the stability of the rarefaction wave for the generalized KdV-Burgers equation [GRAPHICS] Roughly speaking, under the assumption that u(-) < u(+), the solution u(x, t) to Cauchy problem (1) satisfying (sup)(x&ISIN;R)\u(x, t) - u(R)(x/t)\ --> 0 as t --> infinity, where u(R)(x/t) is the rarefaction wave of the non-viscous Burgers equation u(t) + f(u)(x) = 0 with Riemann initial data [GRAPHICS]

COMPRESSIBLE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS WITH DENSITY-DEPENDENT VISCOSITY,VACUUM AND GRAVITATIONAL FORCE IN THE CASE OF GENERAL PRESSURE

This is a continuation of the article（Comm.Partial Differential Equations 26（2001）965）.In this article,the authors consider the one-dimensional compressible isentropic Navier-Stokes equations with gravitational force,fixed boundary condition,a general pressure and the density-dependent viscosity coefficient when the viscous gas connects to vacuum state with a jump in density.Precisely,the viscosity coefficient μ is proportional to ρ^θ and 0〈θ〈1/2,where ρ is the density,and the pressure P=P（ρ）is a general pressure.The global existence and the uniqueness of weak solution are proved.

The Global Solution for a Class of Dissipative Hasegawa-Mima Equation

Applying the integral a priori estimates method, the existence and uniqueness ofthe global solution for the dissipative Hasegawa-Mima equation with initial periodic bound-ary condition was proved.

EXISTENCE OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS OF PLANAR SYSTEMS WITH FOUR DELAYS

The sufficient condition for the existence of non constant periodic solutions of the following planar system with four delays are obtained:x [FK(W1*1。*3/4]′ 1(t)=-a 0x α 1(t)+a 1f 1(x 1(t-τ 1),x 2(t-τ 2)), x [FK(W1*1。*3/4]′ 2(t)=-b 0x α 2(t)+b 1f 2(x 1(t-τ 3),x 2(t-τ 4)).This approach is based on the continuation theorem of the coincidence degree, and the a priori estimate of periodic solutions.

Adaptive Finite Element Method Based on Optimal Error Estimates for Linear Elliptic Problems on Nonconvex Polygonal Domains

The subject of this work is to propose adaptive finite element methods based on an optimal maximum norm error control estimate.Using estimators of the local regularity of the unknown exact solution derived from computed approximate solutions,the proposed procedures are analyzed in detail for a non-trivial class of corner problems and shown to be efficient in the sense that they generate the correct type of refinement and lead to the desired control under consideration.

DECAY ESTIMATES OF PLANAR STATIONARY WAVES FOR DAMED WAVE EQUATIONS WITH NONLINEAR CONVECTION IN MULTI-DIMENSIONAL HALF SPACE

This paper is concerned with the initial-boundary value problem for damped wave equations with a nonlinear convection term in the multi-dimensional half space R n ＋ ： u tt u ＋ u t ＋ divf （u） = 0, t 〉 0, x = （x 1 , x ′ ） ∈ R n ＋ ：= R ＋ × R n 1 , u（0, x） = u 0 （x） → u ＋ , as x 1 → ＋ ∞ , u t （0, x） = u 1 （x）, u（t, 0, x ′ ） = u b , x ′ = （x 2 , x 3 , ··· , x n ） ∈ R n 1 . （I） For the non-degenerate case f ′ 1 （u ＋ ） 〈 0, it was shown in [10] that the above initialboundary value problem （I） admits a unique global solution u（t, x） which converges to the corresponding planar stationary wave φ（x 1 ） uniformly in x 1 ∈ R ＋ as time tends to infinity provided that the initial perturbation and/or the strength of the stationary wave are sufficiently small. And in [10] Ueda, Nakamura, and Kawashima proved the algebraic decay estimates of the tangential derivatives of the solution u（t, x） for t → ＋ ∞ by using the space-time weighted energy method initiated by Kawashima and Matsumura [5] and improved by Nishihkawa [7]. Moreover, by using the same weighted energy method, an additional algebraic convergence rate in the normal direction was obtained by assuming that the initial perturbation decays algebraically. We note, however, that the analysis in [10] relies heavily on the assumption that f ′ （u） 〈 0. The main purpose of this paper isdevoted to discussing the case of f ′ 1 （u b ） ≥ 0 and we show that similar results still hold for such a case. Our analysis is based on some delicate energy estimates.

UNIQUENESS OF THE INVERSE TRANSMISSION SCATTERING WITH A CONDUCTIVE BOUNDARY CONDITION

This paper considers the inverse acoustic wave scattering by a bounded penetrable obstacle with a conductive boundary condition.We will show that the penetrable scatterer can be uniquely determined by its far-field pattern of the scattered field for all incident plane waves at a fixed wave number.In the first part of this paper,adequate preparations for the main uniqueness result are made.We establish the mixed reciprocity relation between the far-field pattern corresponding to point sources and the scattered field corresponding to plane waves.Then the well-posedness of a modified interior transmission problem is deeply investigated by the variational method.Finally,the a priori estimates of solutions to the general transmission problem with boundary data in L^(p)(δΩ)(1<p<2)are proven by the boundary integral equation method.In the second part of this paper,we give a novel proof on the uniqueness of the inverse conductive scattering problem.

GLOBAL ASYMPTOTICS TOWARD THE REREFACTION WAVES FOR A PARABOLIC-ELLIPTIC SYSTEM RELATED TO THE CAMASSA-HOLM SHALLOW WATER EQUATION

This article is concerned with the global existence and large time behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for a parabolic-elliptic system related to the Camassa-Holm shallow water equation {ut＋（u^2/2）x＋px=εuxx, t〉0,x∈R, -αPxx＋P=f（u）＋α/2ux^2-1/2u^2, t〉0,x∈R, （E） with the initial data u（0,x）=u0（x）→u±, as x→±∞ （I） Here, u_ 〈 u＋ are two constants and f（u） is a sufficiently smooth function satisfying f＂ （u） 〉 0 for all u under consideration. Main aim of this article is to study the relation between solutions to the above Cauchy problem and those to the Riemann problem of the following nonlinear conservation law It is well known that if u_ 〈 u＋, the above Riemann problem admits a unique global entropy solution u^R（x/t） u^R（x/t）={u_,（f′）^-1（x/t）,u＋, x≤f′（u_）t, f′（u_）t≤x≤f′（u＋）t, x≥f′（u＋）t. Let U（t, x） be the smooth approximation of the rarefaction wave profile constructed similar to that of [21, 22, 23], we show that if u0（x） - U（0,x） ∈ H^1（R） and u_ 〈 u＋, the above Cauchy problem （E） and （I） admits a unique global classical solution u（t, x） which tends to the rarefaction wave u^R（x/t） as → ＋∞ in the maximum norm. The proof is given by an elementary energy method.

EXISTENCE OF GLOBAL SMOOTH SOLUTION TO INITIAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR A VISCOELASTIC MODEL WITH RELAXATION

This paper is concerned with the initial boundary value problem for a viscoelastic model with relaxation. Under the only assumption that the C^0-norm of the initial data is small, without smallness hypothesis for the C^1-norm, the existence of the global smooth solution to the corresponding initial boundary value problem is proved. The analysis is based on some a priori estimates obtained by the 'maximum principle' of first-order quasilinear hyperbolic system.

GLOBAL ATTRACTOR FOR HASEGAWA-MIMA EQUATION

The long time behavior of solution of the Hasegawa-Mima equation with dissipation term was considered. The global attractor problem of the Hasegawa-Mima equation with initial periodic boundary condition was studied. Applying the uniform a priori estimates method, the existence of global attractor of this problem was proved, and also the dimensions of the global attractor was estimated.

REMARK ON THE BLOW-UP CRITERION OF STRONG SOLUTIONS TO THE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS IN MULTIPLIER SPACES

In this note, we prove that Xr （0 〈 r 〈 1） norm of the vorticity controls the blow-up phenomena of strong solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations in R3.

Global attractor for Hirota equation

The long time behavior of solution for Hirota equation with zero order dissipation is studied. The global weak attractor for this system in Hper^k is constructed. And then by exact analysis of the energy equation, it is shown that the global weak attractor is actually the global strong attractor in Hper^k.

A SUBSOLUTION THEOREM FOR THE MONGE-AMPERE EQUATION OVER AN ALMOST HERMITIAN MANIFOLD

Let Ω⊆M be a bounded domain with a smooth boundary ∂Ω,where(M,J,g)is a compact,almost Hermitian manifold.The main result of this paper is to consider the Dirichlet problem for a complex Monge-Ampère equation on Ω.Under the existence of a C^(2)-smooth strictly J-plurisubharmonic(J-psh for short)subsolution,we can solve this Dirichlet problem.Our method is based on the properties of subsolutions which have been widely used for fully nonlinear elliptic equations over Hermitian manifolds.

H^1 SOLUTIONS FOR A CLASS OF SEMILINEAR PARABOLIC SYSTEMS

In this paper, we consider the Cauchy problem of a class of semilinear parabolic system. Firstly, we obtain the local existence of solutions of (1.1),(1.2) in H-1(R(1)), and then we prove the global existence of the solutions in H-1 through a priori estimate.