In this paper, we consider the following equation ut=（um）xx＋（un）x, with the initial condition as Dirac measure. Attention is focused on existence, nonexistence, uniqueness and the asymptotic behavior near （0,0）...In this paper, we consider the following equation ut=（um）xx＋（un）x, with the initial condition as Dirac measure. Attention is focused on existence, nonexistence, uniqueness and the asymptotic behavior near （0,0） of solution to the Cauchy＇s problem. The special feature of this equation lies in nonlinear convection effect, i.e., the equation possesses nonlinear hyperbolic character as well as degenerate parabolic one. The situation leads to a more sophisticated mathematical analysis. To our knowledge, the solvability of singular solution to the equation has not been concluded yet. Here based on the previous works by the authors, we show that there exists a critical number n0=m＋2 such that a unique source-type solution to this equation exists if 0≤n展开更多
In this paper,we consider parabolic distributed control problems with cost functional of pointwise observation type either in space or in time.First,we show the well-posedness of the optimization problems and derive t...In this paper,we consider parabolic distributed control problems with cost functional of pointwise observation type either in space or in time.First,we show the well-posedness of the optimization problems and derive the first order optimality systems,where the adjoint state can be expressed as the linear combination of solutions to two backward parabolic equations that involve the Dirac delta distribution as source either in space or in time.Second,we use a space-time finite element method to discretize the control problems,where the state variable is approximated by piecewise constant functions in time and continuous piecewise linear polynomials in space,and the control variable is discretized by following the variational discretization concept.We obtain a priori error estimates for the control and state variables with order O(k 12+h)up to a logarithmic factor under the L 2-norm.Finally,we perform several numerical experiments to support our theoretical results.展开更多
A nonlinear optimal control problem in the Lotka-McKendrick population model is studied.It describes rational management of age-structured farmed populations in aquaculture and indoor farms.Employing generalized funct...A nonlinear optimal control problem in the Lotka-McKendrick population model is studied.It describes rational management of age-structured farmed populations in aquaculture and indoor farms.Employing generalized functions,we prove the impulse nature of optimal harvesting.Exact analytic solutions for sustainable harvesting strategies are obtained and used to analyze the optimal dynamics of harvesting age and rotation under technological innovations.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10671103 and 11001142)
文摘In this paper, we consider the following equation ut=（um）xx＋（un）x, with the initial condition as Dirac measure. Attention is focused on existence, nonexistence, uniqueness and the asymptotic behavior near （0,0） of solution to the Cauchy＇s problem. The special feature of this equation lies in nonlinear convection effect, i.e., the equation possesses nonlinear hyperbolic character as well as degenerate parabolic one. The situation leads to a more sophisticated mathematical analysis. To our knowledge, the solvability of singular solution to the equation has not been concluded yet. Here based on the previous works by the authors, we show that there exists a critical number n0=m＋2 such that a unique source-type solution to this equation exists if 0≤n
基金supported in part by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chi-nese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB 41000000)the National Key Basic Research Program(Grant No.2018YFB0704304)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.12071468,11671391)Xiaoping Xie was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants No.12171340,11771312).
文摘In this paper,we consider parabolic distributed control problems with cost functional of pointwise observation type either in space or in time.First,we show the well-posedness of the optimization problems and derive the first order optimality systems,where the adjoint state can be expressed as the linear combination of solutions to two backward parabolic equations that involve the Dirac delta distribution as source either in space or in time.Second,we use a space-time finite element method to discretize the control problems,where the state variable is approximated by piecewise constant functions in time and continuous piecewise linear polynomials in space,and the control variable is discretized by following the variational discretization concept.We obtain a priori error estimates for the control and state variables with order O(k 12+h)up to a logarithmic factor under the L 2-norm.Finally,we perform several numerical experiments to support our theoretical results.
文摘A nonlinear optimal control problem in the Lotka-McKendrick population model is studied.It describes rational management of age-structured farmed populations in aquaculture and indoor farms.Employing generalized functions,we prove the impulse nature of optimal harvesting.Exact analytic solutions for sustainable harvesting strategies are obtained and used to analyze the optimal dynamics of harvesting age and rotation under technological innovations.
