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Publications and source records attributed to Billel Guelmame.
We study the singular limit of the Camassa--Holm equation as the length scale $\ell$ tends to zero. Although the formal limit is the Burgers equation with flux $3u^2/2$, we show that, for a class of smooth initial data, convergence to entropy solutions fails after the shock formation, even along subsequences in local space-time $L^1$.
We study the Hunter--Saxton equation on the real line and its global dissipative solution in the energy space $ L^\infty(\mathbb R)\cap \dot H^1(\mathbb R). $ We prove strong ill-posedness through instantaneous failure of Sobolev regularity at and below the Lipschitz threshold. More precisely, for every $s\in(1,\nicefrac32]$, we construct $ u_0\in L^\infty(\mathbb R)\cap\dot H^1(\mathbb R)\cap\dot H^s(\mathbb R) $ whose unique global dissipative solution satisfies $u\notin C([0,T]; \dot H^s (\mathbb R))$, for every $T>0$. The constructions differ substantially in the subcritical and critical regimes. For $1<s<\nicefrac32$, we superpose rescaled, localized bubbles with increasingly negative slopes; subcritical scaling preserves $\dot H^s$-summability, while the explicit characteristic formula produces norm inflation. At $s=\nicefrac32$, where scaling yields no smallness, we use logarithmically distributed compactly supported multiscale profiles whose breaking times converge to zero. A one-sided localization principle and an almost-orthogonality estimate then transfer the inflation of individual profiles to the full dissipative solution.
We investigate the Smoluchowski-Kramers approximation for the one-dimensional periodic variational wave equation with state-dependent damping and additive noise. We show that weak ``dissipative'' solutions converge to solutions of a stochastic quasilinear parabolic equation.
We prove a quantitative averaging lemma for spatially dependent vector fields. Our proof is based on an iteration of the regularizing operator and some elementary considerations about the local inversion theorem.
We consider the Euler-Poisson system for ions where the electrons are given by a Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution, and we investigate the existence of one-dimensional periodic traveling waves. More precisely, we first establish the existence of a smooth global branch of bifurcation emanating from a constant equilibrium. We then construct a singular traveling wave emerging as the limiting profile at the end of the global curve of bifurcation. Our analysis accommodates a wide class of pressure laws and provides a comprehensive characterization of both smooth and singular traveling waves. A central difficulty in this model arises from the exponential nonlinearity, induced by the nonlocal Poisson-Boltzmann equation, which prevents any explicit representation of the electron field in terms of the ion density. This poses significant obstacles compared to previous studies on related models, where such explicit formulas were crucial for global bifurcation arguments.
We consider the variational wave equation in one-dimensional space with stochastic forcing by an additive noise. Blow-up of local smooth solutions is established, and global existence is proved in the class of weak martingale solutions.
This work revisits a recent finding by the first author concerning the local convergence of a regularized scalar conservation law. We significantly improve the original statement by establishing a global convergence result within the Lebesgue spaces $L^\infty_{\mathrm{loc}}(\mathbb{R}^+;L^p(\mathbb{R}))$, for any $p \in [1,\infty)$, as the regularization parameter $\ell$ approaches zero. Notably, we demonstrate that this stability result is accompanied by a quantifiable rate of convergence. A key insight in our proof lies in the observation that the fluctuations of the solutions remain under control in low regularity spaces, allowing for a potential quantification of their behavior in the limit as $\ell\to 0$. This is achieved through a careful asymptotic analysis of the perturbative terms in the regularized equation, which, in our view, constitutes a pivotal contribution to the core findings of this paper.
The present paper deals with a modified Serre-Green-Naghdi (mSGN) system that has been introduced by Clamond et al. to improve the dispersion relation. We present a precise blow-up scenario of the mSGN equations and we prove the existence of a class of solutions that develop singularities in finite time. All the presented results hold also for the Serre-Green-Naghdi system with weak surface tension.
In this paper, we propose a Hamiltonian regularization of scalar conservation laws, which is parametrized by $\ell > 0$ and conserves an $H^1$ energy. We prove the existence of global weak solutions for this regularization. Furthermore, we demonstrate that as $\ell$ approaches zero, the unique entropy solution of the original scalar conservation law is recovered, providing justification for the regularization. This regularization belongs to a family of non-diffusive, non-dispersive regularizations that were initially developed for the shallow-water system and extended later to the Euler system. This paper represents a validation of this family of regularizations in the scalar case.
We consider in this paper the Serre--Green--Naghdi equations with surface tension. Smooth solutions of this system conserve an $H^1$-equivalent energy. We prove the existence of global weak dissipative solutions for any relatively small-energy initial data. We also prove that the Riemann invariants of the solutions satisfy a one-sided Oleinik inequality.
In this article, we consider a class of strictly hyperbolic triangular systems involving a transport equation. Such systems are known to create measure solutions for the initial value problem. Adding a stronger transversality assumption on the fields, we are able to obtain solutions in $L^\infty$ under optimal fractional $BV$ regularity of the initial data. Our results show that the critical fractional regularity is $s=1/3$. We also construct an initial data that is not in $BV^{1/3}$ but for which a blow-up in $L^\infty$ occurs, proving the optimality of our results.
This paper deals with the optimal regularity for entropy solutions of conservation laws. For this purpose, we use two key ingredients: (a) fine structure of entropy solutions and (b) fractional $BV$ spaces. We show that optimality of the regularizing effect for the initial value problem from $L^\infty$ to fractional Sobolev space and fractional $BV$ spaces is valid for all time. Previously, such optimality was proven only for a finite time, before the nonlinear interaction of waves. Here for some well-chosen examples, the sharp regularity is obtained after the interaction of waves. Moreover , we prove sharp smoothing in $BV^s$ for a convex scalar conservation law with a linear source term. Next, we provide an upper bound of the maximal smoothing effect for nonlinear scalar multi-dimensional conservation laws and some hyperbolic systems in one or multi-dimension.
A nondispersive, conservative regularisation of the inviscid Burgers equation is proposed and studied. Inspired by a related regularisation of the shallow water system recently introduced by Clamond and Dutykh, the new regularisation provides a family of Galilean-invariant interpolants between the inviscid Burgers equation and the Hunter-Saxton equation. It admits weakly singular regularised shocks and cusped traveling-wave weak solutions. The breakdown of local smooth solutions is demonstrated, and the existence of two types of global weak solutions, conserving or dissipating an $H^1$ energy, is established. Dissipative solutions satisfy an Oleinik inequality like entropy solutions of the inviscid Burgers equation. As the regularisation scale parameter $\ell$ tends to $0$ or $\infty$, limits of dissipative solutions are shown to satisfy the inviscid Burgers or Hunter-Saxton equation respectively, forced by an unknown remaining term.
Recently, a Hamiltonian regularised shallow water (Saint-Venant) system has been introduced by Clamond and Dutykh. This system is Galilean invariant, linearly non-dispersive and conserves formally an $H^1$-like energy. In this paper, we generalise this regularisation for the barotropic Euler system preserving the same properties. We prove the local (in time) well-posedness of the regularised barotropic Euler system and a periodic generalised two-component Hunterr-Saxton system. We also show for both systems that if singularities appear in finite time, they are necessary in the first derivatives.
We prove in this note the local (in time) well-posedness of a broad class of $2 \times 2$ symmetrisable hyperbolic system involving additional non-local terms. The latest result implies the local well-posedness of the non dispersive regularisation of the Saint-Venant system with uneven bottom introduced by Clamond, Dutykh and Mitsotakis. We also prove that, as long as the first derivatives are bounded, singularities cannot appear.
This paper studies the smoothing effect for entropy solutions of conservation laws with general nonlinear convex fluxes on $\mathbb{R}$. Beside convexity, no additional regularity is assumed on the flux. Thus, we generalize the well-known $\mathrm{BV}$ smoothing effect for $\mathrm{C}^2$ uniformly convex fluxes discovered independently by P. D. Lax and O. Oleinik, while in the present paper the flux is only locally Lipschitz. Therefore, the wave velocity can be dicontinuous and the one-sided Oleinik inequality is lost. This inequality is usually the fundamental tool to get a sharp regularizing effect for the entropy solution. We modify the wave velocity in order to get an Oleinik inequality useful for the wave front tracking algorithm. Then, we prove that the unique entropy solution belongs to a generalized $\mathrm{BV}$ space, $\mathrm{BV}^Φ$.