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G. M. Coclite

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arXiv2017

A Convergent Finite Difference Scheme for the Variational Heat Equation

The variational heat equation is a nonlinear, parabolic equation not in divergence form that arises as a model for the dynamics of the director field in a nematic liquid crystal. We present a finite difference scheme for a transformed, possibly degenerate version of this equation and prove that a subsequence of the numerical solutions converges to a weak solution. This result is supplemented by numerical examples that show that weak solutions are not unique and give some intuition about how to obtain the physically relevant solution.

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arXiv2016

Optimal strategies for a time-dependent harvesting problem

We focus on an optimal control problem, introduced by Bressan and Shen as a model for fish harvesting. We consider the time-dependent case and we establish existence and uniqueness of an optimal strategy, and sufficient conditions for optimality. We also consider a related differential game that models the situation where there are several competing fish companies and we prove existence of Nash equilibria. From the technical viewpoint, the most relevant point is establishing the uniqueness result. This amounts to prove precise a-priori estimates for solutions of suitable parabolic equations with measure-valued coefficients. All the analysis is developed in the case when the fishing domain is one-dimensional.

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arXiv2015

A singular limit problem for conservation laws related to the Rosenau equation

We consider the Rosenau equation, which contains nonlinear dispersive effects. We prove that as the diffusion parameter tends to zero, the solutions of the dispersive equation converge to discontinuous weak solution of the Burgers equation. The proof relies on deriving suitable a priori estimates together with an application of the compensated compactness method in the L^p setting.

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arXiv2015

A singular limit problem for conservation laws related to the Rosenau-Korteweg-de Vries equation

We consider the Rosenau-Korteweg-de Vries-equation, which contains nonlinear dispersive effects. We prove that as the diffusion parameter tends to zero, the solution of the dispersive equation converge to the discontinous weak solutions of the Burgers equation. The proof relies on deriving suitable a priori estimates together with an application of tha compansated compactness method in the L^p setting.

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arXiv2015

A singular limit problem for the Rosenau-Korteweg-de Vries-regulared long wave and Rosenau-korteweg-de Viers equation

We consider the Rosenau-Korteweg-de Vries-regularized long wave and Rosenau- Korteweg-de Vries equations, which contain nonlinear dispersive effects. We prove that, as the diffusion parameter tends to zero, the solutions of the dispersive equations converge to the unique entropy solution of a scalar conservation law. The proof relies on deriving suitable a priori estimates together with an application of the compensated compactness method in the L^p setting.

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arXiv2014

A singular limit problem for the Ibragimov-Shabat equation

We consider the Ibragimov-Shabat equation, which contains nonlinear dispersive effects. We prove that as the diffusion parameter tends to zero, the solutions of the dispersive equation converge to discontinuous weak solutions of a scalar conservation law. The proof relies on deriving suitable a priori estimates together with an application of the compensated compactness method in the L^p setting

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arXiv2014

A singular limit problem for the Kudryashov-Sinelshchikov equation

We consider the Kudryashov-Sinelshchikov equation, which contains nonlinear dispersive effects. We prove that as the diffusion parameter tends to zero, the solutions of the dispersive equation coverge to the entropy ones of the Burgers equation. The proof relies on deriving suitable a priori estimates together with an application of the compansated compactness method in the L^p setting.

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arXiv2014

Dispersive and diffisive limts for Otrovsky-Hunter type equation

We consider the Ostrovsky-Hunter type equation that includes the short pulse. We con- sider here the asymptotic behavior as gamma goes to 0. The proof relies on deriving suitable a priori estimates together with an application of the compensated compactness method in the L^p set- ting.

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arXiv2014

On the wellposedness of the exp-Rabelo equation

The exp-Rabelo equation describes pseudo-spherical surfaces. It is a nonlinear evolution equation. In this paper the wellposedness of bounded from above solutions for the initial value problem associated to this equation is studied.

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arXiv2014

Oleinik type estimates for the Ostrovsky-Hunter eequation

The Ostrovsky-Hunter equation provides a model for small-amplitude long waves in a rotating fluid of finite depth. It is a nonlinear evolution equation. In this paper we study the well-posedness for the Cauchy problem associated to this equation within a class of bounded discontinuous solutions. We show that we can replace the Kruzkov-type entropy inequalities by an Oleinik-type estimate and prove uniqueness via a nonlocal adjoint problem. An implication is that a shock wave in an entropy weak solution to the Ostrovsky-Hunter equation is admissible only if it jumps down in value (like the inviscid Burgers equation).

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arXiv2014

Wellposedness results for the short pulse equation

The short pulse equation provides a model for the propagation of ultra-short light pulses in silica optical fibers. It is a nonlinear evolution equation. In this paper the wellposedness of bounded solutions for the homogeneous initial boundary value problem and the Cauchy problem associated to this equation are studied.

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arXiv2002

Some Results on the Boundary Control of Systems of Conservation Laws

This note is concerned with the study of the initial boundary value problem for systems of conservation laws from the point of view of control theory, where the initial data is fixed and the boundary data are regarded as control functions. We first consider the problem of controllability at a fixed time for genuinely nonlinear Temple class systems, and present a description of the set of attainable configurations of the corresponding solutions in terms of suitable Oleinik-type estimates. We next present a result concerning the asymptotic stabilization near a constant state for general $n\times n$ systems. Finally we show with an example that in general one cannot achieve exact controllability to a constant state in finite time.

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arXiv2002

Traffic Flow on a Road Network

This paper is concerned with a fluidodynamic model for traffic flow. More precisely, we consider a single conservation law, deduced from conservation of the number of cars, defined on a road network that is a collection of roads with junctions. The evolution problem is underdetermined at junctions, hence we choose to have some fixed rules for the distribution of traffic plus an optimization criteria for the flux. We prove existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions to the Cauchy problem. Our method is based on wave front tracking approach, (B), and works also for boundary data and time dependent coefficients of traffic distribution at junctions, so including traffic lights.

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