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Serge Nicaise

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arXiv2017

Well-posedness and stability results for nonlinear abstract evolution equations with time delays

We consider abstract evolution equations with a nonlinear term depending on the state and on delayed states. We show that, if the $C_0$-semigroup describing the linear part of the model is exponentially stable, then the whole system retains this property under some Lipschitz continuity assumptions on the nonlinearity. More precisely, we give a general exponential decay estimate for small time delays if the nonlinear term is globally Lipschitz and an exponential decay estimate for solutions starting from small data when the nonlinearity is only locally Lipschitz and the linear part is a negative selfadjoint operator. In the latter case we do not need any restriction on the size of the time delays. In both cases, concrete examples are presented that illustrate our abstract results.

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arXiv2016

Spectral analysis of a generalized buckling problem on a ball

In this paper, the spectrum of the following fourth order problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} Δ^2 u+νu=-λΔu &\text{in } D_1,\newline u=\partial_r u= 0 &\text{on } \partial D_1, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $D_1$ is the unit ball in ${\mathbb R}^N$, is determined for $ν< 0$ as well as the nodal properties of the corresponding eigenfunctions. In particular, we show that the first eigenvalue is simple and that the corresponding eigenfunction is radial and (up to a multiplicative factor) positive and decreasing with respect to the radius. This completes earlier results obtained for $ν\ge 0$ and for $ν<0$.

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arXiv2016

Regularity and a priori error analysis of a Ventcel problem in polyhedral domains

We consider the regularity of a mixed boundary value problem for the Laplace operator on a polyhedral domain, where Ventcel boundary conditions are imposed on one face of the polyhedron and Dirichlet boundary conditions are imposed on the complement of that face in the boundary. We establish improved regularity estimates for the trace of the variational solution on the Ventcel face, and use them to derive a decomposition of the solution into a regular and a singular part that belongs to suitable weighted Sobolev spaces. This decomposition, in turn, via interpolation estimates both in the interior as well as on the Ventcel face, allows us to perform an a priori error analysis for the Finite Element approximation of the solution on anisotropic graded meshes. Numerical tests support the theoretical analysis.

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arXiv2016

Adapted numerical methods for the numerical solution of the Poisson equation with $L^2$ boundary data in non-convex domains

The very weak solution of the Poisson equation with $L^2$ boundary data is defined by the method of transposition. The finite element solution with regularized boundary data converges in the $L^2(Ω)$-norm with order $1/2$ in convex domains but has a reduced convergence order in non-convex domains although the solution remains to be contained in $H^{1/2}(Ω)$. The reason is a singularity in the dual problem. In this paper we propose and analyze, as a remedy, both a standard finite element method with mesh grading and a dual variant of the singular complement method. The error order 1/2 is retained in both cases also with non-convex domains. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical results.

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arXiv2015

Dispersive effects for the Schrödinger equation on a tadpole graph

We consider the free Schrödinger group $e^{-it \frac{d^2}{dx^2}}$ on a tadpole graph ${\mathcal R}$. We first show that the time decay estimates $L^1 ({\mathcal R}) \rightarrow L^\infty ({\mathcal R})$ is in $|t|^{-\frac12}$ with a constant independent of the length of the circle. Our proof is based on an appropriate decomposition of the kernel of the resolvent. Further we derive a dispersive perturbation estimate, which proves that the solution on the queue of the tadpole converges uniformly, after compensation of the underlying time decay, to the solution of the Neumann half-line problem, as the circle shrinks to a point. To obtain this result, we suppose that the initial condition fulfills a high frequency cutoff.

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arXiv2015

A dual singular complement method for the numerical solution of the Poisson equation with $L^2$ boundary data in non-convex domains

The very weak solution of the Poisson equation with $L^2$ boundary data is defined by the method of transposition. The finite element solution with regularized boundary data converges with order $1/2$ in convex domains but has a reduced convergence order in non-convex domains. As a remedy, a dual variant of the singular complement method is proposed. The error order of the convex case is retained. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical results.

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arXiv2015

Discretization of the Poisson equation with non-smooth data and emphasis on non-convex domains

Several approaches are discussed how to understand the solution of the Dirichlet problem for the Poisson equation when the Dirichlet data are non-smooth such as if they are in $L^2$ only. For the method of transposition (sometimes called very weak formulation) three spaces for the test functions are considered, and a regularity result is proved. An approach of Berggren is recovered as the method of transposition with the second variant of test functions. A further concept is the regularization of the boundary data combined with the weak solution of the regularized problem. The effect of the regularization error is studied. The regularization approach is the simplest to discretize. The discretization error is estimated for a sequence of quasi-uniform meshes. Since this approach turns out to be equivalent to Berggren's discretization his error estimates are rendered more precisely. Numerical tests show that the error estimates are sharp, in particular that the order becomes arbitrarily small when the maximal interior angle of the domain tends to $2π$.

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arXiv2015

The BEM with graded meshes for the electric field integral equation on polyhedral surfaces

We consider the variational formulation of the electric field integral equation on a Lipschitz polyhedral surface $Γ$. We study the Galerkin boundary element discretisations based on the lowest-order Raviart-Thomas surface elements on a sequence of anisotropic meshes algebraically graded towards the edges of $Γ$. We establish quasi-optimal convergence of Galerkin solutions under a mild restriction on the strength of grading. The key ingredient of our convergence analysis are new componentwise stability properties of the Raviart-Thomas interpolant on anisotropic elements.

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arXiv2014

Nodal properties of eigenfunctions of a generalized buckling problem on balls

In this paper we are interested in the following fourth order eigenvalue problem coming from the buckling of thin films on liquid substrates: \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} Δ^2 u+ κ^2 u=-λΔu &\text{in } B_1,\newline u=\partial_r u= 0 &\text{on } \partial B_1, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $B_1$ is the unit ball in $\mathbb{R}^N$. When $κ> 0$ is small, we show that the first eigenvalue is simple and the first eigenfunction, which gives the shape of the film for small displacements, is positive. However, when $κ$ increases, we establish that the first eigenvalue is not always simple and the first eigenfunction may change sign. More precisely, for any $κ\in (0,+\infty)$, we give the exact multiplicity of the first eigenvalue and the number of nodal regions of the first eigenfunction.

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arXiv2014

Exponential stability of abstract evolution equations with time delay

We consider abstract semilinear evolution equations with a time delay feedback. We show that, if the $C_0$-semigroup describing the linear part of the model is exponentially stable, then the whole system retains this good property when a suitable smallness condition on the time delay feedback is satisfied. Some examples illustrating our abstract approach are also given.

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arXiv2014

Dispersive effects and high frequency behaviour for the Schrödinger equation in star-shaped networks

We prove the time decay estimates $L^1({\cal R}) \rightarrow L^\infty ({\cal R}),$ where ${\cal R}$ is an infinite star-shaped network, for the Schrödinger group $e^{it(- \frac{d^2}{dx^2} + V)}$ for real-valued potentials $V$ satisfying some regularity and decay assumptions. Further we show that the solution for initial conditions with a lower cutoff frequency tends to the free solution, if the cutoff frequency tends to infinity.

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arXiv2014

Well-posedness and spectral properties of heat and wave equations with non-local conditions

We consider the one-dimensional heat and wave equations but -- instead of boundary conditions-- we impose on the solution certain non-local, integral constraints. An appropriate Hilbert setting leads to an integration-by-parts formula in Sobolev spaces of negative order and eventually allows us to use semigroup theory leading to analytic well-posedness, hence sharpening regularity results previously obtained by other authors. In doing so we introduce a parametrization of such integral conditions that includes known cases but also shows the connection with more usual boundary conditions, like periodic ones. In the self-adjoint case, we even obtain eigenvalue asymptotics of so-called Weyl's type.

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arXiv2013

The heat equation under linear conditions on the moments in higher dimensions

We consider the heat equation on the $N$-dimensional cube $(0,1)^N$ and impose different classes of integral conditions, instead of usual boundary ones. Well-posedness results for the heat equation under the condition that the moments of order 0 and 1 are conserved had been known so far only in the case of N=1 -- for which such conditions can be easily interpreted as conservation of mass and barycenter. In this paper we show that in the case of general $N$ the heat equation with such integral conditions is still well-posed, upon suitably relax the notion of solution. Existence and uniqueness of solutions with general initial data in a suitable space of distibutions over $(0,1)^N$ are proved by introducing two appropriate realizations of the Laplacian and checking by form methods that they generate analytic semigroups. The solution thus obtained does however solve the heat equation only in a certain distributional sense. However, it turns out that one of these realizations is tightly related to a well-known object of operator theory, the Krein--von Neumann extension of the Laplacian. This connection also establishes well-posedness in a classical sense, as long as the initial data are $L^2$-functions.

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arXiv2013

Stabilization of second-order evolution equations with time delay

We consider second-order evolution equations in an abstract setting with damping and time delay and give sufficient conditions ensuring exponential stability. Our abstract framework is then applied to the wave equation, the elasticity system and the Petrovsky system.

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arXiv2013

Stability results for second-order evolution equations with switching time-delay

We consider second-order evolution equations in an abstract setting with intermittently delayed/ not-delayed damping. We give sufficient conditions for asymptotic and exponential stability, improving and generalising our previous results from [19]. In particular, under suitable conditions, we can consider unbounded damping operators. Some concrete examples are finally presented.

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arXiv2013

Diffusion processes on an interval under linear moment conditions

We discuss a class of diffusion-type partial differential equations on a bounded interval and discuss the possibility of replacing the boundary conditions by certain linear conditions on the moments of order 0 (the total mass) and of another arbitrarily chosen order n. Each choice of n induces the addition of a certain potential in the equation, the case of zero potential arising exactly in the special case of n=1 corresponding to a condition on the barycenter. In the linear case we exploit smoothing properties and perturbation theory of analytic semigroups to obtain well-posedness for the classical heat equation (with said conditions on the moments). Long time behavior is studied for both the linear heat equation with potential and certain nonlinear equations of porous medium or fast diffusion type. In particular, we prove polynomial decay in the porous medium range and exponential decay in the fast diffusion range, respectively.

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