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In this paper, we consider the short time strong solution to a simplified hydrodynamic flow modeling the compressible, nematic liquid crystal materials in dimension three. We establish a criterion for possible breakdown of such solutions at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-25 Tao Huang , Changyou Wang , Huanyao Wen

We have extended our previous work [1] on rotating holographic superfluids to include Lifshitz scaling. Presence of this scaling breaks relativistic invariance of the boundary superfluid system and indicates the existence of a Lifshitz…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-14 Ankur Srivastav , Sunandan Gangopadhyay

Fluids of grade n are continuous media in dynamic changes of phases avoiding the surfaces of discontinuity and representing the capillary layers in liquid-vapour interfaces. We recall the thermodynamic form of the equation of motion for…

Classical Physics · Physics 2008-12-18 Pierre Casal , Henri Gouin

We study finite-time blow-up for the one-dimensional nonlinear wave equation with a quadratic time-derivative nonlinearity, \[ u_{tt}-u_{xx}=(u_t)^2,\qquad (x,t)\in\mathbb R\times[0,T). \] Building on the work of Ghoul, Liu, and Masmoudi…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Oliver Gough

Finite-difference Lattice Boltzmann (LB) models are proposed for simulating gas flows in devices with microscale geometries. The models employ the roots of half-range Gauss-Hermite polynomials as discrete velocities. Unlike the standard LB…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-08-06 G. P. Ghiroldi , L. Gibelli

Lefschetz thimbles and complex Langevin dynamics both provide a means to tackle the numerical sign problem prevalent in theories with a complex weight in the partition function, e.g. due to nonzero chemical potential. Here we collect some…

High Energy Physics - Lattice · Physics 2015-06-22 Gert Aarts , Lorenzo Bongiovanni , Erhard Seiler , Denes Sexty

We introduce in this paper two time discretization schemes tailored for a range of Wasserstein gradient flows. These schemes are designed to preserve mass, positivity and to be uniquely solvable. In addition, they also ensure energy…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-15 Shiheng Zhang , Jie Shen

Our study of a basic model for incompressible two-phase flows with phase transitions consistent with thermodynamics in the case of constant but non-equal densities of the phases, begun by the first two authors is continued. We extend our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-12 Jan Pruess , Senjo Shimizu , Mathias Wilke

The study of blow-up solution of time-fractional heat equations is of significant and wide-ranging interest for its multitude of applications. These types of equations are used to model several real problems in science and engineering. This…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-24 Hind Ghazi Hameed , Burhan Selcuk , Maan A. Rasheed

We introduce a new geometric flow of Hermitian metrics which evolves an initial metric along the second derivative of the Chern scalar curvature. The flow depends on the choice of a background metric, it always reduces to a scalar equation…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-06-08 Lucio Bedulli , Luigi Vezzoni

This paper contributes to the exploration of a recently introduced computational paradigm known as second-order flows, which are characterized by novel dissipative hyperbolic partial differential equations extending accelerated gradient…

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The effect of damping the longest streaks in wall-bounded turbulence is explored using numerical experiments. It is found that long streaks are not required for the self-sustenance of the bursting process, which is relatively little…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-08-10 Javier Jimenez

Gradient algorithms are classical in adaptive control and parameter estimation. For instantaneous quadratic cost functions they lead to a linear time-varying dynamic system that converges exponentially under persistence of excitation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-06 Juan G. Rueda-Escobedo , Jaime A. Moreno

We consider a nonlinear heat equation with a gradient term. We construct a blow-up solution for this equation with a prescribed blow-up profile. For that, we translate the question in selfsimilar variables and reduce the problem to a finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-03-01 Mohammed Abderrahman Ebde , Hatem Zaag

We define functionals generalising the Seiberg-Witten functional on closed $spin^c$ manifolds, involving higher order derivatives of the curvature form and spinor field. We then consider their associated gradient flows and, using a gauge…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-02-26 Hemanth Saratchandran

We address surface gradient flows which allow for energy dissipation by evolving the surface and a scalar quantity on it, simultaneously. A proper choice of the time derivative and the gauge of surface independence guarantees energy…

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We study stability of non-compact gradient Kaehler-Ricci flow solitons with positive holomorphic bisectional curvature. Our main result is that any compactly supported perturbation and appropriately decaying perturbations of the Kaehler…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Albert Chau , Oliver C. Schnuerer

We investigate the gradient flow of the $L^2$ norm of the Riemannian curvature on surfaces. We show long time existence with arbitrary initial data, and exponential convergence of the volume normalized flow to a constant scalar curvature…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2010-08-26 Jeffrey Streets

Motivated by remarkable properties of superfluid edge dislocations in solid Helium-4, we discuss a broad class of quantum systems -- boundaries in phase separated lattice states, magnetic domain walls, and ensembles of Luttinger liquids --…

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