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We establish the asymptotics of blowup for nonlinear heat equations with superlinear power nonlinearities in arbitrary dimensions and we estimate the remainders.
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Fluctuation relations for the entropy production in non equilibrium stationary states of Ising models are investigated by Monte Carlo simulations. Systems in contact with heat baths at two different temperatures or subject to external…
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We consider the semilinear heat equation with Sobolev subcritical power nonlinearity in dimension $N=2$, and $u(x,t)$ a solution which blows up in finite time $T$. Given a non isolated blow-up point $a$, we assume that the Taylor expansion…
Fluctuation theorems are fundamental extensions of the second law of thermodynamics for small nonequilibrium systems. While work and heat are equally important forms of energy exchange, fluctuation relations have not been experimentally…
Heat fluctuations of a harmonic oscillator in contact with a thermostat and driven out of equilibrium by an external deterministic force are studied experimentally and theoretically within the context of Fluctuation Theorems. We consider…
We consider nonautonomous semilinear evolution equations of the form \label{semilineq} \frac{dx}{dt}= A(t)x+f(t,x). Here $A(t)$ is a (possibly unbounded) linear operator acting on a real or complex Banach space $\X$ and $f: \R\times\X\to\X$…
Large time behavior of solutions to abstract differential equations is studied. The corresponding evolution problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u)+b(t), \quad t\ge 0; \quad u(0)=u_0. \qquad (*)$$ Here $\dot{u}:=\frac {du}{dt}$, $u=u(t)\in H$,…
We derive equations for fluid dynamics from a non-extensive Boltzmann transport equation consistent with Tsallis' non-extensive entropy formula. We evaluate transport coefficients employing the relaxation time approximation and investigate…
We derive sufficient conditions for strict dissipativity for optimal control of linear evolution equations on Hilbert spaces with a cost functional including linear and quadratic terms. We show that strict dissipativity with a particular…
We consider a class of nonlocal reaction-diffusion problems, referred to as replicator-mutator equations in evolutionary genetics. By using explicit changes of unknown function, we show that they are equivalent to the heat equation and,…
The present paper deals with mathematical models of heat and moisture transport in layered building envelopes. The study of such processes generates a system of two doubly nonlinear evolution partial differential equations with appropriate…
We introduce a new Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian arising from a simple probabilistic consideration, and we discuss the basic properties of this model. We can consider both elliptic and parabolic equations in any domain. In…
The limit of small entropy production is reached in relaxing systems long after preparation, and in stationary driven systems in the limit of small driving power. Surprisingly, for extended systems this limit is not in general the…
Nonintegrable systems thermalize, leading to the emergence of fluctuating hydrodynamics. Typically, this hydrodynamics is diffusive. We use the effective field theory (EFT) of diffusion to compute higher-point functions of conserved…
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Solutions $u(x)$ to the class of inhomogeneous nonlinear ordinary differential equations taking the form \[u'' + u^2 = \alpha f(x) \] for parameter $\alpha$ are studied. The problem is defined on the $x$ line with decay of both the solution…
We study stochastic heat equations in the sense of Walsh defined by fractal Laplacians on Cantor-like sets. For this purpose, we first investigate the corresponding heat kernels. Then, we prove existence and uniqueness of mild solutions to…
We investigate the Cauchy problem for a semilinear parabolic equation driven by a mixed local-nonlocal diffusion operator of the form \[ \partial_t u - (\Delta - (-\Delta)^{\mathsf{s}})u = \mathsf{h}(t)|x|^{-b}|u|^p + t^\varrho…