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For any compact connected manifold $M$, we consider the generalized contact Hamiltonian $H(x,p,u)$ defined on $T^*M\times\mathbb R$ which is conex in $p$ and monotonically increasing in $u$. Let $u_\epsilon^-:M\rightarrow\mathbb R$ be the…
We study the Cauchy problem for generalized electron magnetohydrodynamics (EMHD). We establish the local existence and uniqueness of solutions in critical Sobolev spaces, as well as global existence and uniqueness for small initial data. In…
A fundamental open problem in the theory of the multidimensional compressible Navier-Stokes equations is whether smooth solutions can develop singularities in finite time. For constant viscosity coefficients, recent remarkable results show…
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Given a continuous viscosity solution of a Dirichlet-type Hamilton-Jacobi equation, we show that the distance function to the conjugate locus which is associated to this problem is locally semiconcave on its domain. It allows us to provide…
We consider the Cauchy problem for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation with critical dissipation, $$ \partial_t u + (-\Delta)^{ 1/2} u = |\nabla u|^p, \quad x \in \mathbb R^N, t > 0, \qquad u(x,0) = u_0(x) , \quad x \in \mathbb R^N, $$ where $p >…
A detailed study of solutions to the first order partial differential equation H(x,y,z_x,z_y)=0, with special emphasis on the eikonal equation z_x^2+z_y^2=h(x,y), is made near points where the equation becomes singular in the sense that…
In any number of space variables, we study the Cauchy problem related to the thin-film equation in the simplest case of a linearly degenerate mobility. This equation, derived from a lubrication approximation, also models the surface tension…
The purpose of this work is to investigate the Cauchy problem of global-in-time existence of large strong solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations for compressible viscous and heat conducting fluids. A class of density-dependent viscosity…
We give a proof of existence and uniqueness of viscosity solutions to parabolic quasilinear equations for a fairly general class of nonconvex Hamiltonians with superlinear growth in the gradient variable. The approach is mainly based on…
This work is devoted to the studies of a Hamilton--Jacobi equation with a quadratic and degenerate Hamiltonian, which comes from the dynamics of a multipeakon in the Camassa--Holm equation. It is given by a quadratic form with a singular…
A Hamilton-Jacobi equation with Caputo's time-fractional derivative of order less than one is considered. The notion of a viscosity solution is introduced to prove unique existence of a solution to the initial value problem under periodic…
In this paper, we mainly focus on the existence of the viscosity solutions of \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} &H_1(x,Du_1(x),u_1(x),u_2(x))=0,\\ &H_2(x,Du_2(x),u_2(x),u_1(x))=0. \end{aligned} \right. \end{equation*} The standard…
In this paper, we present strong numerical evidences that the incompressible axisymmetric Euler equations with degenerate viscosity coefficients and smooth initial data of finite energy develop a potential finite-time locally self-similar…
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The paper considers direct and inverse elastic scattering from a cavity in homogeneous medium with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions. For direct scattering, existence and uniqueness are derived by variation approach. For inverse…