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We consider the Helmholtz equation with real analytic coefficients on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^{d}$. We take $d+1$ prescribed boundary conditions $f^{i}$ and frequencies $\omega$ in a fixed interval $[a,b]$. We consider a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-04 Giovanni S. Alberti , Yves Capdeboscq

We consider the propagation of acoustic time-harmonic waves in a homogeneous media containing periodic lattices of spherical or cylindrical inclusions. It is assumed that the wavelength has the order of the periods of the lattice while the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Yuri A. Godin , Boris Vainberg

We study solutions to the $\alpha$-SQG equations, which interpolate between the incompressible Euler and surface quasi-geostrophic equations. We extend prior results on existence of bounded patches, proving propagation of $H^k$-regularity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-25 David M. Ambrose , Fazel Hadadifard , James P. Kelliher

We present a collection of integral equation methods for the solution to the two-dimensional, modified Helmholtz equation, $u(\x) - \alpha^2 \Delta u(\x) = 0$, in bounded or unbounded multiply-connected domains. We consider both Dirichlet…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Mary-Catherine Kropinski , Bryan Quaife

In this work, we present a new solution representation for the Helmholtz transmission problem in a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$ with a thin and periodic layer of finite length. The layer may consists of a periodic pertubation of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-23 Adrien Semin , Bérangère Delourme , Kersten Schmidt

Propagation of high-frequency wave in periodic media is a challenging problem due to the existence of multiscale characterized by short wavelength, small lattice constant and large physical domain size. Conventional computational methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-06-07 Ricardo Delgadillo , Jianfeng Lu , Xu Yang

We set up a dual variational framework to detect real standing wave solutions of the nonlinear Helmholtz equation $$ -\Delta u-k^2 u =Q(x)|u|^{p-2}u,\qquad u \in W^{2,p}(\mathbb{R}^N) $$ with $N\geq 3$, $\frac{2(N+1)}{(N-1)}<…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-10-29 Gilles Evequoz , Tobias Weth

We have considered the following semi linear elliptic problem on the unit disk $B$ $-\Delta u = \lambda_1 u+e^u+f $ in $B$ with the Dirichlet boundary condition and $f$ satisfying the following condition : $f\in L^r(B)$, for some $r>2$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-10 B. B. Manna , P. N. Srikanth

We study the Cauchy problem in the hyperbolic space for the heat equation with a Fisher-KPP type forcing term. Depending on the relative strength of diffusion, measured by the infimum of the spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-07 María del Mar González , Irene Gonzálvez , Fernando Quirós

We present a novel computational methodology for solving the scalar nonlinear Helmholtz equation (NLH) that governs the propagation of laser light in Kerr dielectrics. The methodology addresses two well-known challenges in nonlinear optics:…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-12-07 Guy Baruch , Gadi Fibich , Semyon V. Tsynkov

In this paper, we study the nonlinear Helmholtz equation with mixed dispersion \begin{equation*} \Delta^2 u-\beta k^2\, \Delta u+\alpha k^4 u=W(x)\, |u|^{p-2}u~\text{in}~\mathbb{R}^N, \end{equation*} where the weight function $W(x)$ is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-22 Shaoxiong Chen , Fei Yuan , Fukun Zhao , Jiazheng Zhou

The nonlinear Helmholtz equation (NLH) models the propagation of electromagnetic waves in Kerr media, and describes a range of important phenomena in nonlinear optics and in other areas. In our previous work, we developed a fourth order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-02-15 Guy Baruch , Gadi Fibich , Semyon V. Tsynkov

In this paper, we propose a spectral framework that embeds 1D and 2D quasiperiodic Helmholtz eigenvalue problems into higher-dimensional (2D and 4D) periodic spaces via the projection method \cite{jiang2014numerical, jiang2024numerical}. To…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-28 Teng-Chao Sun , Tiexiang Li , Wen-Wei Lin , Xing-Long Lyu

This work extends the previous work by the first author [arXiv:2409.02516] and [Math. Ann. 393 (2025), 317-363], analyzing the long-term behavior of solutions to a broader class of quasilinear wave equations with parameter…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Chao Liu , Yiqing Shi

In this paper, we review the construction of periodic fundamental solutions and periodic layer potentials for various differential operators. Specifically, we focus on the Laplace equation, the Helmholtz equation, the Lam\'e system, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Roberto Bramati , Matteo Dalla Riva , Paolo Luzzini , Paolo Musolino

We consider the two-dimensional Euler equation with periodic boundary conditions. We construct time quasi-periodic solutions of this equation made of localized travelling profiles with compact support propagating over a stationary state…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-03-19 Nicolas Crouseilles , Erwan Faou

The fundamental problem of optical wave propagation is the determination of the field at an observation point, given a disturbance specified over some finite aperture. In both vacuum and inhomogeneous media, the solution of this problem is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Peng Li

We consider elliptic diffusion problems with a random anisotropic diffusion coefficient, where, in a notable direction given by a random vector field, the diffusion strength differs from the diffusion strength perpendicular to this notable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Helmut Harbrecht , Marc Schmidlin

We consider the exterior Dirichlet problem for the heterogeneous Helmholtz equation, i.e. the equation $\nabla\cdot(A \nabla u ) + k^2 n u =-f$ where both $A$ and $n$ are functions of position. We prove new a priori bounds on the solution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-09 Ivan G. Graham , Owen R. Pembery , Euan A. Spence

Multiscale problems are computationally costly to solve by direct simulation because the smallest scales must be represented over a domain determined by the largest scales of the problem. We have developed and analyzed new numerical methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Björn Engquist , Henrik Holst , Olof Runborg