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In this work, we present an effective discrete Edwards-Wilkinson equation aimed to describe the single-file diffusion process. The key physical properties of the system are captured defining an effective elasticity, which is proportional to…

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In this paper, we prove a uniqueness result in the inverse problem of determining several non-constant coefficients of one-dimensional reaction-diffusion equations. Such reaction-diffusion equations include the classical model of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-30 Michel Cristofol , Jimmy Garnier , Francois Hamel , Lionel Roques

Normal and anomalous diffusion are ubiquitous in many complex systems [1] . Here, we define a time and space generalized diffusion equation (GDE), which uses fractional-time derivatives and transformed d-path Laplacian operators on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-02-02 Fernando Diaz-Diaz , Ernesto Estrada

The existence and multiplicity of solutions to a quasilinear, elliptic partial differential equation (PDE) with singular non-linearity is analyzed. The PDE is a recently derived variant of a canonical model used in the modeling of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-02 Nicholas D. Brubaker , Alan E. Lindsay

Due to its parabolic character, the diffusion equation exhibits instantaneous spatial spreading, and becomes unstable when Lorentz-boosted. According to the conventional interpretation, these features reflect a fundamental incompatibility…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-01-28 Lorenzo Gavassino

Superluminal propagation is an intrinsic problem in the diffusion equation and has not been effectively addressed for a long time. In this work, a rigorous solution to this issue is obtained under the assumption that particles undergo a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-06-25 Xing-Jian Lv , Xiao-Jun Bi , Kun Fang , Peng-Fei Yin , Meng-Jie Zhao

When a solution to the Cauchy problem for nonlinear dispersive equations is obtained by a fixed point argument using auxiliary function spaces, it is non-trivial to ensure uniqueness of solutions in a natural space such as the class of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-20 Nobu Kishimoto

In this work, we consider a FDE (fractional diffusion equation) $${}^C D_t^\alpha u(x,t)-a(t)\mathcal{L} u(x,t)=F(x,t)$$ with a time-dependent diffusion coefficient $a(t)$. For the direct problem, given an $a(t),$ we establish the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-08 Zhidong Zhang

We construct non-negative weak solutions of fast diffusion equations with a divergence type of drift term satisfying the $L^q$-energy inequality and speed estimate in Wasserstein spaces under some integrability conditions on the drift term.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-26 Sukjung Hwang , Kyungkeun Kang , Hwa Kil Kim

In this paper we present some basic uniqueness results for evolutive equations under density constraints. First, we develop a rigorous proof of a well-known result (among specialists) in the case where the spontaneous velocity field…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-04-19 Simone Di Marino , Alpár Richárd Mészáros

In this work, we study a phase transition model in atmospheric dynamics, inspired by the works [6,14,15], which analyze the primitive equations governing the evolution of velocity, temperature, and specific humidity. The main difficulty…

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We study existence and uniqueness for one-dimensional generalized stochastic differential equations with singular coefficients, including distributional drift and degenerate, possibly discontinuous, diffusion coefficients. Such…

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This article provides techniques of raising the regularity of fractional order equations and resolves fundamental questions on the one-dimensional homogeneous boundary-value problem of skewed (double-sided) fractional diffusion advection…

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We present a finite element approach for diffusion problems with thermal fluctuations based on a fluctuating hydrodynamics model. The governing transport equations are stochastic partial differential equations with a fluctuating forcing…

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We consider a fractional diffusion equations of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ whose source term is singular in time: $(\partial_t^\alpha+A)u(x,t)=\mu(t)f(x)$, $(x,t)\in\Omega\times(0,T)$, where $\mu$ belongs to a Sobolev space of negative order.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-05 Yikan Liu , Masahiro Yamamoto

This paper is concerned with inverse scattering problems of determining the support of an isotropic and homogeneous penetrable body from knowledge of multi-static far-field patterns in acoustics and in linear elasticity. The normal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Chun Liu , Guanghui Hu , Jianli Xiang , Jiayi Zhang

We study the curvature equation with multiple singular sources on a torus \[\Delta u+e^{u}=8\pi \sum_{k=0}^{3}n_{k}\delta_{\frac{\omega_{k}}{2}}% +4\pi \left( \delta_{p}+\delta_{-p}\right) \quad \text{ on }\;E_{\tau}:=\mathbb{C}/(\mathbb…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-23 Zhijie Chen , Ting-Jung Kuo , Chang-Shou Lin

In this work I show how a diffusion-advection equation in three space-dimensions may have its advection term weakly limited to a velocity field localized to a moving curve. This is rigorously accomplished through the technique of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-24 Colin Klaus

Diffusion models have become the de facto framework for generating new datasets. The core of these models lies in the ability to reverse a diffusion process in time. The goal of this manuscript is to explain, from a PDE perspective, how…

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