Related papers: Optimisation of space-time periodic eigenvalues

We consider a periodic-parabolic eigenvalue problem with a non-negative potential $\lambda m$ vanishing on a non-cylindrical domain $D_m$ satisfying conditions similar to those for the parabolic maximum principle. We show that the limit as…

We consider a minimal residual discretization of a simultaneous space-time variational formulation of parabolic evolution equations. Under the usual `LBB' stability condition on pairs of trial- and test spaces we show quasi-optimality of…

The paper is concerned with the effect of the spatio-temporal heterogeneity on the principal eigenvalue of some linear time-periodic parabolic system. Various asymptotic behaviors of the principal eigenvalue and its monotonicity, as a…

This paper is concerned with the periodic principal eigenvalue $k_\lambda(\mu)$ associated with the operator $- {d^2\over dx^2} - 2\lambda {d\over dx} - \mu(x) - \lambda^2$ , (1) where $\lambda\in \mathbb{R}$ and $\mu$ is continuous and…

This paper is concerned with generalizations of the notion of principal eigenvalue in the context of space-time periodic cooperative systems. When the spatial domain is the whole space, the Krein-Rutman theorem cannot be applied and this…

We introduce here new generalized principal eigenvalues for linear parabolic operators with heterogeneous coefficients in space and time. We consider a bounded spatial domain and an unbounded time interval $I$ : $I=\mathbb{R},\…

Let $m\in \mathbb{N}$, $\alpha\in[0,1]$, and $V$ be a 1-periodic complex-valued distribution in the negative Sobolev space $H^{-m\alpha}[0,1]$. The singular non-self-adjoint eigenvalue problem $D^{2m}u+V u=\lambda u$, $D=-i d/dx$, with…

Space-time finite element discretizations of time-optimal control problems governed by linear parabolic PDEs and subject to pointwise control constraints are considered. Optimal a priori error estimates are obtained for the control variable…

In this paper, we are interested in the analysis of a well-known free boundary/shape optimization problem motivated by some issues arising in population dynamics. The question is to determine optimal spatial arrangements of favorable and…

Talenti inequalities are a central feature in the qualitative analysis of PDE constrained optimal control as well as in calculus of variations. The classical parabolic Talenti inequality states that if we consider the parabolic equation…

In this paper, we employ a space-time finite element method to discretize the parabolic initial-boundary value problem and extend its error analysis with refined estimates on unstructured space-time meshes. We establish higher-order…

This paper is mainly concerned with the generalised principal eigenvalue for time-periodic nonlocal dispersal operators. We first establish the equivalence between two different characterisations of the generalised principal eigenvalue. We…

Let $n$ be a positive integer and $m$ be a positive even integer. Let ${\mathcal A}$ be an $m^{th}$ order $n$-dimensional real weakly symmetric tensor and ${\mathcal B}$ be a real weakly symmetric positive definite tensor of the same size.…

This paper deals with the numerical optimization of the first three eigenvalues of the Laplace-Beltrami operator of domain in the Euclidean sphere in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with Neumann boundary conditions. We address two approaches : the first one…

In this paper we solve the eigenvalue problem of stochastic Hamiltonian system with boundary conditions. Firstly, we extend the results in S. Peng \cite{peng} from time-invariant case to time-dependent case, proving the existence of a…

This paper is concerned with the axiomatic foundation and explicit construction of a general class of optimality criteria that can be used for investment problems with multiple time horizons, or when the time horizon is not known in…

This paper studies the problem of selecting a submatrix of a positive definite matrix in order to achieve a desired bound on the smallest eigenvalue of the submatrix. Maximizing this smallest eigenvalue has applications to selecting input…

We consider space-time tracking type distributed optimal control problems for the wave equation in the space-time domain $Q:= \Omega \times (0,T) \subset {\mathbb{R}}^{n+1}$, where the control is assumed to be in the energy space…

We consider one-dimensional inhomogeneous parabolic equations with higher-order elliptic differential operators subject to periodic boundary conditions. In our main result we show that the property of continuous maximal regularity is…

If a single particle obeys non-relativistic QM in R^d and has the Hamiltonian H = - Delta + f(r), where f(r)=sum_{i = 1}^{k}a_ir^{q_i}, 2\leq q_i < q_{i+1}, a_i \geq 0$, then the eigenvalues E = E_{n\ell}^{(d)}(\lambda) are given…