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In a smoothly bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^N$ $(N\in \mathbb{N})$, a no-flux initial-boundary value problem for the degenerate chemotaxis system with volume-filling effects, \begin{align*} u_t = \nabla \cdot (D(u,v) \nabla u -…
We propose a simple algebraic method for constructing exact solutions of equations of two-dimensional hydrodynamics of an incompressible fluid. The problem reduces to consecutively solving three linear partial differential equations for a…
Equation $(-\Delta+k^2)u+f(u)=0$ in $D$, $u\mid_{\partial D}=0$, where $k=\const>0$ and $D\subset\R^3$ is a bounded domain, has a solution if $f:\R\to\R$ is a continuous function in the region $|u|\geq a$, piecewise-continuous in the region…
We investigate nonnegative solutions $u(x,t)$ and $v(x,t)$ of the nonlinear system of inequalities \[0\leq(\partial_t -\Delta)^\alpha u\leq v^\lambda\] \[ 0\leq (\partial_t -\Delta)^\beta v\leq u^\sigma\] in $\mathbb{R}^n \times\mathbb{R}$,…
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We consider the linear wave equation $V(x) u_{tt}(x, t) - u_{xx}(x, t) = 0$ on $[0, \infty)\times[0, \infty)$ with initial conditions and a nonlinear Neumann boundary condition $u_x(0, t) = (f(u_t(0,t)))_t$ at $x=0$. This problem is an…