Related papers: An inverse problem for the heat equation
The inverse problem of finding the coefficient $\g$ in the equation $\dot{u}=A(t)u+\g(t)u+f(t)$ from the extra data of the form $\phi(t)=u(t),w$ is studied. The problem is reduced to a Volterra equation of the second kind. Applications are…
We study inhomogeneous heat equation with inverse square potential, namely, \[\partial_tu + \mathcal{L}_a u= \pm |\cdot|^{-b} |u|^{\alpha}u,\] where $\mathcal{L}_a=-\Delta + a |x|^{-2}.$ We establish some fixed-time decay estimate for…
We consider the inverse problem of determining a time-dependent potential $q$, appearing in the wave equation $\partial_t^2u-\Delta u+q(t,x)u=0$ in $Q=(0,T)\times\Omega$ with $\Omega$ a $C^2$ bounded domain of $\mathbb R^n$, $n\geq2$, from…
We consider positive solutions for the fractional heat equation with critical exponent \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} u_t = -(-\Delta)^{s}u + u^{\frac{n+2s}{n-2s}}\text{ in } \Omega\times (0, \infty), u = 0\text{ on }…
This study focuses on addressing the inverse source problem associated with the parabolic equation. We rely on sparse boundary flux data as our measurements, which are acquired from a restricted section of the boundary. While it has been…
In this paper, a boundary integral method is used to solve an inverse linear heat conduction problem in two-dimensional bounded domain. An inverse problem of measuring the heat flux from partial (on part of the boundary) dynamic boundary…
We study the regularity up to the boundary of solutions to fractional heat equation in bounded $C^{1,1}$ domains. More precisely, we consider solutions to $\partial_t u + (-\Delta)^s u=0 \textrm{ in }\Omega,\ t > 0$, with zero Dirichlet…
The paper investigates an inverse problem of recovering the internal source from external temperature measurements in photo-thermal effect. The photo-thermal effect actually involves two physical processes: electromagnetic scattering and…
Heat spontaneously flows from hot to cold in standard thermodynamics. However, the latter theory presupposes the absence of initial correlations between interacting systems. We here experimentally demonstrate the reversal of heat flow for…
We consider the nonlinear heat equation with a nonlinear gradient term: $\partial_t u =\Delta u+\mu|\nabla u|^q+|u|^{p-1}u,\; \mu>0,\; q=2p/(p+1),\; p>3,\; t\in (0,T),\; x\in \R^N.$ We construct a solution which blows up in finite time…
Convection-diffusion of heat transfer is one of the important phenomena in fluid flow and industrial problems. The involved parameters, boundary conditions, and material properties are greatly affecting the same. As such, the uncertainness…
The uniform longitudinal flow is characterized by a linear longitudinal velocity field $u_x(x,t)=a(t)x$, where $a(t)={a_0}/({1+a_0t})$ is the strain rate, a uniform density $n(t)\propto a(t)$, and a uniform granular temperature $T(t)$.…
We present a complete description of the similarity solutions $u_{\alpha}(x,t)=t^{-\alpha/2}f(\Vert x \Vert/\sqrt{t};\alpha)$ for the following nonlinear diffusion equation $$ u_{t}+\gamma\vert u_{t} \vert =\Delta u\qquad(-1<\gamma<1) $$…
We study the Radiative Transfer equations coupled with the time dependent temperature equation of a fluid: existence, uniqueness, a maximum principle are established. A short numerical section illustrates the pros and cons of the method.
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In this paper, we establish existence results for positive solutions to the Lichnerowicz equation of the following type in closed manifolds -\Delta u=A(x)u^{-p}-B(x)u^{q},\quad in\quad M, where $p>1, q>0$, and $A(x)>0$, $B(x)\geq0$ are…
In this paper, we consider solutions of the backward heat equation with Ricci flow on manifolds as a type of infinite dimensional limit of solutions of a wave equation on a larger manifold with an analysis of wavefront set. Specifically,…
We consider the nonlinear heat equations with Neumann boundary conditions $$ \begin{cases} u_{t}=\Delta u & \text{in}\ \mathbb{R}_{+}^{4} \times(0, T) ,\\ -\frac{d u}{d x_{4}}(\tilde{x}, 0, t) \ =u^2(\tilde{x}, 0, t)& \text{in}\…
We consider the Cauchy problem \begin{align*} \partial_t u+u\partial_x u+L(\partial_x u) &=0, \\ u(0,x)=u_0(x) \end{align*} on the torus and on the real line for a class of Fourier multiplier operators $L$, and prove that the solution map…
A uniqueness result in the inverse problem for an inhomogeneous hyperbolic system on a real vector bundle over a smooth compact manifold, based on energy measurements for improperly known sources, is established.