Related papers: Applic. Analysis, 81, N4, (2002), 929-937

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We prove a theorem of unique continuation in measure for nonlocal equations of the type $(\partial_t - \Delta)^s u= V(x,t) u$, for $0<s <1$. Our main result, Theorem 1.1, establishes a delicate nonlocal counterpart of the unique…

Consider the system $|\partial_tu+\Delta u|\leq M(|u|+|\nabla u|)$, $|u(x,t)|\leq Me^{M|x|^2}$ in $\mathcal{C}_{\theta}\times[0,T]$ and $u(x,0)=0$ in $\mathcal{C}_{\theta}$, where $\mathcal{C}_{\theta}$ is a cone with opening angle…

We consider the problem of existence of a solution $u$ to $\partial_t u-\partial_{xx} u = 0$ in $(0,T)\times\mathbb{R}_+$ subject to the boundary condition $-u_x(t,0)+g(u(t,0))=\mu$ on $(0,T)$ where $\mu$ is a measure on $(0,T)$ and $g$ a…

In this paper, we examine an inverse problem for the following convective Brinkman-Forchheimer (CBF) equations or damped Navier-Stokes equations: \begin{align*} \boldsymbol{v}_t-\mu…

In this work we obtain a Liouville theorem for positive, bounded solutions of the equation $$ (-\Delta)^s u= h(x_N)f(u) \quad \hbox{in }\mathbb{R}^{N} $$ where $(-\Delta)^s$ stands for the fractional Laplacian with $s\in (0,1)$, and the…

In the Hilbert space $H$, the inverse problem of determining the right-hand side of the abstract subdiffusion equation with the fractional Caputo derivative is considered. For the forward problem, a non-local in time condition $u(0)=u(T)$…

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