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We develop an operator-theoretical method for the analysis on well posedness of partial differential equations that can be modeled in the form \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{array}{rll} \Delta^{\alpha} u(n) &= Au(n+2) + f(n,u(n)), \quad n…
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A new operator-level necessity result for the Chapman--Enskog expansion is established: in closed and unforced kinetic systems, the $O(\varepsilon)$ deviatoric stress arises if and only if the first Chapman--Enskog correction $f^{(1)}$ is…
We prove existence and uniqueness of solutions of a large class of initial-boundary-value problems characterized by a quasi-linear third order equation (the third order term being dissipative) on a finite space interval with Dirichlet,…
This work introduces and rigorously analyzes a novel operator-splitting finite element scheme for approximating viscosity solutions of a broad class of constrained second-order partial differential equations. By decoupling the primary PDE…
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For discrete spectrum of 1D second-order differential/difference operators (with or without potential (killing), with the maximal/minimal domain), a pair of unified dual criteria are presented in terms of two explicit measures and the…
Integration operational matrix methods based on Zernike polynomials are used to determine approximate solutions of a class of non-homogeneous partial differential equations (PDEs) of first and second order. Due to the nature of the Zernike…
We study a singular perturbation problem for second-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations in the Wasserstein space. Specifically, we characterize the behavior of the solutions as the perturbation parameter $\varepsilon$ tends to zero. The notion…
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The sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of continuous solutions of the Volterra operator equations of the first kind with piecewise continuous kernel are derived. The asymptotic approximation of the parametric family of…
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Many recent studies on first-order methods (FOMs) focus on \emph{composite non-convex non-smooth} optimization with linear and/or nonlinear function constraints. Upper (or worst-case) complexity bounds have been established for these…