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We study the uniqueness of solutions of Helmholtz equation for a problem that concerns wave propagation in waveguides. The classical radiation condition does not apply to our problem because the inhomogeneity of the index of refraction…

We discuss the stability theory and numerical analysis of the Helmholtz equation with variable and possibly non-smooth or oscillatory coefficients. Using the unique continuation principle and the Fredholm alternative, we first give an…

In this paper, we study the nonlinear Helmholtz equation with mixed dispersion \begin{equation*} \Delta^2 u-\beta k^2\, \Delta u+\alpha k^4 u=W(x)\, |u|^{p-2}u~\text{in}~\mathbb{R}^N, \end{equation*} where the weight function $W(x)$ is…

We consider the NLS with variable coefficients in dimension $n\ge3$ \begin{equation*} i \partial_t u - Lu +f(u)=0, \qquad Lv=\nabla^{b}\cdot(a(x)\nabla^{b}v)-c(x)v, \qquad \nabla^{b}=\nabla+ib(x), \end{equation*} on $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ or more…

We consider the exterior Dirichlet problem for the heterogeneous Helmholtz equation, i.e. the equation $\nabla\cdot(A \nabla u ) + k^2 n u =-f$ where both $A$ and $n$ are functions of position. We prove new a priori bounds on the solution…

The Helfrich-Canham bending energy is identified with a non-linear sigma model for a unit vector. The identification, however, is dependent on one additional constraint: that the unit vector be constrained to lie orthogonal to the surface.…

In this paper, using variational methods, we look for non-trivial solutions for the following problem $$ \begin{cases} -{\rm div}\left(a(|\nabla u|^2)\nabla u\right)=g(u), & \hbox{in }\mathbb{R}^N,\; N\geq 3, \\[1mm] u(x)\to 0, &\hbox{as…

The Sommerfeld boundary conditions, imposed on hyperbolic differential equations to obtain solutions in the form of outgoing waves, are formulated here so as to make explicit the role of an appropriate null vector field. When applied to the…

Given two Riemannian manifolds $M$ and $N\subset\mathbb{R}^L$, we consider the energy concentration phenomena of the penalized energy functional $$E_{\epsilon}(u)=\int_M\frac{\vert\nabla u\vert^2}{2}+\frac{F(u)}{\epsilon^2},u\in…

We shall give a priori conditions on the illuminations $\phi_i$ such that the solutions to the Helmholtz equation $-div(a \nabla u^i)-k q u^i=0$ in \Omega, $u^i=\phi_i$ on $\partial\Omega$, and their gradients satisfy certain non-zero and…

Sommerfeld shows that the Wien displacement formula implies the existence of Planck's constant.

The radiation condition is the key question in the mathematical modelling for scattering problems in unbounded domains. Mathematically, it plays the role as the "boundary condition" at the infinity, which guarantees the well-posedness of…

We introduce a new Neumann problem for the fractional Laplacian arising from a simple probabilistic consideration, and we discuss the basic properties of this model. We can consider both elliptic and parabolic equations in any domain. In…

We consider a system governed by the wave equation with index of refraction $n(x)$, taken to be variable within a bounded region $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^d$, and constant in $\mathbb R^d \setminus \Omega$. The solution of the time-dependent…

This paper is devoted to the study of the behavior of the unique solution $u_\delta \in H^{1}_{0}(\Omega)$, as $\delta \to 0$, to the equation \begin{equation*} \dive(\epss_\delta A \nabla u_{\delta}) + k^2 \epss_0 \Sigma u_{\delta} =…

We investigate an energy-subcritical defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in $\mathbb R^3$ subject to a lower order nonlinear trapping potential and a spatially dependent nonlinear damping: \begin{equation*} i\partial_t u + \Delta u…

We consider a bounded open subset $\Omega$ of ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ of class $C^{1,\alpha}$ for some $\alpha\in]0,1[$, and we define a distributional outward unit normal derivative for $\alpha$-H\"{o}lder continuous solutions of the Helmholtz…

We study the spectrum of the Helmholtz equation in a two-dimensional infinite waveguide, containing a weak heterogeneity localized at an internal point, and obeying Dirichlet boundary conditions at its border. We prove that, when the…

We prove local and global energy decay for the wave equation in a wave guide with damping at infinity. More precisely, the absorption index is assumed to converge slowly to a positive constant, and we obtain the diffusive phenomenon typical…

This paper studies for large frequency number $k>0$ the existence and multiplicity of solutions of the semilinear problem $$ -\Delta u -k^2 u=Q(x)|u|^{p-2}u\quad\text{ in }\mathbb{R}^N, \quad N\geq 2. $$ The exponent $p$ is subcritical and…