This paper is concerned with the positivity of solutions to the Cauchy problem for linear and nonlinear parabolic equations with the biharmonic operator as fourth order elliptic principal part. Generally, Cauchy problems for parabolic equations of fourth order have no positivity preserving property due to the change of sign of the fundamental solution. One has eventual local positivity for positive initial data, but on short time scales, one will in general have also regions of negativity. The first goal of this paper is to find sufficient conditions on initial data which ensure the existence of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the linear biharmonic heat equation which are positive for all times and in the whole space. The second goal is to apply these results to show existence of globally positive solutions to the Cauchy problem for a semilinear biharmonic parabolic equation.
We consider positive solutions $u$ of the semilinear biharmonic equation $Δ^2 u = |x|^{-\frac{n+4}{2}} g(|x|^\frac{n-4}{2} u)$ in $\mathbb R^n \setminus \{0\}$ with non-removable singularities at the origin. Under natural assumptions on the nonlinearity $g$, we show that $|x|^\frac{n-4}{2} u$ is a periodic function of $\ln |x|$ and we classify all such solutions.
It is well known that for higher order elliptic equations the positivity preserving property (PPP) may fail. In striking contrast to what happens under Dirichlet boundary conditions, we prove that the PPP holds for the biharmonic operator on rectangular domains under partially hinged boundary conditions, i.e. nonnegative loads yield positive solutions. The result follows by fine estimates of the Fourier expansion of the corresponding Green function.
The Biharmonic Heat Equation with General Dynamic Boundary Conditions
Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University（卡迪阿亚德大学塞姆拉利亚理学院）；Laboratory of Mathematics, Modeling and Automatic Systems（数学、建模与自动系统实验室）；The UM6P-Vanguard Center, University Mohammed VI Polytechnic（穆罕默德六世理工大学UM6P先锋中心）；Faculty of Sciences-Agadir, Lab-SIV, Ibn Zohr University（伊本·佐赫尔大学阿加迪尔理学院SIV实验室）
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The purpose of this paper is to develop a unified a posteriori method for verifying the positivity of solutions of elliptic boundary value problems by assuming neither $H^2$-regularity nor $ L^{\infty} $-error estimation, but only $ H^1_0 $-error estimation. In [J. Comput. Appl. Math, Vol. 370, (2020) 112647], we proposed two approaches to verify the positivity of solutions of several semilinear elliptic boundary value problems. However, some cases require $ L^{\infty} $-error estimation and, therefore, narrow applicability. In this paper, we extend one of the approaches and combine it with a …
We consider the periodic solutions of a semilinear variable coefficient wave equation arising from the forced vibrations of a nonhomogeneous string and the propagation of seismic waves in nonisotropic media. The variable coefficient characterizes the inhomogeneity of media and its presence usually leads to the destruction of the compactness of the inverse of linear wave operator with periodic-Dirichlet boundary conditions on its range. In the pioneering work of Barbu and Pavel (1997), it gives the existence and regularity of periodic solution for Lipschitz, nonresonant and monotone nonlinearit…
