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An Age and Spatially Structured Population Model for Proteus Mirabilis Swarm-Colony Development

Ph. Laurençot, Ch. Walker (2008)

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena

Proteus mirabilis are bacteria that make strikingly regular spatial-temporal patterns on agar surfaces. In this paper we investigate a mathematical model that has been shown to display these structures when solved numerically. The model consists of an ordinary differential equation coupled with a partial differential equation involving a first-order hyperbolic aging term together with nonlinear degenerate diffusion. The system is shown to admit global weak solutions.

An approach based on matrix polynomials for linear systems of partial differential equations

N. Shayanfar, M. Hadizadeh (2013)

Special Matrices

In this paper, an approach based on matrix polynomials is introduced for solving linear systems of partial differential equations. The main feature of the proposed method is the computation of the Smith canonical form of the assigned matrix polynomial to the linear system of PDEs, which leads to a reduced system. It will be shown that the reduced one is an independent system of PDEs having only one unknown in each equation. A comparison of the results for several test problems reveals that the method...

An existence result for nonlinear evolution equations of second order

Dimitrios A. Kandilakis (1996)

Discussiones Mathematicae, Differential Inclusions, Control and Optimization

In this paper we consider a second order differential equation involving the difference of two monotone operators. Using an auxiliary equation, a priori bounds and a compactness argument we show that the differential equation has a local solution. An example is also presented in detail.

Analyse mathématique de modèles variationells en simulation pétrolière. Le cas du modèle black-oil pseudo-compositionnel standard isoterme.

Gérard Gagneux, Ann-Marie Lefevere, Monique Madaune-Tort (1989)

Revista Matemática de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

The aim of the paper is an analytical and numerical approach to the pseudo-compositional black-oil model for simulating a 3-D isothermal constrained polyphasic flow in porous media, taking into account realistic boundary conditions. The handling of the component conservation laws leads to a strongly coupled system including parabolic quasilinear degenerated equations and first-order hyperbolic inequalities: the introduction of unilateral problems arises from the nature of the thermodynamical equilibrium...

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