We show local existence of solutions to the initial boundary value problem corresponding to a semilinear wave equation with interior damping and source terms. The difficulty in dealing with these two competitive forces comes from the fact that the source term is not a locally Lipschitz function from H¹(Ω) into L²(Ω) as typically assumed in the literature. The strategy behind the proof is based on the physics of the problem, so it does not use the damping present in the equation. The arguments are...

We investigate a generalized class of fractional hemivariational inequalities involving the time-fractional aspect. The existence result is established by employing the Rothe method in conjunction with the surjectivity of multivalued pseudomonotone operators and the properties of the Clarke generalized gradient. We are also exploring a numerical approach to address the problem, utilizing both spatially semi-discrete and fully discrete finite elements, along with a discrete approximation of the fractional...

L’equazione $u_{tt}={\sum }_{ij=1}^n{(a_{ij}(x,t)u_{x_j})}_{x_i}$ in condizioni di debole iperbolicità $\left({\sum }_{ij=1}^n{a}_{ij}(x,t){\xi }_i{\xi }_j\ge 0\right)$, è ben posta negli spazi di Gevrey ${\gamma }_{loc}^{(s)}$ con , purché $a_{ij}$ sia di Gevrey in $x$ di ordine $s$ e risulti $$\left[\sum _{ij=1}^n{a}_{ij}(x,t){\xi }_i{\xi }_j\right]{}^{1/\sigma }\in BV([0,T]:{𝐋}_{loc}^{\mathrm{\infty }})$$

We provide a geometric well-posedness theory for the Einstein equations within the class of weakly regular vacuum spacetimes with $T^2$-symmetry, as defined in the present paper, and we investigate their global causal structure. Our assumptions allow us to give a meaning to the Einstein equations under weak regularity as well as to solve the initial value problem under the assumed symmetry. First, introducing a frame adapted to the symmetry and identifying certain cancellation properties taking place...

Motivated by a classical work of Erdős we give rather precise necessary and sufficient growth conditions on the nonlinearity in a semilinear wave equation in order to have global existence for all initial data. Then we improve some former exact controllability theorems of Imanuvilov and Zuazua.

We introduce a new second-order central-upwind scheme for the Saint-Venant system of shallow water equations on triangular grids. We prove that the scheme both preserves “lake at rest” steady states and guarantees the positivity of the computed fluid depth. Moreover, it can be applied to models with discontinuous bottom topography and irregular channel widths. We demonstrate these features of the new scheme, as well as its high resolution and robustness in a number of numerical examples.

We introduce a new second-order central-upwind scheme for the Saint-Venant system of shallow water equations on triangular grids. We prove that the scheme both preserves “lake at rest” steady states and guarantees the positivity of the computed fluid depth. Moreover, it can be applied to models with discontinuous bottom topography and irregular channel widths. We demonstrate these features of the new scheme, as well as its high resolution and robustness in a number of numerical examples.

We study a class of hyperbolic partial differential equations on a one dimensional spatial domain with control and observation at the boundary. Using the idea of feedback we show these systems are well-posed in the sense of Weiss and Salamon if and only if the state operator generates a C0-semigroup. Furthermore, we show that the corresponding transfer function is regular, i.e., has a limit for s going to infinity.