Firstly, we consider the following critical elliptic Neumann problem --Deltau + muu = uN+2N-2 , u > 0 in O; 6u6n = 0 on ∂O, where O is a smooth bounded domain in RN , N ≥ 7, mu is a large positive number and nu denotes exterior unit normal vector. We show that at a positive nondegenerate local minimum point Q0 of the mean curvature function, for any fixed integer K ≥ 2, there exists a mu K > 0 such that for mu > muK, the above problem has K -- bubble solution umu concentrating at the same point Q 0. Precisely, we show that umu has K local maximum points Qm1,...,Qm K ∈ ∂O with the property that umQmj ∼mN-22 ,Qmj→Q0 , j = 1, ..., K, and mN-3N Q'1 m,...,Q'K m approaches an optimal configuration that minimizes the following functional RQ'1,...,Q 'K=c1 j=1K4Q' j+c2 i≠j1&vbm0;Q' i-Q'j&vbm0;N-2 where Qmi=Qm i,1,...,Qmi,N-1 ,Qmi,N:= Q'i m,Qmi,N , c1, c2 > 0 are two generic constants and ϕ(Q) = Q T GQ with G = (∇ijH(Q0)). / In my thesis, I will address different concentration phenomena for some second order elliptic problems. / Lastly, we consider the problem &egr;2Delta u -- u + uq = 0 in a smooth bounded domain O ⊂ R2 with Neumann boundary condition where &egr; > 0 is a small parameter and q > 1. We prove for some explicit &egr;'s the existence of positive solution u&egr; concentrating at any connected component of ∂O, exponentially small in &egr; at any positive distance from it. / Secondly, we study positive solutions of the equation &egr;2Delta u -- u + uN+2N-2 = 0, where N = 3, 4, 5, and &egr; > 0 is small, with Neumann boundary condition in a smooth bounded domain O ⊂ RN . We prove that, along some sequence {&egr;j} with &egr;j → 0, there exists a solution with an interior bubble at an innermost part of the domain and a boundary layer on the boundary ∂O. / Wang, Liping. / "June 2008." / Adviser: Jun Cheng Wei. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-03, Section: B, page: 1707. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-117). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

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Tse, Wang Hung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- On bounded interval with n jumps in inhibitor diffusivity --- p.3 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.3 / Chapter 2.2 --- Preliminaries --- p.5 / Chapter 2.3 --- Review of previous results in the two segment case: interior spike and spike near the jump discontinuity of the diffusion coefficient --- p.7 / Chapter 2.4 --- The construction and analysis of spiky steady-state solutions --- p.9 / Chapter 2.5 --- Stability Analysis --- p.10 / Chapter 2.6 --- Spikes near the jump discontinuity xb of the inhibitor diffusivity --- p.11 / Chapter 2.7 --- Stability Analysis II: Small Eigenvalues of the Spike near the Jump --- p.16 / Chapter 2.8 --- Existence of interior spikes for N segments --- p.20 / Chapter 2.9 --- Existence of a spike near a jump for N segments --- p.24 / Chapter 2.10 --- Appendix: The Green´ةs function for three segments --- p.25 / Chapter 3 --- On a compact Riemann surface without boundary --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- Some Preliminaries --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3 --- Existence --- p.43 / Chapter 3.4 --- Refinement of Approximate Solution --- p.50 / Chapter 3.5 --- Stability --- p.52 / Chapter 3.6 --- Appendix I: Expansion of the Laplace-Beltrami Operator --- p.67 / Chapter 3.7 --- Appendix II: Some Technical Calculations --- p.73

Xiao, Jingjing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-50). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.ii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- Backgrounds and Our Main Results --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Backgrounds --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- The Scalar Case --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- 2x2 Systems --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- General n x n(n ≥ 3) Systems --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- Our Main Results --- p.18 / Chapter 3 --- Lifespan of Periodic Solutions to Gas Dynamics Systems --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Riemann Invariant Formulation --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Calculation along Characteristics --- p.26 / Chapter 3.3 --- Estimate of the Global Wave Interaction --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4 --- Proof of Theorem 2.2.1 --- p.38 / Chapter 4 --- Proof of Theorem 2.2.2 and a Special Case --- p.40 / Chapter 4.1 --- Proof of Theorem 2.2.2 --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2 --- A Special Case --- p.43 / Chapter 5 --- Appendix --- p.45

Cheung, Man Wah. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-91). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction to Inverse Problems --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Major properties --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Typical examples --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis outline --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Some Operator Theory --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Fredholm integral equation of the first kind --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Compact operator theory --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Singular system --- p.12 / Chapter 2.4 --- Moore-Penrose generalized inverse --- p.14 / Chapter 3 --- Regularization Theory for First Kind Equations --- p.19 / Chapter 3.1 --- General regularization theory --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2 --- Tikhonov regularization --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3 --- Landweber iteration --- p.26 / Chapter 3.4 --- TSVD --- p.28 / Chapter 4 --- Multilevel Algorithms for Ill-posed Problems --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- Basic assumptions and definitions --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2 --- Multilevel analysis --- p.33 / Chapter 4.3 --- Applications --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Preconditioned iterative methods with nonzero regularization parameter --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Preconditioned iterative methods with zero regularization parameter --- p.38 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Full multilevel algorithm --- p.40 / Chapter 5 --- Numerical Experiments --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- Integral equations --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Discretization --- p.42 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Test problems --- p.43 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- "Singular values, singular vectors and condition numbers" --- p.45 / Chapter 5.1.4 --- Effect of condition numbers on numerical accuracies --- p.49 / Chapter 5.2 --- Differential equations --- p.50 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Discretization --- p.51 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- "Singular values, singular vectors and condition numbers" --- p.53 / Chapter 5.3 --- Numerical experiments by classical methods --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Tikhonov regularization --- p.55 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- TSVD --- p.56 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Landweber iteration --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4 --- Numerical experiments by multilevel methods --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- General convergence --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Numerical results --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Effect of multilevel parameters on convergence --- p.76 / Bibliography --- p.89

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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-163). Concerns the development of high-order finite-difference methods on a uniform rectangular grid for advection and diffuse problems with smooth variable coefficients. This technique has been successfully applied to variable-coefficient advection and diffusion problems. Demonstrates that the new schemes may readily be incorporated into multi-dimensional problems by using locally one-dimensional techniques, or that they may be used in process splitting algorithms to solve complicatef time-dependent partial differential equations.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 158-163). / vi, 166 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Concerns the development of high-order finite-difference methods on a uniform rectangular grid for advection and diffuse problems with smooth variable coefficients. This technique has been successfully applied to variable-coefficient advection and diffusion problems. Demonstrates that the new schemes may readily be incorporated into multi-dimensional problems by using locally one-dimensional techniques, or that they may be used in process splitting algorithms to solve complicatef time-dependent partial differential equations. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, 2001