Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed Sept. 23, 2009). Additional advisors: Inmaculada Aban, Alexander Frenkel, Wenzhang Huang, Yanni Zeng. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Mathematics and Statistics. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

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Enclosure theorems for the eigenvalues and representational formulae for the eigenfunctions of a linear, elliptic, second order partial differential operator will be established for specific domain perturbations to which the classical theory cannot be applied. In particular, the perturbation of n-dimensional Euclidean space E[superscript]n to an n-disk D[subscript]a of radius a is considered in Chapter I and the perturbation of the upper half-space H[superscript]n of E[superscript]n to the upper half of D[subscript]a, S[subscript]a, is discussed in Chapter II. In each case a general self-adjoint boundary condition is adjoined on the bounding surface of the perturbed domain. / Science, Faculty of / Mathematics, Department of / Graduate

This thesis studies the existence, multiplicity, bifurcation and the stability of the solutions to semilinear elliptic boundary value problems. These problems are motivated both by the mathematical structure and the numerous applications in fluid mechanics chemical reactions, nuclear reactors, Riemannian geometry and elasticity theory. This study considers the problem for different classes of nonlinearities and obtain the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions.

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Numerical solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) resulting from problems in both the engineering and natural sciences result in solving large sparse linear systems Au = b. The construction of such linear systems and their solutions using either direct or iterative methods are topics of continuing research. The recent advent of parallel computer architectures has resulted in a search for good parallel algorithms to solve such systems, which in turn has led to a recent burgeoning of research into domain decomposition algorithms. Domain decomposition is a procedure which employs subdivision of the solution domain into smaller regions of convenient size or shape and, although such partitionings have proven to be quite effective on serial computers, they have proven to be even more effective on parallel computers. Recent work in domain decomposition algorithms has largely been based on second order accurate discretization techniques. This dissertation describes an algorithm for the numerical solution of general two-dimensional linear elliptic partial differential equations with variable coefficients which employs both a high order accurate discretization and a Krylov subspace iterative solver in which a preconditioner is developed using domain decomposition. Most current research into such algorithms has been based on symmetric systems; however, variable PDE coefficients generally result in a nonsymmetric A, and less is known about the use of preconditioned Krylov subspace iterative methods for the solution of nonsymmetric systems. The use of the high order accurate discretization together with a domain decomposition based preconditioner results in an iterative technique with both high accuracy and rapid convergence. Supporting theory for both the discretization and the preconditioned iterative solver is presented. Numerical results are given on a set of test problems of varying complexity demonstrating the robustness of the algorithm. It is shown that, if only second order accuracy is required, the algorithm becomes an extremely fast direct solver. Parallel performance of the algorithm is illustrated with results from a shared memory multiprocessor. / Ph. D.

Neste trabalho estudamos existência, multiplicidade e não existência de soluções não triviais para o seguinte problema elíptico: { - \'DELTA\' = f(x, u), em \'OMEGA\' u = 0, sobre \'\\PARTIAL\' \'OMEGA\', onde \'OMEGA\' é um conjunto limitado de \'R POT. 2\' com fronteira suave e a função f possui crescimento exponencial. Para a existência de soluções são aplicados métodos variacionais combinados com as desigualdades de Trudinger-Moser. O resultado de não-existência é restrito ao caso de soluções radiais positivas e \'OMEGA\' = \'B IND.1\'(0). A prova usa técnicas de equações diferenciais ordinárias / In this work we study the existence, multiplicity and non-existence of non-trivial solutions to the following elliptic problem: { - \'DELTA\' u = f(x; u); in \'OMEGA\', ; u = 0; on \'\\PARTIAL\' \'OMEGA\' where \"OMEGA\' is a bounded and smooth domain in \'R POT. 2\' and f possesses exponential growth. The existence results are proved by using variational methods and the Trudinger- Moser inequalities. The non-existence result is restricted to the case of positive radial solutions and \'OMEGA\' = \'B IND. 1\'(0). The proof uses techniques of the theory of ordinary differential equations.

In general relativity, angular momentum of the gravitational field in some volume bounded by an axially symmetric sphere is well-defined as a boundary integral. The definition relies on the symmetry generating vector field, a Killing field, of the boundary. When no such symmetry exists, one defines angular momentum using an approximate Killing field. Contained in the literature are various approximations that capture certain properties of metric preserving vector fields. We explore the continuity of an angular momentum definition that employs an approximate Killing field that is an eigenvector of a particular second-order differential operator. We find that the eigenvector varies continuously in Hilbert space under smooth perturbations of a smooth boundary geometry. Furthermore, we find that not only is the approximate Killing field continuous but that the eigenvalue problem which defines it is stable in the sense that all of its eigenvalues and eigenvectors are continuous in Hilbert space. We conclude that the stability follows because the eigenvalue problem is strongly elliptic. Additionally, we provide a practical introduction to the mathematical theory of strongly elliptic operators and generalize the above stability results for a large class of such operators. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2014. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

Li Kin-kuen. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-54). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.4 / Chapter 2 --- Variational Formulation --- p.10 / Chapter 3 --- The Existence Of A Mountain Pass Solution --- p.12 / Chapter 4 --- Ground States --- p.21 / Chapter 5 --- The Projections Of v And w --- p.35 / Chapter 6 --- Computation Of The Energy: An Upper Bound --- p.37 / Chapter 7 --- Convergence: The First Approximation --- p.40 / Chapter 8 --- Convergence: The Second Approximation --- p.44 / Chapter 9 --- Computation Of The Energy: A Lower Bound --- p.48 / Chapter 10 --- Comparing The Energy: Completion Of The Proof Of Theorem 1.2 --- p.51 / Bibliography --- p.52