Existence of parabolic minimizers to the total variation flow on metric measure spaces

We give an existence proof for variational solutions u associated to the total variation flow. Here, the functions being considered are defined on a metric measure space $$({\mathcal {X}}, d, \mu )$$ ( X , d , μ ) satisfying a doubling condition and supporting a Poincaré inequality. For such parabolic minimizers that coincide with a time-independent Cauchy–Dirichlet datum $$u_0$$ u 0 on the parabolic boundary of a space-time-cylinder $$\Omega \times (0, T)$$ Ω × ( 0 , T ) with $$\Omega \subset {\mathcal {X}}$$ Ω ⊂ X an open set and $$T > 0$$ T > 0 , we prove existence in the weak parabolic function space $$L^1_w(0, T; \mathrm {BV}(\Omega ))$$ L w 1 ( 0 , T ; BV ( Ω ) ) . In this paper, we generalize results from a previous work by Bögelein, Duzaar and Marcellini by introducing a more abstract notion for $$\mathrm {BV}$$ BV -valued parabolic function spaces. We argue completely on a variational level.

Higher order parabolic boundary Harnack inequality in C1 and Ck, α domains

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>We study the boundary behaviour of solutions to second order parabolic linear equations in moving domains. Our main result is a higher order boundary Harnack inequality in <i>C</i>¹ and <i>C</i>^{<i>k</i>, <i>α</i>} domains, providing that the quotient of two solutions vanishing on the boundary of the domain is as smooth as the boundary.</p><p style='text-indent:20px;'>As a consequence of our result, we provide a new proof of higher order regularity of the free boundary in the parabolic obstacle problem.</p>

Parameter uniform numerical methods for singularly perturbed delay parabolic differential equations with non-local boundary condition

The motive of this paper is, to develop accurate and parameter uniform numerical method for solving singularly perturbed delay parabolic differential equation with non-local boundary condition exhibiting parabolic boundary layers. Also, the delay term that occurs in the space variable gives rise to interior layer. Fitted operator finite difference method on uniform mesh that uses the procedures of method of line for spatial discretization and backward Euler method for the resulting system of initial value problems in temporal direction is considered. To treat the non-local boundary condition, Simpsons rule is applied. The stability and parameter uniform convergence for the proposed method are proved. To validate the applicability of the scheme, numerical examples are presented and solved for different values of the perturbation parameter. The method is shown to be accurate of O(h2 + △t) . Finally, conclusion of the work is included at the end.

An evolutionary Haar-Rado type theorem

In this paper, we study variational solutions to parabolic equations of the type $$\partial _t u - \mathrm {div}_x (D_\xi f(Du)) + D_ug(x,u) = 0$$ ∂ t u - div x ( D ξ f ( D u ) ) + D u g ( x , u ) = 0 , where u attains time-independent boundary values $$u_0$$ u 0 on the parabolic boundary and f, g fulfill convexity assumptions. We establish a Haar-Rado type theorem: If the boundary values $$u_0$$ u 0 admit a modulus of continuity $$\omega $$ ω and the estimate $$|u(x,t)-u_0(\gamma )| \le \omega (|x-\gamma |)$$ | u ( x , t ) - u 0 ( γ ) | ≤ ω ( | x - γ | ) holds, then u admits the same modulus of continuity in the spatial variable.