Analysis of fully discrete, quasi non-conforming approximations of evolution equations and applications

In this paper, we consider fully discrete approximations of abstract evolution equations, by means of a quasi non-conforming spatial approximation and finite differences in time (Rothe–Galerkin method). The main result is the convergence of the discrete solutions to a weak solution of the continuous problem. Hence, the result can be interpreted either as a justification of the numerical method or as an alternative way of constructing weak solutions. We set the problem in the very general and abstract setting of pseudo-monotone operators, which allows for a unified treatment of several evolution problems. The examples — which fit into our setting and which motivated our research — are problems describing the motion of incompressible fluids, since the quasi non-conforming approximation allows to handle problems with prescribed divergence. Our abstract results for pseudo-monotone operators allow to show convergence just by verifying a few natural assumptions on the operator time-by-time and on the discretization spaces. Hence, applications and extensions to several other evolution problems can be easily performed. The results of some numerical experiments are reported in the final section.

Solvability of the abstract evolution equations in L s -spaces with critical temporal weights

This paper deals with the abstract evolution equations in L s {L}^{s} -spaces with critical temporal weights. First, embedding and interpolation properties of the critical L s {L}^{s} -spaces with different exponents s s are investigated, then solvability of the linear evolution equation, attached to which the inhomogeneous term f f and its average Φ f \Phi f both lie in an L 1 / s s {L}_{1\hspace{-0.08em}\text{/}\hspace{-0.08em}s}^{s} -space, is established. Based on these results, Cauchy problem of the semi-linear evolution equation is treated, where the nonlinear operator F ( t , u ) F\left(t,u) has a growth number ρ ≥ s + 1 \rho \ge s+1 , and its asymptotic behavior acts like α ( t ) / t \alpha \left(t)\hspace{-0.1em}\text{/}\hspace{-0.1em}t as t → 0 t\to 0 for some bounded function α ( t ) \alpha \left(t) like ( − log t ) − p {\left(-\log t)}^{-p} with 2 ≤ p < ∞ 2\le p\lt \infty .

Exact null-controllability of interconnected abstract evolution equations with unbounded input operators

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>The exact null-controllability problem in the class of smooth controls with applications to interconnected systems was considered in [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b23">23</xref>] for the case of bounded input operators appearing in systems with distributed controls. The current paper constitutes an extension of the [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b23">23</xref>] for the case of unbounded input operators (with more emphasis on the controllability of interconnected systems). The proofs of the results of [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="b23">23</xref>] for the case of bounded input operators are adopted for the case of unbounded input operators.</p>