*Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Applied Mechanics, Chalmers University of Technology, Hörsalsvägen 7, 412 96 Göteborg, Sweden Abstract Background: Seepage in porous media is modeled as a Stokes flow in an open pore system contained in a rigid, impermeable and spatially periodic matrix. By homogenization, the problem is turned into a two-scale problem consisting of a Da...

i dAj dt + γ|Aj |Aj + ε(Aj+1 + Aj−1) = 0, (1) where i = √−1, the index j ranges over the 1D lattice. The lattice may be infinite (j = 0,±1,±2, . . .) or finite (j = 1, 2, . . . , f). In the latter case one usually assumes periodic boundary conditions, Aj+f = Aj . The quantity Aj = Aj(t) is the complex mode amplitude of the oscillator at site j, and γ is a anharmonic parameter. The connection wi...

– We study in d = 3 dimensions the short-range Ising spin glass with Jij = ±1 couplings and periodic boundary conditions at T = 0. We show that the overlap distribution is non-trivial in the limit of large system size. Introduction. – There has been an upsurge of interest in the Edwards-Anderson model [1] of the short-range Ising spin glass with binary couplings,

We discuss solutions of the one-dimensional telegrapher’s equation in the presence of boundary conditions. We revisit the case of a radiation boundary condition and obtain an alternative expression for the already known Green’s function. Furthermore, we formulate a backreaction boundary condition, which has been widely used in the context of diffusion-controlled reversible reactions, for a one-...

In this paper we established the Carleman estimate for the two dimensional Lamé system with the zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. Using this estimate we proved the exact controllability result for the Lamé system with with a control locally distributed over a subdomain which satisfies to a certain type of nontrapping conditions.

We present conjectured exact expressions for two types of correlations in the dense O(n = 1) loop model on L×∞ square lattices with periodic boundary conditions. These are the probability that a point is surrounded by m loops and the probability that k consecutive points on a row are on the same or on different loops. The dense O(n = 1) loop model is equivalent to the bond percolation model at ...

We implement the new transform method for solving boundary value problems developed by Fokas for periodic boundary conditions. The approach presented here is not a replacement for classical methods nor is it necessarily an improvement. However, in addition to establishing that periodic problems can indeed be solve by the new transform method (which enhances further its scope and applicability),...

In this paper, we establish a new Lyapunov-type inequality for quasilinear systems with the anti-periodic boundary conditions. It improves some result of Wang [17]. As an application, we also obtain lower bounds for the eigenvalues of corresponding systems.

In this paper we present sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions to the periodic fourth order boundary value problem u(x) = f(x, u(x), u′(x), u′′(x), u′′′(x)) u(a) = u(b), i = 0, 1, 2, 3, for x ∈ [a, b], and f : [a, b] × R4 → R a continuous function. To the best of our knowledge it is the first time where this type of general nonlinearities is considered in fourth order equations w...

Consider a unidimensional, single-phase nonlinear Stefan problem with nonlinear source and permeance terms, and a Dirichlet boundary condition depending on the free-boundary function. This problem is important in groundwater ow. By immobilizing the free-boundary with the help of a Landau type transformation, together with a homogeneous transformation dealing with the nonhomogeneous Dirichlet bo...