We consider a finite element method based on biorthogonal or quasi-biorthogonal systems for the biharmonic problem. The method is based on the primal mixed finite element method due to Ciarlet and Raviart for the biharmonic equation. Using different finite element spaces for the stream function and vorticity, this approach leads to a formulation only based on the stream function. We prove optim...

Given a prescribed boundary of a Bézier surface, we compare the Bézier surfaces generated by two different methods, i.e., the Bézier surface minimising the biharmonic functional and the unique Bézier surface solution of the biharmonic equation with prescribed boundary. Although often the two types of surfaces look visually the same, we show that they are indeed different. In this paper, we prov...

Abstract. Let Ω be a bounded Lipschitz domain in R. We develop a new approach to the invertibility on L(∂Ω) of the layer potentials associated with elliptic equations and systems in Ω. As a consequence, for n ≥ 4 and 2(n−1) n+1 − ε < p < 2 where ε > 0 depends on Ω, we obtain the solvability of the L Neumann type boundary value problems for second order elliptic systems. The analogous results fo...

This article shows the existence and multiplicity of weak solutions for the (p, q)-biharmonic type system ∆(|∆u|p−2∆u) = λFu(x, u, v) in Ω, ∆(|∆v|q−2∆v) = λFv(x, u, v) in Ω, u = v = ∆u = ∆v = 0 on ∂Ω. Under certain conditions on F , we show the existence of infinitely many weak solutions. Our technical approach is based on Bonanno and Molica Bisci’s general critical point theorem.

In this article we prove the regularity of weakly biharmonic maps of domains in Euclidean four space into spheres, as well as the corresponding partial regularity result of stationary biharmonic maps of higher-dimensional domains into spheres. c © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Introduction In this article we consider the notion of biharmonic maps and begin an analytic study of the regularity pro...

In this paper we prove a Radó type result showing that there is no univalent polyharmonic mapping of the unit disk onto whole complex plane. We also establish connection between boundary functions harmonic and biharmonic mappings. Finally, show how close-to-convex can be constructed from convex mapping.

In this paper, we first establish a Landau-Bloch type theorem for certain bounded and normalized biharmonic mappings F(z) = |z|21(z) + h(z), where 1(z) h(z) are harmonic in the unit disk with |1(z)| ? M1, |h(z)| M2. particular, our result is sharp when M1 M2 1. Then, several new versions of theorems coefficients condition place or obtain results.

We investigate the C interior penalty Galerkin (C IPG) method for biharmonic eigenvalue problems with the boundary conditions of the clamped plate, the simply supported plate and the Cahn-Hilliard type. We prove the convergence of the method and present numerical results to illustrate its performance. We also compare the C IPG method with the Argyris C finite element method, the Ciarlet-Raviart...