PDE and applications seminar | Metz

We consider linear waves on a bounded domain where one part of the boundary is governed by a coupled lower-dimensional wave equation (i.e., dynamic Ventcel/Wentzell boundary condition) and is subject to viscous damping. The other (possibly empty) part is left at rest. When the dynamic boundary geometrically controls the domain, we show that the total energy of classical solutions decays like 1/t. The proof relies on an analysis of high-frequency quasimodes, suitable boundary estimates obtained in different microlocal regimes, and a special decoupling argument. Optimality is assessed via an appropriate quasimode construction.

Ongoing work with Nicolas Vanspranghe (Inria team DISCO, L2S –CentraleSupélec).

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Bohr’s correspondence principle asserts that the predictions of classical and quantum mechanics coincide in the limit of large quantum numbers. This connection becomes especially striking when one studies Schrödinger-type equations for initial data minimising the uncertainty principle, known as “gaussian coherent states”, in the semiclassical limit. More precisely, in the context of quantum mechanics, one can derive a complete asymptotic expansion in the semiclassical parameter for solutions of such equations. The aim of this talk is to explain how to obtain a similar result in the framework of Quantum Field Theory for a certain class on analytic interactions, with a particular stress on spatially cutoff $P(\phi)_2$ interactions.

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The Hartree equation is an important example of nonlinear Schrödinger evolution. It can be derived as the mean field limit of a system of many non-relativistic bosons with pair interaction. Such a limit is now well understood for a wide class of interaction potentials and initial quantum configurations. The model has many physical applications, e.g. in studying Bose-Einstein condensation. It is thus important to have a control of the rate of convergence towards the limiting dynamics, for it would give a quantification of the error caused by the approximation of many particles with an infinite number of them. In this talk I will present a recent result, obtained with Z. Ammari and B. Pawilowski, where we provide bounds for the rate of convergence towards the Hartree dynamics for generic many-body initial quantum states.

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We will talk about necessary and sufficient conditions for an entire solution $u$ of a biharmonic equation with exponential nonlinearity $e^u$ to be a radially symmetric solution. We need to know the asymptotic expansions of the solution $u$ and its laplacian at infinity in order to apply the standard Moving-Plane-Method (MPM) for obtaining the radial symmetry for a system of equations.

Plan de l’exposé : 1/ Introduction (historique,origine des équations et comparaison avec équations de Navier-Stokes incompressibles). 2/ Position du problème (Estimations de l’énergie anisotropiques).

This lecture is devoted to address the problem of controlling uncertain systems submitted to parametrized perturbations. We introduce the notion of averaged control according to which the average of the states with respect to the uncertainty parameter is the quantity of interest. We observe that this property is equivalent to a suitable averaged observability one according to which the initial datum of the uncertain dynamics is to be determined by means of averages of the observations done. We will first discuss this property in the context of finite-dimensional systems to later consider Partial Differential Equations, mainly, of wave and parabolic nature. As we shall see, surprisingly, the averaging process with respect to the unknown parameter may lead a change of type ion the PDE under consideration from hyperbolic to parabolic, for instance, significantly affecting the expected control theoretical properties. We will also present some open problems and perspectives of future developments.

Résoudre numériquement une EDP sur un grand domaine peut être couteux. Or parfois il est suffisant d’utiliser un modèle moins couteux dans une région de l’espace, loin de la zone d’interet. Pour le problème modèle de l’équation d’advection-diffusion nous proposons un algorithme de décomposition de domaine hétérogène qui permet d’obtenir une solution très proche de la solution visqueuse alors que dans une région de l’espace on se contente de résoudre une équation non visqueuse. Nous étudions cet algorithme et nous le comparons avec d’autres algorithmes de décomposition de domaine hétérogènes déjà  existants. Ceci est un travail en commun avec M.J. Gander et L. Halpern.

Dans cet exposé, nous nous intéresserons aux solutions radiales d’un modèle de chimiotaxie dans une boule, plus précisément à  un système parabolique-elliptique de type Keller-Segel avec sensitivité non-linéaire critique. Celui-ci est une généralisation du cas « linéaire » bien connu qui admet 8 pi comme masse critique. En dimension plus grande que deux, on verra que le système présente aussi un phénomène de masse critique mais avec de fortes différences qualitatives, notamment dans le cas de la masse critique. De plus, ce système peut être vu comme un flot gradient sur une « variété Riemannienne de dimension infinie ». Dans le cas sous-critique, en s’aidant de cette interprétation, on peut montrer que la convergence uniforme vers l’unique solution stationnaire a lieu à  vitesse exponentielle.

In this work, we consider two coupled abstract linear evolution equations with one infinite memory acting on the first equation. Under a boundedness condition on the past history data, we prove that the stability of our abstract system holds for convolution kernels having much weak decays than the exponential one considered in the literature. The general and precise decay estimate of solution we obtain depends on the growth of the convolution kernel at infinity and the regularity of the initial data. We also present various applications to some hyperbolic distributed coupled systems such as wave-wave, Petrovsky-Petrovsky, wave-Petrovsky and elasticity-elasticity.

The talk will be on the discretization of Navier-Stokes equations to simulate the dynamic of a fluid, a mesh adaptivity technique to capture multiple-shocks based on shock-filtering model will be presented. The talk will finish with some industrial applications.