On a Nonlocal Problem with the Second Kind Integral Condition for a Parabolic Equation
Department of Mathematics, the University of Dodoma, Dodoma, TanzaniaAbstract
In this article we consider a nonlocal problem with the second kind integral condition for a parabolic equation. Under some conditions on initial data we proved existence and uniqueness of a generalized solution applying the method of a priori estimates and a parameter continuation method.
Keywords: nonlocal condition, nonlocal problem, parabolic equation, parameter continuation method
International Journal of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, 2014 2 (4),
pp 62-67.
DOI: 10.12691/ijpdea-2-4-1
Received August 12, 2014; Revised August 25, 2014; Accepted September 02, 2014
Copyright © 2013 Science and Education Publishing. All Rights Reserved.Cite this article:
- Danilkina, Olga. "On a Nonlocal Problem with the Second Kind Integral Condition for a Parabolic Equation." International Journal of Partial Differential Equations and Applications 2.4 (2014): 62-67.
- Danilkina, O. (2014). On a Nonlocal Problem with the Second Kind Integral Condition for a Parabolic Equation. International Journal of Partial Differential Equations and Applications, 2(4), 62-67.
- Danilkina, Olga. "On a Nonlocal Problem with the Second Kind Integral Condition for a Parabolic Equation." International Journal of Partial Differential Equations and Applications 2, no. 4 (2014): 62-67.
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1. Introduction
Over the previous years nonclassical problems for partial differential equations have been widely used for a description a number of phenomena in modern physics and technology. Nonclassical problems with nonlocal conditions include relations between boundary values of an unknown solution and its derivatives and their values at internal points of a domain. Nonlocal problems with integral conditions which are naturally generalization of discrete nonlocal conditions can be considered as mathematical models the processes with inaccessible boundary.
One of the initial works devoted to problems with integral condition for second-order partial differential equations is the paper of Cannon [2] where the nonlocal problem was used for modeling of heat conduction process. Later, nonlocal problems with integral conditions were investigated in [1, 3, 4, 6]. Note here some resent results [7, 8, 9, 10].
It was found that the choice of the method of research depends considerably on the kind of nonlocal conditions.
Usually, we understand nonlocal condition of the II kind as correlations connecting values of the solution, and possibly, its derivatives on some inner manifold and at boundary points. If these correlations do not contain values of the solution on the boundary, then they are said to be nonlocal conditions of the I kind [11]. In the case of one spatial variable difficulties generated by the I kind integral condition can be avoided through reducing the problem to the problem with the II kind integral condition, and hence, in such case nonlocal problems with the II kind conditions are of considerable interest.
Motivated by this, in the present article we study a nonlocal problem with the II kind integral condition for parabolic equation. The main aim of the paper is to demonstrate a nonlinear functional analysis technique which is applicable for investigation of such nonlocal problems.
2. Preliminaries
Let
. Consider the equation
![]() | (1) |
and set a problem: determine a solution
of the equation (1) in
satisfying the initial condition
![]() | (2) |
the boundary condition
![]() | (3) |
and the nonlocal condition
![]() | (4) |
Definition. Following [5], we define as
a Hilbert space which consists of all elements of
such that
with the norm:
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Definition. A function
is said to be a solution of the problem (1)-(4) if
,
,
and for all
the function
satisfies the integral identity
![]() | (5) |
3. Results
Theorem. Let
,
,
,
and
,
. Then there exists a unique solution of the problem (1)-(4).
The proof of the theorem is organized as follows. First we obtain energy estimates which imply uniqueness of the solution. To prove the existence we use a parameter continuation method.
3.1. Energy EstimateWe take an arbitrary number
and consider the problem (1)-(3) with the nonlocal condition
![]() | (6) |
Assume that a solution of the problem (1)-(3), (6) exists. First we multiply (1) by
and integrate over
,
. As a result after integration by parts we obtain the equality
![]() | (7) |
Our next aim is to derive estimates of the right-hand side part of (7). Applying the
-inequality to the first, second and third terms of (7) we have
![]() | (8) |
Observe further that for a solution of (1)-(3), (6) the following estimates are valid.
![]() | (9) |
![]() | (10) |
![]() | (11) |
[p. 77],
where the constants
are such that
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is arbitrary and
defines by
.
From the inequalities (8)-(11) we obtain
![]() | (12) |
Second, we multiply (1) we multiply (1) by
and integrate over
,
. After integration by parts we have
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Applying the estimates (9)-(11) we obtain
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Choose
. Then
![]() | (13) |
It follows from (12), (13) that
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Let
. Then we obtain
![]() | (14) |
where
,
, 
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It follows from (14) that
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Now by Gronwall’s lemma we conclude that
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and hence,
![]() | (15) |
From (14) it also follows that 
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Therefore, the inequality (15) implies that
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where
defines by
and does not depend on the chosen
,
when
, that is
![]() | (16) |
Assume that the problem (1)-(3), (6) has two different solution
and
. Then the function
is a solution of the problem (1)-(3), (6) with
. From the estimate (16) it immediately follows that
, and hence,
a.e. in
.
To prove the existence part we shall apply the parameter continuation method.
Let
be an arbitrary number. Denote by
the set of such
for which the problem (1)-(3) with nonlocal condition (6)
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has a solution in
.
If such a set
is non-empty, open and closed then
, and therefore, there exists a solution
of the problem (1)-(3), (6) for any
.
First, we note that
is non-empty. Indeed, for the case
the problem (1)-(3), (6) becomes
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It is possible to see that there exists a solution
of this problem [[5], pp. 273-276].
Our next aim is to prove that the set
is closed. To this end we consider a sequence
which converges to some
as
. We shall show that
.
Indeed, to each
there corresponds a function
that satisfies the integral identity (5) and conditions (2), (3), (6). Thus, the estimate (16) is also valid for
, that is
, where the constant
does not depend on
and
.
Therefore, as
is a Hilbert space, so there exists a subsequence
and a function
such that
weakly in
and
a.e. on
.
Thereafter, letting
in the equalities
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it is easy to see that
is a solution of the problem (1)-(3), (6) and hence,
.
This implies that
is closed.
The next step is to prove that the set
is open. To this end we take
and shall prove that
for small enough
.
We introduce an operator
in the following way. Let
and
be a solution of the integral equation
![]() | (17) |
For every fixed
the equation (17) is Volterra equation with respect to the function
. We note that as the function
belongs to
and the kernel
is bounded, so there exists a unique solution
of (17) such that
for every fixed
.
Observe that
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Therefore the solution of (17) is represented as a sum of two functions
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where the first function is an element of
and second one is bounded. Hence,
.
Also it is easy to prove that
. Indeed, we formally differentiate (17) with respect to
and consider
as a solution of the integral equation
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with a bounded kernel and right-hand side part from
. Therefore, repeating the above arguments we see that
.
Next, we differentiate (17) with respect to
and obtain that
can be defined as
![]() | (18) |
By the properties of the functions
,
,
it means that
. Now we differentiate (18) with respect to
and get
![]() | (19) |
Hence, using the properties of
,
,
we conclude that
.
Therefore, the solution of the Volterra equation
.
Next, we define a function
as a solution of the problem
![]() | (20) |
![]() | (21) |
![]() | (22) |
![]() | (23) |
where
,
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By the assumption,
, and hence, there exists the solution
of the problem (21)-(23).
Now consider the function
. It is easy to see that
satisfies (1)-(3) and
![]() | (24) |
Therefore,
is a solution of the problem (1), (3), (24). We shall consider this function a mapping
:
.
Now our aim is to prove that the introduced operator
is a contraction mapping for small enough
. To this end, we consider functions
, 
and let
,
be the corresponding solutions of the integral equation (18) and
,
be the solutions of the problem (21)-(24). We define
,
.
Let us denote
,
,
,
. Then
is a solution of the problem (20)-(23) with
and
.
Following the proof of the estimate (16) we obtain
![]() | (25) |
where the constant
depends on
,
and
depends on
,
,
.
The next step is to obtain an estimate of each norm on the right-hand side of (25). Observe that (17) implies
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Applying the Cauchy inequality we have
![]() | (26) |
Now by Gronwall’s lemma we conclude that
![]() | (27) |
and hence,
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Therefore, 
![]() | (28) |
Observe further that
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Applying the Cauchy inequality and (27) we obtain
![]() | (29) |
Using the Gronwall’s lemma for (29) we obtain
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This inequality implies that
![]() | (30) |
where
.
Now it remains to obtain an estimate for
. To this end first we find an estimate for
. From (19) it follows that
, which implies
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Thus,
, where
is such that
.
Now we consider (20) and conclude that
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Therefore,
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and hence,
![]() | (31) |
where
,
.
It immediately follows from (28), (30), (31) that
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Finally, we conclude that
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where
depends on
,
,
,
.
Now if
is small enough, then
and hence, the operator
is a contraction mapping. Taking into account that the space
is complete we conclude that there exists a unique fixed point
which satisfies (1)-(3) and the condition
![]() | (32) |
Therefore, for small enough
the problem (1)-(3), (32) has a solution
.
This implies that
, and hence the set
is open.
Finally, we conclude that
, and the problem (1)-(3), (6) has a solution
for any
, that is, there exists a solution of the problem (1)-(3), (6) for
, and hence, the existence part for the problem (1)-(4) has been proved.
4. Conclusion
In the present research the investigation of the nonclassical problem with the second type integral condition has been demonstrated. While dealing with such problems the main question is about a choice of the most powerful and suitable research method. This choice essentially depends on the kind of a nonlocal condition. In this article we have shown that a nonlinear functional analysis method can be applied to study nonlocal problems and existence of the introduced solution has been proved by a parameter continuation method. To prove the uniqueness part we used an a priori estimate method.
Acknowledgement
The author would like to thank Ludmila S. Pulkina for her insistent support during this research.
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