Symmetry approach in boundary value problems

The problem of construction of the boundary conditions for nonlinear equations is considered compatible with their higher symmetries. Boundary conditions for the sine-Gordon, Jiber-Shabat and KdV equations are discussed. New examples are found for the Jiber-Shabat equation.Comment: 7 pages, LaTe

Geodesic boundary value problems with symmetry

This paper shows how left and right actions of Lie groups on a manifold may be used to complement one another in a variational reformulation of optimal control problems equivalently as geodesic boundary value problems with symmetry. We prove an equivalence theorem to this effect and illustrate it with several examples. In finite-dimensions, we discuss geodesic flows on the Lie groups SO(3) and SE(3) under the left and right actions of their respective Lie algebras. In an infinite-dimensional example, we discuss optimal large-deformation matching of one closed curve to another embedded in the same plane. In the curve-matching example, the manifold \Emb(S^1, \mathbb{R}^2) comprises the space of closed curves $S^1$ embedded in the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$. The diffeomorphic left action \Diff(\mathbb{R}^2) deforms the curve by a smooth invertible time-dependent transformation of the coordinate system in which it is embedded, while leaving the parameterisation of the curve invariant. The diffeomorphic right action \Diff(S^1) corresponds to a smooth invertible reparameterisation of the $S^1$ domain coordinates of the curve. As we show, this right action unlocks an important degree of freedom for geodesically matching the curve shapes using an equivalent fixed boundary value problem, without being constrained to match corresponding points along the template and target curves at the endpoint in time.Comment: First version -- comments welcome

Nonharmonic analysis of boundary value problems

In this paper we develop the global symbolic calculus of pseudo-differential operators generated by a boundary value problem for a given (not necessarily self-adjoint or elliptic) differential operator. For this, we also establish elements of a non-self-adjoint distribution theory and the corresponding biorthogonal Fourier analysis. We give applications of the developed analysis to obtain a-priori estimates for solutions of operators that are elliptic within the constructed calculus.Comment: 54 pages, updated version, to appear in IMR

Pseudospectra of Semiclassical Boundary Value Problems

We consider operators $-\Delta + X$ where $X$ is a constant vector field, in a bounded domain and show spectral instability when the domain is expanded by scaling. More generally, we consider semiclassical elliptic boundary value problems which exhibit spectral instability for small values of the semiclassical parameter h, which should be thought of as the reciprocal of the Peclet constant. This instability is due to the presence of the boundary: just as in the case of $-\Delta + X$, some of our operators are normal when considered on R^d. We characterize the semiclassical pseudospectrum of such problems as well as the areas of concentration of quasimodes. As an application, we prove a result about exit times for diffusion processes in bounded domains. We also demonstrate instability for a class of spectrally stable nonlinear evolution problems that are associated to these elliptic operators.Comment: 43 pages, 6 figure