271 research outputs found
Forced Burgers Equation in an Unbounded Domain
The inviscid Burgers equation with random and spatially smooth forcing is
considered in the limit when the size of the system tends to infinity. For the
one-dimensional problem, it is shown both theoretically and numerically that
many of the features of the space-periodic case carry over to infinite domains
as intermediate time asymptotics. In particular, for large time we
introduce the concept of -global shocks replacing the notion of main shock
which was considered earlier in the periodic case (1997, E et al., Phys. Rev.
Lett. 78, 1904). In the case of spatially extended systems these objects are no
anymore global. They can be defined only for a given time scale and their
spatial density behaves as for large . The
probability density function of the age of shocks behaves
asymptotically as . We also suggest a simple statistical model for
the dynamics and interaction of shocks and discuss an analogy with the problem
of distribution of instability islands for a simple first-order stochastic
differential equation.Comment: 9 pages, 10 figures, revtex4, J. Stat. Phys, in pres
Kicked Burgers Turbulence
Burgers turbulence subject to a force ,
where the 's are ``kicking times'' and the ``impulses'' have
arbitrary space dependence, combines features of the purely decaying and the
continuously forced cases. With large-scale forcing this ``kicked'' Burgers
turbulence presents many of the regimes proposed by E, Khanin, Mazel and Sinai
(1997) for the case of random white-in-time forcing. It is also amenable to
efficient numerical simulations in the inviscid limit, using a modification of
the Fast Legendre Transform method developed for decaying Burgers turbulence by
Noullez and Vergassola (1994). For the kicked case, concepts such as
``minimizers'' and ``main shock'', which play crucial roles in recent
developments for forced Burgers turbulence, become elementary since everything
can be constructed from simple two-dimensional area-preserving Euler--Lagrange
maps.
One key result is for the case of identical deterministic kicks which are
periodic and analytic in space and are applied periodically in time: the
probability densities of large negative velocity gradients and of
(not-too-large) negative velocity increments follow the power law with -7/2
exponent proposed by E {\it et al}. (1997) in the inviscid limit, whose
existence is still controversial in the case of white-in-time forcing. (More in
the full-length abstract at the beginning of the paper.)Comment: LATEX 30 pages, 11 figures, J. Fluid Mech, in pres
Topological Shocks in Burgers Turbulence
The dynamics of the multi-dimensional randomly forced Burgers equation is
studied in the limit of vanishing viscosity. It is shown both theoretically and
numerically that the shocks have a universal global structure which is
determined by the topology of the configuration space. This structure is shown
to be particularly rigid for the case of periodic boundary conditions.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, RevTex4, published versio
Invariant measures for Burgers equation with stochastic forcing
In this paper we study the following Burgers equation
du/dt + d/dx (u^2/2) = epsilon d^2u/dx^2 + f(x,t)
where f(x,t)=dF/dx(x,t) is a random forcing function, which is periodic in x
and white noise in t. We prove the existence and uniqueness of an invariant
measure by establishing a ``one force, one solution'' principle, namely that
for almost every realization of the force, there is a unique distinguished
solution that exists for the time interval (-infty, +infty) and this solution
attracts all other solutions with the same forcing. This is done by studying
the so-called one-sided minimizers. We also give a detailed description of the
structure and regularity properties for the stationary solutions. In
particular, we prove, under some non-degeneracy conditions on the forcing, that
almost surely there is a unique main shock and a unique global minimizer for
the stationary solutions. Furthermore the global minimizer is a hyperbolic
trajectory of the underlying system of characteristics.Comment: 84 pages, published version, abstract added in migratio
Reduction of Algebraic Parametric Systems by Rectification of their Affine Expanded Lie Symmetries
Lie group theory states that knowledge of a -parameters solvable group of
symmetries of a system of ordinary differential equations allows to reduce by
the number of equations. We apply this principle by finding some
\emph{affine derivations} that induces \emph{expanded} Lie point symmetries of
considered system. By rewriting original problem in an invariant coordinates
set for these symmetries, we \emph{reduce} the number of involved parameters.
We present an algorithm based on this standpoint whose arithmetic complexity is
\emph{quasi-polynomial} in input's size.Comment: Before analysing an algebraic system (differential or not), one can
generally reduce the number of parameters defining the system behavior by
studying the system's Lie symmetrie
Perfect retroreflectors and billiard dynamics
We construct semi infinite billiard domains which reverse the direction of most incoming particles. We prove that almost all particles will leave the open billiard domain after a finite number of reflections. Moreover, with high probability the exit velocity is exactly opposite to the entrance velocity, and the particle's exit point is arbitrarily close to its initial position. The method is based on asymptotic analysis of statistics of entrance times to a small interval for irrational circle rotations. The rescaled entrance times have a limiting distribution in the limit when the length of the interval vanishes. The proof of the main results follows from the study of related limiting distributions and their regularity properties. © 2011 AIMSciences
On cross-ratio distortion and Schwarz derivative
We prove asymptotic estimates for the cross-ratio distortion with respect to
a smooth or holomorphic function in terms of its Schwarz derivative.Comment: the spelling of the name `Schwarz' correcte
Particle dynamics inside shocks in Hamilton-Jacobi equations
Characteristics of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation can be seen as action
minimizing trajectories of fluid particles. For nonsmooth "viscosity"
solutions, which give rise to discontinuous velocity fields, this description
is usually pursued only up to the moment when trajectories hit a shock and
cease to minimize the Lagrangian action. In this paper we show that for any
convex Hamiltonian there exists a uniquely defined canonical global nonsmooth
coalescing flow that extends particle trajectories and determines dynamics
inside the shocks. We also provide a variational description of the
corresponding effective velocity field inside shocks, and discuss relation to
the "dissipative anomaly" in the limit of vanishing viscosity.Comment: 15 pages, no figures; to appear in Philos. Trans. R. Soc. series
Herman's Theory Revisited
We prove that a -smooth orientation-preserving circle
diffeomorphism with rotation number in Diophantine class ,
, is -smoothly conjugate to a rigid
rotation. We also derive the most precise version of Denjoy's inequality for
such diffeomorphisms.Comment: 10 page
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