{"title":"Laplace–Beltrami spectrum of ellipsoids that are close to spheres and analytic perturbation theory","authors":"Suresh Eswarathasan;Theodore Kolokolnikov","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxab045","url":null,"abstract":"We study the spectrum of the Laplace–Beltrami operator on ellipsoids. For ellipsoids that are close to the sphere, we use analytic perturbation theory to estimate the eigenvalues up to two orders. We show that for biaxial ellipsoids sufficiently close to the sphere, the first \u0000<tex>$L^2$</tex>\u0000 eigenvalues have multiplicity at most two, and characterize those that are simple. For the triaxial ellipsoids sufficiently close to the sphere that are not biaxial, we show that at least the first 16 eigenvalues are all simple. We also give the results of various numerical experiments, including comparisons to our results from the analytic perturbation theory, and approximations for the eigenvalues of ellipsoids that degenerate into infinite cylinders or two-dimensional disks. We propose a conjecture on the exact number of nodal domains of near-sphere ellipsoids.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"87 1","pages":"20-49"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50415123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noisy bounded confidence models for opinion dynamics: the effect of boundary conditions on phase transitions","authors":"B D Goddard;B Gooding;H Short;G A Pavliotis","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxab044","url":null,"abstract":"We study SDE and PDE models for opinion dynamics under bounded confidence, for a range of different boundary conditions, with and without the inclusion of a radical population. We perform exhaustive numerical studies with pseudo-spectral methods to determine the effects of the boundary conditions, suggesting that the no-flux case most faithfully reproduces the underlying mechanisms in the associated deterministic models of Hegselmann and Krause. We also compare the SDE and PDE models, and use tools from analysis to study phase transitions, including a systematic description of an appropriate order parameter.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"87 1","pages":"80-110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel7/8016796/9717007/09717011.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50423445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamical aspects of a restricted three-vortex problem","authors":"Sreethin Sreedharan Kallyadan;Priyanka Shukla","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxab043","url":null,"abstract":"Point vortex systems that include vortices with constant coordinate functions are largely unexplored, even though they have reasonable physical interpretations in the geophysical context. Here, we investigate the dynamical aspects of the restricted three-vortex problem when one of the point vortices is assumed to be fixed at a location in the plane. The motion of the passive tracer is explored from a rotating frame of reference within which the free vortex with non-zero circulation remains stationary. By using basic dynamical system theory, it is shown that the vortex motion is always bounded, and any configuration of the three vortices must go through at least one collinear state. The present analysis reveals that any non-relative equilibrium solution of the vortex system either has periodic inter-vortex distances or it will asymptotically converge to a relative equilibrium configuration. The initial conditions required for different types of motion are explained in detail by exploiting the Hamiltonian structure of the problem. The underlying effects of a fixed vortex on the motion of vortices are also explored.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"87 1","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50423444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accelerated Dirichlet–Robin alternating algorithms for solving the Cauchy problem for the Helmholtz equation","authors":"F. Berntsson, Jennifer Chepkorir, V. Kozlov","doi":"10.1093/IMAMAT/HXAB034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/IMAMAT/HXAB034","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Cauchy problem for Helmholtz equation, for moderate wave number $k^{2}$, is considered. In the previous paper of Achieng et al. (2020, Analysis of Dirichlet–Robin iterations for solving the Cauchy problem for elliptic equations. Bull. Iran. Math. Soc.), a proof of convergence for the Dirichlet–Robin alternating algorithm was given for general elliptic operators of second order, provided that appropriate Robin parameters were used. Also, it has been noted that the rate of convergence for the alternating iterative algorithm is quite slow. Thus, we reformulate the Cauchy problem as an operator equation and implement iterative methods based on Krylov subspaces. The aim is to achieve faster convergence. In particular, we consider the Landweber method, the conjugate gradient method and the generalized minimal residual method. The numerical results show that all the methods work well. In this work, we discuss also how one can approach non-symmetric differential operators by using similar operator equations and model problems which are used for symmetric differential operators.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44684678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Snaking bifurcations of localized patterns on ring lattices","authors":"Moyi Tian;Jason J Bramburger;Björn Sandstede","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab023","DOIUrl":"10.1093/imamat/hxab023","url":null,"abstract":"We study the structure of stationary patterns in bistable lattice dynamical systems posed on rings with a symmetric coupling structure in the regime of small coupling strength. We show that sparse coupling (for instance, nearest-neighbour or next-nearest-neighbour coupling) and all-to-all coupling lead to significantly different solution branches. In particular, sparse coupling leads to snaking branches with many saddle-node bifurcations, while all-to-all coupling leads to branches with six saddle nodes, regardless of the size of the number of nodes in the graph.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"86 5","pages":"1112-1140"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49471335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Max Philipp Holl;Andrew J Archer;Svetlana V Gurevich;Edgar Knobloch;Lukas Ophaus;Uwe Thiele
{"title":"Localized states in passive and active phase-field-crystal models","authors":"Max Philipp Holl;Andrew J Archer;Svetlana V Gurevich;Edgar Knobloch;Lukas Ophaus;Uwe Thiele","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab025","DOIUrl":"10.1093/imamat/hxab025","url":null,"abstract":"The passive conserved Swift–Hohenberg equation (or phase-field-crystal [PFC] model) describes gradient dynamics of a single-order parameter field related to density. It provides a simple microscopic description of the thermodynamic transition between liquid and crystalline states. In addition to spatially extended periodic structures, the model describes a large variety of steady spatially localized structures. In appropriate bifurcation diagrams the corresponding solution branches exhibit characteristic slanted homoclinic snaking. In an active PFC model, encoding for instance the active motion of self-propelled colloidal particles, the gradient dynamics structure is broken by a coupling between density and an additional polarization field. Then, resting and traveling localized states are found with transitions characterized by parity-breaking drift bifurcations. Here, we briefly review the snaking behavior of localized states in passive and active PFC models before discussing the bifurcation behavior of localized states in systems of (i) two coupled passive PFC models with common gradient dynamics, (ii) two coupled passive PFC models where the coupling breaks the gradient dynamics structure and (iii) a passive PFC model coupled to an active PFC model.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"86 5","pages":"896-923"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42273427","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Priya Subramanian;Andrew J Archer;Edgar Knobloch;Alastair M Rucklidge
{"title":"Snaking without subcriticality: grain boundaries as non-topological defects","authors":"Priya Subramanian;Andrew J Archer;Edgar Knobloch;Alastair M Rucklidge","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab032","DOIUrl":"10.1093/imamat/hxab032","url":null,"abstract":"Non-topological defects in spatial patterns such as grain boundaries in crystalline materials arise from local variations of the pattern properties such as amplitude, wavelength and orientation. Such non-topological defects may be treated as spatially localized structures, i.e. as fronts connecting distinct periodic states. Using the two-dimensional quadratic-cubic Swift–Hohenberg equation, we obtain fully nonlinear equilibria containing grain boundaries that separate a patch of hexagons with one orientation (the grain) from an identical hexagonal state with a different orientation (the background). These grain boundaries take the form of closed curves with multiple penta-hepta defects that arise from local orientation mismatches between the two competing hexagonal structures. Multiple isolas occurring robustly over a wide range of parameters are obtained even in the absence of a unique Maxwell point, underlining the importance of retaining pinning when analysing patterns with defects, an effect omitted from the commonly used amplitude-phase description. Similar results are obtained for quasiperiodic structures in a two-scale phase-field model.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"86 5","pages":"1164-1180"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41636949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haifaa Alrihieli;Alastair M Rucklidge;Priya Subramanian
{"title":"Spatial localization beyond steady states in the neighbourhood of the Takens–Bogdanov bifurcation","authors":"Haifaa Alrihieli;Alastair M Rucklidge;Priya Subramanian","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab030","DOIUrl":"10.1093/imamat/hxab030","url":null,"abstract":"Double-zero eigenvalues at a Takens–Bogdanov (TB) bifurcation occur in many physical systems such as double-diffusive convection, binary convection and magnetoconvection. Analysis of the associated normal form, in 1D with periodic boundary condition, shows the existence of steady patterns, standing waves, modulated waves (MW) and travelling waves, and describes the transitions and bifurcations between these states. Values of coefficients of the terms in the normal form classify all possible different bifurcation scenarios in the neighbourhood of the TB bifurcation (Dangelmayr, G. & Knobloch, E. (1987) The Takens–Bogdanov bifurcation with O(2)-symmetry. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A, 322, 243-279). In this work we develop a new and simple pattern-forming partial differential equation (PDE) model, based on the Swift–Hohenberg equation, adapted to have the TB normal form at onset. This model allows us to explore the dynamics in a wide range of bifurcation scenarios, including in domains much wider than the lengthscale of the pattern. We identify two bifurcation scenarios in which coexistence between different types of solutions is indicated from the analysis of the normal form equation. In these scenarios, we look for spatially localized solutions by examining pattern formation in wide domains. We are able to recover two types of localized states, that of a localized steady state (LSS) in the background of the trivial state (TS) and that of a spatially localized travelling wave (LTW) in the background of the TS, which have previously been observed in other systems. Additionally, we identify two new types of spatially localized states: that of a LSS in a MW background and that of a LTW in a steady state (SS) background. The PDE model is easy to solve numerically in large domains and so will allow further investigation of pattern formation with a TB bifurcation in one or more dimensions and the exploration of a range of background and foreground pattern combinations beyond SSs.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"86 5","pages":"984-1009"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48680311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Localized patterns in a generalized Swift–Hohenberg equation with a quartic marginal stability curve","authors":"David C Bentley;Alastair M Rucklidge","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/imamat/hxab035","url":null,"abstract":"In some pattern-forming systems, for some parameter values, patterns form with two wavelengths, while for other parameter values, there is only one wavelength. The transition between these can be organized by a codimension-three point at which the marginal stability curve has a quartic minimum. We develop a model equation to explore this situation, based on the Swift–Hohenberg equation; the model contains, amongst other things, snaking branches of patterns of one wavelength localized in a background of patterns of another wavelength. In the small-amplitude limit, the amplitude equation for the model is a generalized Ginzburg–Landau equation with fourth-order spatial derivatives, which can take the form of a complex Swift–Hohenberg equation with real coefficients. Localized solutions in this amplitude equation help interpret the localized patterns in the model. This work extends recent efforts to investigate snaking behaviour in pattern-forming systems where two different stable non-trivial patterns exist at the same parameter values.","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"86 5","pages":"944-983"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50424517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Localization and snaking in axially compressed and internally pressurized thin cylindrical shells","authors":"Rainer M J Groh;Giles W Hunt","doi":"10.1093/imamat/hxab024","DOIUrl":"10.1093/imamat/hxab024","url":null,"abstract":"This paper uncovers new manifestations of the homoclinic snaking mechanism in the post-buckling regime of a pressurized thin cylindrical shell under axial load. These new forms tend to propagate either wholly or partially in a direction that is orthogonal to the direction of the applied load and so, unlike earlier forms in Woods & Champneys (1999, Heteroclinic tangles in the unfolding of a degenerate Hamiltonian Hopf bifurcation. Phys. D, 129, 147–170), are fundamentally 2D in nature. The main effect of internal pressurization on the snaking mechanism is firstly to transition the circumferential multiplication of buckles from a one-tier pattern to a three-tier pattern. Secondly, internal pressurization can induce oblique snaking, whereby the sequential multiplication of buckles occurs in a helical pattern across the cylinder domain. For low levels of internal pressure, the single dimple remains—as in the unpressurized case—the unstable edge state that forms the smallest energy barrier around the stable pre-buckling equilibrium. For greater levels of pressure, the edge state changes to a single dimple surrounded by four smaller dimples. By tracing the limit point that denotes the onset of these edge states in the parameter space of internal pressure and axial load, we justify and validate the empirically derived design guideline for buckling of pressurized cylinders proposed by Fung & Sechler (1957, Buckling of thin-walled circular cylinders under axial compression and internal pressure. J. Aeronaut. Sci., 24, 351–356).","PeriodicalId":56297,"journal":{"name":"IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics","volume":"86 5","pages":"1010-1030"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47357326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}