Hilbert-space methods in elliptic partial differential equations

Hilbert Space Methods for Partial Differential Equations

i Preface This book is an outgrowth of a course which we have given almost periodically over the last eight years. It is addressed to beginning graduate students of mathematics, engineering, and the physical sciences. Thus, we have attempted to present it while presupposing a minimal background: the reader is assumed to have some prior acquaintance with the concepts of " linear " and " continuo...

Finite element methods for semilinear elliptic stochastic partial differential equations

We study finite element methods for semilinear stochastic partial differential equations. Error estimates are established. Numerical examples are also presented to examine our theoretical results. Mathematics Subject Classification (2000) 65N30 · 65N15 · 65C30 · 60H15

Multiscale Methods for Elliptic Partial Differential Equations and Related Applications

Multiscale problems arise in many scientific and engineering disciplines. A typical example is the modelling of flow in a porous medium containing a number of low and high permeability embedded in a matrix. Due to the high degrees of variability and the multiscale nature of formation properties, not only is a complete analysis of these problems extremely difficult, but also numerical solvers re...

Lecture Notes on Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

Essential Spectra of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations

Let A be a closed, densely defined operator in a Banach space X. There are several definitions of the "essential" spectrum of A (cf. [ l ] , [2]). According to Wolf [3], [4] it is the complement in the complex plane of the $-set of A. The $-set $A of A is the set of points X for which (a) a(A — X), the dimension of the null space of A — X, is finite (b) R(A —X), the range of A —X, is closed (c)...