Parabolic partial differential equations with nonlocal boundary specifications feature in the mathematical modeling of many phenomena. In this paper, numerical schemes are developed for obtaining approximate solutions to the initial boundary value problem for one-dimensional diffusion equation with a nonlocal constraint in place of one of the standard boundary conditions. The method of lines (M...

A new single surface integral equation is derived for light scattering by circular dielectric cylinders. Without adopting the concept of equivalent electric or magnetic surface currents, our formulation is directly derived from coupled-surface integral equations by the property of commutative matrices of Green functions. Further development by such matrix equations leads to only one unknown fun...

This paper extends the application of the differential quadrature method (DQM) to high order (2 3rd) ordinary differential equations with the boundary conditions specified at multiple points (2 three different points). Explicit weighting coefficients for higher order derivatives have been derived using interpolating trigonometric polynomials. A three-point, linear third-order differential equat...

In the paper a linear-quadratic optimization problem (LCTOR) with unseparated two-point boundary conditions is considered. To solve this problem is proposed a new sweep algorithm which increases doubles the dimension of the original system. In contrast to the well-known methods, here it refuses to solve linear matrix and nonlinear Riccati equations, since the solution of such multi-point optimi...

this paper presents optimal control method to path planning of mobile robots with flexible joints. dynamic equations are derived and additional kinematic constraints are used to solve the extra dofs arose from base mobility. then with modeling the elasticity at each joint as a linear torsinal spring, the set of equations are formed. the hamiltonian function is formed and the necessary condition...

is the Nevanlinna characteristic of f [13]. Meromorphic functions of finite order have been extensively studied and they have numerous applications in pure and applied mathematics, e.g. in linear differential equations. In many applications a major role is played by the logarithmic derivative of meromorphic functions and we need to obtain sharp estimates for the logarithmic derivative as we app...

We establish comparison and existence theorems of viscosity solutions of the initial-boundary value problem for some singular degenerate parabolic partial di/erential equations with nonlinear oblique derivative boundary conditions. The theorems cover the capillary problem for the mean curvature 1ow equation and apply to more general Neumann-type boundary problems for parabolic equations in the ...

In this paper, a well-conditioned collocation method is constructed for solving general p-th order linear differential equations with various types of boundary conditions. Based on a suitable Birkhoff interpolation, we obtain a new set of polynomial basis functions that results in a collocation scheme with two important features: the condition number of the linear system is independent of the n...

In this paper, a modification on the fixed grid finite element method is presented and used in the solution of 2D linear elastic problems. This method uses non-boundary-fitted meshes for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Special techniques are required to apply boundary conditions on the intersection of domain boundaries and non-boundary-fitted elements. Hence, a new met...

In this paper, a modification on the fixed grid finite element method is presented and used in the solution of 2D linear elastic problems. This method uses non-boundary-fitted meshes for the numerical solution of partial differential equations. Special techniques are required to apply boundary conditions on the intersection of domain boundaries and non-boundary-fitted elements. Hence, a new met...