Vol 53, No 10 (2017)

For any positive integers n ≥ 1 and m ≥ 2, we give a constructive proof of the existence of linear n-dimensional Pfaff systems with m-dimensional time and with infinitely differentiable coefficient matrices such that the characteristic and lower characteristic sets of these systems are given sets that are the graphs of a concave continuous function and a convex continuous function, respectively, defined and monotone decreasing on simply connected closed bounded convex domains of the space ℝ^m−1.

We study linear inhomogeneous vector ordinary differential equations of arbitrary order in which the matrix multiplying the highest derivative of the unknown vector function is singular in the domain where the equations are defined. We also study perturbations (not necessarily small) of such equations, which are linear integro-differential equations with a Volterra operator. We obtain sufficient conditions for the solvability of such equations and give representations of their general solutions; solvability and uniqueness conditions are also given for initial value problems for such equations. The influence of small perturbations of the free term and the initial data on the solution is considered. A numerical method is suggested. The results of numerical experiments are given.

We consider a nonlocal initial–boundary value Bitsadze–Samarskii problem for a spatially one-dimensional parabolic second-order system in a semibounded domain with nonsmooth lateral boundary. The boundary integral equation method is used to construct a classical solution of this problem under the condition that the vector function on the right-hand side in the nonlocal boundary condition only has a continuous derivative of order 1/2 vanishing at t = 0. The smoothness of the solution is studied.

We consider the Schwarz problem for J-analytic functions for the case in which the Jordan basis Q of the matrix J contains complex conjugate vectors. Conditions on the matrix Q are obtained under which there exists a unique solution of the Schwarz problem in Hölder classes.

We consider an inhomogeneous Tricomi problem for a parabolic-hyperbolic equation with noncharacteristic type change line and with Frankl type matching condition for the normal derivatives on the type change line. The auxiliary function method is used to establish an a priori estimate of the solution. The existence of the solution is proved by the spectral method.

We consider the generalized solvability of convection–diffusion systems and study the inverse problem of determining the right-hand side (the source function) of such a system from integral overdetermination data. The solution of a parabolic system is understood in the generalized sense, and distributions of certain classes are allowed as right-hand sides. Under certain conditions on the problem data, we show that the inverse problem is well-posed in the Sobolev classes.

Some results due to Fang and Peterson on generalized variational inequalities in the space ℝⁿ are extended to infinite-dimensional spaces. Theorems on the existence of solutions of such inequalities under generalized coercivity conditions are obtained.

In the class of stochastic differential systems of equations of Itô type with indirect control by the first or second derivative, we consider the inverse dynamic problem of constructing a system controller such that a given manifold is an integral manifold of the system. In both cases, the quasi-inversion method is used to construct the whole set of equations of controllers providing the solution of this problem.