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One-Dimensional Wave Equations Defined by Fractal Laplacians
Journal d'Analyse Mathématique
  • John Fun-Choi Chan, Georgia Southern University
  • Sze-Man Ngai, Georgia Southern University
  • Alexander Teplyaev, University of Connecticut
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2015
DOI
10.1007/s11854-015-0029-x
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Abstract

We study one-dimensional wave equations defined by a class of fractal Laplacians. These Laplacians are defined by fractal measures generated by iterated function systems with overlaps, such as the well-known infinite Bernoulli convolution associated with the golden ratio and the three-fold convolution of the Cantor measure. The iterated function systems defining these measures do not satisfy the post-critically finite condition or the open set condition. Using second-order self-similar identities introduced by Strichartz et al., we discretize the equations and use the finite element and central difference methods to obtain numerical approximations of the weak solutions. We prove that the numerical solutions converge to the weak solution and obtain estimates for the rate of convergence.

Citation Information
John Fun-Choi Chan, Sze-Man Ngai and Alexander Teplyaev. "One-Dimensional Wave Equations Defined by Fractal Laplacians" Journal d'Analyse Mathématique Vol. 127 (2015) p. 219 - 246
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sze-man_ngai/39/