A model problem for ultrafunctions

zbMATH Open1292.26073arXiv1212.1370MaRDI QIDQ5409178FDOQ5409178

Authors: Vieri Benci, Lorenzo Luperi 

Publication date: 14 April 2014

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to show that Non-Archimedean Mathematics (NAM), namely mathematics which uses infinite and infinitesimal numbers, is useful to model some Physical problems which cannot be described by the usual mathematics. The problem which we will consider here is the minimization of the functional E(u,q)=1/2int_{Omega}| abla u(x)|^{2}dx+u(q). If Omega is a subset of R^{N} is a bounded open set and u is a C^{2} function with condition u=0 on the boundary of Omega, this problem has no solution since inf E(u,q)=-infty. On the contrary, as we will show, this problem is well posed in a suitable non-Archimedean frame. More precisely, we apply thegeneral ideas of NAM and some of the techniques of Non Standard Analysis to a new notion of generalized functions, called ultrafunctions, which are a particular class of functions based on a Non-Archimedean field. In this class of functions, the above problem is well posed and it has a solution.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.1370

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zbMATH Keywords

Dirichlet problemdelta functionnon-standard analysisultrafunctionsnon-Archimedean mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Boundary value problems for second-order elliptic systems (35J57) Non-Archimedean analysis (26E30) Generalized solutions to partial differential equations (35D99) Nonstandard analysis (26E35)

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