Extensions of dissipative operators with closable imaginary part

Given a dissipative operator \(A\) on a complex Hilbert space \(\mathcal{H}\) such that the quadratic form \(f \mapsto \text{Im}\langle f, Af \rangle\) is closable, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for an extension of \(A\) to still be dissipative. As applications, we describe all maximally accretive extensions of strictly positive symmetric operators and all maximally dissipative extensions of a highly singular first-order operator on the interval.

On strong stability of explicit Runge–Kutta methods for nonlinear semibounded operators

Explicit Runge–Kutta methods are classical and widespread techniques in the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Considering partial differential equations, spatial semidiscretizations can be used to obtain systems of ODEs that are solved subsequently, resulting in fully discrete schemes. However, certain stability investigations of high-order methods for hyperbolic conservation laws are often conducted only for the semidiscrete versions. Here, strong stability (also known as monotonicity) of explicit Runge–Kutta methods for ODEs with nonlinear and semibounded (also known as dissipative) operators is investigated. Contrary to the linear case it is proven that many strong-stability-preserving (SSP) schemes of order 2 or greater are not strongly stable for general smooth and semibounded nonlinear operators. Additionally, it is shown that there are first-order-accurate explicit SSP Runge–Kutta methods that are strongly stable (monotone) for semibounded (dissipative) and Lipschitz continuous operators.

A Classification of Fourth-Order Dissipative Differential Operators

This paper is devoted to the classification of the fourth-order dissipative differential operators by the boundary conditions. Subject to certain conditions, we determine some nonself-adjoint boundary conditions that generate the fourth-order differential operators to be dissipative. And under certain conditions, we prove that these dissipative operators have no real eigenvalues.