\documentclass[reqno]{amsart} \usepackage{hyperref} \AtBeginDocument{{\noindent\small \emph{Electronic Journal of Differential Equations}, Vol. 2014 (2014), No. 203, pp. 1--5.\newline ISSN: 1072-6691. URL: http://ejde.math.txstate.edu or http://ejde.math.unt.edu \newline ftp ejde.math.txstate.edu} \thanks{\copyright 2014 Texas State University - San Marcos.} \vspace{9mm}} \begin{document} \title[\hfilneg EJDE-2014/203\hfil A nonlocal boundary problem] {A nonlocal boundary problem for the Laplace operator in a half disk} \author[G. A. Besbaev, I. Orazov, M. A. Sadybekov \hfil EJDE-2014/203\hfilneg] {Gani A. Besbaev, Isabek Orazov, Makhmud A. Sadybekov} % in alphabetical order \address{Gani A. Besbaev \newline Faculty of Information technology, Auezov South Kazakhstan state University, \newline Shymkent, Kazakhstan} \email{besbaev@mail.ru} \address{Isabek Orazov \newline The Natural-Pedagogical faculty, Auezov South Kazakhstan state University, \newline Shymkent, Kazakhstan} \email{i\_orazov@mail.ru} \address{Makhmud A. Sadybekov \newline Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Modeling, Almaty, Kazakhstan} \email{makhmud-s@mail.ru} \thanks{Submitted July 11, 2014. Published September 30, 2014.} \subjclass[2000]{33C10, 34B30, 35P10} \keywords{Laplace equation; basis; eigenfunctions; \hfill\break\indent nonlocal boundary value problem} \begin{abstract} In the present work we investigate the nonlocal boundary problem for the Laplace equation in a half disk. The difference of this problem is the impossibility of direct applying of the Fourier method (separation of variables). Because the corresponding spectral problem for the ordinary differential equation has the system of eigenfunctions not forming a basis. Based on these eigenfunctions there is constructed a special system of functions that already forms the basis. This is used for solving of the nonlocal boundary equation. The existence and the uniqueness of the classical solution of the problem are proved. \end{abstract} \maketitle \numberwithin{equation}{section} \newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section] \allowdisplaybreaks \section{Formulation of the problem} Our goal is to find a function $u(r,\theta)\in C^{0}(\bar{D})\cap C^2(D)$ satisfying equation \begin{equation} \label{eq1} \Delta u=0 \end{equation} in $D$, with the boundary conditions \begin{gather}\label{eq2} u(1,\theta)=f(\theta),\quad 0\leq\theta\leq\pi, \\ \label{eq3} u(r,0)=0,\quad r\in[0,1], \\ \label{eq4} \frac{\partial u}{\partial\theta}(r,0)=\frac{\partial u}{\partial\theta}(r,\pi)+\alpha u(r,\pi),\quad r\in(0,1) \end{gather} where $D=\{(r,\theta):00$; $f(\theta)\in C^2[0,\pi]$, $f(0)=0$, $f'(0)=f'(\pi)+\alpha f(\pi)$. Problem \eqref{eq1}--\eqref{eq4} with $\alpha=0$ was considered in \cite{MA,MA1} for the Laplace equation, and in \cite{ma,amb} for the Helmholtz equation. The existence and the uniqueness of the solution of the problem are proved by applying the method of separation of variables and proving the basis of the special function systems of the Samarskii-Ionkin type in $L_{p}$. In contrast to these papers in case of $\alpha\neq 0$ it is impossible to use directly the Fourier method of the separation of the variables. Because the corresponding spectral problem for the ordinary differential equation has the system of eigenfunctions not forming a basis. \section{Uniqueness of the solution} \begin{theorem}\label{th1} The solution of problem \eqref{eq1}--\eqref{eq4} is unique. \end{theorem} \begin{proof} Suppose that there exist two functions $u_{1}(r,\theta)$ and $u_{2}(r,\theta)$ satisfying the conditions of the problem \eqref{eq1} - \eqref{eq4}. We show that the function $u(r,\theta)=u_{1}(r,\theta)-u_{2}(r,\theta)$ is equal to $0$. Consider the function $$ U(r,\theta)=u(r,\theta)+u(r,\pi-\theta) $$ in $D_{1}=\{(r,\theta):00$, it follows that $U=0$ in $\bar{D_{1}}$ by the maximum principle and the Zaremba-Giraud principle \cite[p. 26]{bits} for the Laplace equation. This means that $u(r,\theta)=-u(r,\pi-\theta)$, in particular $u(r,0)=u(r,\pi)=0$ at $r\in[0,1]$. The equality $u(r,\theta)=0$ in $\bar{D}$ follows from the uniqueness of the solution of the Dirichlet problem for the Laplace equation. The proof of the theorem is complete. \end{proof} \section{Forming the basis} If solutions to \eqref{eq1} satisfying the conditions \eqref{eq3}, \eqref{eq4} are sought in the form $$ u(r,\theta)=R(r)\varphi(\theta), $$ then $R(r)=r^{\sqrt{\lambda}}$, $\operatorname{Re}\sqrt{\lambda}\geq0$, and for the function $\varphi(\theta)$ we have the spectral problem \begin{equation}\label{eq5} \begin{gathered} -\varphi''(\theta)=\lambda\varphi(\theta),\quad 0<\theta<\pi;\\ \varphi(0)=0,\quad \varphi'(0)=\varphi'(\pi)+\alpha\varphi(\pi). \end{gathered} \end{equation} This problem has two groups of eigenvalues. All the eigenvalues are simple and the corresponding system of eigenfunctions does not form the basis in $L_{2}(0,\pi)$ \cite{LL}. However, in \cite{mok} a special system of functions is built based of these eigenfunctions which forms the basis. This fact was applied for the solution of the nonlocal initial-boundary problem for the heat equation. In \cite{OS} one family of problems simulating the determination of the temperature and density of heat sources from given values of the initial and final temperature is similarly considered. Let us present the necessary facts from \cite{mok}. Problem \eqref{eq5} has two groups of eigenvalues $\lambda^{(1)}_k=(2k)^2$, $k=1,2,\dots$, $\lambda^{(2)}_k=(2\beta_k)^2$, $k=0,1,2,\dots $. Herein $\beta_k$ are roots of the equation $tg\beta=\alpha/2\beta$, $\beta>0$, they satisfy the inequalities $k<\beta_k