An algebraic approach for solving fourth-order partial differential equations
A. Pogorui, T. Kolomiiets, R. M. Rodriguez-Dagnino

TL;DR
This paper extends the classical link between harmonic functions and holomorphic functions to fourth-order hyperbolic and elliptic PDEs using hypercomplex algebra, providing a new algebraic solution framework.
Contribution
It introduces an algebraic method for solving fourth-order PDEs by leveraging hypercomplex algebras, extending known complex analysis techniques.
Findings
Solutions derived from hypercomplex algebra components satisfy the PDEs.
The approach generalizes classical harmonic function methods to higher-order PDEs.
Provides a new algebraic perspective for solving complex PDEs.
Abstract
It is well-known that any solution of the Laplace equation is a real or imaginary part of a complex holomorphic function. In this paper, in some sense, we extend this property into four order hyperbolic and elliptic type PDEs. To be more specific, the extension is for a -biwave PDE with constant coefficients, and we show that the components of a differentiable function on the associated hypercomplex algebras provide solutions for the equation.
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TopicsAlgebraic and Geometric Analysis · Nonlinear Waves and Solitons · Numerical methods for differential equations
An algebraic approach for solving fourth-order partial differential equations
A. Pogorui, T. Kolomiiets and R. M. Rodríguez-Dagnino
Abstract.
It is well-known that any solution of the Laplace equation is a real or imaginary part of a complex holomorphic function. In this paper, in some sense, we extend this property into four order hyperbolic and elliptic type PDEs. To be more specific, the extension is for a -biwave PDE with constant coefficients, and we show that the components of a differentiable function on the associated hypercomplex algebras provide solutions for the equation.
1. Introduction
In this paper we are interested in finding the solution of the following equation
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Depending on the value of we may consider three cases. Namely, the case where and we call it as the -biwave equation of the elliptic type, the case where and we call it as the -biwave equation of hyperbolic type, and in the case where Eq.(1.1) is the well-known biwave equation. The biwave equation has been used in modeling of -wave superconductors (see for instance [1], and references therein) or in probability theory [2, 3]. In [4] the author studied Eq.(1.1) in the case where and considered its application to theory of plain orthotropy.
It is easily verified that any equation of the form
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where and can be reduced to Eq.(1.1) by changing variables. To obtain all solutions of Eq. (1.1) for we will use the method developed in [7]. According to such approach we need a commutative algebra with basis containing , such that
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Then, we study monogenic functions on the subspace of this algebra containing , and show that any solution of Eq. (1.1) can be obtained as a component of such monogenic functions.
2. Hyperbolic case
Firstly we study Eq. (1.1) in the case where , which is said to be hyperbolic. Let us consider an associative commutative algebra over the real field
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with a basis , , , , where is the identity element of and the following Cayley table holds , , , where .
The basis elements , satisfy Eq. (1.2).
It is easily verified that for algebra has the following idempotents
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where , .
Therefore, we have
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and
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It is easily seen that
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Consider a subspace of algebra of the following form
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defin0 2.1**.**
*A function * * is called differentiable (or monogenic) on * * if for any * * there exists a unique element * * such that for any *
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where is the product of and as elements of .
It follows from [7] that a function is monogenic if and only if there exist continuous partial derivatives , and it satisfies the following Cauchy-Riemann type conditions
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or
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It is also proved in [7] that if is monogenic then its components satisfies Eq. (1.1).
By passing in from the basis , to the basis , , we have
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Lemma 2.2**.**
A function , where , is differentiable if and only if it can be represented as follows
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where , and , have continuous partial derivatives satisfying
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Proof.
Sufficiency can be verified directly. Indeed,
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On the other hand, taking into account Eqs. (2.1), (2.2), we have
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Hence,
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Now let us prove necessity. Suppose that a function
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is monogenic on . Let us define
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Thus, we have
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Taking into account that
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we have .
Much in the same manner, it can be shown that . ∎
Remark 2.3**.**
*Considering variables , and , we have *
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Hence, it is easily verified that if the components , of have continuous partial derivatives and , then they satisfy the wave equation
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Similarly, the components , of satisfy the wave equation
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Theorem 1**.**
* is a solution of Eq. (1.1) for if and only if for some it can be represented as follows*
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where are four times continuous differentiable components of and of monogenic function in the decomposition (2.3) i.e.,
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where , satisfy Eq. (2.4).
Proof.
As it was mentioned above is a solution for of Eq. (1.1).
Now suppose that is a solution of Eq. (1.1). It is easily verified that
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It is easily seen that Eq. (2.5) is equivalent to the set of the following systems
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or
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Let us consider the first system. Since any solution of is of the form , where , are arbitrary twice differentiable functions it follows from the second equation of the system that
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Thus, the first equation of the system is
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It is easily seen that a partial solution of Eq. (2.6) is
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where , .
Thus, the general solution of the system is as follows
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Let us put and .
Taking into account that and
we conclude the proof for the first system.
The case of the second system can be proved similarly. ∎
3. Elliptic case
Now we consider an associative commutative algebra , where , over the complex field with a basis , and the following Cayley table , , where . The matrix representations of and are
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Hence, we have the following traces of these representations
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Since
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then, is a semi-simple algebra [8].
By following similar steps as in Eq. (2.1) we can show that for algebra has the following idempotents
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where , .
It is also easily verified that these idempotents also satisfy
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and
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It is straightforward to see that
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Lemma 3.1**.**
All non-zero elements of subspace of algebra are invertible, that is, if then there exists .
Proof.
Suppose . Let us show that there exists , such that . Indeed, the equation
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has a unique solution since the determinant of the system
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where are unknown, is and if and only if . A function , is said to be differentiable if it is differentiable in the common sense, i.e., for all there exists the following limit
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It is easily seen that if is differentiable then it is monogenic and hence, it satisfies the following Cauchy-Riemann type of conditions [7]
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or in this case we have
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In [7] it is also proved that if a function is monogenic then satisfies Eq. (1.1). We should mention that a constructive description of monogenic functions in a three-dimensional harmonic algebra was studied in [5, 6].
By passing from the basis , to the basis , we have
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∎
Lemma 3.2**.**
A function , , is differentiable if and only if it can be represented as follows
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where , , , , , and , are analytical functions of variables , respectively, as follows
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Proof.
The sufficiency can be verified directly. Indeed,
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On the other hand, taking into account Eqs. (2.4), (3.1), we have
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Hence,
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Now let us prove necessity. Suppose that a function
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is monogenic on , i.e., .
By using Eq. (3.1) we can represent in the following manner
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where
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Consider
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Then, taking into account Eq. (3.1), we have
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Therefore,
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Suppose and . It follows from the proof of Lemma 3.2 that , are solutions of Eq. (1.1) for . ∎
Theorem 2**.**
* is a solution of Eq. (1.1) for if and only if for some it can be represented as follows*
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where are components of and of monogenic function in the decomposition (2.3) i.e.,
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where , are complex analytical functions of respective variables.
Proof.
As mentioned above , are solutions of Eq. (1.1) for .
If is a solution of Eq. (1.1) for much in the same way as in proving Theorem 1 we can show that . ∎
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