Variational inequalities
281
for all real
Zl
and provided H(Z2) satisfies (6.191). Combining (6.195)
. and (6.197) yields
(6.198)
The
desired variational inequality follows by substituting Z =
v(x)
and
integrating (6.198).
It
is
(6.199)
where
cI>(v)
= J
4>
(v
(x»
dx
for all admissible
v.
Duvaut (1975) proved that there exists a unique
solution of (6.199) for which
w
:0,
t=O.
6.4.7. Mathematical
results
Some references have been made in this chapter
to
investigations of the
mathematical properties of classical, weak, and variational solutions of
generalized Stefan-like problems.
It
is
nQt
intended in the present section
to
discuss these aspects in detail but simply
to
refer interested readers to
some recenj surveys and
the
numerous references contained in them. One
up-to-date survey by Niezg6dka (1983) concentrates on recent and
lesser known results and extends earlier surveys by Friedman (1979) and
Primicerio
(1981a) with reference
to
the bibliography by Wilson, Sol-
omon, and
Trent
(1979). A brief historical introduction is given by
Pawlow (1981).
Niezg6dka (1983) listed 16 applications of practical origin with source
references which introduce various generalized features and have moti-
vated research into
the
evaluation of solutions and their theoretical
properties. His survey of mathematical results for generalized statements
of Stefan-like problems covers one-dimensional and multi-dimensional
problems, both single and multi-phase.
The
concept of the weak solution introduced by Kamenomostskaja
(1961) and extended by Oleinik (1960) was based
on
the Kirchhoff
transformation
and
the
enthalpy function. Kamenomostskaja considered a
two-phase multi-dimensional problem and proved the existence and
uniqueness of the weak solution by considering
the
convergence of
explicit finite-difference approximations
as
in §6.2.2 above. Oleinik
(1960) used a smoothing technique
to
prove existence and uniqueness for
a more general one-dimensional Stefan problem.
The
work of both these
authors was refined and extended by Friedman (1968).
The
more general
problem with parameters dependent on space, time, and temperature,
and with a derivative condition on the fixed boundary, was investigated