The bi-Helmholtz equation with Cauchy conditions: ill-posedness and regularization methods

Abstract

In this paper, the bi-Helmholtz equation with Cauchy conditions is nominated in a n-dimensional strip domain. It is shown that this Cauchy problem may be ill-posed in the sense of Hadamard. In order to overcome the ill-posedness, a suitable regularization method has to be applied to the Cauchy problem. Hence, two well-known wavelet and Fourier regularization methods are used for solving this ill-posed problem. Regarding our experiences, wavelet and Fourier regularization methods act similarly, since these methods remove high frequencies in the frequency space which are the reason for ill-posedness. To explore abilities of the wavelet regularization method, stability of the solution with the Meyer wavelet regularization is investigated by obtaining some error bounds. It is demonstrated numerically that Shannon wavelet is an alternative to the Meyer wavelet in the regularization method. It is explored that the Fourier regularization method for solving the bi-Helmholtz equation with the Cauchy conditions is also applicable. Numerical algorithms of the desired regularization methods are proposed in detail based on the fast Fourier transform (FFT). Various numerical examples in two-dimensional strip domain are shown for the validation and verification of the regularization techniques.