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Use the Chordal Loewner equation ${\partial }_t{g}_t=2/(g_t-U_t)$ with $U_t=\sqrt{\kappa }{B}_t$. For a fixed $z\in \mathbb{H}$, let $T_z$ be its Loewner swallowing time, and write $Z_t=X_t+i{Y}_t=g_t(z)-U_t$ and $J_t=|g_t^{\prime }(z)|$ before that time. The Loewner conformal radius is ${{\rm Y}}_t=Y_t/J_t$, half of the conformal radius of $D_t=\mathbb{H}\setminus K_t$ at $z$. The Koebe quarter theorem bounds the conformal radius above by four times the distance to the boundary. For the reverse comparison, if $\varphi :\mathbb{D}\to D_t$ maps zero to $z$, apply the Schwarz lemma to ${\varphi }^{-1}(z+dw)$ on the unit disc, where $d=\mathrm{dist}(z,\partial D_t)$; it gives $d\le |{\varphi }^{\prime }(0)|$. ThusWe use the basic trace theorems that, for $\kappa >8$, the Loewner trace is continuous and Transience of chordal SLE gives $|\gamma (t)|\to \infty$. These facts make its image relatively closed in $\mathbb{H}$; they do not assume the space-filling conclusion. The continuity and transience statements are available in Rohde and Schramm's basic trace theorems.

Take $\rho =\kappa -8>0$ in the supplied SLE interior-point martingale. The derivative exponent vanishes, leavingA nonnegative local martingale is a supermartingale. Applying the optional stopping theorem after localization at its first hit of a level $R$ gives the maximal inequality for a nonnegative supermartingaleThus $C={\sup }_{t<T_z}{M}_t<\infty$ almost surely.

Suppose the Loewner trace avoids some open ball $B(z,r)$ whose closure is inside $\mathbb{H}$. Before $T_z$, the whole open ball is in $D_t$: a connected open ball disjoint from the trace cannot be partly in the unbounded connected component. Hence ${{\rm Y}}_t\ge r/2$. The bound on $M$ forces $S_t\ge c>0$ throughout this interval, for a positive random constant $c$.

The Chordal Loewner equation and its derivative yieldThe first identity forces $T_z<\infty$, since otherwise $Y_t^2\le Y_0^2-4c^{2}t$ becomes negative. At a finite maximal lifetime, $Y_t\to 0$; otherwise the continuous Loewner driving function and the ordinary differential equation continue past that time. Integrating the last identity, using $S_t\ge c$, givescontradicting ${{\rm Y}}_t\ge r/2$. Thus every fixed rational ball inside $\mathbb{H}$ is hit almost surely. A countable intersection makes the trace a dense subset almost surely, and its relatively closed image, established by continuity and transience, then contains all of $\mathbb{H}$:This proves space-filling SLE above parameter eight. It rules out unvisited open regions, rather than inferring visits merely from membership in the filled compact H-hulls. The choice $\rho =\kappa -8$ does not address the critical value eight.

For a smooth vector field $X$, solve the initial-value problem $d{\varphi }_t(p)/dt=X({\varphi }_t(p))$, ${\varphi }_0(p)=p$. Local existence, uniqueness and smooth dependence for ordinary differential equations give a local flow. Uniqueness yields ${\varphi }_{t+s}(p)={\varphi }_t({\varphi }_s(p))$ whenever both sides are defined, and ${\varphi }_{-t}$ is the inverse of ${\varphi }_t$ on the corresponding domains. Thus each local flow map is a diffeomorphism between open subsets.

A group of diffeomorphisms of the entire manifold for every real $t$ requires a complete vector field. This follows, for example, on a compact manifold without boundary: local existence times can be made uniform on a finite cover, and repeated continuation prevents finite-time escape. Without completeness, the source's group is only local. The vector field $x^2{\partial }_x$ on $\mathbb{R}$ has flow $x\mapsto x/(1-tx)$ and blows up at $t=1/x$ for $x>0$, so smoothness alone cannot imply a global one-parameter group.

Use the Fourier transform convention $\hat{\phi }(\xi )=\int e^{-ix\cdot \xi }\phi (x)dx$ and $D_j=-i{\partial }_j$, so $\widehat{P(D)u}=P(\xi )\hat{u}$. All distribution pairings use complex bilinearity, and the formal transpose is $P(-D)$, without complex conjugation of the coefficients. If $D_j$ instead denotes ${\partial }_j$, the Fourier multiplier is $P(i\xi )$; the argument below is unchanged after this substitution.

For a nonempty compact convex set $K\subset {\mathbb{R}}^n$, let $H_K(\eta )={\sup }_{x\in K}x\cdot \eta$ be its support function. The Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem says that the Fourier transform is a bijection between distributions supported in $K$ and entire functions $F$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^n$ for whichfor some $C>0$ and nonnegative integer $N$. In particular, support in ${\overline{B}}_R$ is equivalent to the bound with $e^{R|\mathrm{Im}\zeta |}$. Convexity is essential in the precise support formulation: the support function of a set equals that of its convex hull.

Suppose first that $u$ is a compactly supported distribution with support in $K$. Define $F(\zeta )=⟨u,e^{-ix\cdot \zeta }⟩$, inserting any cutoff function equal to one near $K$ when viewing $u$ on test functions. A fixed cutoff and the finite order of a distribution estimate permit differentiation of the pairing in each complex variable, giving ${\partial }_{\zeta }^{\alpha }F=⟨u,(-ix{)}^{\alpha }{e}^{-ix\cdot \zeta }⟩$. The exponential function's power series converges with every required derivative on a fixed compact set; hence $F$ is an entire function. On real frequencies it agrees with the Fourier transform of a compactly supported distribution.

The exact exponential indicator needs a shrinking cutoff function, rather than one fixed outside $K$. Choose ${\chi }_{\epsilon }=1$ near $K$, with support in $K+B_{2\epsilon }$ and $\Vert {\partial }^{\alpha }{\chi }_{\epsilon }{\Vert }_{\infty }\le C_{\alpha }{\epsilon }^{-|\alpha |}$ for $0<\epsilon \le 1$. Such a cutoff is obtained by convolving the indicator of $K+B_{\epsilon }$ with a mollifier supported in $B_{\epsilon /2}$. On one fixed ball containing all these supports, the finite order of a distribution bound isThe Leibniz rule applied to $\theta ={\chi }_{\epsilon }{e}^{-ix\cdot \zeta }$ therefore givesTaking $\epsilon =(1+|\zeta |{)}^{-1}$ proves the required bound, with $N=2m$ and a fixed additional factor at most $e^2$.

Conversely, suppose $F$ is an entire function with the displayed bound. Its real restriction has polynomial growth, so its inverse Fourier transform defines a tempered distribution byRapid decay of the Schwartz function $\hat{\phi }$ makes this integral absolutely convergent and continuous in the Schwartz space topology.

To determine the support of a distribution, take a test function supported in a half-space $x\cdot \omega \ge H_K(\omega )+\delta$, where $|\omega |=1$ and $\delta >0$. The contour-shift proof of the Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem gives, for each $t\ge 0$,Here is the estimate that justifies both the shift and its limiting use. Since $\hat{\phi }(-\xi -it\omega )=\int e^{ix\cdot \xi }{e}^{-tx\cdot \omega }\phi (x)dx$, repeated integration by parts with $1-{\Delta }_x$ yieldsFor fixed $t$, the same estimate is uniform over the imaginary strip from $0$ to $t\omega$. Rotate coordinates so $\omega$ is the first coordinate direction, apply the Cauchy integral theorem on truncated rectangles, and let their real edges tend to infinity. If $2L>N+n$, the boundary integrals vanish and the horizontal integrals converge absolutely; thus the claimed shift is valid. Using $H_K(t\omega )=t{H}_K(\omega )$ now bounds the pairing bywhich tends to zero. A separating hyperplane exists at every point outside the compact convex set $K$. A finite partition of unity on the support of any exterior test function reduces it to such half-spaces, so $\mathrm{supp}u\subseteq K$. Fourier inversion gives uniqueness; the entire transform of this $u$ agrees with $F$ on ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ and hence everywhere, by applying the one-variable identity theorem successively in each coordinate. This completes both directions.

Now apply this theorem to compact support solvability for a constant-coefficient ordinary differential equation. If $P$ is a nonzero constant, its kernel is zero and $u=v/P$ is the unique solution. Otherwise writeThe solution space of $P(-D)\phi =0$ isIndeed these exponentials solve the equation, their initial derivative vectors have a nonzero Vandermonde determinant, and uniqueness for the order-$m$ ordinary differential equation makes them a basis. Pairing $P(D)u=v$ with any such solution proves necessity:

For sufficiency, choose $R$ with $\mathrm{supp}v\subseteq [-R,R]$ and let $V(\zeta )=⟨v,e^{-ix\zeta }⟩$. The assumed annihilation is precisely $V({\alpha }_j)=0$ for every $j$. Since all roots of a polynomial are simple, $U=V/P$ has removable singularities at every root and is an entire function. Outside one disk, $|P(\zeta )|\ge c(1+|\zeta |{)}^m$. Inside that disk, the extended $U$ is bounded. The polynomial division preservation of exponential type therefore givesThe Paley–Wiener–Schwartz theorem produces a compactly supported distribution $u$ with transform $U$, supported in the same interval. Then $\widehat{P(D)u}=PU=V$, so Fourier inversion gives $P(D)u=v$. ThusThe compactly supported solution is unique: $P\hat{u}=0$ forces the entire transform to vanish off the finitely many roots and hence everywhere. With repeated roots, the corresponding condition would also require derivatives $V^{(k)}(\alpha )=0$, or pairing with $x^k{e}^{-i\alpha x}$, up to one less than each multiplicity.

Use a time Laplace transform and a spatial Green function. The first-order transport term must be retained: the Airy resolvent kernel for ${\partial }_x^3+p$ alone would solve a different equation. The governing linear partial differential equation is the linear dispersive Stokes equation, distinct from the viscous-fluid Stokes equation.

For the time interval of interest, extend the given boundary signal by zero after $T$ and putThe possible discontinuity at $T$ does not affect a solution at $t<T$. Equivalently, use any sufficiently regular continuation beyond $T$: the resulting causal Green function produces the same earlier solution. We seek the usual solution with spatial decay and a time transform, rather than an unrestricted spatially growing solution on the half-line.

Writing $Q(x,p)$ for the time Laplace transform, the Laplace transform of a derivative givesThe corresponding characteristic roots are the three roots of a polynomialFor $\mathrm{Re}p>0$, label the unique root of negative real part by $r_{-}(p)$, and the two roots of positive real part by $r_1(p),r_2(p)$. This spatial root splitting for the dispersive Stokes resolvent is easily checked: if $r=ik$, then $p=-i(k-k^3)$ is imaginary, so no root crosses the imaginary axis as $p$ varies in the right half-plane. For real $p>0$ the cubic is strictly increasing on the real line and has one negative real root, while its conjugate pair has positive real parts. The root count remains the same throughout that connected half-plane. A repeated root would satisfy $3r^2+1=0$ and again put $p$ on the imaginary axis. All roots are therefore simple there, and $r_{-}(p)$ is a nonzero holomorphic function.

Set $d_j=3r_j^2+1$, including $j=-$. Define the Stokes resolvent kernel with advectionThe sign on the negative half-line is essential. To verify the Green function, use the partial fraction decompositionIts expansion at infinity yields the reciprocal-polynomial root identitiesConsequently $R_p$ and $R_p^{\prime }$ are continuous at zero, and $R_p^{\prime \prime }$ has jump one. Each piece solves the homogeneous ordinary differential equation, so the jump conditions for a third-order Green function imply, in the sense of distributional derivatives,Both pieces decay in their respective spatial directions.

Now defineIt satisfies the transformed inhomogeneous equation. The difference $Q-V$ solves the homogeneous linear ordinary differential equation; spatial decay leaves only $e^{r_{-}x}$. Imposing the Neumann boundary condition fixes its coefficient, giving the half-line Stokes solution with a boundary derivativeNo division by a vanishing root is involved, since $r_{-}=0$ would require $p=0$. Moreover the remaining boundary trace is explicitly known from $q_0$:Thus introduce the completely explicit initial-data kernelFor any upward Bromwich contour $\mathrm{Re}p=\sigma >0$ to the right of any transform singularities, the requested integral representation isThe contour integral is understood in the standard Bromwich inversion formula sense, with truncation limits if it is not absolutely convergent. Every term is expressed in the supplied data and algebraic characteristic roots; there are no unknown Dirichlet or second-derivative boundary traces.

The transformed equation verifies the linear partial differential equation and the initial term, while taking the spatial derivative gives $Q_x(0,p)=G(p)$. Bromwich inversion formula therefore supplies the prescribed derivative for $0<t<T$ and the initial value for $x>0$. For zero initial and boundary data, the transformed solution is a decaying homogeneous mode with zero boundary derivative, hence vanishes; this proves uniqueness in the stated transform/decay class. A change of the boundary continuation after $T$ has transform $e^{-pT}$ times another causal transform and contributes only after $T$, by the Laplace transform time-shift rule. The printed dot on $q_0$ is interpreted as its derivative in its sole variable $x$, so the stated corner compatibility is $q_0^{\prime }(0)=g_1(0)$. Additional differentiability at the corner requires the corresponding higher-order compatibility, but is not needed for the representation at positive $x,t$.

Take $z$ positive downwards. The leading axial velocity of a slender viscous thread is independent of radius. Incompressible flow then gives $u_r=-r{w}^{\prime }/2$, while steady mass conservation gives $(a^{2}w{)}^{\prime }=0$. The Newtonian fluid stress tensor has ${\sigma }_{rr}=-p-\mu w^{\prime }$ and ${\sigma }_{zz}=-p+2\mu w^{\prime }$. The Young–Laplace equation, neglecting axial curvature at slender order, gives ${\sigma }_{rr}=-p_e-\gamma /a$ and hence $p=p_e+\gamma /a-\mu w^{\prime }$.

The axial cut transmits both the integrated Newtonian fluid stress tensor and the circumferential surface tension. After subtracting the ambient pressure, its tensile force isThe coefficient three is the Trouton ratio for axial extension. The last term is essential: the capillary tensile force of a slender thread is $\pi \gamma a$, not $2\pi \gamma a$, because the capillary pressure subtracts half the interfacial line contribution. Axial force balance is $T^{\prime }+\pi \rho g{a}^2=0$. Together the governing equations areDefine the dimensionless variablesThen $a=a_0{W}^{-1/2}$ and the axial equation becomesFor the increasing power-law branch, all three terms have the same dependence when $\alpha =2$. Substitution leaves $1-6k^2-\Gamma k=0$. ThusThis remains valid at $\Gamma =0$, when $k=1/\sqrt{6}$. The other root is negative and describes a decreasing local branch up to its singular endpoint, not a thread accelerating downwards indefinitely. Positive surface tension decreases $k$, so it slows the fall at a given height on this branch. Thinning reduces the capillary tensile force $\pi \gamma a$. Its negative axial derivative supplies an upward capillary force on a thread segment, balancing part of the weight. The viscous tensile force therefore supplies a smaller remaining balance; on the quadratic family this reduces the stretching rate.

The condition $W(0)=1$ alone does not select a unique solution of this second-order ordinary differential equation. The boxed power law is the requested verified branch, with tensile force tending to zero at large height; an additional nozzle tension or downstream condition is required to select it physically. The slender, negligible-inertia approximation must remain valid over the height range considered.

Put $a=\mu -k^2=Q^2>0$. The shared travelling phase again cancels advection in the nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau equation; the remaining amplitude ordinary differential equation isFor $R>0$, $Y=R^2$ obeys the logistic differential equation $Y^{\prime }=2Y(a-Y)$. Equivalently, $Z=1/Y$ solves $Z^{\prime }=-2aZ+2$, whence $Z(t)=a^{-1}+(R_0^{-2}-a^{-1})e^{-2at}$. The nonconstant cubic amplitude saturation solution isIt takes the specified $R_0$ at $t=0$. The denominator of the cubic amplitude saturation solution remains positive for all future time: if $R_0<Q$ its bracket exceeds one, and if $R_0>Q$ it lies between $Q^2/R_0^2$ and one. Thus the positive solution is global forward in time. $R_0=Q$ would give the excluded constant solution; $R_0=0$ would remain at zero rather than relax to the positive wave.

Introduce specific heat capacity $c_p$, latent heat per unit mass $L_f$, and $\Delta T=T_m-T_s>0$. Write the prescribed convective heat flux as $F=K(\overline{T}-T_m)$, whereThere is a dimensional convention to specify: with $Q$ measured in $\mathrm{W}\mathrm{k}{\mathrm{g}}^{-1}$ and dimensionless $\lambda$, this printed expression makes $K$ a heat transfer coefficient only if $\mu$ is kinematic viscosity. If $\mu$ denotes dynamic viscosity, the numerator needs ${\rho }_0^{2}g\alpha Q$ instead. The question says only “viscosity”; use the consistent kinematic interpretation, or equivalently the corrected dynamic formula. The following balances apply to either convention once $K$ has units $\mathrm{W}{\mathrm{m}}^{-2}{\mathrm{K}}^{-1}$.

For a thin lava lake crust with a linear temperature profile, Fourier's law gives the outward conductive flux $k\Delta T/a$. The Stefan condition balances it against upward thermal convection and freezing, while the well-mixed liquid loses the convective flux and gains radiogenic heating. To leading order in $a/H$ the radiogenically heated lava-lake crust model isThe fixed surface temperature already incorporates radiative cooling, so no extra radiative loss is added to the interior balance. The linear conductive profile is interpreted as a quasi-steady approximation, so sensible-heat storage within the crust is not evolved. Thinness alone does not establish this approximation: rapid thermal adjustment in the crust is also needed, for example a small Stefan number during the initial conduction-driven growth. Replacing the liquid depth by $H-a$ and retaining the moving liquid-volume enthalpy would introduce thin-crust corrections: the requested constant-temperature branch refers to the leading model above. A transient thermal profile in a thick or newly nucleating crust would require the full Stefan problem, rather than this linear-profile closure.

Using the thermal diffusion time $H^2/\kappa$, defineThe three independent dimensionless parameters are the convective-conductive coefficient $B$, the heating parameter $R$, and the Stefan number $S$. For positive $B,R,S$ the evolution equations becomewhere prime denotes $d/d\tau$. Temperature has the exact solutionConsequently the unique constant-temperature initial condition isAt this temperature, the convective flux equals the column's radiogenic heat production. Starting with no crust, the constant-temperature lava-crust growth law is obtained by separating $h^{\prime }=S(1/h-R)$:The crust grows towards $h_{\ast }=1/R$, or $a_{\ast }=k\Delta T/({\rho }_{0}QH)$, where conduction carries all the radiogenic input. The logarithm makes reaching this equilibrium take infinite time. For an initial thickness $h_0>0$, subtract $[-R{h}_0-\log (1-R{h}_0)]/(S{R}^2)$ on the same side of the equilibrium; the corresponding antiderivative uses $\log |1-Rh|$ on either branch. The thin-crust description through equilibrium requires $R\gg 1$.

For general initial temperature, the full early and intermediate history is specified by the exact temperature above and one scalar ordinary differential equation. A particularly convenient integral formulation for an initially bare surface isThis removes the infinite initial derivative of $h$. The right-hand side points into $y>0$ at zero, and is decreasing in $y$ when ${\theta }_0\ge 0$; two nonnegative solutions therefore cannot separate, which gives uniqueness. Its solution, together with the temperature formula, determines the entire model evolution and can be computed without a phase-boundary search. The early expansion follows by substitution:The dimensional leading crust thickness is $a\sim \sqrt{2k\Delta Tt/({\rho }_0{L}_f)}$. Thus hotter liquid reduces the first correction to conductive crust growth, whereas colder liquid permits more rapid thickening.

If ${\theta }_0>{\theta }_{\ast }$, the temperature decreases and the instantaneous stationary lava-crust thickness $h_e(\tau )=1/[B\theta (\tau )]$ increases towards $h_{\ast }$. Starting from zero, the crust always remains below this rising curve: at a first contact $h^{\prime }=0$ but $h_e^{\prime }>0$, so it cannot cross from below. Hence hot-start crust grows monotonically. It also stays thinner than the constant-temperature solution: the early expansion puts it below, and at a proposed first crossing their derivative difference is $-SB({\theta }_0-{\theta }_{\ast })e^{-B\tau }<0$, preventing crossing from below. If $0\le {\theta }_0<{\theta }_{\ast }$, the temperature increases and the instantaneous stationary lava-crust thickness decreases. The crust stays thicker than the constant-temperature solution by scalar comparison, but it may cross the decreasing $h_e$, reach a maximum and subsequently melt back towards $h_{\ast }$. Such overshoot is possible, not inevitable; the two relevant relaxation rates are $B$ and $S{R}^2$. The numerical plot uses $B=4$, $R=20$, $S=0.1$, so crust adjustment is faster than temperature relaxation and the cool-start example does overshoot:

The curves use ${\theta }_0/{\theta }_{\ast }=0.5,1,1.5$ and initially $h=0$. They solve the complete reduced time-dependent equations, rather than replacing the moving stationary thickness by the actual crust. At late times, set $h=h_{\ast }+v$, $\delta ={\theta }_0-{\theta }_{\ast }$; linearization gives $v^{\prime }=-S{R}^{2}v-SB\delta e^{-B\tau }$. For $S{R}^2\ne B$,At equal rates the forced term is $-SB\delta \tau e^{-B\tau }$. In particular, slow warming with $B<S{R}^2$ approaches equilibrium from a thicker crust, explaining the plotted remelting. These long-time expressions describe the linearized response; nonlinear corrections can have their own faster exponential rates. All predictions are restricted to $a/H\ll 1$, nonnegative liquid superheat, and the assumed vigorous-convection flux law. If crust growth violates those conditions, the reduced model must be replaced rather than extrapolated to total freezing.

For a real steady amplitude, integrate the conserved-field equation twice. Periodicity forces the integration slope to vanish, and the zero mean fixes the remaining constant. HenceSubstituting this into the steady amplitude equation gives the nonlocal ordinary differential equationFor $A=R\mathrm{sech}(cX)$, use the hyperbolic secant identity $A^{\prime \prime }=c^{2}A-2c^2{A}^3/R^2$. Vanishing of the two independent coefficients givesChoose $c>0$ and $R>0$; an overall negative sign is another solution. Thus $\kappa >1$. The exact average of the proposed profile over the finite interval isFor $cL\gg 1$, the hyperbolic tangent differs from one by $O(e^{-cL})$, so $cL⟨A^2⟩\simeq 2R^2$. Eliminating $R^2=2c^2/(\kappa -1)$ gives the requested leading relationEquivalently $c+c^{-1}=K$, with $K=4\kappa /[L(\kappa -1)]$. Positive real roots exist precisely when $K\ge 2$; they are $(K\pm \sqrt{K^2-4})/2$ and are reciprocal. Each candidate must additionally satisfy $cL\gg 1$. For $L>2$, the leading necessary range is $1<\kappa \le L/(L-2)$, with equality at the coalescence $c=1$. Away from this leading-order fold, the inequality is strict.

The strict finite-window condition can also be seen by retaining the average exactly. Its consistency relation is $c+c^{-1}=K\tanh (cL/2)$. Since $\tanh (cL/2)<1$, it implies $K>2$, and henceThe strict endpoint distinction is exponentially small in the large-$cL$ approximation; the leading polynomial alone permits its double root. When $0<L\le 2$, this algebra imposes no finite upper bound on $\kappa >1$. The printed interval therefore needs $L>2$: for example $L=1$, $\kappa =1.1$ gives a large positive root $c\simeq 43.98$ of the leading equation and $cL\gg 1$, despite the printed upper endpoint being negative.

Finally, the single localized pulse of a conserved-field convection model is an approximate periodic solution. Its values agree at the interval ends, but its derivatives have opposite signs there; their magnitude is exponentially small, $O(cR{e}^{-cL/2})$. Periodic-tail corrections are needed for an exact smooth periodic boundary condition. The range derived from the truncated profile is a consistency condition, not a proof that every permitted parameter gives an exact stable periodic pulse.

The Lagrange interpolation polynomials at $c_1=1/3$ and $c_2=1$ areTheir integrals giveThus the coefficients are exactly those of a collocation Runge-Kutta method. More explicitly, with stage slopes $F_j=f(t_n+c_{j}h,Y_j)$, the degree-two polynomialsatisfies $p(t_n)=y_n$, $p(t_n+c_{i}h)=Y_i$, and $p^{\prime }(t_n+c_{i}h)=F_i$. These are the collocation Runge-Kutta method equations, and $y_{n+1}=p(t_n+h)$. For an implicit Runge-Kutta method, the nearby stages exist uniquely for sufficiently small $h$ under Lipschitz continuity; see stage solvability of an implicit Runge-Kutta method.

Write $e=(1,1{)}^T$, $c=Ae$, and interpret powers of $c$ componentwise. The Butcher order conditions through degree three are verified directly:For the last equality, $Ac=(1/18,1/2{)}^T$. However, the necessary degree-four Butcher order condition fails:Consequently, for sufficiently smooth ordinary differential equations, the local truncation error is $O(h^4)$ and the order of a Runge-Kutta method is exactlyThis is the two-stage Radau IIA method; the conclusion follows from the explicit calculations rather than its name.

The printed formula is not a consistent spatial discretization of the stated PDE. The original PDF genuinely has $1/\Delta x$, rather than $1/(\Delta x{)}^2$. Writing $h=\Delta x$, the Taylor expansion givesso it approximates a diffusion coefficient tending to zero. Moreover, $m=1,\dots ,M$ and $h=1/(M+1)$ cover $(0,1)$, whereas the given Dirichlet boundary conditions belong to $(-1,1)$. No value at the interior location $x=0$ was prescribed. These are actual source defects, not repairs justified by the TeX conversion.

A conditional analysis of the literal ordinary differential equation system is still possible. If it is closed by imposing $u_0=u_{M+1}=0$ on the displayed grid, the negative Dirichlet discrete Laplacian has positive frequencies squaredand each normal mode obeys $q_j^{\prime \prime }=(\alpha -{\kappa }_j)q_j$. For a fixed mesh, every solution is bounded for all time exactly whenEquality produces a linearly growing normal mode for nonzero modal initial velocity; above the threshold there is an exponentially growing normal mode. Since ${\kappa }_1(h)\sim {\pi }^{2}h\to 0$, any $0<\alpha <{\pi }^2/4$ gives bounded continuous solutions but unbounded literal discrete solutions on sufficiently fine meshes. For example, $\alpha =1$, $M=99$ gives ${\kappa }_1<1$, and a growing first sine normal mode. At $\alpha =0$, every fixed mesh is bounded for all time, but unit first-mode initial velocity has maximal displacement $1/\sqrt{{\kappa }_1(h)}$, which diverges on mesh refinement. For uniform-in-mesh, all-time displacement bounds for arbitrary bounded displacement/velocity data in the mesh-weighted L2 norm, the literal closed system therefore requires $\alpha <0$.

This differs from finite-time stability of a numerical method, governed here by displacement stability of a symmetric semidiscrete wave equation. For the conditional closure above, diagonalization of a matrix gives, with ${\alpha }_{+}=\max (\alpha ,0)$,Oscillatory modes use $|\sin (\omega t)/\omega |\le t$, including its value $t$ at $\omega =0$; growing modes use $\sinh (\beta t)/\beta \le t{e}^{\beta t}$. Thus the displacement map is mesh-uniformly bounded on each fixed finite time interval for every fixed real $\alpha$. This is a legitimate finite-time displacement stability estimate, but neither consistency of a numerical method nor the all-time conclusion of part (i). It does not assert a velocity bound in the unweighted displacement norm.

If the intended method instead uses $h^{-2}$ and the full interval, take interior indices $m=-M,\dots ,M$, $h=1/(M+1)$, with zeros at $m=\pm (M+1)$. Its first positive discrete eigenvalue isThe corrected, fixed-mesh all-time condition is $\alpha <{\lambda }_{1,h}$, with the same strictness at equality. For every fixed $\alpha <{\pi }^2/4$, this holds on all sufficiently fine meshes. This corrected interpretation is stated separately rather than silently replacing the PDF.

Use the slotted ALOHA model with one outstanding packet per active station and a collision channel: a slot with exactly one attempt succeeds, whereas an idle slot or a slot with two or more attempts delivers nothing. Let $Y_t$ be independent Poisson random variables of mean $\nu$, independent also of the transmission choices. Arrivals join after the current slot's attempts. Given $(S_t,N_t)=(S,N)$, the attempt count has a binomial distribution with parameters $N$ and $1/S$. Consequently, for $N\ge 1$,For $N=0$, set $p_0=1$ and $p_1=0$. The equation $N_{t+1}=N_t+Y_t-1_{\{Z_t=1\}}$ adds arrivals and removes precisely one packet following a successful slot. The estimate $S_t\ge 1$ controls the common transmission probability and updates using the idle, success, or collision feedback. The conditional distribution of the next state depends only on $(S_t,N_t)$, so this pair is a Markov chain.

Away from the reflecting floor in $S$, its one-step conditional expectations areWhen $N$ and $S$ are large with $N/S\approx \kappa$, the Poisson limit theorem gives $p_0\approx e^{-\kappa }$ and $p_1\approx \kappa e^{-\kappa }$. Treating these approximate drifts as derivatives motivates the fluid approximation of slotted ALOHA:The floor at $S=1$ is negligible in this interior scaling. This calculation motivates the ordinary differential equations; it is not a proof of a stochastic fluid limit.

For $(a,b,c)=(2-e,0,1)$, putThen $g^{\prime }(\kappa )=(e-2+\kappa )e^{-\kappa }>0$ and $g(1)=0$. On the domain $s>0$, introduce time $\tau$ by $d\tau /dt=1/s$. Differentiating $\kappa =n/s$ giveswhere $r(\kappa )=\kappa [1-(e-2+\kappa )e^{-\kappa }]$.

The function $r$ is strictly increasing from zero to infinity, and $r(1)=e^{-1}$. To check the monotonicity explicitly,Indeed, with $d=3-e\in (0,1)$,because its discriminant is $d^2-4d<0$; and $e^{\kappa }\ge 1+\kappa$. Thus the scalar ordinary differential equation for $\kappa$ points toward the unique value ${\kappa }_{\ast }$ satisfying $r({\kappa }_{\ast })=\nu$. Every trajectory with $s(0)>0$, $n(0)\ge 0$ has bounded $\kappa$ and $\kappa (\tau )\to {\kappa }_{\ast }$. Positivity of $s$ follows from $s(\tau )=s(0)\exp ({\int }_0^{\tau }g(\kappa (u))du)$.