Oscillation of second-order linear delay differential equations

The aim of this paper is to derive sufficient conditions for the linear delay differential equation (r(t)y′(t))′ + p(t)y(τ(t)) = 0 to be oscillatory by using a generalization of the Lagrange mean-value theorem, the Riccati differential inequality and the Sturm comparison theorem.      

On the Instability of Linear Nonautonomous Delay Systems

The unstable properties of the linear nonautonomous delay system x(t) = A(t)x(t) + B(t)x(t – r(t)), with nonconstant delay r(t), are studied. It is assumed that the linear system y(t) = (A(t) + B(t))y(t) is unstable, the instability being characterized by a nonstable manifold defined from a dichotomy to this linear system. The delay r(t) is assumed to be continuous and bounded. Two kinds of results are given, those concerning conditions that do not include the properties of the delay function r(t) and the results depending on the asymptotic properties of the delay function.     

On the Contractivity and Asymptotic Stability of Systems of Delay Differential Equations of Neutral Type

In this paper we investigate both the contractivity and the asymptotic stability of the solutions of linear systems of delay differential equations of neutral type (NDDEs) of the form y(t) = Ly(t) + M(t)y(t – (t)) + N(t)y(t – (t)). Asymptotic stability properties of numerical methods applied to NDDEs have been recently studied by numerous authors. In particular, most of the obtained results refer to the constant coefficient version of the previous system and are based on algebraic analysis of the associated characteristic polynomials. In this work, instead, we play on the contractivity properties of the solutions and determine sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability of the zero solution by considering a suitable reformulation of the given system. Furthermore, a class of numerical methods preserving the above-mentioned stability properties is also presented.     

On an Asymptotic Behavior of Exponential Functional Equation

The stability problems of the exponential （functional） equation on a restricted domain will be investigated, and the results will be applied to the study of an asymptotic property of that equation. More precisely, the following asymptotic property is proved： Let X be a real （or complex） normed space. A mapping f ： X → C is exponential if and only if f（x ＋ y） - f（x）f（y） → 0 as ｜｜x｜｜ ＋ ｜｜y｜｜ → ∞ under some suitable conditions.     

Stability Theory of General Contractions for Delay Equations

We study the persistence of the asymptotic stability of delay equations both under linear and nonlinear perturbations. Namely, we consider nonautonomous linear delay equations v′ = L(t)v _t with a nonuniform exponential contraction. Our main objective is to establish the persistence of the nonuniform exponential stability of the zero solution both under nonautonomous linear perturbations, i.e., for the equation v′ = (L(t) + M(t))v _t , thus discussing the so-called robustness problem, and under a large class of nonlinear perturbations, namely for the equation v′ = L(t)v _t + f(t, v _t ). In addition, we consider general contractions e ^−λρ(t) determined by an increasing function ρ that includes the usual exponential behavior with ρ(t) = t as a very special case. We also obtain corresponding results in the case of discrete time.     

On the Oscillation of Second Order Neutral Differential Equations of Emden-Fowler Type

Some oscillation criteria are established by the averaging technique for the second order neutral delay differential equation of Emden-Fowler type (a(t)x￠(t))￠+q₁(t)| y(t-s₁)|^a sgn y(t-s₁) +q₂(t)| y(t-s₂)|^b sgn y(t-s₂)=0,    t 3 t₀,(a(t)x'(t))'+q_1(t)| y(t-\sigma_1)|^{\alpha}\,{\rm sgn}\,y(t-\sigma_1) +q_2(t)| y(t-\sigma_2)|^{\beta}\,{\rm sgn}\,y(t-\sigma_2)=0,\quad t \ge t_0, where x(t) = y(t) + p(t)y(t − τ), τ, σ₁ and σ₂ are nonnegative constants, α > 0, β > 0, and a, p, q ₁, q₂ ? C([t₀, ￥), \Bbb R)q_2\in C([t_0, \infty), {\Bbb R}) . The results of this paper extend and improve some known results. In particular, two interesting examples that point out the importance of our theorems are also included.     

On collocation methods for delay differential and Volterra integral equations with proportional delay

To compute long term integrations for the pantograph differential equation with proportional delay qt, 0 < q ⩽ 1: y′(t) = ay(t) + by(qt) + f(t), y(0) = y ₀, we offer two kinds of numerical methods using special mesh distributions, that is, a rational approximant with ‘quasi-uniform meshes’ (see E. Ishiwata and Y. Muroya [Appl. Math. Comput., 2007, 187: 741-747]) and a Gauss collocation method with ‘quasi-constrained meshes’. If we apply these meshes to rational approximant and Gauss collocation method, respectively, then we obtain useful numerical methods of order p ^* = 2m for computing long term integrations. Numerical investigations for these methods are also presented.      

Stabilization of bilinear control systems in Hilbert space with nonquadratic feedback

We consider bilinear control systems of the form y′(t) = Ay(t) + u(t)By(t) where A generates a strongly continuous semigroup of contraction (e ^{t A} ) _t⩾0 on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space Y whose scalar product is denoted by 〈.,.〉. The function u denotes the scalar control. We suppose that B is a linear bounded operator from the state Y into itself. Tacking into account the control saturation, we study the problem of stabilization by feedback of the form u(t)=−f(〈By(t), y(t)〉). Application to the heat equation is considered.      

线性时滞微分方程稳定性分析和数值例子

§ 1　IntroductionFunctional differential equations have a wide range of applications in science andengineering.The simplestand perhapsmostnatural type of functional differential equationis a“delay differential equation”,that is,differential equation with dependence on the paststate.The simplest type of pastdependence is thatit is carried through the state variablebut not through its derivative.Then the equation can be expressed as delay differentialequations(DDEs) .There are also a number…     

On the Oscillation of Second Order Neutral Differential Equations of Emden-Fowler Type

Some oscillation criteria are established by the averaging technique for the second order neutral delay differential equation of Emden-Fowler type where x(t) = y(t) + p(t)y(t − τ), τ, σ₁ and σ₂ are nonnegative constants, α > 0, β > 0, and a, p, q ₁, . The results of this paper extend and improve some known results. In particular, two interesting examples that point out the importance of our theorems are also included.     

Asymptotic behaviour of a Brownian motion on exterior domains

We study the asymptotic behaviour of the transition density of a Brownian motion in ?, killed at ∂?, where ? ^c is a compact non polar set. Our main result concern dimension d = 2, where we show that the transition density p ^? _t (x, y) behaves, for large t, as u(x)u(y)(t(log t)²)⁻¹ for x, y∈?, where u is the unique positive harmonic function vanishing on (∂?) ^r , such that u(x) ∼ log ∣x∣. Received: 29 January 1999 / Revised version: 11 May 1999     

Polynomial quasisolutions of linear second-order differential-difference equations

We consider the scalar linear second-order differential-difference equation with delay {fx159-01}. This equation is investigated by the method of polynomial quasisolutions based on the representation of an unknown function in the form of a polynomial {ie159-01}. Upon the substitution of this polynomial in the original equation, the residual Δ(t) = O(t ^N−1) appears. An exact analytic representation of this residual is obtained. We show the close connection between a linear differential-difference equation with variable coefficients and a model equation with constant coefficients, the structure of whose solution is determined by the roots of the characteristic quasipolynomial. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 140–152, January, 2008.     

Linear Differential Equations with Variable Coefficients in Regular and Some Singular Cases

In this paper the asymptotic properties as t → + ∞ for a single linear differential equation of the form x⁽ⁿ⁾ + a₁ (t)x^(n?1)+…. + a_n(t)x = 0, where the coefficients aj (z) are supposed to be of the power order of growth, are considered. The results obtained in the previous publications of the author were related to the so called regular case when a complete set of roots {λ,(t)}, j = 1, 2, …, n of the characteristic polynomial yⁿ + a₁ (t)y^n?1 + … + a_n(t) possesses the property of asymptotic separability. One of the main restrictions of the regular case consists of the demand that the roots of the set {λ,(t)} have not to be equivalent in pairs for t → + ∞. In this paper we consider the some more general case when the set of characteristic roots possesses the property of asymptotic independence which includes the case when the roots may be equivdent in pairs. But some restrictions on the asymptotic behaviour of their differences λ_i(t)→ λ_j(t) are preserved. This case demands more complicated technique of investigation. For this purpose the so called asymptotic spaces were introduced. The theory of asymptotic spaces is used for formal solution of an operator equation of the form x = A(x) and has the analogous meaning as the classical theory of solving this equation in Band spaces. For the considered differential equation, the main asymptotic terms of a fundamental system of solution is given in a simple explicit form and the asymptotic fundamental system is represented in the form of asymptotic Emits for several iterate sequences.     

On the convergence to zero of solutions of a second-order differential equation with complex-valued potential

We consider the second-order linear differential equation y" + A(t)y = 0 on the semiaxis with complex-valued potential function. Sufficient conditions for the potential function assuring that all solutions of the equation converge to zero at infinity are obtained. It is shown that the conditions imposed on the potential function are close to the necessary ones. One of the results seems to be new even in the case of real-valued function A(·).     

PRV property and the <Emphasis Type="Italic">ϕ</Emphasis>-asymptotic behavior of solutions of stochastic differential equations

In this paper, we investigate the a.s. asymptotic behavior of the solution of the stochastic differential equation dX(t) = g(X(t)) dt + σ(X(t))dW(t), X(0) ≢ 1, where g(·) and σ(·) are positive continuous functions, and W(·) is a standard Wiener process. By means of the theory of PRV functions we find conditions on g(·), σ(·), and ϕ(·) under which ϕ(X(·)) may be approximated a.s. by ϕ(μ(·)) on {X(t) → ∞}, where μ(·) is the solution of the ordinary differential equation dμ(t) = g(μ(t)) dt with μ(0) = 1. Published in Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 445–465, October–December, 2007.     

Remark on the phase shift in the Kuzmak-Whitham ansatz

We consider one-phase (formal) asymptotic solutions in the Kuzmak-Whitham form for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation and for the Korteweg-de Vries equation. In this case, the leading asymptotic expansion term has the form X(S(x, t)/h+Φ(x, t), I(x, t), x, t) +O(h), where h ≪ 1 is a small parameter and the phase S}(x, t) and slowly changing parameters I(x, t) are to be found from the system of “averaged” Whitham equations. We obtain the equations for the phase shift Φ(x, t) by studying the second-order correction to the leading term. The corresponding procedure for finding the phase shift is then nonuniform with respect to the transition to a linear (and weakly nonlinear) case. Our observation, which essentially follows from papers by Haberman and collaborators, is that if we incorporate the phase shift Φ into the phase and adjust the parameter Ĩ by setting $ \tilde S $ \tilde S = S +hΦ+O(h ²),Ĩ = I + hI ₁ + O(h ²), then the functions $ \tilde S $ \tilde S (x, t, h) and Ĩ(x, t, h) become solutions of the Cauchy problem for the same Whitham system but with modified initial conditions. These functions completely determine the leading asymptotic term, which is X($ \tilde S $ \tilde S (x, t, h)/h, Ĩ(x, t, h), x, t) + O(h).     

Oscillation of second order neutral delay differential equations of Emden-Fowler type

We present new oscillation criteria for the second order nonlinear neutral delay differential equation [y(t)-py(t-τ)]'+ q(t)y ^λ (g(t)) sgn y(g(t)) = 0, t ≧ t ₀. Our results solve an open problem posed by James S.W . Wong [24]. The relevance of our results becomes clear due to a carefully selected example. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Stability conditions for systems of linear nonautonomous delay differential equations

Systems of linear nonautonomous delay differential equations are considered which are of the form y′_i(t) = ∑_{k = 1}ⁿ ∝₀^T b_ik(t, s) y_k(t − s) dη_ik(s) − c_i(t) y_i(t), where I = 1,…, n. Sufficient conditions are derived for both the asymptotic stability and the instability of the zero solution. The main result is found by a monotone technique using elementary methods only. Moreover, additional criteria are obtained by using the method of Lyapunov functionals.     

A Generalized Cubic Functional Equation

In this paper, we determine the general solution of the functional equation f1 （2x ＋ y） ＋ f2（2x - y） = f3（x ＋ y） ＋ f4（x - y） ＋ f5（x） without assuming any regularity condition on the unknown functions f1,f2,f3, f4, f5 ： R→R. The general solution of this equation is obtained by finding the general solution of the functional equations f（2x ＋ y） ＋ f（2x - y） = g（x ＋ y） ＋ g（x - y） ＋ h（x） and f（2x ＋ y） - f（2x - y） = g（x ＋ y） - g（x - y）. The method used for solving these functional equations is elementary but exploits an important result due to Hosszfi. The solution of this functional equation can also be determined in certain type of groups using two important results due to Szekelyhidi.     

Asymptotic Properties of N-th Order Differential Equations with Delayed Argument

The aim of this paper is to deduce oscillatory and asymptotic behaviour of delay differential equation L_nu(t)– P(t)u(τ(t))= 0 from the oscillation of a set of the first order delay differential equations with larger deviating argument of the form y′(t)+ q_i(t) y(w(t)) = 0.