Existence and global attractivity of a positive periodic solution of a class of delay differential equation

The existence and the global attractivity of a positive periodic solution of the delay differential equationy(t)=y(t) F[t, y](t-τ ₁ (t)),⋯,y(t−τ _n (t))] are studied by using some techniques of the Mawhin coincidence degree theory and the constructing suitable Liapunov functionals. When these results are applied to some special delay bio-mathematics models, some new results are obtained, and many known results are improved. Project partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10572057) and the Applied Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province.     

L p approximation by Bernstein-Kantorovich quasi-interpolants

Bernstein-Kantorovich quasi-interpolants K^（2r-1）n（f, x） are considered and direct, inverse and equivalence theorems with Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness ω^2rφ（f, t）p （1 ≤ p ≤＋∞） are obtained.     

Uniqueness and stability in an inverse problem for a Poisson’s equation

Consider the Poisson's equation ψ" (x) ＝ -ev-ψ eψ-v-N(x) with the Dirichlet boundary data, and we mainly investigate the inverse problem of determining the unknown function N(x) from a parameter function family. Some uniqueness and stability results in the inverse problem are obtained.     

The Dissipative Quasi-geostrophic Equation in Weak Morrey Spaces

The author studies the Cauchy problem of the dissipative quasi-geostrophic equation in weak Morrey spaces. The global well-posedness is established for any small initial data in the weak space Mp^＊,γ（R^n）, with 1〈p〈∞and A = n-（2α-1）p, and for a small external force in a time-weighted weak Morrey space.     

Existence and nonexistence of global solutions for nonlinear evolution equation of fourth order

Abstract. The existence and uniqueness of classical global solutions and the nonexistence of global solutions to the first boundary value problem and the second boundary value problem for the equation ua-a1uxx-a2uxxl-a3uxxu=ψ(ux)x are proved     

Finite 2-generator equilibrated p-groups

Following Blackburn, Deaconescu and Mann, a group G is called an equilibrated group if for any subgroups H,K of G with HK = KH, either H≤NG(K) or K≤NG(H). Continuing their work and based on the classification of metacyclic p-groups given by Newman and Xu, we give a complete classification of 2-generator equilibrated p-groups in this note.     

Asymptotic Smoothing Effect of Solutions to Davey-Stewartson Systems on the Whole Plane

This paper discusses the Cauchy problem of elliptic-elliptic-type Davey-Stewartson systems with zero-order dissipation on R^2. Making use of the Fourier spectral projector, together with a long time comparison between the solutions to the Davey-Stewartson systems and to an auxiliary problem, we prove that the global attractor in H^1 （R^2） for the addressed Davey-Stewartson systems is a compact subset of H^2（R^2）, and thus reveal the asymptotic smoothing effect of the solutions for the systems.     

LIMIT CYCLES AND CENTER-FOCUS OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

The authors consider the nonhnear systems x=h(y)-F(x),y=-g(x) in which g(x) may be not differentiabte and the system can be nonsymmetric. Some conditions which en-sure that there exists an infinite number of limit cycles are obtained. A problem about center-focus put forward by R. Conti has been answered.     

On the Rankin-Selberg problem: higher power moments of the Riesz mean error term

LetΔ_1(x;φ) be the error term of the first Riesz mean of the Rankin-Selberg problem. We study the higher power moments ofΔ_1(x;φ) and derive an asymptotic formula for the 3-rd, 4-th and 5-th power moments by using Ivic's large value arguments and other techniques.     

A note on Lagrange interpolation of functions of generalized bounded variation

In this paper we solve a remained problem in [2], whether the following estimate approximation for the classf∈[-1, 1]∩BV by Lagrange interpolation based on the Jacobi abscissas: L _n ^(a,d) (f,x)−f(x)=O(1/n) holds, if α≠β α,β≥−1. The project is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province.     

Some results on 4<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Superscript>2<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript> designs with clear two-factor interaction components

Clear effects criterion is one of the important rules for selecting optimal fractional factorial designs, and it has become an active research issue in recent years. Tang et al. derived upper and lower bounds on the maximum number of clear two-factor interactions (2fi’s) in 2 ^n−(n−k) fractional factorial designs of resolutions III and IV by constructing a 2 ^n−(n−k) design for given k, which are only restricted for the symmetrical case. This paper proposes and studies the clear effects problem for the asymmetrical case. It improves the construction method of Tang et al. for 2 ^n−(n−k) designs with resolution III and derives the upper and lower bounds on the maximum number of clear two-factor interaction components (2fic’s) in 4 ^m 2 ⁿ designs with resolutions III and IV. The lower bounds are achieved by constructing specific designs. Comparisons show that the number of clear 2fic’s in the resulting design attains its maximum number in many cases, which reveals that the construction methods are satisfactory when they are used to construct 4 ^m 2 ⁿ designs under the clear effects criterion. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10571093, 10671099 and 10771123), the Research Foundation for Doctor Programme (Grant No. 20050055038) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (Grant No. Q2007A05). Zhang’s research was also supported by the Visiting Scholar Program at Chern Institute of Mathematics.     

SOLVING SYMMETRIC MONOTONE LINEAR VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES BY SOME MODIFIED LEVITIN-POLYAK PROJECTION METHODS

Some modified Levitin-Polyak projection methods are proposed in this paper for solving monotone linear variational inequality x∈Ω，（x′-x)^T(Hx c)≤0，for any x′∈Ω.It is pointed out that there are similar methods for solving a general linear variational inequality.     

Weakly stable constant mean curvature hypersurfaces

Let M^n be an n-dimensional complete noncompact oriented weakly stable constant mean curvature hypersurface in an （n ＋ 1）-dimensional Riemannian manifold N^n＋1 whose （n - 1）th Ricci curvature satisfying Ric^N（n-1） （n - 1）c. Denote by H and φ the mean curvature and the trace-free second fundamental form of M respectively. If ｜φ｜^2 - （n- 2）√n（n- 1）｜H｜｜φ｜＋ n（2n - 1）（H^2＋ c） 〉 0, then M does not admit nonconstant bounded harmonic functions with finite Dirichlet integral. In particular, if N has bounded geometry and c ＋ H^2 〉 0, then M must have only one end.     

Boundedness in Lebesgue spaces for commutators of multilinear singular integrals and RBMO functions with non-doubling measures

The boundedness in Lebesgue spaces for commutators generated by multilinear singular integrals and RBMO(μ) functions of Tolsa with non-doubling measures is obtained, provided that‖μ‖=∞and multilinear singular integrals are bounded from L1(μ)×L1(μ)to L1/2,∞(μ).     

Asymptotic Behaviors of the Solutions to Scalar Viscous Conservation Laws on Bounded Interval

Abstract This paper concerns the asymptotic behaviors of the solutions to the initial-boundary value prob-lem for scalar viscous conservations laws u_t+f(u)_x=u_(xx) on[0,1],with the boundary condition u(0,t) =u_,u(1,t)=u_+ and the initial data u(x,0)=u_0(x,0)=u_0(x),where u_≠u_+ and f is a given function satisfyingf'(u)>0 for u under consideration.By means of energy estimates method and under some more regular condi-tions on the initial data,both the global existence and the asymptotic behavior are obtained.When u_u_+, which corresponds to shock waves in inviscid conservation laws, it is established for weak shockwaves,which means that │u_-u_+│is small.Moreover,exponential decay rates are both given.     

Fixed Points for Mean Non-expansive Mappings

For a Banach Space X Garcia-Falset introduced the coefficient R（X） and showed that if R（X） 〈 2 then X has a fixed point. In this paper, we define a mean non-expansive mapping T on X in the sense that ｜｜Tx - TY｜｜ ≤ a｜｜x - y｜｜ ＋ b｜｜x - Ty｜｜ for any x,y E X, where a,b ≥ 0, a ＋ b ≤ 1. We show that if R（X） 〈 1/1＋b then T has a fixed point in X.     

On the value distribution of <Emphasis Type="Italic">ƒ</Emphasis> + <Emphasis Type="Italic">a</Emphasis>(<Emphasis Type="Italic">ƒ</Emphasis>′)<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis></Superscript>

Let ƒ be a transcendental meromorphic function, a a nonzero finite complex number, and n ⩾ 2 a positive integer. Then ƒ + a(ƒ′) ⁿ assumes every complex value infinitely often. This answers a question of Ye for n = 2. A related normality criterion is also given. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10771076), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China (Grant No. 07006700) and by the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (Grant No. G-809-234.6/2003)     

Remarks on bifurcations ofu + μu − u k=0 (4≤kεZ +)

In this paper, we investigate the bifurcations of one class of steady-state reaction-diffusion equations of the formu″ + μu − u ^k=0, subjectu(0)=u(π)=0, where μ is a parameter, 4≤kεZ ⁺. Using the singularity theory based on the Liapunov-Schmidt reduction, some satisfactory results are obtained. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.19971057) and the Youth Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Education (No.99QA66).     

The cobordism classification of involution on DOLD manifoldP(1,2l)

Supposing the smooth involution of the DOLD manifoldP(1,2l) satisfies the following condition: the fiberation π:P(1,2l)× _T×(−1)S^∞→RP(∞) is totally nonhomologous to zero (cf. [1, p373]), this paper determines the classification of smooth involution on the DOLD manifoldP(1,2l) totally. Supported by the Foundation of Tian Yuan and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei province.     

On Kneser solutions of higher order nonlinear ordinary differential equations

The equationx ⁽ⁿ⁾(t)=(−1) ⁿ │x(t)│ ^k withk>1 is considered. In the casen≦4 it is proved that solutions defined in a neighbourhood of infinity coincide withC(t−t₀)^−n/(k−1), whereC is a constant depending only onn andk. In the general case such solutions are Kneser solutions and can be estimated from above and below by a constant times (t−t ₀)^−n/(k−1). It is shown that they do not necessarily coincide withC(t−t₀)^−n/(k−1). This gives a negative answer to two conjectures posed by Kiguradze that Kneser solutions are determined by their value in a point and that blow-up solutions have prescribed asymptotics. Dedicated to Professor Vladimir Maz'ya on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The author was supported by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR) grant M-AA/MA 10879-304.