Barrier strips and positive solutions of first order singular and regular initial value problems

We use the barrier strip method to prove sufficient conditions for the global solvability of the initial value problem f(t, x, x′) = 0, x(0) = A, including the case in which the function (t, x, y) → f(t, x, y) has a singularity at x = A.     

Existence results for second order boundary value problems using the barrier strip technique

Using barrier strip type arguments we investigate the existence of solutions of the boundary value problem ${x''=f(t,x),\;t\in(0,1),\;x(0)=A,\;x'(1)=0,}Using barrier strip type arguments we investigate the existence of solutions of the boundary value problem x"=f(t,x),  t ? (0,1),  x(0)=A,  x￠(1)=0,{x'=f(t,x),\;t\in(0,1),\;x(0)=A,\;x'(1)=0,} where the scalar function f(t, x) may be singular at x = A.     

Boundedness of solutions for a class of oscillating potentials without the twist condition

In this paper, we prove that the second order differential equation d^2x/dt^2＋x^2n_1f（x）＋p（t）=0with p（t ＋ 1） = p（t）, f（x ＋ T） = f（x） smooth and f（x） 〉 0, possesses Lagrangian stability despite of the fact that the monotone twist condition is violated.     

Bounded solutions of the Golab—Schinzel equation

Summary. Let \Bbb K {\Bbb K} be either the field of reals or the field of complex numbers, X be an F-space (i.e. a Fréchet space) over \Bbb K {\Bbb K} n be a positive integer, and f : X ? \Bbb K f : X \to {\Bbb K} be a solution of the functional equation¶¶f(x + f(x)ⁿ y) = f(x) f(y) f(x + f(x)^n y) = f(x) f(y) .¶We prove that, if there is a real positive a such that the set { x ? X : |f(x)| ? (0, a)} \{ x \in X : |f(x)| \in (0, a)\} contains a subset of second category and with the Baire property, then f is continuous or { x ? X : |f(x)| ? (0, a)} \{ x \in X : |f(x)| \in (0, a)\} for every x ? X x \in X . As a consequence of this we obtain the following fact: Every Baire measurable solution f : X ? \Bbb K f : X \to {\Bbb K} of the equation is continuous or equal zero almost everywhere (i.e., there is a first category set A ì X A \subset X with f(X \A) = { 0 }) f(X \backslash A) = \{ 0 \}) .     

Recent hypertopologies and continuity of the value function and of the constrained level sets

Given a continuous function f: X→R, sufficient conditions are offered for the continuity of the value function v(A):=inf{f{x): x ε A} and of the level set multifunction Lev(A, α) := {x ε A: f(x)?α}, with respect to recently defined topologies on the closed sets of a metric space.     

The Instability of Nonmonotonic Wave Solutions of Parabolic Equations

We consider the class of equations u_t=f(u_xx, u_x, u) under the restriction that for all a,b,c. We first consider this equation over the unbounded domain ? ∞ < x < + ∞, and we show that very nearly every bounded nonmonotonic solution of the form u(t, x)=?(x?ct) is unstable to all nonnegative and all nonpositive perturbations. We then extend these results to nonmonotonic plane wave solutions u(t, x, y)=?(x?ct) of u_t = F(u_xx, u_xy, u_x, u_y, u). Finally, we consider the class of equations u_t=f(u_xx, u_x, u) over the bounded domain 0 < x < 1 with the boundary conditions u(t, x)=A at x=0 and u(t, x)=B at x=1, and we find the stability of all steady solutions u(t, x)=?(x).     

Error bounds for multistep methods revisited

For linear multistep methods with constant stepsize we consider error bounds in terms of weightedL ₂-norms ofh ^px^(p) rather than ofh ^px^(p+1). The bounds apply to stiff systemsx'=Ax+f(t,x) where the spectrum ofA lies in a sector andf is of moderate size.     

Generalized Hyers-Ulam Stability for a General Mixed Functional Equation in Quasi-��-normed Spaces

In this paper, we establish the general solution and investigate the generalized Hyers-Ulam stability of the following mixed additive and quadratic functional equation

Controllability of Nonlinear Evolution Systems with Preassigned Responses

In this paper, we study the approximate controllability with preassigned responses of the nonlinear delay systems x(t)=A(t)x(t)+f(t, x(t), x((t)), u(t)) and L(x(t), x(t))=A(t)x(t)+f(t, x(t), x((t)), u(t)). The controllability is not governed by an associated linear system, but by conditions on f or A involving the domain of A(t). No compactness assumptions are imposed in the main results.     

Geometric computation of the numerical radius of a matrix

We use methods of geometric computing combined with hermitean matrix eigenvalue/eigenvector evaluations to find the numerical radius w(A) of a real or complex square matrix A simply, quickly, and accurately. The numerical radius w(A) is defined as the maximal distance of points in the field of values F(A) = { x^* A x | ||x||₂ = 1 }F(A) = \{ x^* A x \mid \|x\|_2 = 1 \} from zero in ℂ. Its value is an indicator of the transient behavior of the discrete dynamical system f _k + 1 = Af _k . We describe and test a MATLAB code for solving this optimization problem that can have multiple and even infinitely many solutions with maximal distance.     

Another logarithmic functional equation

Summary. Let f : ]0,￥[? \Bbb R f :\,]0,\infty[\to \Bbb R be a real valued function on the set of positive reals. The functional equations¶¶f(x + y) - f(x) - f(y) = f(x^-1 + y^-1) f(x + y) - f(x) - f(y) = f(x^{-1} + y^{-1}) ¶and¶f(xy) = f(x) + f(y) f(xy) = f(x) + f(y) ¶are equivalent to each other.     

Global asymptotic stability for half-linear differential systems with generalized almost periodic coefficients

The following system considered in this paper:

On some composite functional inequalities

The aim of the paper is to deal with the following composite functional inequalities

Quasi-periodic solutions for the general semilinear Duffing equations with asymmetric nonlinearity and oscillating potential

In this paper,we prove the existence of quasi-periodic solutions and the boundedness of all the solutions of the general semilinear quasi-periodic differential equation x′′+ax~+-bx~-=G_x(x,t)+f (t),where x~+=max{x,0},x~-=max{-x,0},a and b are two different positive constants,f(t) is C~(39) smooth in t,G(x,t)is C~(35) smooth in x and t,f (t) and G(x,t) are quasi-periodic in t with the Diophantine frequency ω=(ω_1,ω_2),and D_x~iD_t~jG(x,t) is bounded for 0≤i+j≤35.     

The stability of the elliptic equilibrium of planar quasi-periodic Hamiltonian systems

In this paper, we study the planar Hamiltonian system  = J (A(θ)x + ▽f(x, θ)), θ = ω, x ∈ R2 , θ∈ Td , where f is real analytic in x and θ, A(θ) is a 2 × 2 real analytic symmetric matrix, J = (1-1 ) and ω is a Diophantine vector. Under the assumption that the unperturbed system  = JA(θ)x, θ = ω is reducible and stable, we obtain a series of criteria for the stability and instability of the equilibrium of the perturbed system.     

Fuzzy stability of quadratic-cubic functional equations

In this paper, the direct method and the fixed point alternative method are implemented to give Hyers-Ulam-Rassias stability of the functional equation

Diameter preserving linear maps and isometries, II

We study linear bijections of simplex spacesA(S) which preserve the diameter of the range, that is, the seminorm ϱ(f)=sup{|f(x)−f(y)|:x,yεS}.     

On the functional equation f(x+g(y))-f(y+g(y))=f(x)-f(y) on groups

We solve the equation

Existence of Nondecreasing and Continuous Solutions of an Integral Equation with Linear Modification of the Argument

We use a technique associated with measures of noncompactness to prove the existence of nondecreasing solutions to an integral equation with linear modification of the argument in the space C[0, 1]. In the last thirty years there has been a great deal of work in the field of differential equations with a modified argument. A special class is represented by the differential equation with affine modification of the argument which can be delay differential equations or differential equations with linear modifications of the argument. In this case we study the following integral equation x（t） = a（t） ＋ （Tx）（t） ∫0^σ（t） u（t, s, x（s）, x（λs））ds 0 〈 λ 〈 1 which can be considered in connection with the following Cauchy problem x＇（t） = u（t, s, x（t）, x（λt））, t ∈ [0, 1], 0 〈 λ 〈 1 x（0） = u0.     

Quasi-periodic solutions of a semilinear Liénard equation at resonance

We are concerned with the existence of quasi-periodic solutions for the following equation