Existence of positive periodic solutions for a neutral population model with delays and impulse

In this paper, by using the theory of abstract continuous theorem of k$k$-set contractive operator and some analysis techniques, we obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence of positive periodic solutions for a neutral population model with delays and impulse.     

Analytic normalization of analytically integrable differential systems near a periodic orbit

For an analytic differential system in Rⁿ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ with a periodic orbit, we will prove that if the system is analytically integrable around the periodic orbit, i.e. it has n−1$n-1$ functionally independent analytic first integrals defined in a neighborhood of the periodic orbit, then the system is analytically equivalent to its Poincaré–Dulac type normal form. This result is an extension of analytically integrable differential systems around a singularity to the ones around a periodic orbit.     

Stepanov-like pseudo-almost periodicity and its applications to some nonautonomous differential equations

The paper revisits the concept of S^p$S^p$-pseudo-almost periodicity recently introduced by the author. In particular, we study the existence of pseudo-almost periodic solutions to some nonautonomous differential equations in the case when the semilinear forcing term is both continuous and S^p$S^p$-pseudo-almost periodic for p>1$p>1$. Applications include the existence of pseudo-almost periodic solutions to the heat equation with a forcing term, which is S^p$S^p$-pseudo-almost periodic and jointly continuous.     

Existence of non-zero solutions for a nonlinear system with a parameter

In this paper, the existence of solutions for a system of nonlinear equations is considered. 2ⁿ$2^n$ non-zero real solutions are obtained by using the critical point theory. Some known results are improved.     

Steiner symmetrization using a finite set of directions

Let v₁,…,vm$v_1,\dots ,v_m$ be a finite set of unit vectors in Rn${\mathbb{R}}^n$. Suppose that an infinite sequence of Steiner symmetrizations are applied to a compact convex set K   in Rn${\mathbb{R}}^n$, where each of the symmetrizations is taken with respect to a direction from among the vi$v_i$. Then the resulting sequence of Steiner symmetrals always converges, and the limiting body is symmetric under reflection in any of the directions vi$v_i$ that appear infinitely often in the sequence. In particular, an infinite periodic sequence of Steiner symmetrizations always converges, and the set functional determined by this infinite process is always idempotent.     

Analysis of symmetric matrix valued functions I

For any symmetric function f:Rⁿ?Rⁿ$f:{\mathbb{R}}^n?{\mathbb{R}}^n$, one can define a corresponding function on the space of n×n$n\times n$ real symmetric matrices by applying f$f$ to the eigenvalues of the spectral decomposition. We show that this matrix valued function inherits from f$f$ the properties of continuity, Lipschitz continuity, strict continuity, directional differentiability, Frechet differentiability, continuous differentiability.     

Characterization of full rank ACI-matrices over fields

An ACI-matrix over a field F$\mathbb{F}$ is a matrix whose entries are polynomials with coefficients on F$\mathbb{F}$, the degree of these polynomials is at most one in a number of indeterminates, and where no indeterminate appears in two different columns. In 2011 Huang and Zhan characterized the m×n$m\times n$ ACI-matrices such that all its completions have rank equal to min{m,n}$\min \{m,n\}$ whenever |F|?max{m,n+1}$|\mathbb{F}|?\max \{m,n+1\}$. We will give a characterization for arbitrary fields by introducing two classes of ACI-matrices: the maximal and the minimal full rank ACI-matrices.     

On Mann iteration in Hilbert spaces

Let K$K$ be a compact convex subset of a real Hilbert space H$H$; T:K→K$T:K\to K$ a hemicontractive map. Let {_αn}$\left\{{\alpha }_n\right\}$ be a real sequence in [0,1] satisfying appropriate conditions; then for arbitrary _x0∈K$x_0\in K$, the sequence {_xn}$\left\{x_n\right\}$ defined iteratively by _xn=_αnxn−1+(1−_αn)T_xn$x_n={\alpha }_n{x}_{n-1}+(1-{\alpha }_n)T{x}_n$, n≥1$n\ge 1$ converges strongly to a fixed point of T$T$.     

On the dynamics of a higher order rational difference equations

The main objective of this paper is to study the global stability of the positive solutions and the periodic character of the difference equation

$y_{n+1}=a{y}_n+b{y}_{n?t}+c{y}_{n?l}+\frac{d{y}_{n?k}+e{y}_{n?s}}{\alpha y_{n?k}+\beta y_{n?s}},n=0,1,\dots ,$

with positive parameters and non-negative initial conditions. Numerical examples to the difference equation are given to explain our results.     

Existence of non-spurious solutions to discrete Dirichlet problems with lower and upper solutions

This paper investigates the solvability of discrete Dirichlet boundary value problems by the lower and upper solution method. Here, the second-order difference equation with a nonlinear right hand side f$f$ is studied and f(t,u,v)$f(t,u,v)$ can have a superlinear growth both in u$u$ and in v$v$. Moreover, the growth conditions on f$f$ are one-sided. We compute a priori bounds on solutions to the discrete problem and then obtain the existence of at least one solution. It is shown that solutions of the discrete problem will converge to solutions of ordinary differential equations.     

Deformation of hypersurfaces preserving the Möbius metric and a reduction theorem

A hypersurface without umbilics in the (n+1)$(n+1)$-dimensional Euclidean space f:Mⁿ→Rⁿ⁺¹$f:M^n\to R^{n+1}$ is known to be determined by the Möbius metric g and the Möbius second fundamental form B   up to a Möbius transformation when n?3$n?3$. In this paper we consider Möbius rigidity for hypersurfaces and deformations of a hypersurface preserving the Möbius metric in the high dimensional case n?4$n?4$. When the highest multiplicity of principal curvatures is less than n−2$n-2$, the hypersurface is Möbius rigid. When the multiplicities of all principal curvatures are constant, deformable hypersurfaces and the possible deformations are also classified completely. In addition, we establish a reduction theorem characterizing the classical construction of cylinders, cones, and rotational hypersurfaces, which helps to find all the non-trivial deformable examples in our classification with wider application in the future.