Four positive periodic solutions to a periodic Lotka–Volterra predatory–prey system with harvesting terms

By using Mawhin’s continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, we establish the existence of four positive periodic solutions for two species periodic Lotka–Volterra predatory–prey system with harvesting terms. An example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of our results.     

Tate–Hochschild cohomology for periodic algebras

This paper is devoted to studying the Tate–Hochschild cohomology for periodic algebras. We will prove that the Tate–Hochschild cohomology ring of a periodic algebra can be written as the localization of the non-negative part of the Tate–Hochschild cohomology ring.

     

Stability of periodic Kuramoto–Sivashinsky waves

In this note, we announce a general result resolving the long-standing question of nonlinear modulational stability, or stability with respect to localized perturbations, of periodic traveling-wave solutions of the generalized Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation, establishing that spectral modulational stability, defined in the standard way, implies nonlinear modulational stability with sharp rates of decay. The approach extends readily to other second- and higher-order parabolic equations, for example, the Cahn Hilliard equation or more general thin film models.     

Ornstein–Uhlenbeck operators with time periodic coefficients

We study the realization of the differential operator in the space of continuous time periodic functions, and in L ² with respect to its (unique) invariant measure. Here L(t) is an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator in , such that L(t + T) = L(t) for each .      

Asymptotic 2–periodic difference equations with diagonally self–invertible responses

We provide sufficient conditions which guarantee that all positive solutions of a nonlinear difference equation of third order is asymptotically periodic 2. An estimate of the width of such solutions in terms of the initial values is also provided     

Traveling waves for a periodic Lotka–Volterra predator–prey system

This paper is concerned with the time periodic traveling wave solutions for a periodic Lotka–Volterra predator–prey system, which formulates that both species synchronously invade a new habitat. We first establish the existence of periodic traveling wave solutions by combining the upper and lower solutions with contracting mapping principle and Schauder’s fixed point theorem. The asymptotic behavior of nontrivial solution is given precisely by the stability of the corresponding kinetic system that has been widely investigated. Then, the nonexistence of periodic traveling wave solutions is confirmed by applying the theory of asymptotic spreading. We show the conclusion for all positive wave speed and obtain the minimal wave speed.     

A periodic predator–prey-chain system with impulsive perturbation

A periodic predator–prey-chain system with impulsive effects is considered. By using the global results of Rabinowitz and standard techniques of bifurcation theory, the existence of its trivial, semi-trivial and nontrivial positive periodic solutions is obtained. It is shown that the nontrivial positive periodic solution for such a system may be bifurcated from an unstable semi-trivial periodic solution. Furthermore, the stability of these periodic solutions is studied.     

Two-patches prey impulsive diffusion periodic predator–prey model

In this paper, we study a periodic predator–prey system with prey impulsive diffusion in two patches. On the basis of comparison theorem of impulsive differential equation and other analysis methods, sufficient and necessary conditions on the predator–prey system where predator have not other food source are established. Two examples and numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the feasibility of our results. A conclusion is given in the end.     

Almost periodic solutions for Lotka–Volterra systems with delays

This paper studies a general class of delayed almost periodic Lotka–Volterra system with time-varying delays and distributed delays. By using the definition of almost periodic function, the sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of globally exponentially stable almost periodic solution are obtained. The conditions can be easily reduced to special cases of cooperative systems and competitive systems.     

Pointwise asymptotic behavior of modulated periodic reaction–diffusion waves

By working with the periodic resolvent kernel and the Bloch-decomposition, we establish pointwise bounds for the Green function of the linearized equation associated with spatially periodic traveling waves of a system of reaction–diffusion equations. With our linearized estimates together with a nonlinear iteration scheme developed by Johnson–Zumbrun, we obtain $L^p$-behavior ($p?1$) of a nonlinear solution to a perturbation equation of a reaction–diffusion equation with respect to initial data in $L^1\cap H^2$ recovering and slightly sharpening results obtained by Schneider using weighted energy and renormalization techniques. We obtain also pointwise nonlinear estimates with respect to two different initial perturbations $|u_0|?E_0{e}^{?{|x|}^2/M}$, ${|u_0|}_{H^2}?E_0$ and $|u_0|?E_0{(1+|x|)}^{?r}$, $r>2$, ${|u_0|}_{H^2}?E_0$ respectively, $E_0>0$ sufficiently small and $M>1$ sufficiently large, showing that behavior is that of a heat kernel. These pointwise bounds have not been obtained elsewhere, and do not appear to be accessible by previous techniques.     

Stabilization of periodic Stokesian Hele–Shaw flows of ferrofluids

We consider an incompressible ferrofluid in a vertical Hele–Shaw cell and develop a proper analytic framework for the free interface and the velocity potential of the fluid in a periodic geometry. The flow is assumed to obey a non-Newtonian Darcy law. The forces influencing the fluid are gravity, surface tension and the response to a magnetic field induced by a current. In addition, the flow is stabilized at the lower boundary component by an external source b. We prove a well-posedness result for the flow near flat solutions. Moreover, we find conditions on the parameters and on the slope of b for the exponential stability and instability of flat interfaces. Furthermore, we identify values for the current's intensity ι where critical bifurcation of nontrivial finger-shaped solutions from the branch of trivial (flat) solutions takes place.     

Minimizing the Kohn–Sham total energy for periodic systems

We describe how a previously developed constrained minimization algorithm can be adapted to minimize the total energy of a periodic atomistic system under the Kohn–Sham density functional theory framework. The algorithm uses the Bloch theorem to reduce the complexity of the calculation by working with a number of unit cells separately. We present the Bloch theorem in terms of linear algebra, and point out its implication on the spectral property of the Kohn–Sham Hamiltonian.