Asymptotic bounds of solutions for a periodic doubly degenerate parabolic equation

This paper is concerned with a doubly degenerate parabolic equation with logistic periodic sources. We are interested in the discussion of the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the initial-boundary value problem. In this paper, we first establish the existence of non-trivial nonnegative periodic solutions by a monotonicity method. Then by using the Moser iterative method, we obtain an a priori upper bound of the nonnegative periodic solutions, by means of which we show the existence of the maximum periodic solution and asymptotic bounds of the nonnegative solutions of the initial-boundary value problem. We also prove that the support of the non-trivial nonnegative periodic solution is independent of time.     

A Note on the Generalized Energy Inequality in the Navier-Stokes Equations

We prove that there exists a suitable weak solution of the Navier-Stokes equation, which satisfies the generalized energy inequality for every nonnegative test function. This improves the famous result on existence of a suitable weak solution which satisfies this inequality for smooth nonnegative test functions with compact support in the space-time.     

奇异半线性热方程初值问题解的存在性与Blow-up问题

本文讨论如下奇异半线性热方程的初值问题其中γ＞1，σ＞O，f（x）连续有界非负但不恒为零．我们讨论了问题（1），（2）非负局部经典解的存在性和非负整体解的不存在问题，得到当0＜σ＜1且时，（1），（2）没有非负整体解．当σ＝1且时，（1），（2）没有非负整体解，当σ＞1时（1），（2）没有非负整体解．     

Existence,Uniqueness and Asymptotic Behavior for the Vlasov–Poisson System with Radiation Damping

We investigate the Cauchy problem for the Vlasov–Poisson system with radiation damping.By virtue of energy estimate and a refined velocity average lemma, we establish the global existence of nonnegative weak solution and asymptotic behavior under the condition that initial data have finite mass and energy. Furthermore, by building a Gronwall inequality about the distance between the Lagrangian flows associated to the weak solutions, we can prove the uniqueness of weak solution when the initial data have a higher order velocity moment.     

A note on the complementarity problem

We show by an example that, in a complementarity problem where the given map is continuous and monotone on the nonnegative orthant, the existence of a feasible solution is not sufficient to guarantee existence of a solution to the complementarity problem.The author thanks Professor S. Karamardian and Dr. J. More for helpful discussions regarding this note.     

Concerning the regularity of the anisotropic porous medium equation

We show that a locally bounded nonnegative weak solution of the anisotropic porous media equation is locally continuous. The proof is based on DiBenedetto's technique called intrinsic scaling; by choosing an appropriate geometry one can deduce energy and logarithmic estimates from which one can implement an iterative method to obtain the regularity result.     

An inequality for nonnegative matrices and the inverse eigenvalue problem

We present two versions of the same inequality, relating the maximal diagonal entry of a nonnegative matrix to its eigenvalues. We demonstrate a matrix factorization of a companion matrix, which leads to a solution of the nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problem (denoted the nniep) for 4×4 matrices of trace zero, and we give some sufficient conditions for a solution to the nniep for 5×5 matrices of trace zero. We also give a necessary condition on the eigenvalues of a 5×5 trace zero nonnegative matrix in lower Hessenberg form. Finally, we give a brief discussion of the nniep in restricted cases.     

A strongly degenerate diffusion equation with strong absorption

It is shown that the Cauchy problem in ? for the strongly degenerate parabolic equation $$ u_t = u^p u_{xx} - u^{-q} \chi _{ \{u>o \} }\, , \quad p \ge 1 \, , \quad q > -1 \, , $$ has a nonnegative weak solution for any nonnegative bounded continuous initial datum, provided that q ≤ p – 1, while there is no (continuous) weak solution for q > p – 1. The evolution of the spatial positivity set {u(t) > 0}, continuity of the free boundary and the extinction rate are also investigated. (© 2004 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

On split common fixed point problems

Based on the convergence theorem recently proved by the second author, we modify the iterative scheme studied by Moudafi for quasi-nonexpansive operators to obtain strong convergence to a solution of the split common fixed point problem. It is noted that Moudafi's original scheme can conclude only weak convergence. As a consequence, we obtain strong convergence theorems for split variational inequality problems for Lipschitz continuous and monotone operators, split common null point problems for maximal monotone operators, and Moudafi's split feasibility problem.     

CVaR-constrained stochastic programming reformulation for stochastic nonlinear complementarity problems

We reformulate a stochastic nonlinear complementarity problem as a stochastic programming problem which minimizes an expected residual defined by a restricted NCP function with nonnegative constraints and CVaR constraints which guarantee the stochastic nonlinear function being nonnegative with a high probability. By applying smoothing technique and penalty method, we propose a penalized smoothing sample average approximation algorithm to solve the CVaR-constrained stochastic programming. We show that the optimal solution of the penalized smoothing sample average approximation problem converges to the solution of the corresponding nonsmooth CVaR-constrained stochastic programming problem almost surely. Finally, we report some preliminary numerical test results.     

A time-dependent perturbation solution from a steady state for Marangoni problem

In this article, based on the T-weakly continuous theory, we prove the existence of global weak solution of the 2D incompressible Marangoni problem, which is modelled by the Boussinesq equations omitting effect of buoyancy. Moreover, we show that such weak solution is unique, and which is a time-dependent perturbation solution from a steady state.     

Nonnegative inverse eigenvalue problems with partial eigendata

In this paper we consider the inverse problem of constructing an n × n real nonnegative matrix A from the prescribed partial eigendata. We first give the solvability conditions for the inverse problem without the nonnegative constraint and then discuss the associated best approximation problem. To find a nonnegative solution, we reformulate the inverse problem as a monotone complementarity problem and propose a nonsmooth Newton-type method for solving its equivalent nonsmooth equation. Under some mild assumptions, the global and quadratic convergence of our method is established. We also apply our method to the symmetric nonnegative inverse problem and to the cases of prescribed lower bounds and of prescribed entries. Numerical tests demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method and support our theoretical findings.     

Time dependent linear transport I. Existence,uniqueness, and continuous dependence

This paper concerns the time dependent linear transport equation posed in a multidimensional rectangular parallelepiped with partially reflecting walls. We consider the continuous transport equation and the discrete ordinate equations simultaneously. Our boundary condition, partial specular reflection, includes both vacuum and reflecting boundaries as special cases. We define strong and weak solutions of the problem, strong solutions being solutions in the ordinary sense and weak solutions being distributions, and show that a weak solution is a strong solution if it has space and time derivatives almost everywhere. For weak solutions we establish existence, uniqueness, and continuous dependence upon the initial data and the other functions which define the problem.     

Existence,semiclassical limit and long-time behavior of weak solution to quantum drift-diffusion model

The existence, semiclassical limit and long-time behavior of weak solutions to the transient quantum drift-diffusion model are studied. Using semi-discretization in time and entropy estimate, we get the global existence and semiclassical limit of nonnegative weak solutions to one-dimensional isentropic model with nonnegative initial and homogeneous Neumann (or periodic) boundary conditions. Furthermore, by a logarithmic Sobolev inequality, we obtain an inequality of the periodic weak solution to this model (or its isothermal case) which shows that the solution exponentially approaches its mean value as time increases to infinity.     

A weak condition of globally asymptotic stability for neural networks

In this work we consider a general class of continuous activation functions which may be neither bounded nor differentiable; however, many sigmoidal functions are included as special cases. With this class of activation functions we give a result on asymptotic stability for neural networks under a weak condition of nonnegative definiteness. Then we show that differentiability is a condition for its exponential stability.     

两相同部件温贮备可修的人机系统解的性质分析

本文首先用强连续算子半群理论证明了两相同部件温贮备可修的人机系统动态非负解的存在唯一性 ,然后证明了 0是系统主算子的本征值 ,并得到 0本征值对应的本征向量是正的 ,从而系统存在稳态正解 .     

On a low-frequency asymptotic expansion of a unique weak solutions of a semilinear wave equation with a boundary-like antiperiodic condition

This article is mainly about a low-frequency asymptotic expansion of a unique weak solutions of a semilinear wave equation with a boundary-like antiperiodic condition. Solvability of this problem with weak initial data is also studied by applying the Faedo–Galerkin method and using a maximal continuous solution of a nonlinear Volterra integral equation.     

Online Surrogate Problem Methodology for Stochastic Discrete Resource Allocation Problems

We consider stochastic discrete optimization problems where the decision variables are nonnegative integers. We propose and analyze an online control scheme which transforms the problem into a surrogate continuous optimization problem and proceeds to solve the latter using standard gradient-based approaches, while simultaneously updating both the actual and surrogate system states. It is shown that the solution of the original problem is recovered as an element of the discrete state neighborhood of the optimal surrogate state. For the special case of separable cost functions, we show that this methodology becomes particularly efficient. Finally, convergence of the proposed algorithm is established under standard technical conditions; numerical results are included in the paper to illustrate the fast convergence of this approach.     

Efficient algorithms for computing the largest eigenvalue of a nonnegative tensor

Consider the problem of computing the largest eigenvalue for nonnegative tensors. In this paper, we establish the Q-linear convergence of a power type algorithm for this problem under a weak irreducibility condition. Moreover, we present a convergent algorithm for calculating the largest eigenvalue for any nonnegative tensors.     

EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS OFWEAK SOLUTIONS OF UNIFORMLY DEGENERATE QUASILINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS

In this paper we deal with the quasilinear parabolic equation u/t=/x_i[a_(ij)(x, t, u))u/x_j]+b_i(x, t, u)u/x_i+c(x, t, u) which is uniformly degenerate at u=O. Under some assumptions we prove existence anduniqueness of nonnegative weak solutions to the Cauchy problem and the first boundary valueproblem for this equation. Furthermore, the weak solutions are globally Holder continuous.