Bifurcation of the positive solutions to Henon equation

Three algorithms based on the bifurcation method is applied to solving the D₄ symmetric positive solutions to the boundary value problem of = Henon equation. Taking r in Henon equation as a bifurcation parameter, the D₄ – ∑_d (D₄ – ∑₁, D₄ – ∑₂) symmetry-breaking bifurcation point on the branch of the D₄ symmetric positive solutions is found via the extended systems. Finally, ∑_d (∑₁, ∑₂) symmetric positive solutions = are computed by the branch switching method based on the Liapunov-Schmidt reduction. (© 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Bifurcation method for solving multiple positive solutions to Henon equation on the unit cube

Three algorithms based on the bifurcation method are applied to solving the D₄(3) symmetric positive solutions to the boundary value problem of Henon equation. Taking r in Henon equation as a bifurcation parameter, the symmetry-breaking bifurcation points are found via the extended systems on the branch of the D₄(3) symmetric positive solutions. Finally, other symmetric positive solutions are computed by the branch switching method based on the Liapunov–Schmidt reduction.     

Hybrid Proximal-Point Methods for Common Solutions of Equilibrium Problems and Zeros of Maximal Monotone Operators

The purpose of this paper is to introduce and study two hybrid proximal-point algorithms for finding a common element of the set of solutions of an equilibrium problem and the set of solutions to the equation 0∈Tx for a maximal monotone operator T in a uniformly smooth and uniformly convex Banach space X. Strong and weak convergence results of these two hybrid proximal-point algorithms are established, respectively. The research of L.C. Ceng was partially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (10771141), Ph.D. Program Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (20070270004), Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality Grant (075105118), Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (09ZZ133), and Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (S30405). The research of J.C. Yao was partially supported by Grant NSC 97-2115-M-110-001. Research was carried on within the agreement between National Sun Yat-Sen University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan and Pisa University, Pisa, Italy, 2008.     

The use of the disguised Wishart distribution in a Bayesian approach to tolerance region construction

Summary In attacking the problem of this paper (see Section 1), the authors were confronted with finding the distribution of a (k×k) matrix of random variablesR=P′VP, wherePP′=Σ ^-1, and where the (k×k) symmetric matrix Σ^-1 has the Wishart distribution, matrix [(n−1)V]⁻¹, and degrees of freedom (n−1), withV a (k×k) symmetric positive definite matrix of constants. This distribution (whenP is lower triangular with positive diagonal elements), and a related result, has recently been found by the authors and given in Tan and Guttman [7]. In this paper we use these results (stated here without proof in Theorems 1.1 and 1.2) to help us construct a β-expectation tolerance region, when sampling is from thek-variate normal,N(μ,Σ), where Σ is positive definite. This research was partially supported by the National Institute of Health under Grant No. GM 15422, and the Wisconsin Research Foundation.     

On (2<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis></Superscript> + 1)-variable symmetric Boolean functions with submaximum algebraic immunity 2<Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">m</Emphasis>−1</Superscript>

All (2 ^m + 1)-variable symmetric Boolean functions with submaximal algebraic immunity 2 ^m−1 are described and constructed. The total number of such Boolean functions is 3² · 2^2m−3 +3 ^m−2 · 2⁴ − 2 for m ⩾ 2. This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (Grant No. 2004CB3180004) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60433050)     

A new proof of <Emphasis Type="Italic">L</Emphasis><Superscript><Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis></Superscript> estimates for the parabolic polyharmonic equations

In this paper we obtain local L ^p estimates for the parabolic polyharmonic equations by a straightforward approach. Yao was supported by the Innovation Foundation of Shanghai University (Grant No. A10-0101-08-905), Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No. J50101) and Key Disciplines of Shanghai Municipality (Grant No. S30104). Zhou was supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2006CB705700), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60532080), and the Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No. 306017)     

Regularity of viscosity solutions near KAM torus

In this paper, we give weak regularity theorems on P of u~ε(x, P), where u~ε(x, P)is the viscosity solution of the cell problem H_ε(P D_xu~ε, x)=H_ε(P).     

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 Willmore functional and the containment problem in R4

Let ∑ be a convex hypersurface in the Euclidean space R4 with mean curvature H. We obtain a geometric lower bound for the Willmore functional f∑ H2dσ. This bound is an invariant involving the area of ∑, the volume and Minkowski quermassintegrals of the convex body that ∑bounds. We also obtain a sufficient condition for a convex body to contain another in the Euclidean space R4.     

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.     

计算立方体上Henon方程多个正解的分歧方法

本文首先应用分歧方法给出计算立方体上Henon方程边值问题D₄(3)对称正解的三种算法, 然后以Henon方程中的参数r为分歧参数, 在D₄(3)对称正解解枝上 用扩张系统方法求出对称破缺分歧点, 进而用解枝转接方法计算出其它具有不同对称性质的正解.     

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.     

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.     

Exact Periodic Solutions to Generalized BBM Equation and Relevant Conclusions

In this paper, we consider generalized BBM equation with nonlinear terms of high order.In the case of p=1/2, p=1 and p=2, the exact periodic solutions to G-BBM equation are obtained by means of proper transformation, which degrades the order of nonlinear terms. And we prove that if p ≠ 1/2,p ≠ 1 or p ≠ 2, G-BBM equation does not exist this kind of periodic solution.     

On the limit cycles of a quintic planar vector field

This paper concerns the number and distributions of limit cycles in a Z_2-equivariant quintic planar vector field.25 limit cycles are found in this special planar polynomial system and four different configurations of these limit cycles are also given by using the methods of the bifurcation theory and the qualitative analysis of the differential equation.It can be concluded that H(5)≥25=5~2, where H(5)is the Hilbert number for quintic polynomial systems.The results obtained are useful to study the weakened 16th Hilbert problem.     

Finite p-Groups Whose Abelian Subgroups Have a Trivial Intersection

A subgroup H of a finite group G is called a TI-subgroup if H ∩ H^x = 1 or H for all x ∈ G. In this paper, a complete classification for finite p-groups, in which all abelian subgroups are TI-subgroups, is given.     

Gaining efficiency via weighted estimators for multivariate failure time data

Multivariate failure time data arise frequently in survival analysis. A commonly used technique is the working independence estimator for marginal hazard models. Two natural questions are how to improve the efficiency of the working independence estimator and how to identify the situations under which such an estimator has high statistical efficiency. In this paper, three weighted estimators are proposed based on three different optimal criteria in terms of the asymptotic covariance of weighted estimators. Simplified close-form solutions are found, which always outperform the working independence estimator. We also prove that the working independence estimator has high statistical efficiency, when asymptotic covariance of derivatives of partial log-likelihood functions is nearly exchangeable or diagonal. Simulations are conducted to compare the performance of the weighted estimator and working independence estimator. A data set from Busselton population health surveys is analyzed using the proposed estimators. This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10628104), Fan was also supported by National Institutes of Health (Grant No. R01-GM072611) and Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. DMS-0714554), Zhou was supported by National Natural Science Funds for Distinguisheel Young Scholar (Grant No. 70825004), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10731010, 10628104), the National Basic Research Program (Grant No. 2007CB814902), Creative Research Groups of China (Grant No. 10721101) and Leading Academic Disipline Program, the 10 ^th five year plan of 211 Project for Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (the 3 ^rd phase), Cai was supported by National Institutes of Health (Grant No. R01-HL57444)     

On structure of small contractions of odd dimensional projective varieties

Let X be a smooth projective variety of dimension 2k-1 (k≥3) over the complex number field. Assume that fR: X→Y is a small contraction such that every irreducible component Ei of the exceptional locus of fR is a smooth subvariety of dimension k. It is shown that each Ei is isomorphic to the k-dimensional projective space Pk, the k-dimensional hyperquadric surface Qk in Pk 1, or a linear Pk-1-bundle over a smooth curve.     

On thek dimensional Piatetski-Shapiro prime number theorem

Thek-dimensional Piatetski-Shapiro prime number problem fork⩾3 is studied. Let π(x ₁ c ₁,⋯,c _k ) denote the number of primesp withp⩽x, , where 1<c ₁<⋯<c _k are fixed constants. It is proved that π(x;c ₁,⋯,c _k ) has an asymptotic formula ifc ₁ ⁻¹ +⋯+c _k ⁻¹ >k−k/(4k ²+2). Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19801021) and the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Grant No.Q98A02110).     

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)