Periodic solutions of certain hybrid delay-differential equations and their corresponding difference equations

In this paper we use a method due to Carvalho [L.A.V. Carvalho, On a method to investigate bifurcation of periodic solution in retarded differential equations, J. Difference Equ. Appl. 4 (1998) 17–27] to obtain conditions for the existence of nonconstant periodic solutions of certain systems of hybrid delay-differential equations. We first deal with a scalar equation of Lotka-Valterra type, followed by a system of 2 equations in 2 unknowns that could model the interactions of 2 identical neurons. It will be seen that such solutions are determined by solutions of corresponding difference equations. Another paper in which this method is used is by Cook and Ladeira [K.L. Cook, L.A.C. Laderia, Applying Carvalho’s method to find periodic solutions of difference equations, J. Difference Equ. Appl. 2 (1996) 105–115. [2]].     

Composition of pseudo almost periodic and pseudo almost automorphic functions and applications to evolution equations

We establish new theorems for the composition of pseudo almost periodic and pseudo almost automorphic functions in Banach spaces. Our results extend the recent ones [H. Li, F. Huang and J. Li, Composition of pseudo almost-periodic functions and semilinear differential equations, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 255 (2001), pp. 436–446; J. Liang, J. Zhang, T.J. Xiao, Composition of pseudo almost automorphic and asymptotically almost automorphic functions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 340 (2001), pp. 1493–1499]. We also study some sufficient conditions for the continuity of the superposition operator. As an application to the abstract results, we give some existence theorems of pseudo almost periodic/automorphic solutions for some semilinear evolution equations and examples with the heat equation.     

Strong lower energy estimates for nonlinearly damped Timoshenko beams and Petrowsky equations

The purpose of this paper is to establish strong lower energy estimates for strong solutions of nonlinearly damped Timoshenko beams, Petrowsky equations in two and three dimensions and wave-like equations for bounded one-dimensional domains or annulus domains in two or three dimensions. We also establish weak lower velocity estimates for strong solutions of the nonlinearly damped Petrowsky equation in two and three dimensions. The feedbacks in consideration have arbitrary growth close to the origin. These results improve the strong lower energy decay rates obtained in our previous papers (Alabau-Boussouira in J Differ Equ 249:1145–1178, 2010; J Differ Equ 248:1473–1517, 2010) for strong solutions of the nonlinearly locally damped wave equation and extend to systems and to Petrowsky equation the method of Alabau-Boussouira (J Differ Equ 249:1145–1178, 2010; J Differ Equ 248:1473–1517, 2010). These results are the first ones for Timoshenko beams and Petrowsky equations.     

Forbidden sets and stability in some rational difference equations

In this paper, we solve open problem (5) submitted by Sedaghat in his paper, On third order rational difference equations with quadratic terms, J. Differ. Equ. Appl., 14(8) (2008), pp. 889–897. We also confirm conjecture (6) in the mentioned paper.     

Global existence and nonexistence of the non-Newtonian polytropic filtration equations coupled with nonlinear boundary conditions

In this article, we deal with the global existence and nonexistence of solutions to the non-Newtonian polytropic filtration equations coupled with nonlinear boundary conditions. By constructing various kinds of sub- and super-solutions and using the basic properties of M-matrix, we give the necessary and sufficient conditions for global existence of nonnegative solutions. The critical curve of Fujita type is conjectured with the aid of some new results, which extend the recent results of Zheng, Song, and Jiang [Critical Fujita exponents for degenerate parabolic equations coupled via nonlinear boundary flux, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 298 (2004), pp. 308–324], Zhou and Mu [Critical curve for a non-Newtonian polytropic filtration system coupled via nonlinear boundary flux, Nonlinear Anal. 68 (2008), pp. 1–11], and Zhou and Mu [Algebraic criteria for global existence or blow-up for a boundary coupled system of nonlinear diffusion equations, Appl. Anal. 86 (2007), pp. 1185–1197] to more general equations.     

A projected discrete Gronwall's inequality with sub-exponential growth

Along with the increasing interest in (h, k)-dichotomy, more attentions are paid to sub-exponential growth in research of asymptotic behaviours. In this paper, we generalize a projected discrete Gronwall's inequality given in [J. Differ. Equ. Appl. 10 (2004), 661–689] to a general one, which may include both terms of sub-exponential growth inside the summation and non-monotonic terms outside the summation. We demonstrate our results with concrete non-monotonic functions and sub-exponential functions. We apply our results to estimating bounded solutions of a non-linear difference equation with an (h, k)-dichotomy.     

Singular Sturmian separation theorems for nonoscillatory symplectic difference systems

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we derive new singular Sturmian separation theorems for nonoscillatory symplectic difference systems on unbounded intervals. The novelty of the presented theory resides in two aspects. We introduce the multiplicity of a focal point at infinity for conjoined bases, which we incorporate into our new singular Sturmian separation theorems. At the same time we do not impose any controllability assumption on the symplectic system. The presented results naturally extend and complete the known Sturmian separation theorems on bounded intervals by J. V. Elyseeva [Comparative index for solutions of symplectic difference systems, Differential Equations 45(3) (2009), pp. 445–459, translated from Differencial'nyje Uravnenija 45 (2009), no. 3, 431–444], as well as the singular Sturmian separation theorems for eventually controllable symplectic systems on unbounded intervals by O. Do?lý and J. Elyseeva [Singular comparison theorems for discrete symplectic systems, J. Difference Equ. Appl. 20(8) (2014), pp. 1268–1288]. Our approach is based on developing the theory of comparative index on unbounded intervals and on the recent theory of recessive and dominant solutions at infinity for possibly uncontrollable symplectic systems by the authors [P. ?epitka and R. ?imon Hilscher, Recessive solutions for nonoscillatory discrete symplectic systems, Linear Algebra Appl. 469 (2015), pp. 243–275; P. ?epitka and R. ?imon Hilscher, Dominant and recessive solutions at infinity and genera of conjoined bases for discrete symplectic systems, J. Difference Equ. Appl. 23(4) (2017), pp. 657–698]. Some of our results, including the notion of the multiplicity of a focal point at infinity, are new even for an eventually controllable symplectic difference system.     

Existence and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to first- and second-order difference equations with periodic forcing

By using previous results of Djafari Rouhani for non-expansive sequences in Refs (Djafari Rouhani, Ergodic theorems for nonexpansive sequences in Hilbert spaces and related problems, Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University, Part I (1981), pp. 1–76; Djafari Rouhani, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 147 (1990), pp. 465–476; Djafari Rouhani, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 151 (1990), pp. 226–235), we study the existence and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to first-order as well as second-order difference equations of monotone type with periodic forcing. In the first-order case, our result extends to general maximal monotone operators, the discrete analogue of a result of Baillon and Haraux (Rat. Mech. Anal. 67 (1977), 101–109) proved for subdifferential operators. In the second-order case, our results extend among other things, previous results of Apreutesei (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 288 (2003), 833–851) to the non-homogeneous case, and show the asymptotic convergence of every bounded solution to a periodic solution.     

On the geometry of a four-parameter rational planar system of difference equations

In this paper, we consider geometric aspects of a rational, planar system of difference equations defined on the open first quadrant and whose behaviour is governed by four independent, non-negative parameters. This system, indexed as (23, 23) in the notation of Ladas (Open problems and conjectures, J. Differential Equ. Appl. 15(3) 2009, pp. 303–323), is one of the 200 systems from Ladas about which little is known. Using geometric techniques, we answer several questions concerning the behaviour of this system.     

Periodic solutions preserved by nonstandard finite-difference schemes for the Lotka–Volterra system: a different approach

The Lotka–Volterra predator–prey system x′ = x ? xy, y′ = ? y+xy is a good differential equation system for testing numerical methods. This model gives rise to mutually periodic solutions surrounding the positive fixed point (1,1), provided the initial conditions are positive. Standard finite-difference methods produce solutions that spiral into or out of the positive fixed point. Previously, the author [Roeger, J. Diff. Equ. Appl. 12(9) (2006), pp. 937–948], generalized three different classes of nonstandard finite-difference methods that when applied to the predator–prey system produced periodic solutions. These methods preserve weighted area; they are symplectic with respect to a noncanonical structure and have the property that the computed points do not spiral. In this paper, we use a different approach. We apply the Jacobian matrix procedure to find a fourth class of nonstandard finite-difference methods. The Jacobian matrix method gives more general nonstandard methods that also produce periodic solutions for the predator–prey model. These methods also preserve the positivity property of the solutions.     

Persistence in a discrete-time,stage-structured epidemic model

Discrete-time SI and SIR epidemic models, formulated by Emmert and Allen [J. Differ. Equ. Appl., 10 (2004), pp. 1177–1199] for the spread of a fungal disease in a structured amphibian host population, are analysed. Criteria for persistence of the population as well as for persistence of the disease are established. Global stability results for host extinction and for the disease-free equilibrium are presented.     

On Periodic Solutions of Second Order Linear Difference Equations

In this paper, we apply a new procedure initially developed in Refs. [H. El-Owaidy and H.Y. Mohamed. "On the periodic solutions for nth order difference equations". Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation , (to appear); "The necessary and sufficient conditions of existence of periodic solutions of nonautonomous difference equations". Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation , (to appear)] to simplify the use of Carvalho's method to the case of discrete difference equations, in order to find the periodic solutions of second order linear difference equations. We can also find the complex periodic solutions.     

Pseudo almost periodic solutions of infinite class for some functional differential equations

The aim of this work is to investigate the existence and uniqueness of pseudo almost periodic solutions for some neutral partial functional differential equations in a Banach space when the delay is distributed using the variation of constants formula and the spectral decomposition of the phase space developed in Adimy et al. [M. Adimy, K. Ezzinbi, and A. Ouhinou, Variation of constants formula and almost periodic solutions for some partial functional differential equations with infinite delay, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 317(2) (2006), pp. 668–689]. Here, we assume that the undelayed part is not necessarily densely defined and satisfies the well-known Hille–Yosida condition, the delayed part is assumed to be pseudo almost periodic with respect to the first argument and Lipschitz continuous with respect to the second argument.     

Nonlinear Dunkl-wave equations

In this article, we introduce a class of nonlinear wave equations associated with the Dunkl operators, we study local and global well-posedness. Next, we establish the linearization of bounded energy solutions in the spirit of Gérard [P. Gérard, Oscillations and concentration effects in semilinear dispersive wave equations, J. Funct. Anal. 141 (1996), pp. 60–98]. The proof uses Strichartz-type inequalities and the energy estimate.     

Existence and stability in the α-norm for partial functional differential equations of neutral type

In this work, we study a general class of partial neutral functional differential equations. We assume that the linear part generates an analytic semigroup and the nonlinear part is Lipschitz continuous with respect to the é-norm associated to the linear part. We discuss the existence, uniqueness, regularity and stability of solutions. Our results are illustrated by an example. This work extends previous results on partial functional differential equations (Fitzgibbon and Parrot, Nonlinear Anal., TMA 16, 479–487 (1991), Hale, Rev. Roum. Math. Pures Appl. 39, 339–344 (1994), Hale, Resen. Inst. Mat. Estat. Univ. Sao Paulo 1, 441–457 (1994), Travis and Webb, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 240 129–143 (1978), Wu and Xia, J. Differ. Equ. 124 247–278 (1996)). Mathematics Subject Classification (1991) 34K20, 34K30, 34K40, 47D06     

Book Review

Linear difference equations with variable delay are considered. The most important result of this paper is a new oscillation criterion, which should be looked upon as the discrete analogue of a well-known oscillation criterion for first order linear delay differential equations. This criterion constitutes a substantial improvement of an oscillation result due to the first author (Funkcial. Ekvac. 34 (1991), pp. 157–172). The results obtained extend the ones by the authors and Stavroulakis (J. Differ. Equ. Appl. 10 (2004), pp. 419–435) concerning the special case of linear difference equations with constant delay.     

A positive finite-difference model in the computational simulation of complex biological film models

In this work, we design a linear, two-step, finite-difference method to approximate the solutions of a biological system that describes the interaction between a microbial colony and a surrounding substrate. The model is a system of four partial differential equations with nonlinear diffusion and reaction, and the colony is formed by an active portion, an inert component and the contribution of extracellular polymeric substances. In this work, we extend the computational approach proposed by Eberl and Demaret [A finite difference scheme for a degenerated diffusion equation arising in microbial ecology, Electr. J. Differ. Equ. 15 (2007) pp. 77–95], in order to design a numerical technique to approximate the solutions of a more complicated model proposed in the literature. As we will see in this work, this approach guarantees that positive and bounded initial solutions will evolve uniquely into positive and bounded, new approximations. We provide numerical simulations to evince the preservation of the positive character of solutions.     

On the oscillation of some linear difference equations with periodic coefficients

Some linear difference equations with periodic coefficients (not necessarily nonnegative) are considered. Necessary conditions and sufficient conditions for the oscillation of the solutions are established. Conditions under which all nonoscillatory solutions tend to zero at ∞ are also presented. The results obtained are the discrete analogues of the oscillation results for some linear delay differential equations with periodic coefficients, which were given earlier by the second author [Oscillations of some delay differential equations with periodic coefficients, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 162 (1991) 452–475].