Nonlocal problem for a parabolic-hyperbolic equation in a rectangular domain

For an equation of mixed type, namely, $$ \left( {1 - \operatorname{sgn} t} \right)u_{tt} + \left( {1 - \operatorname{sgn} t} \right)u_t - 2u_{xx} = 0 $$ in the domain {(x, t) | 0 < x < 1, ?α < t < β}, where α, β are given positive real numbers, we study the problem with boundary conditions $$ u\left( {0,t} \right) = u\left( {1,t} \right) = 0, - \alpha \leqslant t \leqslant \beta , u\left( {x, - \alpha } \right) - u\left( {x,\beta } \right) = \phi \left( x \right), 0 \leqslant x \leqslant 1. $$ . We establish a uniqueness criterion for the solution constructed as the sum of Fourier series. We establish the stability of the solution with respect to its nonlocal condition φ(x).     

Positive solutions for a boundary-value problem with Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative*

In this work, we are mainly concerned with the existence of positive solutions for the fractional boundary-value problem $$ \left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {D_{0+}^{\alpha }D_{0+}^{\alpha }u=f\left( {t,u,{u}^{\prime},-D_{0+}^{\alpha }u} \right),\quad t\in \left[ {0,1} \right],} \hfill \\ {u(0)={u}^{\prime}(0)={u}^{\prime}(1)=D_{0+}^{\alpha }u(0)=D_{0+}^{{\alpha +1}}u(0)=D_{0+}^{{\alpha +1}}u(1)=0.} \hfill \\ \end{array}} \right. $$ Here ?? ?? (2, 3] is a real number, $ D_{0+}^{\alpha } $ is the standard Riemann?CLiouville fractional derivative of order ??. By virtue of some inequalities associated with the fractional Green function for the above problem, without the assumption of the nonnegativity of f, we utilize the Krasnoselskii?CZabreiko fixed-point theorem to establish our main results. The interesting point lies in the fact that the nonlinear term is allowed to depend on u, u??, and $ -D_{0+}^{\alpha } $ .     

Decay Properties for Some Lagrangian Systems with Dissipative Terms and Applications

This paper deals with decay properties for the solutions of a large class of ordinary differential systems, with time dependent restoring potential, which include the system $$\left({\left|{u\prime}\right|^{\mu - 2} u\prime}\right)\prime+\beta_1 t^{\theta_{\text{1}}}\left|{u\prime}\right|^{\mu-2}u\prime+\beta_2 t^{\theta_{\text{2}}}\left|{u\prime}\right|^{m-2}u\prime+ct^v\left|u\right|^{p-2}u=0,$$ t ε [T, ∞), u : [T, ∞) → $\mathbb{R}^N$ , 1 < µ < m, ν ≥ 0, c0, β₁0, β₂ ≥ 0, -1 ≤ θ₁ < µ+ν-1, θ₂ < m + ν - 1, and the nonlinear system $$Lu+T\left( t \right)u\prime+V\left( {t,u\prime } \right)+t^\nu Su=e\left(t\right),$$ where L and S are positive definite matrices, T is a skew-symmetric matrix continuous function, V is a quasilinear replacement of a linear resistive term R(t)u′ and e is continuous. We prove various types of decay properties to zero for the solutions in the first case and exponential decay for the difference of two solutions, under suitable assumptions, in the second one.     

Sharp weak-type inequalities for Hilbert transform and Riesz projection

The paper is devoted to the study of the weak norms of the classical operators in the vector-valued setting.

1. Let S, H denote the singular integral involution operator and the Hilbert transform on $L^p \left( {\mathbb{T}, \ell _\mathbb{C}^2 } \right)$ , respectively. Then for 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 and any f, $$\left\| {\mathcal{S}f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left( {\frac{1} {\pi }\int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\frac{{\left| {\tfrac{2} {\pi }\log \left| t \right|} \right|^p }} {{t^2 + 1}}dt} } \right)^{ - 1/p} \left\| f \right\|p,$$ $$\left\| {\mathcal{H}f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left( {\frac{1} {\pi }\int_{ - \infty }^\infty {\frac{{\left| {\tfrac{2} {\pi }\log \left| t \right|} \right|^p }} {{t^2 + 1}}dt} } \right)^{ - 1/p} \left\| f \right\|p.$$ Both inequalities are sharp.
2. Let P ₊ and P _? stand for the Riesz projection and the co-analytic projection on $L^p \left( {\mathbb{T}, \ell _\mathbb{C}^2 } \right)$ , respectively. Then for 1 ≤ p ≤ 2 and any f, $$\left\| {P + f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left\| f \right\|_p ,$$ $$\left\| {P - f} \right\|_{p,\infty } \leqslant \left\| f \right\|_p .$$ Both inequalities are sharp.
3. We establish the sharp versions of the estimates above in the nonperiodic case.

The results are new even if the operators act on complex-valued functions. The proof rests on the construction of an appropriate plurisubharmonic function and probabilistic techniques.     

Oscillation criteria for a class of nonlinear fourth order neutral differential equations

In this paper, sufficient conditions are obtained for oscillation of a class of nonlinear fourth order mixed neutral differential equations of the form (E) $$\left( {\frac{1} {{a\left( t \right)}}\left( {\left( {y\left( t \right) + p\left( t \right)y\left( {t - \tau } \right)} \right)^{\prime \prime } } \right)^\alpha } \right)^{\prime \prime } = q\left( t \right)f\left( {y\left( {t - \sigma _1 } \right)} \right) + r\left( t \right)g\left( {y\left( {t + \sigma _2 } \right)} \right)$$ under the assumption $$\int\limits_0^\infty {\left( {a\left( t \right)} \right)^{\tfrac{1} {\alpha }} dt} = \infty .$$ where α is a ratio of odd positive integers. (E) is studied for various ranges of p(t).     

Exact Non-Self-Similar Solutions of the Equation $$u_t = \Delta \ln u$$

In this paper, we obtain new exact non-self-similar solutions of the nonlinear diffusion equation $$\begin{gathered} {\text{ }}u_t = \Delta \ln u, \hfill \\ u \triangleq u\left( {x,t} \right):\Omega \times \mathbb{R}^ + \to \mathbb{R},{\text{ }} x \in \mathbb{R}^n , \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ where $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n $ is the domain and $\mathbb{R}^ + = \left\{ {t:0 \leqslant t < + \infty } \right\},{\text{ }}u\left( {x,t} \right) \geqslant 0$ is the temperature of the medium.     

Impulsive fractional boundary value problem with <Emphasis Type="Italic">p</Emphasis>-Laplace operator

In the present paper, we deal with the existence and multiplicity of solutions for the following impulsive fractional boundary value problem

$$\begin{aligned} {_{t}}D_{T}^{\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right) + a(t)|u(t)|^{p-2}u(t)= & {} f(t,u(t)),\;\;t\ne t_j,\;\;\hbox {a.e.}\;\;t\in [0,T],\\ \Delta \left( {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right) \right)= & {} I_j(u(t_j))\;\;j=1,2,\ldots ,n,\\ u(0)= & {} u(T) = 0. \end{aligned}$$

where \(\alpha \in (1/p, 1]\), \(1<p<\infty \), \(0 = t_0<t_1< t_2< \cdots< t_n < t_{n+1} = T\), \(f:[0,T]\times \mathbb {R} \rightarrow \mathbb {R}\) and \(I_j : \mathbb {R} \rightarrow \mathbb {R}\), \(j = 1, \ldots , n\), are continuous functions, \(a\in C[0,T]\) and

$$\begin{aligned} \Delta \left( {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j)\right) \right)= & {} {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right) \\&- {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j^-)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^-\right) \right) ,\\ {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u\left( t_j^+\right) \right)= & {} \lim _{t \rightarrow t_j^+} {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right) ,\\ {_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j^-)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t_j^-)\right)= & {} \lim _{t\rightarrow t_j^-}{_{t}}I_{T}^{1-\alpha }\left( \left| {_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right| ^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)\right) . \end{aligned}$$

By using variational methods and critical point theory, we give some criteria to guarantee that the above-mentioned impulsive problems have at least one weak solution and a sequences of weak solutions.

     

Regularity for solutions to anisotropic obstacle problems

For Ω a bounded subset of R n,n 2,ψ any function in Ω with values in R∪{±∞}andθ∈W1,(q i)(Ω),let K(q i)ψ,θ(Ω)={v∈W1,(q i)(Ω):vψ,a.e.and v-θ∈W1,(q i)0(Ω}.This paper deals with solutions to K(q i)ψ,θ-obstacle problems for the A-harmonic equation-divA(x,u(x),u(x))=-divf(x)as well as the integral functional I(u;Ω)=Ωf(x,u(x),u(x))dx.Local regularity and local boundedness results are obtained under some coercive and controllable growth conditions on the operator A and some growth conditions on the integrand f.     

Existence of positive solutions for fractional differential systems with multi point boundary conditions

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solutions to the boundary value problem for the fractional differential system $$\left\{\begin{array}{lll} D_{0^+}^\beta \phi_p(D_{0^+}^\alpha u) (t) = f_1 (t, u (t), v (t)),\quad t \in (0, 1),\\ D_{0^+}^\beta \phi_p(D_{0^+}^\alpha v) (t) = f_2 (t, u (t), v(t)), \quad t \in (0, 1),\\ D_{0^+}^\alpha u(0)= D_{0^+}^\alpha u(1)=0,\; u (0) = 0, \quad u (1)-\Sigma_{i=1}^{m-2} a_{1i}\;u(\xi_{1i})=\lambda_1,\\ D_{0^+}^\alpha v(0)= D_{0^+}^\alpha v(1)=0,\; v (0) = 0, \quad v (1)-\Sigma_{i=1}^{m-2} a_{2i}\; v(\xi_{2i})=\lambda_2, \end{array}\right. $$ where ${1<\alpha,\beta\leq 2, 2 <\alpha + \beta\leq 4, D_{0^+}^\alpha}$ is the Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative of order α. By using the Leggett–Williams fixed point theorem in a cone, the existence of three positive solutions for nonlinear singular boundary value problems is obtained.     

A sequential implicit function theorem for the chords iteration

In this paper we study the local convergence of the method $$0 \in f\left( {p,x_k } \right) + A\left( {x_{k + 1} - x_k } \right) + F\left( {x_{k + 1} } \right),$$ in order to find the solution of the generalized equation $$find x \in X such that 0 \in f\left( {p,x} \right) + F\left( x \right).$$ We first show that under the strong metric regularity of the linearization of the associated mapping and some additional assumptions regarding dependence on the parameter and the relation between the operator A and the Jacobian $\nabla _x f\left( {\bar p,\bar x} \right)$ , we prove linear convergence of the method which is uniform in the parameter p. Then we go a step further and obtain a sequential implicit function theorem describing the dependence of the set of sequences of iterates of the parameter.     

Multiple positive solutions for fractional differential systems

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solution to boundary value problem for fractional differential system $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}D_{0^+}^\alpha u (t) + a_1 (t) f_1 (t, u (t), v (t)) = 0,\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\quad t \in (0, 1),\\D_{0^+}^\alpha v (t) + a_2 (t) f_2 (t, u (t), v (t)) = 0,\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\quad t \in (0, 1), \;\; 2 < \alpha < 3,\\u (0)= u' (0) = 0, \;\;\;\; u' (1) - \mu_1 u' (\eta_1) = 0,\\v (0)= v' (0) = 0, \;\;\;\; v' (1) - \mu_2 v' (\eta_2) = 0,\end{array}\right.$$ where ${D_{0^+}^\alpha}$ is the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order ??. By using the Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem in a cone, the existence of three positive solutions for nonlinear singular boundary value problems is obtained.     

Instability of Standing Wave for the Klein–Gordon–Hartree Equation

The instability property of the standing wave uω(t, x) = eiωtφ(x) for the Klein–Gordon– Hartree equation     

Decay estimates for nonlinear nonlocal diffusion problems in the whole space

In this paper, we obtain bounds for the decay rate in the L ^r (? ^d )-norm for the solutions of a nonlocal and nonlinear evolution equation, namely, $$u_t \left( {x,t} \right) = \int_{\mathbb{R}^d } {K\left( {x,y} \right)\left| {u\left( {y,t} \right) - u\left( {x,t} \right)} \right|^{p - 2} \left( {u\left( {y,t} \right) - u\left( {x,t} \right)} \right)dy, x \in \mathbb{R}^d , t > 0.}$$ . We consider a kernel of the form K(x, y) = ψ(y?a(x)) + ψ(x?a(y)), where ψ is a bounded, nonnegative function supported in the unit ball and a is a linear function a(x) = Ax. To obtain the decay rates, we derive lower and upper bounds for the first eigenvalue of a nonlocal diffusion operator of the form $$T\left( u \right) = - \int_{\mathbb{R}^d } {K\left( {x,y} \right)\left| {u\left( y \right) - u\left( x \right)} \right|^{p - 2} \left( {u\left( y \right) - u\left( x \right)} \right)dy, 1 \leqslant p < \infty .}$$ . The upper and lower bounds that we obtain are sharp and provide an explicit expression for the first eigenvalue in the whole space ? ^d : $$\lambda _{1,p} \left( {\mathbb{R}^d } \right) = 2\left( {\int_{\mathbb{R}^d } {\psi \left( z \right)dz} } \right)\left| {\frac{1} {{\left| {\det A} \right|^{1/p} }} - 1} \right|^p .$$ Moreover, we deal with the p = ∞ eigenvalue problem, studying the limit of λ _1,p ^1/p as p→∞.     

On a nonlocal problem modelling Ohmic heating in planar domains

In this paper, we consider the nonlocal problem of the form ut-Δu = (λe-u)/(∫Ωe-udx)2,x ∈Ω, t0 and the associated nonlocal stationary problem -Δv = (λe-v)/(∫Ωe-vdx)2, x ∈Ω,where λ is a positive parameter. For Ω to be an annulus, we prove that the nonlocal stationary problemhas a unique solution if and only if λ 2| Ω| 2 , and for λ = 2|Ω|2, the solution of the nonlocal parabolic problem grows up globally to infinity as t →∞.     

The Concentration Function of Additive Functions with Special Weight

Suppose that $${g\left( n \right)}$$ is an additive real-valued function, W(N) = 4+ $$\mathop {\min }\limits_\lambda $$ ( λ₂ + $$\sum\limits_{p < N} {\frac{1}{2}} $$ min (1, ( g(p) - λlog p)²), E(N) = 4+1 $$\sum\limits_{\mathop {p < N,}\limits_{g(p) \ne 0} } {\frac{1}{p}.} $$ In this paper, we prove the existence of constants C₁, C₂ such that the following inequalities hold: $\mathop {\sup }\limits_a \geqslant \left| {\left\{ {n, m, k: m, k \in \mathbb{Z},n \in \mathbb{N},n + m^2 + k^2 } \right.} \right. = \left. {\left. {N,{\text{ }}g(n) \in [a,a + 1)} \right\}} \right| \leqslant \frac{{C_1 N}}{{\sqrt {W\left( N \right)} }},$ $\mathop {\sup }\limits_a \geqslant \left| {\left\{ {n, m, k: m, k \in \mathbb{Z},n \in \mathbb{N},n + m^2 + k^2 } \right.} \right. = \left. {\left. {N,{\text{ }}g(n) = a} \right\}} \right| \leqslant \frac{{C_2 N}}{{\sqrt {E\left( N \right)} }},$ . The obtained estimates are order-sharp.     

Semi-linear Wave Equations with Effective Damping

The authors study the Cauchy problem for the semi-linear damped wave equation $$u_{tt} - \Delta u + b\left( t \right)u_t = f\left( u \right), u\left( {0,x} \right) = u_0 \left( x \right), u_t \left( {0,x} \right) = u_1 \left( x \right)$$ in any space dimension n ≥ 1. It is assumed that the time-dependent damping term b(t) > 0 is effective, and in particular tb(t) → ∞ as t → ∞. The global existence of small energy data solutions for |f(u)| ≈ |u| ^p in the supercritical case of $p > \tfrac{2} {n}$ and $p \leqslant \tfrac{n} {{n - 2}}$ for n ≥ 3 is proved.     

Triple positive periodic solutions of nonlinear singular second-order boundary value problems

This paper studies the positive solutions of the nonlinear second-order periodic boundary value problem u″(t) + λ(t)u(t) = f(t,u(t)),a.e.t ∈ [0,2π],u(0) = u(2π),u′(0) = u′(2π),where f(t,u) is a local Carath′eodory function.This shows that the problem is singular with respect to both the time variable t and space variable u.By applying the Leggett–Williams and Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorems on cones,an existence theorem of triple positive solutions is established.In order to use these theorems,the exact a priori estimations for the bound of solution are given,and some proper height functions are introduced by the estimations.     

Oscillation criteria for nonlinear neutral functional dynamic equations on time scales

In this paper, we establish some new sufficient conditions for oscillation of the second-order neutral functional dynamic equation $$\left[ {r\left( t \right)\left[ {m\left( t \right)y\left( t \right) + p\left( t \right)y\left( {\tau \left( t \right)} \right)} \right]^\Delta } \right]^\Delta + q\left( t \right)f\left( {y\left( {\delta \left( t \right)} \right)} \right) = 0$$ on a time scale $\mathbb{T}$ which is unbounded above, where m, p, q, r, T and δ are real valued rd-continuous positive functions defined on $\mathbb{T}$ . The main investigation of the results depends on the Riccati substitutions and the analysis of the associated Riccati dynamic inequality. The results complement the oscillation results for neutral delay dynamic equations and improve some oscillation results for neutral delay differential and difference equations. Some examples illustrating our main results are given.     

Existence and iteration of positive solution for a three-point boundary value problem with ap-Laplacian operator

In the paper, we obtain the existence of positive solutions and establish a corresponding iterative scheme for BVPs $$\left\{ \begin{gathered} (\phi _p (u\prime ))\prime + q(t)f(t, u) = 0,0< t< 1, \hfill \\ u(0) - B(u\prime (\eta )) = 0, u\prime (1) = 0 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right.$$ and $$\left\{ \begin{gathered} (\phi _p (u\prime ))\prime + q(t)f(t, u) = 0,0< t< 1, \hfill \\ u\prime (0) = 0, u(1) + B(u\prime (\eta )) = 0 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right.$$ The main tool is the monotone iterative technique. Here, the coefficientq(t) may be singular att = 0,1.