Perturbations of positive strongly continuous semigroups on AM spaces

We give a definition for positivity on an extrapolation space for positive strongly continuous semigroups. We prove a perturbation result on AM spaces for positive semigroups by positive operators. Finally, we give an example for this kind of perturbations. (© 2016 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A stability concept for matrix game optimal strategies and its application to linear programming sensitivity analysis

This paper studies a class of perturbations of a game matrix that alters each row by a different amount. We find that completely mixed optimal strategies are stable under these perturbations provided the norm of the vector of additive amounts is sufficiently small. Using this concept we give a new characterization of completely mixed grames. We also obtain a sensitivity result for a class of perturbations of the technological coefficient matrix of positive linear programs. The stability of an optimal strategy holds throughout at least a spherical neighborhood of the zero perturbation. We give a computational formula and equivalent programming formulations for the radius of this neighborhood.     

Asymptotic stability of the Degasperis–Procesi antipeakon–peakon profile

The aim of this paper is to prove that the Degasperis–Procesi antipeakon–peakon profile is asymptotically stable for all time. We start by proving the asymptotic stability of a single Degasperis–Procesi peakon and antipeakon with respect to perturbations having a momentum density that is first negative and then positive. Then this result is extended towards a well-ordered trains of antipeakons–peakons under such perturbations. In particular, the asymptotic stability of the antipeakon–peakon profile holds.     

Stability radius of linear parameter-varying systems and applications

In this paper, we present a unifying approach to the problems of computing of stability radii of positive linear systems. First, we study stability radii of linear time-invariant parameter-varying differential systems. A formula for the complex stability radius under multi perturbations is given. Then, under hypotheses of positivity of the system matrices, we prove that the complex, real and positive stability radii of the system under multi perturbations (or affine perturbations) coincide and they are computed via simple formulae. As applications, we consider problems of computing of (strong) stability radii of linear time-invariant time-delay differential systems and computing of stability radii of positive linear functional differential equations under multi perturbations and affine perturbations. We show that for a class of positive linear time-delay differential systems, the stability radii of the system under multi perturbations (or affine perturbations) are equal to the strong stability radii. Next, we prove that the stability radii of a positive linear functional differential equation under multi perturbations (or affine perturbations) are equal to those of the associated linear time-invariant parameter-varying differential system. In particular, we get back some explicit formulas for these stability radii which are given recently in [P.H.A. Ngoc, Strong stability radii of positive linear time-delay systems, Internat. J. Robust Nonlinear Control 15 (2005) 459-472; P.H.A. Ngoc, N.K. Son, Stability radii of positive linear functional differential equations under multi perturbations, SIAM J. Control Optim. 43 (2005) 2278-2295]. Finally, we give two examples to illustrate the obtained results.     

Schrödinger Operator Perturbed by Operators Related to Null Sets

We discuss the Schrödinger operator with positive singular perturbations given by operators which act in the space constructed by a positive measure supported by a null set. We construct examples when perturbations are given by the one-dimensional Laplacian on a segment.     

Perturbing PLA

We proved earlier that every measurable function on the circle, after a uniformly small perturbation, can be written as a power series (i.e., a series of exponentials with positive frequencies), which converges almost everywhere. Here, we show that this result is basically sharp: the perturbation cannot be made smooth or even Hölder. We also discuss a similar problem for perturbations with lacunary spectrum.     

On stability and robust stability of positive linear Volterra equations in Banach lattices

We study positive linear Volterra integro-differential equations in Banach lattices. A characterization of positive equations is given. Furthermore, an explicit spectral criterion for uniformly asymptotic stability of positive equations is presented. Finally, we deal with problems of robust stability of positive systems under structured perturbations. Some explicit stability bounds with respect to these perturbations are given.     

On convergence of solutions to difference equations with additive perturbations

Various types of stabilizing controls lead to a deterministic difference equation with the following property: once the initial value is positive, the solution tends to the unique positive equilibrium. Introducing additive perturbations can change this picture: we give examples of difference equations experiencing additive perturbations which have solutions staying around zero rather than tending to the unique positive equilibrium. When perturbations are stochastic with a bounded support, we give an upper estimate for the probability that the solution can stay around zero. Applying extra conditions on the behaviour of the map function f at zero or on the amplitudes of stochastic perturbations, we prove that the solution tends to the unique positive equilibrium almost surely. In particular, this holds either for all amplitudes when the right derivative of the map f at zero exceeds one or, independently of the behaviour of f at zero, when the amplitudes are not square summable.     

On Russell's method of controllability via stabilizability

Russell has observed that a linear system is controllable provided it is stabilizable in both positive and negative time. We give a version of this result valid for nonlinear systems, and illustrate its use by giving new proofs of two classical results from control theory, the first involving bounded perturbations of controllable linear systems, and the second involving controllability of linear systems by bounded controls.This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.     

Nonlinear Perturbations of Polyhedral Normal Cone Mappings and Affine Variational Inequalities

This paper establishes an upper estimate for the Fréchet normal cone to the graph of the nonlinearly perturbed polyhedral normal cone mappings in finite dimensional spaces. Under a positive linear independence assumption on the normal vectors of the active constraints at the point in question, the result leads to an upper estimate for values of the Mordukhovich coderivative of such mappings. On the basis, new results on solution stability of parametric affine variational inequalities under nonlinear perturbations are derived.     

Scalar curvature rigidity and Ricci DeTurck flow on perturbations of Euclidean space

We prove a rigidity result for non-negative scalar curvature perturbations of the Euclidean metric on \(\mathbb {R}^n\), which may be regarded as a weak version of the rigidity statement of the positive mass theorem. We prove our result by analyzing long time solutions of Ricci DeTurck flow. As a byproduct in doing so, we extend known \(L^p\) bounds and decay rates for Ricci DeTurck flow and prove regularity of the flow at the initial data.     

Stability analysis of the phytoplankton vertical steady states in a laboratory test tube

The positive vertical equilibrium profiles of a phytoplankton population growing in a vertical test tube under controlled experimental conditions (temperature, salinity, light intensity at the top surface) for nutrients are discussed with reference to their stability properties for arbitrary positive initial values of the biomass concentration along the tube. Two different approaches are followed. First a stability result is established in the Sobolev norm H² by estimating the norms of the perturbations recursively in successive subintervals of suitably small amplitude. The second approach provides stability in the sense of the uniform convergence as a corollary of a stability theorem for a rather general class of integro-differential equations.     

Instability of solitons under flexure and twist of an elastic rod

We study the stability of planar soliton solutions of equations describing the dynamics of an infinite inextensible unshearable rod under three-dimensional spatial perturbations. As a result of linearization about the soliton solution, we obtain an inhomogeneous scalar equation. This equation leads to a generalized eigenvalue problem. To establish the instability, we must verify the existence of an unstable eigenvalue (an eigenvalue with a positive real part). The corresponding proof of the instability is done using a local construction of the Evans function depending only on the spectral parameter. This function is analytic in the right half of the complex plane and has at least one zero on the positive real axis coinciding with an unstable eigenvalue of the generalized spectral problem.     

On Singular Perturbations of Quantum Dynamical Semigroups

We consider two examples of quantum dynamical semigroups obtained by singular perturbations of a standard generator which are special case of unbounded completely positive perturbations studied in detail in [11]. In Sec. 2, we propose a generalization of an example in [15] aimed to give a positive answer to a conjecture of Arveson. In Sec. 3 we consider in greater detail an improved and simplified construction of a nonstandard dynamical semigroup outlined in our short communication [12].     

On Γ-limit classes of perturbations defined by integral conditions

For the coefficients of linear differential systems, we consider classes of piecewise continuous perturbations that are infinitesimal in mean on the positive half-line with some positive piecewise continuous weight belonging to a given set. We obtain sufficient conditions for such a class to be Γ-limit, i.e., to admit the computation of a reachable upper bound of the exponents of linear differential systems with perturbations in that class by a formula similar to the well-known formulas for the central and exponential exponents.     

Stability radii of positive higher order difference systems under fractional perturbations

In this paper we study stability radii of positive higher order difference systems under fractional perturbations and affine perturbations of the coefficient matrices. It is shown that real and complex stability radii coincide and can be computed by a simple formula. Finally, a simple example is given to illustrate the obtained results.     

Positivity and stability of linear functional differential equations with infinite delay

General linear functional differential equations with infinite delay are considered. We first give an explicit criterion for positivity of the solution semigroup of linear functional differential equations with infinite delay and then a Perron‐Frobenius type theorem for positive equations. Next, a novel criterion for the exponential asymptotic stability of positive equations is presented. Furthermore, two sufficient conditions for the exponential asymptotic stability of positive equations subjected to structured perturbations and affine perturbations are provided. Finally, we applied the obtained results to problems of the exponential asymptotic stability of Volterra integrodifferential equations. To the best of our knowledge, most of the results of this paper are new.     

Calmness of the Argmin Mapping in Linear Semi-Infinite Optimization

This paper characterizes the calmness property of the argmin mapping in the framework of linear semi-infinite optimization problems under canonical perturbations; i.e., continuous perturbations of the right-hand side of the constraints (inequalities) together with perturbations of the objective function coefficient vector. This characterization is new for semi-infinite problems without requiring uniqueness of minimizers. For ordinary (finitely constrained) linear programs, the calmness of the argmin mapping always holds, since its graph is piecewise polyhedral (as a consequence of a classical result by Robinson). Moreover, the so-called isolated calmness (corresponding to the case of unique optimal solution for the nominal problem) has been previously characterized. As a key tool in this paper, we appeal to a certain supremum function associated with our nominal problem, not involving problems in a neighborhood, which is related to (sub)level sets. The main result establishes that, under Slater constraint qualification, perturbations of the objective function are negligible when characterizing the calmness of the argmin mapping. This result also states that the calmness of the argmin mapping is equivalent to the calmness of the level set mapping.     

Regular and singular periodic perturbations of an oscillator with cubic restoring force

The paper considers small periodic regular and singular perturbations of a system, whose conservative part is an oscillator with cubic restoring force. The smallness of perturbations is due to both the smallness of the neighborhood of equilibrium and the presence of a small parameter. In the absence of a small parameter, we obtain conditions for Lyapunov stability of the equilibrium position. If a small parameter is present, we derive (both for regular and singular perturbations) an equation whose positive roots are in correspondence with invariant two-dimensional tori of the perturbed system.     

On the perron sign change effect for Lyapunov characteristic exponents of solutions of differential systems

The Perron effect is the effect in which the characteristic Lyapunov exponents of solutions of a differential system change sign from negative to positive when passing to a perturbed system. We show that this effect is realized on all nontrivial solutions of two two-dimensional systems: an original linear system with negative characteristic exponents and a perturbed system with small perturbations of arbitrary order m > 1 in a neighborhood of the origin, all of whose nontrivial solutions have positive characteristic exponents. We compute the exact positive value of the characteristic exponents of solutions of the two-dimensional nonlinear Perron system with small second-order perturbations, which realizes only a partial Perron effect.