Constant-Sign Periodic and Almost Periodic Solutions for a System of Integral Equations

We consider the following system of integral equations $${u_{i}(t)=\int\nolimits_{I} g_{i}(t, s)f(s, u_{1}(s), u_{2}(s), \cdots, u_{n}(s))ds, \quad t \in I, \ 1 \leq i\leq n}$$ where I is an interval of $\mathbb{R}$ . Our aim is to establish criteria such that the above system has a constant-sign periodic and almost periodic solution (u ₁, u ₂,…,u _n ) when I is an infinite interval of $\mathbb{R}$ , and a constant-sign periodic solution when I is a finite interval of $\mathbb{R}$ . The above problem is also extended to that on $\mathbb{R}$ $$u_{i} {\left( t \right)} = {\int_\mathbb{R} {g_{i} {\left( {t,s} \right)}f_{i} {\left( {s,u_{1} {\left( s \right)},u_{2} {\left( s \right)}, \cdots ,u_{n} {\left( s \right)}} \right)}ds\quad t \in \mathbb{R},\quad 1 \leqslant i \leqslant n.} }$$      

Continuous dependence for integrodifferential equations with infinite delay

Continuous dependence for integrodifferential equation with infinite delay $$\begin{gathered} \dot x = h(t,x) + \int_{ \sim \infty }^t {q(t,s,x(s))ds} + F(t,x(t),Sx(t))t \geqslant 0 \hfill \\ x(t) = \Phi (t) \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ where \(Sx(t) = \int_{ \sim \infty }^t {k(t,s,x(s))} ds\) is studied under the assumption of existence of unique solution.     

Oscillation and global attractivity in a periodic delay hematopoiesis model

In this paper we shall consider the nonlinear delay differential equation $$p'(t) = \frac{{\beta (t)}}{{1 + p^n (t - m\omega )}} - \delta (t)p(t),$$ wherem is a positive integer, β(t) and δ(t) are positive periodic functions of period ω. In the nondelay case we shall show that (*) has a unique positive periodic solution $\bar p(t)$ , and show that $\bar p(t)$ is a global attractor all other positive solutions. In the delay case we shall present sufficient conditions for the oscillation of all positive solutions of (*) about $\bar p(t)$ , and establish sufficient conditions for the global attractivity of $\bar p(t)$ . Our results extend and improve the well known results in the autonomous case.     

An integral equation and a representation for a Green's function

The final step in the mathematical solution of many problems in mathematical physics and engineering is the solution of a linear, two-point boundary-value problem such as $$\begin{gathered} \ddot u - q(t)u = - g(t), 0< t< x \hfill \\ (0) = 0, \dot u(x) = 0 \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ Such problems frequently arise in a variational context. In terms of the Green's functionG, the solution is $$u(t) = \int_0^x {G(t, y, x)g(y) dy} $$ It is shown that the Green's function may be represented in the form $$G(t,y,x) = m(t,y) - \int_y^x {q(s)m(t, s) m(y, s)} ds, 0< t< y< x$$ wherem satisfies the Fredholm integral equation $$m(t,x) = k(t,x) - \int_0^x k (t,y) q(y) m(y, x) dy, 0< t< x$$ and the kernelk is $$k(t, y) = min(t, y)$$      

An Analog of the Cameron--Johnson Theorem for Linear ℂ-Analytic Equations in Hilbert Space

The well-known Cameron--Johnson theorem asserts that the equation $\dot x = \mathcal{A}\left( t \right)x$ with a recurrent (Bohr almost periodic) matrix $\mathcal{A}\left( t \right)$ can be reduced by a Lyapunov transformation to the equation $\dot y = \mathcal{B}\left( t \right)y$ with a skew-symmetric matrix $\mathcal{B}\left( t \right)$ , provided that all solutions of the equation $\dot x = \mathcal{A}\left( t \right)x$ and of all its limit equations are bounded on the whole line. In the note, a generalization of this result to linear $\mathbb{C}$ -analytic equations in a Hilbert space is presented.     

On the supercritical KdV equation with time-oscillating nonlinearity

For the initial value problem (IVP) associated to the generalized Korteweg–de Vries (gKdV) equation with supercritical nonlinearity, $$u_{t}+\partial_x^3u+\partial_x(u^{k+1}) =0,\qquad k\geq 5,$$ numerical evidence [3] shows that, there are initial data ${\phi\in H^1(\mathbb{R})}$ such that the corresponding solution may blow-up in finite time. Also, with the evidence from numerical simulation [1, 18], it has been claimed that a periodic time dependent coefficient in the nonlinearity would disturb the blow-up solution, either accelerating or delaying it. In this work, we investigate the IVP associated to the gKdV equation $$u_{t}+\partial_x^3u+g(\omega t)\partial_x(u^{k+1}) =0,$$ where g is a periodic function and ${k\geq 5}$ is an integer. We prove that, for given initial data ${\phi \in H^1(\mathbb{R})}$ , as ${|\omega|\to \infty}$ , the solution ${u_{\omega} }$ converges to the solution U of the initial value problem associated to $$U_{t}+\partial_x^3U+m(g)\partial_x(U^{k+1}) =0,$$ with the same initial data, where m(g) is the average of the periodic function g. Moreover, if the solution U is global and satisfies ${\|U\|_{L_x^{5}L_t^{10}}<\infty}$ , then we prove that the solution ${u_{\omega} }$ is also global provided ${|\omega|}$ is sufficiently large.     

Operational Calculus Approach to Nonlocal Cauchy Problems

Let Φ be a linear functional of the space ${\mathcal{C} =\mathcal{C}(\Delta)}$ of continuous functions on an interval Δ. The nonlocal boundary problem for an arbitrary linear differential equation $$ P\left(\frac{d}{d t}\right)y = F(t) $$ with constant coefficients and boundary value conditions of the form $$ \Phi\{\,y^{(k)}\} =\alpha_k,\,\,\,k = 0,\,1,\,2,\, \ldots,\,{\rm deg} P-1 $$ is said to be a nonlocal Cauchy boundary value problem. For solution of such problems an operational calculus of Mikusiński’s type, based on the convolution $$ (f*g)(t) = \Phi_\tau\, \left\{{\int\limits_\tau^t} f(t+\tau - \sigma)\,g(\sigma)\, d \sigma\, \right\}, $$ is developed. In the frames of this operational calculus the classical Heaviside algorithm is extended to nonlocal Cauchy problems. The obtaining of periodic, antiperiodic and mean-periodic solutions of linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients both in the non-resonance and in the resonance cases reduces to such problems. Here only the non-resonance case is considered. Extensions of the Duhamel principle are proposed.     

Asymptotic Properties in a Delay Differential Inequality with Periodic Coefficients

New criteria are proposed for investigating the asymptotic behavior of the delay inequality $$u^{\prime} (t) \leq - a(t) u(t) + b(t) u(t - \tau)$$ and the corresponding differential equation $$x^{\prime} (t) = - a(t) x(t) + b(t) x(t - \tau)$$ , assuming continuous and periodic coefficients, ${b(t) \geq 0}$ . Our strategy requires conditions on coefficients in average form. The presence of impulsive effects is also considered.     

Non-resonant boundary value problems with singular {\phi} -Laplacian operators

In this paper, using Leray–Schauder degree arguments, critical point theory for lower semicontinuous functionals and the method of lower and upper solutions, we give existence results for periodic problems involving the relativistic operator ${u \mapsto \left(\frac{u^\prime}{\sqrt{1-u^\prime 2}}\right)^\prime+r(t)u}$ with ${\int_0^Tr dt\neq 0}$ . In particular we show that in this case we have non-resonance, that is periodic problem $$\left(\frac{u^\prime}{\sqrt{1-u^\prime 2}}\right)^\prime+r(t)u=e(t),\quad u(0)-u(T)=0=u^\prime(0)-u^\prime(T),$$ has at least one solution for any continuous function ${e : [0, T] \to \mathbb {R}}$ . Then, we consider Brillouin and Mathieu-Duffing type equations for which ${r(t) \equiv b_1 + b_2 {\rm cos} t {\rm and} b_1, b_2 \in \mathbb{R}}$ .     

Oscillations and Convergence in an Almost Periodic Competition System

Sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of a globally attractive almost periodic solution of a competition system modelled by the nonautonomous Lotka–Volterra delay differential equations $$\begin{gathered} \frac{{{\text{d}}N_1 (t)}}{{{\text{d}}t}} = N_1 (t)\left[ {r_1 (t) - a_{11} (t)N_1 (t - \tau (t)) - a_{12} (t)N_2 (t - \tau (t))} \right], \hfill \\ \frac{{{\text{d}}N_2 (t)}}{{{\text{d}}t}} = N_2 (t)\left[ {r_2 (t) - a_{21} (t)N_1 (t - \tau (t)) - a_{22} (t)N_2 (t - \tau (t))} \right], \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ in which $ \tau ,r_i ,a_{ij} (i,j = 1,2) $ are continuous positive almost periodic functions; conditions are also obtained for all positive solutions of the above system to 'oscillate' about the unique almost periodic solution. Some ecobiological consequences of the convergence to almost periodicity and delay induced oscillations are briefly discussed.     

On the convolution equation with positive kernel expressed via an alternating measure

We consider the integral convolution equation on the half-line or on a finite interval with kernel $$K(x - t) = \int_a^b {e^{ - \left| {x - t} \right|s} d\sigma (s)} $$ with an alternating measure dσ under the conditions $$K(x) > 0, \int_a^b {\frac{1}{s}\left| {d\sigma (s)} \right| < + \infty } , \int_{ - \infty }^\infty {K(x)dx = 2} \int_a^b {\frac{1}{s}d\sigma (s) \leqslant 1} .$$ The solution of the nonlinear Ambartsumyan equation $$\varphi (s) = 1 + \varphi (s) \int_a^b {\frac{{\varphi (p)}}{{s + p}}d\sigma (p)} ,$$ is constructed; it can be effectively used for solving the original convolution equation.     

On minimum norm solutions

This note investigates the problem $$\min x_p^p /p,s.t.Ax \geqslant b,$$ where 1<p<∞. It is proved that the dual of this problem has the form $$\max b^T y - A^T y_q^q /q,s.t.y \geqslant 0,$$ whereq=p/(p?1). The main contribution is an explicit rule for retrieving a primal solution from a dual one. If an inequality is replaced by an equality, then the corresponding dual variable is not restricted to stay nonnegative. A similar modification exists for interval constraints. Partially regularized problems are also discussed. Finally, we extend an observation of Luenberger, showing that the dual of $$\min x_p ,s.t.Ax \geqslant b,$$ is $$\max b^T y,s.t.y \geqslant 0,A^T y_q \leqslant 1,$$ and sharpening the relation between a primal solution and a dual solution.     

On Periodic Solutions of the Periodic

By treating the periodic Riccati equation ${\rm\dot{z}=a(t)z^2+b(t)z+c(t)}$ as a dynamical system on the sphere S, the number and stability of its periodic solutions are determined. Using properties of Moebius transformations, an exact algebraic relation is obtained between any periodic solution and any complex-valued periodic solution. This leads to a new method for constructing the periodic solutions.     

Stability in nonlinear neutral integro-differential equations with variable delay using fixed point theory

The nonlinear neutral integro-differential equation $$\frac{d}{dt}x ( t ) =-\int_{t-\tau ( t ) }^{t}a ( t,s ) g \bigl( x ( s ) \bigr) ds+\frac{d}{dt}G \bigl( t,x \bigl( t-\tau ( t ) \bigr) \bigr) , $$ with variable delay τ(t)≥0 is investigated. We find suitable conditions for τ, a, g and G so that for a given continuous initial function ψ a mapping P for the above equation can be defined on a carefully chosen complete metric space $S_{\psi }^{0}$ in which P possesses a unique fixed point. The final result is an asymptotic stability theorem for the zero solution with a necessary and sufficient condition. The obtained theorem improves and generalizes previous results due to Burton (Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 132:3679–3687, 2004), Becker and Burton (Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., A 136:245–275, 2006) and Jin and Luo (Comput. Math. Appl. 57:1080–1088, 2009).     

Optimal trajectories for quadratic variational processes via invariant imbedding

Consider minimizing the integral $$I = \int_0^T {[\dot w^2 + g(y)w^2 ] dy}$$ where $$w = w(y), \dot w = dw/dy, w(T) = 1, w(0) = free$$ ForT sufficiently small, it is shown that $$w_{opt} = x(t,T), 0 \leqslant t \leqslant T$$ where the functionx, viewed as a function ofT, is a solution of the Cauchy problem $$\begin{gathered} x_T (t,T) = r(T)x(t,T), T \geqslant t \hfill \\ x(t,t) = 1 \hfill \\\end{gathered}$$ and the auxiliary functionr satisfies the Riccati system $$\begin{gathered} r_T = ---g(T) + r^2 , T \geqslant 0 \hfill \\ r(0) = 0 \hfill \\\end{gathered}$$ In the derivation of the Cauchy problem, no use is made of Euler equations, dynamic programming, or Pontryagin's maximum principle. Only ordinary differential equations are employed. The Cauchy problem provides a one-sweep integration procedure; it is intimately connected with the theory of the second variation.     

On the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of semilinear nonautonomous equations

We consider nonautonomous semilinear evolution equations of the form $$\frac{dx}{dt}= A(t)x+f(t,x) . $$ Here A(t) is a (possibly unbounded) linear operator acting on a real or complex Banach space $\mathbb{X}$ and $f: \mathbb{R}\times\mathbb {X}\to\mathbb{X}$ is a (possibly nonlinear) continuous function. We assume that the linear equation (1) is well-posed (i.e. there exists a continuous linear evolution family {U(t,s)}_(t,s)∈Δ such that for every s∈?₊ and x∈D(A(s)), the function x(t)=U(t,s)x is the uniquely determined solution of Eq. (1) satisfying x(s)=x). Then we can consider the mild solution of the semilinear equation (2) (defined on some interval [s,s+δ),δ>0) as being the solution of the integral equation $$x(t) = U(t, s)x + \int_s^t U(t, \tau)f\bigl(\tau, x(\tau)\bigr) d\tau,\quad t\geq s . $$ Furthermore, if we assume also that the nonlinear function f(t,x) is jointly continuous with respect to t and x and Lipschitz continuous with respect to x (uniformly in t∈?₊, and f(t,0)=0 for all t∈?₊) we can generate a (nonlinear) evolution family {X(t,s)}_(t,s)∈Δ , in the sense that the map $t\mapsto X(t,s)x:[s,\infty)\to\mathbb{X}$ is the unique solution of Eq. (4), for every $x\in\mathbb{X}$ and s∈?₊. Considering the Green’s operator $(\mathbb{G}{f})(t)=\int_{0}^{t} X(t,s)f(s)ds$ we prove that if the following conditions hold

• the map $\mathbb{G}{f}$ lies in $L^{q}(\mathbb{R}_{+},\mathbb{X})$ for all $f\in L^{p}(\mathbb{R}_{+},\mathbb{X})$ , and
• $\mathbb{G}:L^{p}(\mathbb{R}_{+},\mathbb{X})\to L^{q}(\mathbb {R}_{+},\mathbb{X})$ is Lipschitz continuous, i.e. there exists K>0 such that $$\|\mathbb{G} {f}-\mathbb{G} {g}\|_{q} \leq K\|f-g\|_{p} , \quad\mbox{for all}\ f,g\in L^p(\mathbb{R}_+,\mathbb{X}) , $$

then the above mild solution will have an exponential decay.     

Convergence to steady states of solutions to nonlinear integral evolution equations

We prove that any global bounded solution of the nonlinear evolutionary integral equation $$\dot{u}(t) + \int\limits_0^t a(t-s)\mathcal{E}'(u(s))ds =f(t), \quad t >0 $$ tends to a single equilibrium state for long time (i.e., ${\mathcal{E}'(\vartheta)=0}$ where ${\vartheta= \lim_{t \rightarrow \infty} u(t)}$ on a real Hilbert space), where ${\mathcal{E}'}$ is the Fréchet derivative of a functional ${\mathcal{E}}$ , which satisfies the ?ojasiewicz?CSimon inequality near ${\vartheta}$ . The vector-valued function f and the scalar kernel a satisfy suitable conditions.     

Change point testing for the drift parameters of a periodic mean reversion process

In this paper we investigate the problem of detecting a change in the drift parameters of a generalized Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process which is defined as the solution of $$\begin{aligned} dX_t=(L(t)-\alpha X_t) dt + \sigma dB_t \end{aligned}$$ and which is observed in continuous time. We derive an explicit representation of the generalized likelihood ratio test statistic assuming that the mean reversion function $L(t)$ is a finite linear combination of known basis functions. In the case of a periodic mean reversion function, we determine the asymptotic distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis.     

Bounding S(t) and S_1(t) on the Riemann hypothesis

Let $\pi S(t)$ denote the argument of the Riemann zeta-function, $\zeta (s)$ , at the point $s=\frac{1}{2}+it$ . Assuming the Riemann hypothesis, we present two proofs of the bound $$\begin{aligned} |S(t)| \le \left(\frac{1}{4} + o(1) \right)\frac{\log t}{\log \log t} \end{aligned}$$ for large $t$ . This improves a result of Goldston and Gonek by a factor of 2. The first method consists of bounding the auxiliary function $S_1(t) = \int _0^{t} S(u) \> \text{ d}u$ using extremal functions constructed by Carneiro, Littmann and Vaaler. We then relate the size of $S(t)$ to the size of the functions $S_1(t\pm h)-S_1(t)$ when $h\asymp 1/\log \log t$ . The alternative approach bounds $S(t)$ directly, relying on the solution of the Beurling–Selberg extremal problem for the odd function $f(x) = \arctan \left(\frac{1}{x}\right) - \frac{x}{1 + x^2}$ . This draws upon recent work by Carneiro and Littmann.