Remarks on Barbashin-Ezeilo Problem on third-order nonlinear differential equations

In this paper, we use the frequency domain criteria to initiate a general result on the Barbashin-Ezeilo Problem on third-order nonlinear differential equation. Earlier ideas of Burkin [I.M. Burkin, Orbital stability of second-kind limiting cycles for dynamical systems with cylindrical phase space, Differential Equations 29 (1993) 1262-1264], Leonov [G.A. Leonov, A frequency criterion for the existence of limit cycles of dynamical systems with cylindrical phase spaces, Differential Equations 23 (1987) 1375-1378] on the problem are being improved upon.     

The wavelet transform method applied to a coupled chaotic system with asymmetric coupling schemes

The wavelet transform method originated by Wei et al. (2002) [19] is an effective tool for enhancing the transverse stability of the synchronous manifold of a coupled chaotic system. Much of the theoretical study on this matter is centered on networks that are symmetrically coupled. However, in real applications, the coupling topology of a network is often asymmetric; see Belykh et al. (2006)  [23], [24], Chavez et al. (2005)  [25], Hwang et al. (2005)  [26], Juang et al. (2007)  [17], and Wu (2003)  [13]. In this work, a certain type of asymmetric sparse connection topology for networks of coupled chaotic systems is presented. Moreover, our work here represents the first step in understanding how to actually control the stability of global synchronization from dynamical chaos for asymmetrically connected networks of coupled chaotic systems via the wavelet transform method. In particular, we obtain the following results. First, it is shown that the lower bound for achieving synchrony of the coupled chaotic system with the wavelet transform method is independent of the number of nodes. Second, we demonstrate that the wavelet transform method as applied to networks of coupled chaotic systems is even more effective and controllable for asymmetric coupling schemes as compared to the symmetric cases.     

Global exponential stability of certain switched systems with time-varying delays

This paper is focused on global exponential stability of certain switched systems with time-varying delays. By using an average dwell time (ADT) approach that is different from the method in [P.H.A. Ngoc, On exponential stability of nonlinear differential systems with time-varying delay, Applied Mathematics Letters 25 (2012) 1208–1213], we establish a new global exponential stability criterion for the switched linear time-delay system under the ADT switching. We also apply this method to a general switched nonlinear time-delay system. A numerical example is given to show the effectiveness of our results.     

Agreeable domains

An integral domain D with quotient field K is defined to be agreeable if for each fractional ideal F of D[X] with F C K[X] there exists 0 = s ε D with sF C D[X]. D is agreeable ? D satisfies property (*) (for 0 ^ f(X) G K[X], there exists 0 = s ε D so that f(X)g(X) ε D[X] for g(X) ε K[X] implies that sg(X) ε D[X]) &; D[X] is an almost principal domain, i.e., for each nonzero ideal I of D[X] with IK[X] = K[X], there exists f(X) ε I and 0 = s ε D with sI C (f(X)). If D is Noetherian or integrally closed, then D is agreeable. A number of other characterizations of agreeable domains are given as are a number of stability properties. For example, if D is agreeable, so is ?^αD_{P α} and for a pair of domains D?D′ with a [DD:′]≠0, D is agreeable?D′ is agreeable. Results on agreeable domains are used to give an alternative treatment of Querre's characterization of divisorial ideals in integrally closed polynomial rings. Finally, the various characterizations of D being agreeable are considered for polynomial rings in several variables.     

Global exponential stability of a class of retarded impulsive differential equations with applications

This paper studies the dynamics of a class of retarded impulsive differential equations (IDE), which generalizes the delayed cellular neural networks (DCNN), delayed bidirectional associative memory (BAM) neural networks and some population growth models. Some sufficient criteria are obtained for the existence and global exponential stability of a unique equilibrium. When the impulsive jumps are absent, our results reduce to its corresponding results for the non-impulsive systems. The approaches are based on Banach’s fixed point theorem, matrix theory and its spectral theory. Due to this method, our results generalize and improve many previous known results such as [3], [5], [6], [9], [17], [18], [23], [32], [38], [43], [51], [52]. Some examples are also included to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the results obtained.     

Existence of a global liapunov functional for certain classes of nonlinear distributed systems : PMM vol. 40, n 6, 1976, pp. 1135–1142

The existence of a global Liapunov functional for nonlinear evolutionary equations in a Hilbert space is investigated as a continuation of paper [1], The results obtained represent a generalization of the results of the theory of absolute stability [2, 3], for the systems with infinite dimensional phase space, and are used for investigation of the nonlocal stability and instability of nonlinear distributed systems. The conditions of existence of the global Liapunov functional obtained are illustrated by an example of a nonlinear parabolic system defined in the interval [0, 1], The concept of a Liapunov functional was first introduced and used with success in [4].     

The stability of linear periodic Hamiltonian systems on time scales

In this work, we give a new stability criterion for planar periodic Hamiltonian systems, improving the results from the literature. The method is based on an application of the Floquet theory recently established in [J.J. DaCunha, J.M. Davis, A unified Floquet theory for discrete, continuous, and hybrid periodic linear systems, J. Differential Equations 251 (2011) 2987–3027], and the use of a new definition for a generalized zero. The results obtained not only unify the related continuous and discrete ones but also provide sharper stability criteria for the discrete case.     

Stability and asymptotic behaviour of a class of discrete systems

Summary This paper is concerned with convolution discrete systems on the half-axis. Necessary and sufficient conditions for uniform stability as well as admissibility results similar to that from continuous case (see [1], [4–5], [8–9]) are given. Entrata in Redazione il 24 febbraio 1976.     

On stability of equilibrium of nonholonomic systems : PMM vol. 39, n 6, 1975, pp. 1135–1140

The problem of stability of motion of nonholonomic systems was first considered by Whittaker in [1], and developed in [2–7] et al. The most general results in investigating the stability of equilibrium of conservative nonholonomic systems and in clarifying the influence of the dissipative forces on this stability, were obtained in [5]. In the present paper we give a further generalization of the results obtained in [5].     

Analytic study on a state observer synchronizing a class of linear fractional differential systems

This paper is concerned with Theorem 2 in Matignon and d’André-Novel (1997) [1], which was sufficient and necessary criterion on a state observer for a class of linear fractional differential systems. Based on the stability theory, the dual principle and the pole assignment theory of the fractional differential system, we have proved the validity of sufficiency of Theorem 2 in details. A counterexample is provided to show that the condition of Theorem 2 is not necessary.     

Exponential ergodicity and regularity for equations with Lévy noise

We prove exponential convergence to the invariant measure, in the total variation norm, for solutions of SDEs driven by α-stable noises in finite and in infinite dimensions. Two approaches are used. The first one is based on Liapunov’s function approach by Harris, and the second on Doeblin’s coupling argument in [8]. Irreducibility and uniform strong Feller property play an essential role in both approaches. We concentrate on two classes of Markov processes: solutions of finite dimensional equations, introduced in [27], with Hölder continuous drift and a general, non-degenerate, symmetric α-stable noise, and infinite dimensional parabolic systems, introduced in [29], with Lipschitz drift and cylindrical α-stable noise. We show that if the nonlinearity is bounded, then the processes are exponential mixing. This improves, in particular, an earlier result established in [28], with a different method.     

Stability of undercompressive shock profiles

Using a simplified pointwise iteration scheme, we establish nonlinear phase-asymptotic orbital stability of large-amplitude Lax, undercompressive, overcompressive, and mixed under-overcompressive type shock profiles of strictly parabolic systems of conservation laws with respect to initial perturbations |u₀(x)|?E₀(1+|x|)^−3/2 in C0+α, E₀ sufficiently small, under the necessary conditions of spectral and hyperbolic stability together with transversality of the connecting profile. This completes the program initiated by Zumbrun and Howard in [K. Zumbrun, P. Howard, Pointwise semigroup methods and stability of viscous shock waves, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 47 (4) (1998) 741-871], extending to the general undercompressive case results obtained for Lax and overcompressive shock profiles in [A. Szepessy, Z. Xin, Nonlinear stability of viscous shock waves, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 122 (1993) 53-103; T.-P. Liu, Pointwise convergence to shock waves for viscous conservation laws, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 50 (11) (1997) 1113-1182; K. Zumbrun, P. Howard, Pointwise semigroup methods and stability of viscous shock waves, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 47 (4) (1998) 741-871; K. Zumbrun, Refined wave-tracking and nonlinear stability of viscous Lax shocks, Methods Appl. Anal. 7 (2000) 747-768; M.-R. Raoofi, L¹-asymptotic behavior of perturbed viscous shock profiles, thesis, Indiana Univ., 2004; C. Mascia, K. Zumbrun, Pointwise Green's function bounds and stability of relaxation shocks, Indiana Univ. Math. J. 51 (4) (2002) 773-904; C. Mascia, K. Zumbrun, Stability of small-amplitude shock profiles of symmetric hyperbolic-parabolic systems, Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 57 (7) (2004) 841-876; C. Mascia, K. Zumbrun, Pointwise Green's function bounds for shock profiles with degenerate viscosity, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 169 (3) (2003) 177-263; C. Mascia, K. Zumbrun, Stability of large-amplitude shock profiles of hyperbolic-parabolic systems, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 172 (1) (2004) 93-131; C. Mascia, K. Zumbrun, Stability of large-amplitude shock profiles of general relaxation systems, SIAM J. Math. Anal., in press], and for special “weakly coupled” (respectively scalar diffusive-dispersive) undercompressive profiles in [T.P. Liu, K. Zumbrun, Nonlinear stability of an undercompressive shock for complex Burgers equation, Comm. Math. Phys. 168 (1) (1995) 163-186; T.P. Liu, K. Zumbrun, On nonlinear stability of general undercompressive viscous shock waves, Comm. Math. Phys. 174 (2) (1995) 319-345] (respectively [P. Howard, K. Zumbrun, Pointwise estimates for dispersive-diffusive shock waves, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 155 (2000) 85-169]). In particular, together with spectral results of [K. Zumbrun, Dynamical stability of phase transitions in the p-system with viscosity-capillarity, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 60 (2000) 1913-1924], our results yield nonlinear stability of large-amplitude undercompressive phase-transitional profiles near equilibrium of Slemrod's model [M. Slemrod, Admissibility criteria for propagating phase boundaries in a van der Waals fluid, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 81 (4) (1983) 301-315] for van der Waal gas dynamics or elasticity with viscosity-capillarity.     

Stability for Lie–Trotter products for some operator matrix semigroups

Coupled systems of linear differential equations in Banach spaces can be often handled by the theory of C₀-semigroups of operator matrices. We study the stability of Lie–Trotter products of such matrix semigroups, and present three classes of examples (abstract delay equations, abstract inhomogeneous equations, abstract dynamic boundary value problems) and some open problems. This survey is based on the papers [1], [2] and [5], to which we refer the interested reader for more details and extensive bibliographical information. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

具有多个非线性项的一般Lurie直接控制系统的绝对稳定性

在本文中，依据文［８］提出的关于变元σ绝对稳定的概念，我们对具有多个 非线性项的一般Ｌｕｒｉｅ直接系统得到了绝对稳定的新的充要条件，并给出一些实用的 充分条件．一个数值例子说明了本文结果的有效性．     

Singuläre S-hermitesche Rand-Eigenwertprobleme

The theory of singular self-adjoint eigenvalue problems developed by Weyl [13], Stone [12], Kodaira [2] and others has been generalized by A. Schneider [8], [9], [10], [11] to real S-hermitian systems of differential equations with real boundary conditions. Here the theory of singular S-hermitian boundary-value problems for arbitrary complex systems of differential equations with complex boundary conditions is developed. Moreover the boundary conditions are allowed to depend linearly on the eigenvalue-parameter.     

幂平均不等式的最优值

设Mn[r](a)为a的r阶幂平均,0<α<θ<β,那么满足不等式[Mn[α](a)]1-λ.[Mn[β](a)]λ≤Mn[θ](a)的最大实数λ是λ≥{1+(β-θ)/[m(θ-α)]}-1.这里m=min{[2+(n-2)tβ]/[2+(n-2)tα],t∈R++};满足反向不等式的最小实数λ是λ=[β(θ-α)]/[θ(β-α)].本文的方法基于优势理论与解析技巧,对于建立不等式的最优化思想作了尽可能多的展示.作为应用,得到了一些涉及和、积分与矩阵的新不等式(含Hardy不等式的推广与加强).     

Application of Quasihomogeneous Polynomials to Some Stability Problems

The quasihomogeneous polynomials examined previously by the author, especially quasiquadratic forms [1, 2], are used to study some stability problems. The stability of systems of differential equations with quasihomogeneous right-hand sides is studied. Theorems analogous to the first-approximation Lyapunov stability theorems are derived for one class of essentially nonlinear systems of a special form. Several problems for these systems are examined that may be among the critical cases for these nonlinear systems of differential equations.     

Almost all triangle-free triple systems are tripartite

A triangle in a triple system is a collection of three edges isomorphic to {123,124,345}. A triple system is triangle-free if it contains no three edges forming a triangle. It is tripartite if it has a vertex partition into three parts such that every edge has exactly one point in each part. It is easy to see that every tripartite triple system is triangle-free. We prove that almost all triangle-free triple systems with vertex set [n] are tripartite. Our proof uses the hypergraph regularity lemma of Frankl and R?dl [13], and a stability theorem for triangle-free triple systems due to Keevash and the second author [15].     

Bifurcation of limit cycles from a center in two-parameter system

In this paper we consider a two-parameter perturbated system which takes the systems discussed in [1], [2], [3] as its special case. The bifurcation region of the limit cycles is given on the parameter plane. The author also studies the stability of the limit cycles. At the end of this paper the author discusses the difference of the bifurcation of the limit cycles from a center between the case of two-parameter and the case of one-parameter.     

Capacity planning in manufacturing networks with discrete options

We consider multiproduct manufacturing systems modeled by open networks of queues with general distributions for arrival patterns and service times. Since exact solutions are not available for measuring mean number of jobs in these systems, we rely on approximate analyses based on the decomposition approach developed, among others, by Reiser and Kobayashi [16], Kuehn [14], Shanthikumar and Buzacott [19], Whitt [29], and extensions by Bitran and Tirupati [2]. The targeting problem (TP) presented in this paper addresses capacity planning issues in multiproduct manufacturing systems. Since TP is a nonlinear integer program that is not easy to solve, we present a heuristic to obtain an approximate solution. We also provide bounds on the performance of this heuristic and illustrate our approach by means of a numerical example.