FINITE ELEMENT METHODS FOR A BI-WAVE EQUATION MODELING D-WAVE SUPERCONDUCTORS

In this paper we develop two conforming finite element methods for a fourth order bi-wave equation arising as a simplified Ginzburg-Landau-type model for d-wave superconductors in absence of applied magnetic field. Unlike the biharmonic operator A2, the bi-wave operator □^2 is not an elliptic operator, so the energy space for the bi-wave equation is much larger than the energy space for the biharmonic equation. This then makes it possible to construct low order conforming finite elements for the bi-wave equation. However, the existence and construction of such finite elements strongly depends on the mesh. In the paper, we first characterize mesh conditions which allow and not allow construction of low order conforming finite elements for approximating the bi-wave equation. We then construct a cubic and a quartic conforming finite element. It is proved that both elements have the desired approximation properties, and give optimal order error estimates in the energy norm, suboptimal （and optimal in some cases） order error estimates in the H1 and L^2 norm. Finally, numerical experiments are presented to guage the efficiency of the proposed finite element methods and to validate the theoretical error bounds.     

Positive Solutions for Singular Quasilinear Schrodinger Equations with One Parameter,II

We establish the existence of positive bound state solutions for the singular quasilinear Schrodinger equation iψ/t=-div（ρ（｜ψ｜^2） ψ）＋ω（｜ψ｜62）ψ-λρ（｜ψ｜^2）ψ,x∈Ω,t〉0,where ω（τ^2）τ→∞ as τ→ 0 and, λ 〉 0is a parameter and Ω is a ball in ^RN. This problem is studied in connection with the following quasilinear eigenvalue problem with Dirichlet boundary condition -div（ρ（｜ ψ｜^2） ψ）=λ1ρ（｜ψ｜^2）ψ=λ1ρ（｜ψ｜^2）ψ,x∈Ω.Indeed, we establish the existence of solutions for the above Schrodinger equation when A belongs to a certain neighborhood of the first eigenvahie λ1 of this eigenvalue problem. The main feature of this paper is that the nonlinearity ω｜ψ｜^2 is unbounded around the origin and also the presence of the second order nonlinear term. Our analysis shows the importance of the role played by the parameter A combined with the nonlinear nonhomogeneous term div （ρ（｜ ψ｜^2） ψ） which leads us to treat this prob- lem in an appropriate Orlicz space. The proofs are based on various techniques related to variational methods and implicit function theorem.     

Semi-Fredholm Spectrum and Weyl＇s Theorem for Operator Matrices

When A ∈ B（H） and B ∈ B（K） are given, we denote by Mc an operator acting on the Hilbert space HΘ K of the form Me = （ A0 CB）. In this paper, first we give the necessary and sufficient condition for Mc to be an upper semi-Fredholm （lower semi-Fredholm, or Fredholm） operator for some C ∈B（K,H）. In addition, let σSF＋（A） = {λ ∈ C ： A-λI is not an upper semi-Fredholm operator} bc the upper semi-Fredholm spectrum of A ∈ B（H） and let σrsF- （A） = {λ∈ C ： A-λI is not a lower semi-Fredholm operator} be the lower semi Fredholm spectrum of A. We show that the passage from σSF±（A） U σSF±（B） to σSF±（Mc） is accomplished by removing certain open subsets of σSF-（A） ∩σSF＋ （B） from the former, that is, there is an equality σSF±（A） ∪σSF± （B） = σSF± （Mc） ∪＆ where L is the union of certain of the holes in σSF±（Mc） which ilappen to be subsets of σSF- （A） A σSF＋ （B）. Weyl＇s theorem and Browder＇s theorem are liable to fail for 2 × 2 operator matrices. In this paper, we also explore how Weyl＇s theorem, Browder＇s theorem, a-Weyl＇s theorem and a-Browder＇s theorem survive for 2 × 2 upper triangular operator matrices on the Hilbert space.     

Low Regularity Solution of the Initial-Boundary-Value Problem for the ＂Good＂ Boussinesq Equation on the Half Line

we study an initial-boundary-value problem for the ＂good＂ Boussinesq equation on the half line
{δt^2u-δx^2u＋δx^4u＋δx^2u^2=0,t〉0,x〉0.
u（0,t）=h1（t）,δx^2u（0,t） =δth2（t）,
u（x,0）=f（x）,δtu（x,0）=δxh（x）.
The existence and uniqueness of low reguality solution to the initial-boundary-value problem is proved when the initial-boundary data （f, h, h1, h2） belong to the product space
H^5（R^＋）×H^s-1（R^＋）×H^s/2＋1/4（R^＋）×H^s/2＋1/4（R^＋）
1 The analyticity of the solution mapping between the initial-boundary-data and the with 0 ≤ s 〈 1/2. solution space is also considered.     

Global-in-time Uniform Convergence for Linear Hyperbolic-Parabolic Singular Perturbations

We consider the Cauchy problem εu^″ε ＋ δu′ε ＋ Auε = 0, uε（0） = uo, u′ε（0） = ul, where ε 〉 0, δ 〉 0, H is a Hilbert space, and A is a self-adjoint linear non-negative operator on H with dense domain D（A）. We study the convergence of （uε） to the solution of the limit problem ,δu＇ ＋ Au = 0, u（0） = u0. For initial data （u0, u1） ∈ D（A1/2）× H, we prove global-in-time convergence with respect to strong topologies. Moreover, we estimate the convergence rate in the case where （u0, u1）∈ D（A3/2） ∈ D（A1/2）, and we show that this regularity requirement is sharp for our estimates. We give also an upper bound for ｜u′ε（t）｜ which does not depend on ε.     

Global weak solutions to a generalized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony-Burgers equation

The existence of global weak solutions for a generalized Benjamin-Bona-MahonyBurgers equation is established in the space C([0, ∞) × R) ∩ L~∞([0, ∞); H1(R)) under the condition that its initial value belongs to the space H1(R). A one-sided super bound estimate and a space-time higher-norm estimate on the first order derivatives of the solution with respect to the space variable are derived to prove the existence.     

PERTURBED PERIODIC SOLUTIONFOR BOUSSINESQ EQUATION

We consider the solution of the good Boussinesq equation Utt -Uxx ＋ Uxxxx = （U2）xx, -∞ 〈 x 〈 ∞, t ≥ 0, with periodic initial value U（x, 0） = ε（μ ＋ φ（x））, Ut（x, 0） = εψ（x）, -∞ 〈 x 〈 ∞, where μ = 0, φ（x） and ψ（x） are 2π-periodic functions with 0-average value in [0, 2π], and ε is small. A two parameter Bcklund transformation is found and provide infinite conservation laws for the good Boussinesq equation. The periodic solution is then shown to be uniformly bounded for all small ε, and the H1-norm is uniformly bounded and thus guarantees the global existence. In the case when the initial data is in the simplest form φ（x） = μ＋a sin kx, ψ（x） = b cos kx, an approximation to the solution containing two terms is constructed via the method of multiple scales. By using the energy method, we show that for any given number T 〉 0, the difference between the true solution u（x, t; ε） and the N-th partial sum of the asymptotic series is bounded by εN＋1 multiplied by a constant depending on T and N, for all -∞ 〈 x 〈 ∞, 0 ≤ ｜ε｜t ≤ T and 0 ≤ ｜ε｜≤ε0.     

LOWER BOUNDS FOR SUP＋INF AND SUP＊INF AND AN EXTENSION OF CHEN-LIN RESULT IN DIMENSION 3

We give two results about Harnack type inequalities. First, on Riemannian surfaces, we have an estimate of type sup ＋ inf. The second result concern the solutions of prescribed scalar curvature equation on the unit ball of Rn with Dirichlet condition. Next, we give an inequality of type （supK ^u）^2s-1 × infπu ≤ c for positive solutions of △u = V u^5 on Ω belong toR^3, where K is a compact set of Ω and V is s-Holderian, s ∈] - 1/2, 1]. For the case s = 1/2 and Ω = S3, we prove that, if minΩ u 〉 m 〉 0 （for some particular constant m 〉 0）, and the H¨olderian constant A of V tends to 0 （in certain meaning）, we have the uniform boundedness of the supremum of the solutions of the previous equation on any compact set of Ω.     

REGULARITY OF SOLUTIONS TO NONLINEAR TIME FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

We find an upper viscosity solution and give a proof of the existence-uniqueness in the space C^∞（t∈（0,∞）;H2^s＋2（R^n））∩C^0（t∈[0,∞）;H^s（R^n））,s∈R,to the nonlinear time fractional equation of distributed order with spatial Laplace operator subject to the Cauchy conditions ∫0^2p（β）D＊^βu（x,t）dβ=△xu（x,t）＋f（t,u（t,x））,t≥0,x∈R^n,u（0,x）=φ（x）,ut（0,x）=ψ（x）,（0.1） where △xis the spatial Laplace operator,D＊^β is the operator of fractional differentiation in the Caputo sense and the force term F satisfies the Assumption 1 on the regularity and growth. For the weight function we take a positive-linear combination of delta distributions concentrated at points of interval （0, 2）, i.e., p（β） =m∑k=1bkδ（β-βk）,0〈βk〈2,bk〉0,k=1,2,…,m.The regularity of the solution is established in the framework of the space C^∞（t∈（0,∞）;C^∞（R^n））∩C^0（t∈[0,∞）;C^∞（R^n））when the initial data belong to the Sobolev space H2^8（R^n）,s∈R.     

A note on parameterized Marcinkiewicz integrals with variable kernels

In this paper,the parameterized Marcinkiewicz integrals with variable kernels defined by μΩ^ρ（f）（x）=（∫0^∞│∫│1-y│≤t Ω（x,x-y）/│x-y│^n-p f（y）dy│^2dt/t1＋2p）^1/2 are investigated.It is proved that if Ω∈ L∞（R^n） × L^r（S^n-1）（r〉（n-n1p＇/n） is an odd function in the second variable y,then the operator μΩ^ρ is bounded from L^p（R^n） to L^p（R^n） for 1 〈 p ≤ max{（n＋1）/2,2}.It is also proved that,if Ω satisfies the L^1-Dini condition,then μΩ^ρ is of type（p,p） for 1 〈 p ≤ 2,of the weak type（1,1） and bounded from H1 to L1.     

Finite Dimensional Behavior for Forced Nonlinear Sobolev-Galpern Equations

This paper deals with the asymptotic behavior of solutions for the nonlinear Sobolev-Galpernequations.We first show the existence of the global weak attractor in H~2(Ω)∩H_0~1(Ω) for the equations.Andthen by an energy equation we prove that the global weak attractor is actually the global strong attractor.Thefinite-dimensionality of the global attractor is also established.     

Polar Sets and Relative Dimension for Generalized Brownian Sheet

Let{(t);t∈R_ ~N}be a d-dimensional N-parameter generalized Brownian sheet.Necessaryand sufficient conditions for a compact set E×F to be a polar set for(t,(t))are proved.It is also provedthat if 2N≤αd,then for any compact set ER_>~N,d-2/2 Dim E≤inf{dimF:F ∈ B(R~d),P{(E)∩F≠φ}>0}≤d-2/β DimE,and if 2N>αd,then for any compact set FR~d\{0},α/2(d-DimF)≤inf{dimE:E∈B(R_>~N),P{(E)∩F≠φ}>0}≤β/2(d-DimF),where B(R~d)and B(R_>~N)denote the Borel σ-algebra in R~d and in R_>~N respectively,dim and Dim are Hausdorffdimension and Packing dimension respectively.     

Global Existence of Positive Periodic Solutions for a Distributed Delay Competition Model

By using the continuation theorem of Mawhin's coincidence degree theory, a sufficient condition is derived for the existence of positive periodic solutions for a distributed delay competition modelwhere ri and r2 are continuous w-periodic functions in R+=[0,∞) with ,ai,ci(i =1,2) are positive continuous w-periodic functions in R+=[0,∞),bi (i = 1,2) is nonnegative continuous w-periodic function in R+=[0,∞), w and T are positive constants. Ki,Lt ∈ C([-T,0], (01 88)) and Ki(s)ds = 1,ds - 1. i = 1,2. Some known results are improved and extended.     

Strong Converse Inequality for Left Gamma Quasi-Interpolants

The rate of convergence for the Gamma operators cannot be faster than O(1/n). In order to obtain much faster convergence, quasi-interpolants in the sense of Sablonniere are considered. For the first time in the theory of quasi-interpolants, the strong converse inequality is solved in sup-norm with the K-functional K_λ~α(f, t~(2r)) (0≤λ≤1, 0<α< 2r).     

Analysis of an Age Structured SEIRS Epidemic Model with Varying Total Population Size and Vaccination

This article focuses on the study of an age structured SEIRS epidemic model with a vaccinationprogram when the total population size is not kept at constant.We first give the explicit expression of thereproduction number R(ψ,(?)) in the presence of vaccine ((?) is the exponent of growth of total population),andshow that the infection-free steady state is linearly stable if R(ψ,(?))<1 and unstable if R(ψ,(?))>1,then weapply the theoretical results to vaccination policies to determine the optimal age or ages at which an individualshould be vaccinated.It is shown that the optimal strategy can be either one- or two-age strategies.     

Short-time Asymptotics of the Heat Kernel on Bounded Domain with Piecewise Smooth Boundary Conditions and Its Applications to an Ideal Gas

The asymptotic expansion of the heat kernel Θ(t)=sum from ∞to j=1 exp(-tλ_j) where {λ_j}_(j=1)~∞are the eigen-values of the negative Laplacian -Δ_n=-sum from n to k=1((?))~2 in R~n(n=2 or 3) is studied for short-time t for a generalbounded domain Ωwith a smooth boundary (?)Ω.In this paper,we consider the case of a finite number of theDirichlet conditions φ=0 on Γ_i (i=1,...,J) and the Neumann conditions (?)=0 on Γ_i (i=J 1,...,k) andthe Robin conditions ((?) γ_i)φ=0 on Γ_i (i=k 1,...,m) where γ_i are piecewise smooth positive impedancefunctions,such that (?)Ωconsists of a finite number of piecewise smooth components Γ_i(i=1,...,m) where(?)Ω=(?)Γ_i.We construct the required asymptotics in the form of a power series over t.The senior coefficients inthis series are specified as functionals of the geometric shape of the domain Ω.This result is applied to calculatethe one-particle partition function of a“special ideal gas”,i.e.,the set of non-interacting particles set up in abox with Dirichlet,Neumann and Robin boundary conditions for the appropriate wave function.Calculationof the thermodynamic quantities for the ideal gas such as the internal energy,pressure and specific heat revealsthat these quantities alone are incapable of distinguishing between two different shapes of the domain.Thisconclusion seems to be intuitively clear because it is based on a limited information given by a one-particlepartition function;nevertheless,its formal theoretical motivation is of some interest.     

Uniform Convergence Rate of Estimators of Autocovariances in Partly Linear Regression Models with Correlated Errors

Consider the partly linear regression model ,where yi's are responses, xi = (xi1, xi2,…,xip)' and ti ∈T are known and nonrandom design points, T is a compact set in the real line is an unknown parameter vector, g(·) is an unknown function and {Ei} isa linear process, i.e., random variables with zeromean and variance o2e. Drawing upon B-spline estimation of g(·) and least squares estimation of 0, we construct estimators of the autocovariances of {Ei}- The uniform strong convergence rate of these estimators to their true values is then established. These results not only are a compensation for those of [23], but also have some application in modeling error structure. When the errors {Ei} are an ARMA process, our result can be used to develop a consistent procedure for determining the order of the ARMA process and identifying the non-zero coefficients of the process. Moreover, our result can be used to construct the asymptotically efficient estimators for parameters in the ARMA error process.     

The Cauchy Problem for the Generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Benjamin-Ono Equation with Low Regularity Data

The Cauchy problem of the generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Benjamin-Ono equation is considered, and low regularity and limit behavior of the solutions are obtained. For k = 1, local well- posedness is obtained for data in H^s（R）（s 〉 -3/4）. For k = 2, local result for data in H^S（R）（s 〉1/4） is obtained. For k = 3, local result for data in H^S（R）（s 〉 -1/6） is obtained. Moreover, the solutions of generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Benjamin-Ono equation converge to the solutions of KdV equation if the term of Benjamin-Ono equation tends to zero.     

A Representation of the Lorentz Spin Group and Its Application

For an integer m ≥ 4, we define a set of 2[m/2] × 2[m/2] matrices γj （m）, （j = 0, 1,..., m - 1） which satisfy γj （m）γk （m） ＋γk （m）γj （m） = 2ηjk （m）I[m/2], where （ηjk （m）） 0≤j,k≤m-1 is a diagonal matrix, the first diagonal element of which is 1 and the others are -1, I[m/2] is a 2[m/1] × 2[m/2] identity matrix with [m/2] being the integer part of m/2. For m = 4 and 5, the representation （m） of the Lorentz Spin group is known. For m≥ 6, we prove that （i） when m = 2n, （n ≥ 3）, （m） is the group generated by the set of matrices {T｜T=1/√ξ（（I＋k） 0 ＋ 0 I-K） （ U 0 0 U）, （ii） when m = 2n ＋ 1 （n≥ 3）, （m） is generated by the set of matrices {T｜T=1/√ξ（I -k^- k I）U,U∈ （m-1）,ξ=1-m-2 ∑k,j=0 ηkja^k a^j〉0, K=i[m-3 ∑j=0 a^j γj（m-2）＋a^（m-2） In],K^-=i[m-3∑j=0 a^j γj（m-2）-a^（m-2） In]}