TWO-DIMENSIONAL RIEMANN PROBLEM FOR A HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM OF CONSERVATION LAWS

§ 1. Introduction The Riemann problem is the most basic problem for both analytical theory and numerical computation of nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws. B. Riemann suggested and solved it for one dimensional isentropic flow in 1860. A lot of work have been done for 1-D case since 1940's. For 2-D scalar conservation law, it has been solved by Wagner and Zhang and Zheng. For 2-D system of Euler equations in gas dynamios, after some demonstration and analysis with characteristic method in both physics and phase spaces a set of conjectures on the structure of solutions have been formulated by Zhang and Zheng. To approach the proof of the conjectures, we consider a 2×2 system first. In the present paper we discuss the following system:     

Existence of Entire Solutions of a Singular Semilinear Elliptic Problem

In this paper, we obtain some existence results for a class of singular semilinear elliptic problems where we improve some earlier results of Zhijun Zhang. We show the existence of entire positive solutions without the monotonic condition imposed in Zhang‘s paper. The main point of our technique is to choose an approximating sequence and prove its convergence. The desired compactness can be obtained by the Sobolev embedding theorems.     

拓扑空间中新的广义L-KKM型定理及其应用

In this paper, some new generalized L-KKM type theorems with finitely open values and with finitely closed values are established without any convexity structure in topological spaces. As applications, some new matching theorem, fixed point theorem and existence the orem of equilibrium problem with lower and upper bounds are also given under some suitable conditions. These theorems presented in this paper unify and generalize some corresponding known results in recent literatures.     

An SDP randomized approximation algorithm for max hypergraph cut with limited unbalance

We consider the design of semidefinite programming(SDP) based approximation algorithm for the problem Max Hypergraph Cut with Limited Unbalance(MHC-LU): Find a partition of the vertices of a weighted hypergraph H =(V, E) into two subsets V1, V2 with ‖V2|- |V1‖ u for some given u and maximizing the total weight of the edges meeting both V1 and V2. The problem MHC-LU generalizes several other combinatorial optimization problems including Max Cut, Max Cut with Limited Unbalance(MC-LU), Max Set Splitting,Max Ek-Set Splitting and Max Hypergraph Bisection. By generalizing several earlier ideas, we present an SDP randomized approximation algorithm for MHC-LU with guaranteed worst-case performance ratios for various unbalance parameters τ = u/|V|. We also give the worst-case performance ratio of the SDP-algorithm for approximating MHC-LU regardless of the value of τ. Our strengthened SDP relaxation and rounding method improve a result of Ageev and Sviridenko(2000) on Max Hypergraph Bisection(MHC-LU with u = 0), and results of Andersson and Engebretsen(1999), Gaur and Krishnamurti(2001) and Zhang et al.(2004) on Max Set Splitting(MHC-LU with u = |V|). Furthermore, our new formula for the performance ratio by a tighter analysis compared with that in Galbiati and Maffioli(2007) is responsible for the improvement of a result of Galbiati and Maffioli(2007) on MC-LU for some range of τ.     

构造正交表的一种替换模式

A method of constructing orthogonal arrays is presented by Zhang, Lu and Pang in 1999. In this paper,the method is developed by introducing a replacement scheme on the construction of orthogonal arrays ,and some new mixed-level orthogonal arrays of run size 36 are constructed.     

EXISTENCE OF NON-OSCILLATORY SOLUTIONS OF A CLASS OF HIGHER-ORDER NONLINEAR NEUTRAL DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS WITH A FORCED TERM

In this paper, we consider a certain forced higher-order nonlinear neutral difference equation. By using Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem and some new techniques, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of non-oscillatory solutions for the system. Our results extend the results of Zhang [5].     

Some Fixed Point Results on a Class of Contractive Mappings in Cone Metric Spaces

In this paper, we consider a notion of contractive mappings with certain conditions in cone metric spaces and obtain some results of fixed points by using some necessary conditions. The results directly improve and generalize some fixed point results in metric soaces and some previous results in cone metric spaces.     

OSCILLATION CRITERIA FOR SECOND ORDER QUASILINEAR NEUTRAL EQUATION

We present some new oscillation criteria for second order neutral delay differential equations with distributed deviating argument using the Riccati technique and some inequalities. The results obtained improve and extend some known results.     

μ-Separations in generalized topological spaces

This paper takes some investigations on generalized topological spaces with some μ- separations. Some characterizations of μTi-spaces for i = 0,1,2,3,4, μTD-spaces and μR0-spaces are obtained and some relations among these spaces are established.     

On several new Hilbert-type inequalities involving means operators

In this paper, we establish several new Hilbert-type inequalities with a homogeneous kernel, involving arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic mean operators in both integral and discrete case. Such inequalities are derived by virtue of some recent results regarding general Hilbert-type inequalities and some well-known classical inequalities. We also prove that the constant factors appearing in established inequalities are the best possible. As an application, we consider some particular settings and compare our results with previously known from the literature.     

Fixed and periodic point results in cone metric spaces

Huang and Zhang [L.-G. Haung, X. Zhang, Cone metric spaces and fixed point theorems of contractive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 332 (2007) 1468–1476] proved some fixed point theorems in cone metric spaces. In this work we prove some fixed point theorems in cone metric spaces, including results which generalize those from Haung and Zhang’s work. Given the fact that, in a cone, one has only a partial ordering, it is doubtful that their Theorem 2.1 can be further generalized. We also show that these maps have no nontrivial periodic points.     

Euler-type schemes for weakly coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations and optimal convergence analysis

We introduce a new Euler-type scheme and its iterative algorithm for solving weakly coupled forward-backward stochastic differential equations (FBSDEs). Although the schemes share some common features with the ones proposed by C. Bender and J. Zhang [Ann. Appl. Probab., 2008, 18: 143–177], less computational work is needed for our method. For both our schemes and the ones proposed by Bender and Zhang, we rigorously obtain first-order error estimates, which improve the half-order error estimates of Bender and Zhang. Moreover, numerical tests are given to demonstrate the first-order accuracy of the schemes.     

Weighted sharing and uniqueness of entire functions

In this paper we study the uniqueness for meromorphic functions sharing one value, and obtain some results which improve and generalize the related results due to M. L. Fang, X. Y. Zhang, W. C. Lin, T. D. Zhang, W. R. Lü and others.     

Semi-convergence analysis of the Uzawa-SOR methods for singular saddle point problems

Recently, Zhang and Shang proposed a class of Uzawa-SOR methods for solving the nonsingular saddle point problems; see Zhang and Shang (2010). In this paper, we give the semi-convergence analysis of this method when it is applied to solve the singular saddle point problems under some conditions. Finally, numerical experiments are presented to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of this method.     

分担1 IM公共值的整函数的唯一性定理(英文)

主要研究具1 IM分担值的整函数的唯一性问题,获得的定理推广了林伟川,方明亮,华歆厚,C.C.Yang等人的系列结果.     

涉及小函数的亚纯函数

是否可以将第二基本定理的一般形式中常数替换为小函数,这一直是人们试图解决的重大问题.该文研究了涉及小函数的第二基本定理的推广问题, 并利用主要结果得到了几个惟一性定理, 改进了张庆德, Toda N和姚卫红等人的有关定理.     

Remark on invariant curves for planar mappings

Bounded solutions for a functional equation were investigated by Ng and Zhang [C. T. Ng, W. Zhang, Invariant curves for planar mapping, J. Difference Eqn. Appl. 3 (1997) 147-168]. In this paper, we consider its solutions which may be unbounded. We give not only existence and uniqueness of its solutions but also the convex and concave solutions. Moreover, some examples are given.     

A revision of machine scheduling problems with a general learning effect

In this paper, we show that the main results in a recent paper by Zhang and Yan [X. Zhang and G. Yan, Machine scheduling problems with a general learning effect, Mathematical and Computer Modelling 51 (2010) 84–90] are incorrect as an important reason is missing, that is, the processing time of a job is variable according to a general learning effect. Here we point out these wrong results by a counter-example. In addition, we give a revised model with a general learning effect. We show that some single machine scheduling problems are still polynomially solvable under the revised model. We also show that some special cases of the flowshop scheduling problems can be solved in polynomial time under the revised model.     

Problems on polygons and Bonnesen-type inequalities

In this paper we are interested in some Bonnesen-type isoperimetric inequalities for plane n-gons in relation with the two conjectures proposed by P. Levy and X.M. Zhang.     

Some notes on the paper “Cone metric spaces and fixed point theorems of contractive mappings”

Huang and Zhang reviewed cone metric spaces in 2007 [Huang Long-Guang, Zhang Xian, Cone metric spaces and fixed point theorems of contractive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 332 (2007) 1468-1476]. We shall prove that there are no normal cones with normal constant M<1 and for each k>1 there are cones with normal constant M>k. Also, by providing non-normal cones and omitting the assumption of normality in some results of [Huang Long-Guang, Zhang Xian, Cone metric spaces and fixed point theorems of contractive mappings, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 332 (2007) 1468-1476], we obtain generalizations of the results.