On Exact Controllability of Networks of Nonlinear Elastic Strings in 3-Dimensional Space

This paper concerns a system of nonlinear wave equations describing the vibrations of a 3-dimensional network of elastic strings.The authors derive the equations and appropriate nodal conditions,determine equilibrium solutions,and,by using the methods of quasilinear hyperbolic systems,prove that for tree networks the natural initial,boundary value problem has classical solutions existing in neighborhoods of the "stretched" equilibrium solutions.Then the local controllability of such networks near such equilibrium configurations in a certain specified time interval is proved.Finally,it is proved that,given two different equilibrium states satisfying certain conditions,it is possible to control the network from states in a small enough neighborhood of one equilibrium to any state in a suitable neighborhood of the second equilibrium over a suffciently large time interval.     

On a non-linear wave equation and the control of an elastic string from one equilibrium location to another

This paper concerns a non-linear system of wave equations describing the motion in space of an elastic string. We derive the equations, determine the equilibrium solutions and, using the methods of quasilinear hyperbolic systems, prove that the natural initial, boundary value problem has classical solutions existing in neighbourhoods of the “stretched” equilibrium solutions. We then prove that the positions of the endpoints of the string can be controlled in such a way that the string moves from an equilibrium in one location to an equilibrium in another location.     

Global existence of periodic solutions on a simplified BAM neural network model with delays

A simplified n-dimensional BAM neural network model with delays is considered. Some results of Hopf bifurcations occurring at the zero equilibrium as the delay increases are exhibited. Global existence of periodic solutions are established using a global Hopf bifurcation result of Wu [Wu J. Symmetric functional-differential equations and neural networks with memory. Trans Am Math Soc 1998;350:4799–838], and a Bendixson criterion for higher dimensional ordinary differential equations due to Li and Muldowney [Li MY, Muldowney J. On Bendixson’s criterion. J Differ Equations 1994;106:27–39]. Finally, computer simulations are performed to illustrate the analytical results found.     

On immediate-delayed exchange of stabilities and periodic forced canards

Singularly perturbed nonautonomous ordinary differential equations are studied for which the associated equations have equilibrium states consisting of at least two intersecting curves, which leads to exchange of stabilities of these equilibria. The asymptotic method of differential equations is used to derive conditions under which initial value problems have solutions characterized by immediate and delayed exchange of stabilities. These results are then used to prove the existence of periodic canard solutions. Published in Zhurnal Vychislitel’noi Matematiki i Matematicheskoi Fiziki, 2008, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 46–61. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

On fully nonlinear CR invariant equations on the Heisenberg group

In this paper we provide a characterization of second order fully nonlinear CR invariant equations on the Heisenberg group, which is the analogue in the CR setting of the result proved in the Euclidean setting by A. Li and the first author in Li and Li (2003) [21]. We also prove a comparison principle for solutions of second order fully nonlinear CR invariant equations defined on bounded domains of the Heisenberg group and a comparison principle for solutions of a family of second order fully nonlinear equations on a punctured ball.     

Hopf bifurcation analysis in a delayed Nicholson blowflies equation

The dynamics of a Nicholson's blowflies equation with a finite delay are investigated. We prove that a sequence of Hopf bifurcations occur at the positive equilibrium as the delay increases. Explicit algorithm for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcations and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions are derived, using the theory of normal form and center manifold. Global existence of periodic solutions are established using a global Hopf bifurcation result of Wu (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998) 4799), and a Bendixson criterion for higher dimensional ordinary differential equations due to Li and Muldowney (J. Differential Equations 106 (1994) 27).     

Multiple absorption-related blow-up rates to a coupled heat system

This paper deals with asymptotic behavior of solutions to a heat system with absorptions and coupling positive multi-nonlinearities. It is known that although absorption mechanisms may affect such as blow-up criteria, blow-up time, and initial data required for blow-up solutions, they cannot change blow-up rates of solutions in general. It has been reported in the current literature that blow-up rates for scalar equations with absorptions are all absorption-independent. In a previous paper of the authors, four absorption-independent simultaneous blow-up rates were obtained already for the same problem under weak absorptions. The present paper will furthermore prove that if the absorptions are unbalanced in the model (i.e., the absorption is stronger for one component and weaker for another), then there are in addition eight possible absorption-related blow-up rates for the model, besides the four absorption-independent ones. This exposes a significant difference between scalar and coupled nonlinear parabolic equations with absorptions.     

发展型p-Laplace方程(组)解的整体有限性

本文主要在多维空间中讨论一类发展型p-Laplace方程及方程组的初边值问题.这类问题在非牛顿渗流方程的理论研究中有着重要的意义.作者通过上、下解的方法证明了发展型p-Laplace方程解的整体有限性;同时利用两个关于常微分方程的比较原理,给出了相应的方程组解的整体有限性结果.     

Hopf bifurcation analysis of a food-limited population model with delay

The dynamics of a food-limited population model with delay are investigated. We prove that a sequence of Hopf bifurcations occur at the positive equilibrium as the delay increases. An explicit algorithm for determining the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions is derived, using the theory of normal form and center manifold. Global existence of periodic solutions is established by using a global Hopf bifurcation result due to [J. Wu, Symmetric functional differential equations and neural networks with memory, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 350 (1998) 4799–4838].     

Potential bounds in problems on quasilinear elliptic equations

We study quasilinear elliptic equations with strong nonlinear terms and systems of such equations. The methods developed by the authors in [1], [2] are used to prove the existence of solutions for boundary—value problems using some information on behavior of potential bounds for nonlinearities; the L–characteristics of elliptic operators and their fractional powers play an important role. New conditions are suggested for the existence of classical solutions of quasilinear second order elliptic equations.     

非特征边界的MHD方程的边界层

考查了小粘性时非特征边界情况下MHD方程在边界附近的性质,说明速度在边界上不为零.源于之前非特征边界条件下不可压缩Navier-Stokes方程边界层的工作,证明了边界层的存在性,并得到了当粘性收敛于零时,MHD方程的解收敛于理想MHD方程的解.     

PHYSICS INFORMED NEURAL NETWORKS (PINNs) FOR APPROXIMATING NONLINEAR DISPERSIVE PDEs

We propose a novel algorithm,based on physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) to efficiently approximate solutions of nonlinear dispersive PDEs such as the KdV-Kawahara,Camassa-Holm and Benjamin-Ono equations.The stability of solutions of these dispersive PDEs is leveraged to prove rigorous bounds on the resulting error.We present several numerical experiments to demonstrate that PINNs can approximate solutions of these dispersive PDEs very accurately.     

反射倒向随机微分方程的逆比较问题(Ⅰ)

在Briand,Coquet,Hu,Memin,Peng[1],Coquet,Hu,Memin,Peng[2],Chen[3],Jiang [8]等中,研究了倒向随机微分方程的逆比较定理,就是通过比较倒向随机微分方程的解来比较倒向随机微分方程的生成元问题．在文[9]中Li和Tang首次研究了反射倒向随机微分方程的逆比较问题．本文考虑在更一般的条件下,反射倒向随机微分方程的生成元的逆比较问题．     

余模范畴中的余倾斜预包络和余倾斜挠类

众所周知, Assem-Smal定理在倾斜理论中有重要的作用.本文的目的是建立一个在余模范畴中的Assem-Smal定理的版本,并通过利用预包络理论来刻画余模范畴中的余倾斜挠类.     

Stability,bifurcation and global existence of a Hopf-bifurcating periodic solution for a class of three-neuron delayed network models

In this paper a system of three delay differential equations representing a Hopfield type general model for three neurons with two-way (bidirectional) time delayed connections between the neurons and time delayed self-connection from each neuron to itself is studied. Delay independent and delay dependent sufficient conditions for linear stability, instability and the occurrence of a Hopf bifurcation about the trivial equilibrium are addressed. The partition of the resulting parametric space into regions of stability, instability, and Hopf bifurcation in the absence of self-connection is realized. To extend the local Hopf branches for large delay values a particular bidirectional delayed tri-neuron model without self-connection is investigated. Sufficient conditions for global existence of multiple non-constant periodic solutions are obtained for such a model using the global Hopf-bifurcation theorem for functional differential equations due to J. Wu and the Bendixson criterion for higher dimensional ordinary differential equations due to Li and Muldowney, and following the approach developed by Wei and Li.     

Dynamical systems and variational inequalities

The variational inequality problem has been utilized to formulate and study a plethora of competitive equilibrium problems in different disciplines, ranging from oligopolistic market equilibrium problems to traffic network equilibrium problems. In this paper we consider for a given variational inequality a naturally related ordinary differential equation. The ordinary differential equations that arise are nonstandard because of discontinuities that appear in the dynamics. These discontinuities are due to the constraints associated with the feasible region of the variational inequality problem. The goals of the paper are two-fold. The first goal is to demonstrate that although non-standard, many of the important quantitative and qualitative properties of ordinary differential equations that hold under the standard conditions, such as Lipschitz continuity type conditions, apply here as well. This is important from the point of view of modeling, since it suggests (at least under some appropriate conditions) that these ordinary differential equations may serve as dynamical models. The second goal is to prove convergence for a class of numerical schemes designed to approximate solutions to a given variational inequality. This is done by exploiting the equivalence between the stationary points of the associated ordinary differential equation and the solutions of the variational inequality problem. It can be expected that the techniques described in this paper will be useful for more elaborate dynamical models, such as stochastic models, and that the connection between such dynamical models and the solutions to the variational inequalities will provide a deeper understanding of equilibrium problems.     

Global solution curves for a class of elliptic systems

We study curves of positive solutions for a system of elliptic equations of Hamiltonian type on a unit ball. We give conditions for all positive solutions to lie on global solution curves, allowing us to use the analysis similar to the case of one equation, as developed in P. Korman, Y. Li and T. Ouyang [An exact multiplicity result for a class of semilinear equations, Commun. PDE 22 (1997), pp. 661–684.] (see also T. Ouyang and J. Shi [Exact multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of semilinear problems, II, J. Diff. Eqns. 158(1) (1999), pp. 94–151].). As an application, we obtain some non-degeneracy and uniqueness results. For the one-dimensional case we also prove the positivity for the linearized problem, resulting in more detailed results.     

Nontrivial solutions for Monge-Ampère type operators in convex domains

In this paper we prove existence and interior regularity of convex solutions of the Dirichlet problem for a class of Monge-Ampère type equations with right hand side vanishing on the boundary, by means of the fixed point index theory for Bakelman's weak solutions. The regularity in the interior follows from recent results of Caffarelli. Partially supported by M.U.R.S.T., Italy Partially supported by G.N.A.F.A. of C.N.R., Italy. This work was accomplished during a Humbold research stay at Karlsruhe and Heidelberg Universities.     

Local Aronson–Bénilan estimates and entropy formulae for porous medium and fast diffusion equations on manifolds

In this work we derive local gradient and Laplacian estimates of the Aronson–Bénilan and Li–Yau type for positive solutions of porous medium equations posed on Riemannian manifolds with a lower Ricci curvature bound. We also prove similar results for some fast diffusion equations. Inspired by Perelman's work we discover some new entropy formulae for these equations.     

Uniqueness of Oblique Derivative Problems for Second Order Equations of Mixed Type with Nonsmooth Degenerate Line

In [], the authors discussed the Tricomi problem of second order mixed equations with nonsmooth degenerate line, but they only consider some special mixed equations. In [], the author discussed the uniqueness of solutions of the Tricomi problem for some second order mixed equations with nonsmooth degenerate line. The present article deals with oblique derivative problems for general second order mixed equations with nonsmooth parabolic degenerate line, and prove the uniqueness of solutions of the problems. We first give the formulation of the problems for the equations, and then prove the uniqueness of solutions for the above problems.