Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions for a Class of Reaction-diffusion Systems

61.Intr0ducti0nInthispaper,wediscussareactionnetinacombusti0nmodel:V={R,,R2},whereR,andR2aredistinctreacti0nprocesses:Rl:A1+A,-A,,R2:A2+A3-P,A,(j=1,2,3)denotesthereactant,andPdenotestheinertproduct.Thesereactionsareexothermicreactions-LetQ,,Q2standforheatenergiesandU=(U,,U,,U,,U,)forstatevariablesdescribingreactions,whereUoisreactiontemporature,andU,(j=1,2,3)isthemolarityofthej-threactant.AssumethatV,(i=1,2)isthereactantvariablefortheithreactionpr0cess:V,=(Q,,1,-l,l)",V2=(Q,,O,-l,-…     

Common complements of two subspaces of a Hilbert space

In this paper we find a necessary and sufficient condition for two closed subspaces, and , of a Hilbert space to have a common complement, i.e. a subspace having trivial intersection with and and such that .Unlike the finite-dimensional case the condition is significantly more subtle than simple equalities of dimensions and codimensions, and non-trivial examples of subspaces without a common complement are possible.     

On the Existence of Solutions of Quasivariational Inclusion Problems

Quasivariational inclusion problems are formulated and sufficient conditions on the existence of solutions are shown. As special cases, we obtain several results on the existence of solutions of general vector ideal, proper, Pareto, weak quasioptimization problems, quasivariational inequalities, and vector quasiequilibrium problems. Further, we prove theorems on the existence for solutions of systems of these inclusions. As a corollary, we obtain an ideal minimax theorem concerning vector functions.     

Upper Bounds for the Laplacian Graph Eigenvalues

We first apply non-negative matrix theory to the matrix K = D A, where D and A are the degree-diagonal and adjacency matrices of a graph G, respectively, to establish a relation on the largest Laplacian eigenvalue λ1 (G) of G and the spectral radius p(K) of K. And then by using this relation we present two upper bounds for λ1(G) and determine the extremal graphs which achieve the upper bounds.     

Monotonicity and best approximation in Orlicz-Sobolev spaces with the Luxemburg norm

Criteria for strict monotonicity, upper (lower) locally uniform monotonicity and uniform monotonicity of Orlicz-Sobolev spaces with the Luxemburg norm are given. Some applications to best approximation are presented.     

Exhausters, optimality conditions and related problems

The notions of exhausters were introduced in (Demyanov, Exhauster of a positively homogeneous function, Optimization 45, 13–29 (1999)). These dual tools (upper and lower exhausters) can be employed to describe optimality conditions and to find directions of steepest ascent and descent for a very wide range of nonsmooth functions. What is also important, exhausters enjoy a very good calculus (in the form of equalities). In the present paper we review the constrained and unconstrained optimality conditions in terms of exhausters, introduce necessary and sufficient conditions for the Lipschitzivity and Quasidifferentiability, and also present some new results on relationships between exhausters and other nonsmooth tools (such as the Clarke, Michel-Penot and Fréchet subdifferentials).     

A constructive proof of Ky Fan’s coincidence theorem

We present a constructive proof for the well-known Ky Fan’s coincidence theorem through a simplicial algorithm. In a finite number of steps the algorithm generates a simplex containing an approximate coincidence point. In the limit, when the mesh size converges to zero, the sequence of approximations converges to a coincidence point. This research was carried out while the second author was visiting the CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University. He would like to thank both CentER and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) for their financial support.     

Travelling wave fronts in a vector disease model with delay

In this paper, we study the diffusive vector disease model with delay. This problem with strong biological background has attracted much research attention. We focus on the existence of traveling wave fronts, and find that there is a moving zone for the transition from the disease-free state to the infective state. To complete the theoretical analysis, we employ the mathematical tools including the monotone iteration technique as well as the upper and lower solution method.     

Traveling wave solutions in a diffusive system with two preys and one predator

This paper is concerned with the traveling wave solutions in a diffusive system with two preys and one predator. By constructing upper and lower solutions, the existence of nontrivial traveling wave solutions is established. The asymptotic behavior of traveling wave solutions is also confirmed by combining the asymptotic spreading with the contracting rectangles. Applying the theory of asymptotic spreading, the nonexistence of traveling wave solutions is proved.     

A separation theorem for the weak s-convex orders

The present paper extends to higher degrees the well-known separation theorem decomposing a shift in the increasing convex order into a combination of a shift in the usual stochastic order followed by another shift in the convex order. An application in decision making under risk is provided to illustrate the interest of the result.