On the criteria for integrability of the Liénard equation

The Liénard equation is of a high importance from both mathematical and physical points of view. However a question about integrability of this equation has not been completely answered yet. Here we provide a new criterion for integrability of the Liénard equation using an approach based on nonlocal transformations. We also obtain some of the previously known criteria for integrability of the Liénard equation as a straightforward consequence of our approach’s application. We illustrate our results by several new examples of integrable Liénard equations.     

Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions to the Difference Equation Using the Second Differences of a Liapunov Function

We introduce the concept of the second Liapunov differences in difference equations and show that, in the autonomous case, the second variations can guarantee the existence of solutions tending to zero while others starting arbitrarily near 0 go to ∞. These are based on Yorke's results for ordinary differential equations.     

On the Dynamics of

We investigate the existence of unbounded solutions and the period-two convergence of solutions of the equation in the title with the parameter γ positive, the remaining parameters nonnegative, and with nonnegative initial conditions.     

Interaction of modulated pulses in nonlinear oscillator chains

We formally derive and rigorously justify the modulation equations of lowest order for the interaction of two modulated pulses on a one-dimensional nonlinear oscillator chain. We show that solutions with the initial form of the assumed ansatz preserve this form over time intervals with positive macroscopic length, and we show a bound on the possible shift of the envelope caused by the interaction. Thus, we rigorously justify and quantify the statement that under the given conditions there is almost no interaction of the modulated pulses.     

On a hidden symmetry of quantum harmonic oscillators

We consider a six-parameter family of the square integrable wave functions for the simple harmonic oscillator, which cannot be obtained by the standard separation of variables. They are given by the action of the corresponding maximal kinematical invariance group on the standard solutions. In addition, the phase space oscillations of the electron position and linear momentum probability distributions are computer animated and some possible applications are briefly discussed. A visualization of the Heisenberg uncertainty principle is presented.     

Rate type constitutive equations for fiber reinforced nonlinearly vicoelastic solids using spectral invariants

In this paper we are interested in developing constitutive equations for fiber-reinforced nonlinearly viscoelastic solids. It has been shown that constitutive equations for such bodies can be expressed in terms of a complete minimal set of 18 classical invariants associated with deformation and fiber orientation. In this paper, we give an alternative formulation using a set of spectral invariants. It is shown via the use of spectral invariants that only 11 of the 18 classical invariants are independent. We analyze the spectral invariants for two illustrative deformation gradients: (i) simple tension, and (ii) simple shear.     

Full rate constant matrix contraction method for obtaining branching ratio of unimolecular decomposition

The branching ratio of unimolecular decomposition can be evaluated by solving the rate equations. Recent advances in automated reaction path search methods have enabled efficient construction of the rate equations based on quantum chemical calculations. However, it is still difficult to solve the rate equations composed of hundreds or more elementary steps. This problem is especially serious when elementary steps that occur in highly different timescales coexist. In this article, we introduce an efficient approach to obtain the branching ratio from a given set of rate equations. It has been derived from a recently proposed rate constant matrix contraction (RCMC) method, and termed full‐RCMC (f‐RCMC). The f‐RCMC gives the branching ratio without solving the rate equations. Its performance was tested numerically for unimolecular decomposition of C₃H₅ and C₄H₅. Branching ratios obtained by the f‐RCMC precisely reproduced the values obtained by numerically solving the rate equations. It took about 95 h to solve the rate equations of C₄H₅ consisting of 234 elementary steps. In contrast, the f‐RCMC gave the branching ratio in less than 1 s. The f‐RCMC would thus be an efficient alternative of the conventional kinetic simulation approach. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On the free vibration response of rectangular plates,partially supported on elastic foundation

Rectangular plates on distributed elastic foundations are widely employed in footings and raft foundations of variety of structures. In particular, mounted columns and single footings may partially occupy the rectangular plate of any kind.     

The derivation of the conservation law for defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equations with non-vanishing initial data at infinity

For nonlinear Schrödinger equations in less than or equal to four dimension, with non-vanishing initial data at infinity, a new approach to derive the conservation law is obtained. Since this approach does not contain approximating procedure, the argument is simplified and some of technical assumption of the nonlinearity to derive the conservation law and time global solutions, is removed.