On the Global Solution of a 3‐D MHD System with Initial Data near Equilibrium

In this paper, we prove the global existence of smooth solutions to the three‐dimensional incompressible magnetohydrodynamical system with initial data close enough to the equilibrium state, (e₃,0). Compared with previous works by Lin, Xu, and Zhang and by Xu and Zhang, here we present a new Lagrangian formulation of the system, which is a damped wave equation and which is nondegenerate only in the direction of the initial magnetic field. Furthermore, we remove the admissible condition on the initial magnetic field, which was required in the earlier works. By using the Frobenius theorem and anisotropic Littlewood‐Paley theory for the Lagrangian formulation of the system, we achieve the global L¹‐in‐time Lipschitz estimate of the velocity field, which allows us to conclude the global existence of solutions to this system. In the case when the initial magnetic field is a constant vector, the large‐time decay rate of the solution is also obtained.© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Dynamics of SIS Epidemic Model with Varying Total Population and Multivaccination Control Strategies

In this paper, two susceptible‐infected‐susceptible epidemic models with varying total population size, continuous vaccination, and state‐dependent pulse vaccination are formulated to describe the transmission of infectious diseases, such as diphtheria, measles, rubella, pertussis, and so on. The first model incorporates the proportion of infected individuals in population as monitoring threshold value; we analytically show the existence and orbital asymptotical stability of positive order‐1 periodic solution for this control model. The other model determines control strategy by monitoring the proportion of susceptible individuals in population; we also investigate the existence and global orbital asymptotical stability of the disease‐free periodic solution. Theoretical results imply that the disease dies out in the second case. Finally, using realistic parameter values, we carry out some numerical simulations to illustrate the main theoretical results and the feasibility of state‐dependent pulse control strategy.     

Expected Residual Minimization Formulation for a Class of Stochastic Vector Variational Inequalities

This paper considers a class of vector variational inequalities. First, we present an equivalent formulation, which is a scalar variational inequality, for the deterministic vector variational inequality. Then we concentrate on the stochastic circumstance. By noting that the stochastic vector variational inequality may not have a solution feasible for all realizations of the random variable in general, for tractability, we employ the expected residual minimization approach, which aims at minimizing the expected residual of the so-called regularized gap function. We investigate the properties of the expected residual minimization problem, and furthermore, we propose a sample average approximation method for solving the expected residual minimization problem. Comprehensive convergence analysis for the approximation approach is established as well.     

Disjoint hypercyclic powers of weighted translations on groups

Let G be a locally compact group and let 1 ≤ p < 1. Recently, Chen et al. characterized hypercyclic, supercyclic and chaotic weighted translations on locally compact groups and their homogeneous spaces. There has been an increasing interest in studying the disjoint hypercyclicity acting on various spaces of holomorphic functions. In this note, we will study disjoint hypercyclic and disjoint supercyclic powers of weighted translation operators on the Lebesgue space L ^p(G) in terms of the weights. Sufficient and necessary conditions for disjoint hypercyclic and disjoint supercyclic powers of weighted translations generated by aperiodic elements on groups will be given.     

Some evaluation of q-analogues of Euler sums

In this paper, we discuss the analytic representations of q-Euler sums which involve q-harmonic numbers through q-polylogarithms, either linearly or nonlinearly, and give explicit formulae for several classes of q-Euler sums in terms of q-polylogarithms and q-special functions. Furthermore, we develop new closed form representations of sums of quadratic and cubic parametric q-Euler sums. Finally, we can find that the q-Euler sums are reducible to the classical Euler sums when q approaches 1.     

Periodic Nonuniform Dynamical Sampling in ℓ2(ℤ) and Shift-Invariant Spaces

In this article, we mainly study the periodic nonuniform dynamical sampling in ?²(?) and shift-invariant spaces. We first provide a su?cient and necessary condition for c∈?²(?) which can be reconstructed by its spatial and temporal samples. Then we give a concrete example to show that the su?cient and necessary condition is feasible. Finally, we discuss the periodic nonuniform dynamic sampling problem in shift-invariant spaces.     

Cartesian Closed Extensions of Subcategories of CONT

In this paper we give a uniform way of proving cartesian closedness for many new subcategories of continuous posets. We define C-P to be the category of continuous posets whose D–completions are isomorphic to objects from C, where C is a subcategory of the category CONT of domains. The main result is that if C is a cartesian closed full subcategory of ALG _⊥ or BC, then C-P is also a cartesian closed subcategory of the category CONTP of continuous posets and Scott continuous functions. In particular, we have the following cartesian closed categories : BC-P, LAT-P, aL-P, aBC-P, B-P, aLAT-P, ω -B-P, ω -aLAT-P, etc.     

Some remarks on Bridgeland’s Hall algebras

We study the functorial properties of Bridgeland’s Hall algebras. Specifically, let 𝒜 and ? be two categories satisfying certain conditions for the definitions of Bridgeland’s Hall algebras, and let F:𝒜→? be a fully faithful exact functor, which preserves projectives, then F induces an embedding of algebras from the Bridgeland’s Hall algebra of 𝒜 to the one of ?. In addition, let A be a finite-dimensional algebra over a finite field and B some special quotient algebra of A, then the Bridgeland’s Hall algebra of B is the quotient algebra of the one of A. Moreover, we consider the BGP-reflection functors on the category of 2-cyclic complexes and obtain some homomorphisms of algebras among the subalgebras of Bridgeland’s Hall algebras.     

Estimation of potential gains from bank mergers: A novel two-stage cost efficiency DEA model

This paper develops a novel two-stage cost efficiency model to estimate and decompose the potential gains from Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As). In this model, a hypothetical DMU is defined as a combination of two or more candidate DMUs. The hypothetical DMU would surpass the traditional Production Possibility Set (PPS). In order to solve the problem, a Merger Production Possibility Set (PPS_M) is constructed. The model minimizes the total cost of the hypothetical DMU while maintaining its outputs at the current level, and estimates the overall merger efficiency by comparing its minimal total cost with its actual cost. Moreover, the overall merger efficiency could be decomposed into technical efficiency, harmony efficiency, and scale efficiency. We show that the model can be extended to a two-stage structure and these efficiencies can be decomposed to both sub-systems. To show the usefulness of the proposed approach, we applied it to a real dataset of top 20 most competitive Chinese City Commercial Banks (CCBs). We concluded that (1) there exist considerably potential gains for the proposed merged banks. (2) It is also shown that the main impact on potential merger gains are from technical and harmony efficiency. (3) As an interesting result we found that the scale effect works against the merger, indicating that it is not favorable for a full-scale merger.