A distributional version of functional equations and their stabilities

Generalizing the results in [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 286 (2003) 177–186; J. Math. Anal. Appl. 295 (2004) 107–114; Arch. Math., to appear; J. Math. Anal. Appl. 299 (2004) 578–586] that consider the Hyers–Ulam stability problems of several functional equations in the spaces of the Schwartz tempered distributions and the Fourier hyperfunctions we consider the stability problems of the functional equations in the space of distributions.     

He’s homotopy perturbation method for systems of integro-differential equations

In this article, the homotopy perturbation method [He JH. Homotopy perturbation technique. Comput Meth Appl Mech Eng 1999;178:257–62; He JH. A coupling method of homotopy technique and perturbation technique for nonlinear problems. Int J Non-Linear Mech 2000;35(1):37–43; He JH. Comparison of homotopy perturbation method and homotopy analysis method. Appl Math Comput 2004;156:527–39; He JH. Homotopy perturbation method: a new nonlinear analytical technique. Appl Math Comput 2003;135:73–79; He JH. The homotopy perturbation method for nonlinear oscillators with discontinuities. Appl Math Comput 2004;151:287–92; He JH. Application of homotopy perturbation method to nonlinear wave equations Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 2005;26:695–700] is applied to solve linear and nonlinear systems of integro-differential equations. Some nonlinear examples are presented to illustrate the ability of the method for such system. Examples for linear system are so easy that has been ignored.     

On the rate of convergence in the strong law of large numbers for martingales

The aim of this note is to establish the Baum–Katz type rate of convergence in the Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund strong law of large numbers for martingales, which improves the recent works of Stoica [Series of moderate deviation probabilities for martingales, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2005), pp. 759–763; Baum–Katz–Nagaev type results for martingales, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 336 (2007), pp. 1489–1492; A note on the rate of convergence in the strong law of large numbers for martingales, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 381 (2011), pp. 910–913]. Furthermore, we also study some relevant limit behaviours for the uniform mixing process. Under some uniform mixing conditions, the sufficient and necessary condition of the convergence of the martingale series is established.     

A Variational Principle for the Ackerberg-O'Malley Resonance Problem

A new variational principle is proposed for determining the asymptotic expansion of the solution of the Ackerberg-O'Malley resonance problem [Stud. Appl. Math. 49:277–295 (1970)] to any order in ε. The method used yields new higher-order results not permitted by the technique of Grasman and Matkowsky [SIAM J. Appl. Math. 32:588–597 (1977)]. Explicit results using the method are reported to O(ε) and confirmed with asymptotic expansions of the exact solution; the O(1) results agree with those reported in the literature. In the case where the coefficient functions are analytic, an exact solution is presented. It is not difficult to perform the higher-order calculations using the proposed variational approach, in contrast to the current methods in use.     

On the applicability of the Adomian method to initial value problems with discontinuities

In this paper we extend our results of L. Casasús, W. Al-Hayani [The decomposition method for ordinary differential equations with discontinuities, Appl. Math. Comput. 131 (2002) 245–251] to initial value problems with several types of discontinuities, giving relevant examples of linear and nonlinear cases.     

Numerical solution of special 12th-order boundary value problems using differential transform method

In this paper, a differential transform method (DTM) is used to find the numerical solution of a special 12th-order boundary value problems with two point boundary conditions. The analysis is accompanied by testing differential transform method both on linear and nonlinear problems from the literature [Wazwaz AM. Approximate solutions to boundary value problems of higher-order by the modified decomposition method. Comput Math Appl 2000:40;679–91; Siddiqi SS, Ghazala Akram. Solutions of 12th order boundary value problems using non-polynomial spline technique. Appl Math Comput 2007. doi:10.1016/j.amc.2007.10.015; Siddiqi SS, Twizell EH. Spline solutions of linear 12th-order boundary value problems. J Comput Appl Math 1997;78:371–90]. Numerical experiments and comparison with existing methods are performed to demonstrate reliability and efficiency of the proposed method.     

A note on Berge equilibrium

This work is a contribution on the problem of the existence of Berge equilibrium. Abalo and Kostreva give an existence theorem for this equilibrium that appears in the papers [K.Y. Abalo, M.M. Kostreva, Berge equilibrium: Some recent results from fixed-point theorems, Appl. Math. Comput. 169 (2005) 624–638; K.Y. Abalo, M.M. Kostreva, Some existence theorems of Nash and Berge equilibria, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2004) 569–573]. We found that the assumptions of these theorems are not sufficient for the existence of Berge equilibrium. Indeed, we construct a game that verifies Abalo and Kostreva’s assumptions, but has no Berge equilibrium. Then we provide a condition that overcomes the problem in these theorems. Our conclusion is also valid for Radjef’s theorem, which is the basic reference for [K.Y. Abalo, M.M. Kostreva, Berge equilibrium: Some recent results from fixed-point theorems, Appl. Math. Comput. 169 (2005) 624–638; K.Y. Abalo, M.M. Kostreva, Some existence theorems of Nash and Berge equilibria, Appl. Math. Lett. 17 (2004) 569–573; K.Y. Abalo, M.M. Kostreva, Fixed points, Nash games and their organizations, Topol. Methods Nonlinear Anal. 8 (1996) 205–215; K.Y. Abalo, M.M. Kostreva, Equi-well-posed games, J. Optim. Theory Appl. 89 (1996) 89–99].     

Uniqueness of the Compactly Supported Weak Solutions of the Relativistic Vlasov-Darwin System

We use optimal transportation techniques to show uniqueness of the compactly supported weak solutions of the relativistic Vlasov-Darwin system. Our proof extends the method used by Loeper in (J. Math. Pures Appl., 86:68–79, 2006) to obtain uniqueness results for the Vlasov-Poisson system.     

The strong convergence of a three-step algorithm for the split feasibility problem

Based on the very recent work by Dang and Gao (Invers Probl 27:1–9, 2011) and Wang and Xu (J Inequal Appl, doi:10.1155/2010/102085, 2010), and inspired by Yao (Appl Math Comput 186:1551–1558, 2007), Noor (J Math Anal Appl 251:217–229, 2000), and Xu (Invers Probl 22:2021–2034, 2006), we suggest a three-step KM-CQ-like method for solving the split common fixed-point problems in Hilbert spaces. Our results improve and develop previously discussed feasibility problem and related algorithms.     

An improved local convergence analysis for a two-step Steffensen-type method

We study a class of Steffensen-type algorithm for solving nonsmooth variational inclusions in Banach spaces. We provide a local convergence analysis under ω-conditioned divided difference, and the Aubin continuity property. This work on the one hand extends the results on local convergence of Steffensen’s method related to the resolution of nonlinear equations (see Amat and Busquier in Comput. Math. Appl. 49:13–22, 2005; J. Math. Anal. Appl. 324:1084–1092, 2006; Argyros in Southwest J. Pure Appl. Math. 1:23–29, 1997; Nonlinear Anal. 62:179–194, 2005; J. Math. Anal. Appl. 322:146–157, 2006; Rev. Colomb. Math. 40:65–73, 2006; Computational Theory of Iterative Methods, 2007). On the other hand our approach improves the ratio of convergence and enlarges the convergence ball under weaker hypotheses than one given in Hilout (Commun. Appl. Nonlinear Anal. 14:27–34, 2007).     

Comment on: a two-stage fourth-order “almost” P-stable method for oscillatory problems

In Chawla and Al-Zanaidi (J. Comput. Appl. Math. 89 (1997) 115–118) a fourth-order “almost” P-stable method for y″=f(x,y) is proposed. We claim that it is possible to retrieve this combination of multistep methods by means of the theory of parameterized Runge-Kutta-Nyström (RKN) methods and moreover to generalize the method discussed by Chawla and Al-Zanaidi (J. Comput. Appl. Math. 89 (1997) 115–118).     

Existence and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to first- and second-order difference equations with periodic forcing

By using previous results of Djafari Rouhani for non-expansive sequences in Refs (Djafari Rouhani, Ergodic theorems for nonexpansive sequences in Hilbert spaces and related problems, Ph.D. Thesis, Yale University, Part I (1981), pp. 1–76; Djafari Rouhani, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 147 (1990), pp. 465–476; Djafari Rouhani, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 151 (1990), pp. 226–235), we study the existence and asymptotic behaviour of solutions to first-order as well as second-order difference equations of monotone type with periodic forcing. In the first-order case, our result extends to general maximal monotone operators, the discrete analogue of a result of Baillon and Haraux (Rat. Mech. Anal. 67 (1977), 101–109) proved for subdifferential operators. In the second-order case, our results extend among other things, previous results of Apreutesei (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 288 (2003), 833–851) to the non-homogeneous case, and show the asymptotic convergence of every bounded solution to a periodic solution.     

Periodic solutions for predator–prey systems with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response on time scales

This paper deals with the question of existence of periodic solutions of nonautonomous predator–prey dynamical systems with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response. We explore the periodicity of this system on time scales. New sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of periodic solutions. These conditions extend previous results presented in [M. Bohner, M. Fan, J. Zhang, Existence of periodic solutions in predator–prey and competition dynamic systems, Nonlinear. Anal.: Real World Appl. 7 (2006) 1193–1204; M. Fan, Y. Kuang, Dynamics of a nonautonomous predator–prey system with the Beddington–DeAngelies functional response, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 295 (2004) 15–39; J. Zhang, J. Wang, Periodic solutions for discrete predator–prey systems with the Beddington–DeAngelis functional response, Appl. Math. Lett. 19 (2006) 1361–1366].     

On Gronwall-Bellman-Bihari-type integral inequalities in several variables with retardation

Presented are some new nonlinear integral inequalities of the Gronwall-Bellman-Bihari type in n-independent variables with delay which extend recent results of C. C. Yeh and M.-H. Shin [J. Math. Anal. Appl.86, (1982), 157–167], C. C. Yeh [J. Math. Anal. Appl.87, (1982), 311–321], and A. I. Zahariev and D. D. Bainor [J. Math. Anal. Appl.89, (1981), 147–149]. Some applications of the results are included.     

The AOR iterative method for new preconditioned linear systems

In this paper we apply the AOR method to preconditioned linear systems different from those considered in Evans and Martins (Internat. J. Comput. Math. 5 (1995) 69–76), Gunawardena et al. (Linear Algebra Appl. 154–156 (1991) 123–143) and Li and Evans (Technical Report No. 901, Department of Computer Studies, University of Loughborough, 1994). Our results show that some improvements in the convergence rate of this iterative method can be obtained.     

Transient analysis of two queues in parallel with jockeying

Recently, Tarabia (Appl. Math. Model., 2008, 802) studied the steady-state probabilities of two parallel queues with jockeying and restricted capacities, using the matrix-analytical technique. In this paper, the differential–difference equations which describe the transient state case are derived. Using the fourth order Runge–Kutta method and randomization methods, transient-state probabilities of the Tarabia (2008) model are computed. It is shown that these two methods are closely related, but that the randomization method is superior to the Runge–Kutta method. In the transient case, a numerical comparison between Tarabia's model and Conolly's (J. Appl. Prob., 1984, 394) model is presented to highlight the effect of jockeying on the average of the queue length and the waiting time. Finally, some illustrative numerical results are provided, and conclusions are presented.     

Solving evolution equations using a new iterative method

In this article, we apply the new iterative method proposed by Daftardar‐Gejji and Jafari (J Math Anal Appl 316, (2006), 753–763) for solving various linear and nonlinear evolution equations. The results obtained are compared with the results by existing methods. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2010     

On the solution of systems of equations with constant rank derivatives

The famous for its simplicity and clarity Newton–Kantorovich hypothesis of Newton’s method has been used for a long time as the sufficient convergence condition for solving nonlinear equations. Recently, in the elegant study by Hu et al. (J Comput Appl Math 219:110–122, 2008), a Kantorovich-type convergence analysis for the Gauss–Newton method (GNM) was given improving earlier results by Häubler (Numer Math 48:119–125, 1986), and extending some results by Argyros (Adv Nonlinear Var Inequal 8:93–99, 2005, 2007) to hold for systems of equations with constant rank derivatives. In this study, we use our new idea of recurrent functions to extend the applicability of (GNM) by replacing existing conditions by weaker ones. Finally, we provide numerical examples to solve equations in cases not covered before (Häubler, Numer Math 48:119–125, 1986; Hu et al., J Comput Appl Math 219:110–122, 2008; Kontorovich and Akilov 2004).     

The application of the modified variational iteration method on the generalized Fisher’s equation

In a recent paper, Abassy et al. (J. Comput. Appl. Math. 207:137–147, 2007) proposed a modified variational iteration method (MVIM) for a special kind of nonlinear differential equations. In this paper, we consider variational iteration method (VIM) and MVIM (proposed in Abassy et al., J. Comput. Appl. Math. 207:137–147, 2007) to obtain an approximate series solution to the generalized Fisher’s equation which converges to the exact solution in the region of convergence. It is also shown that the application of VIM to the generalized Fisher’s equation leads to calculation of unneeded terms for series solution. Therefore, we use MVIM to overcome this disadvantage. Comparison of error between VIM and MVIM is made. The results show that the MVIM is more effective than the VIM.     

Ishikawa type iterative algorithm for completely generalized nonlinear quasi-variational-like inclusions in Banach spaces

In this paper, we consider completely generalized nonlinear quasi-variational-like inclusions in Banach spaces and propose an Ishikawa type iterative algorithm for computing their approximate solutions by applying the new notion of $J^{\eta }$-proximal mapping given in [R. Ahmad, A.H. Siddiqi, Z. Khan, Proximal point algorithm for generalized multi-valued nonlinear quasi-variational-like inclusions in Banach spaces, Appl. Math. Comput. 163 (2005) 295–308]. We prove that the approximate solutions obtained by the proposed algorithm converge to the exact solution of our quasi-variational-like inclusions. The results presented in this paper extend and improve the corresponding results of [R. Ahmad, A.H. Siddiqi, Z. Khan, Proximal point algorithm for generalized multi-valued nonlinear quasi-variational-like inclusions in Banach spaces, Appl. Math. Comput. 163 (2005) 295–308; X.P. Ding, F.Q. Xia, A new class of completely generalized quasi-variational inclusions in Banach spaces, J. Comput. Appl. Math. 147 (2002) 369–383; N.J. Huang, Generalized nonlinear variational inclusions with non-compact valued mappings, Appl. Math. Lett. 9(3) (1996) 25–29; A. Hassouni, A. Moudafi, A perturbed algorithm for variational inclusions, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 185(3) (1994) 706–712]. Some special cases are also discussed.