Solvability of singular second order m-point boundary value problems

Let be a function satisfying Carathéodory's conditions and (1−t)e(t)∈L¹(0,1). Let ξi∈(0,1), ai∈R, i=1,…,m−2, 0<ξ₁<ξ₂<?<ξm−2<1 be given. This paper is concerned with the problem of existence of a C¹[0,1) solution for the m-point boundary value problem

     

Some multipoint boundary value problems of Neumann-Dirichlet type involving a multipoint p-Laplace like operator

Let ? and θ be two increasing homeomorphisms from R onto R with ?(0)=0, θ(0)=0. Let be a function satisfying Carathéodory's conditions, and for each i, i=1,2,…,m−2, let , be a continuous function, with , ξi∈(0,1), 0<ξ₁<ξ₂<?<ξm−2<1.In this paper we first prove a suitable continuation lemma of Leray-Schauder type which we use to obtain several existence results for the m-point boundary value problem:

     

Positive solutions of nonlinear three-point boundary-value problems

Let a∈C[0,1], b∈C([0,1],(−∞,0]). Let φ₁(t) be the unique solution of the linear boundary value problem

u″(t)+a(t)u′(t)+b(t)u(t)=0,t∈(0,1),u(0)=0,u(1)=1.     

Solution curves and exact multiplicity results for 2mth order boundary value problems

For any integer m?2, we consider the 2mth order boundary value problem

(−1)mu(2m)(x)=λg(u(x))u(x),x∈(−1,1),     

Positive solution for fourth-order m-point nonhomogeneous boundary value problems

This paper is concerned with the following fourth-order m-point nonhomogeneous boundary value problem $$\begin{array}{l}u^{(4)}(t)=f(t,u(t),u^{\prime \prime }(t)),\quad 0<t<1,\\[3pt]u(0)=u(1)=u^{\prime \prime }(0)=0,\\[3pt]u^{\prime \prime }(1)-\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}a_{i}u^{\prime\prime }(\xi _{i})=-\lambda ,\end{array}$$ where a _i ≥0 (i=1,2,…,m?2), 0<ξ₁<ξ₂<???<ξ _m?2<1 and ∑ _i=1 ^m?2 a _i ξ _i <1, and λ>0 is a parameter. The existence and nonexistence of positive solution are discussed for suitable λ>0 when f is superlinear or sublinear. The main tool used is the well-known Guo-Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem.     

Positive solutions for multi-point boundary value problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations

The paper studies the problem of existence of positive solution to the following boundary value problem: $D_{0^ + }^\sigma u''(t) - g(t)f(u(t)) = 0$ , t ∈ (0, 1), u″(0) = u″(1) = 0, au(0) ? bu′(0) = Σ _i=1 ^m?2 a _i u(ξ _i ), cu(1) + du′(1) = Σ _i=1 ^m?2 b _i u(ξ _i ), where $D_{0^ + }^\sigma$ is the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order 1 < σ ≤ 2 and f is a lower semi-continuous function. Using Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorems in a cone, the existence of one positive solution and multiple positive solutions for nonlinear singular boundary value problems is established.     

Global stability of some symmetric difference equations

Suppose r∈(0,1],m∈N and 1?k₁<k₂<?<k_2m+1, and let S_2m+1={1,2,…,2m+1}. We show that every positive solution to the difference equation

     

On boundedness of discrete multilinear singular integral operators

Let m(ξ,η) be a measurable locally bounded function defined in R². Let 1?p₁,q₁,p₂,q₂<∞ such that pi=1 implies qi=∞. Let also 0<p₃,q₃<∞ and 1/p=1/p₁+1/p₂−1/p₃. We prove the following transference result: the operator

     

Existence of multiple positive solutions for one-dimensional p-Laplacian operator

In this paper, we consider the multipoint boundary value problem for one-dimensional p-Laplacian $$(\phi_{p}(u'))'+f(t,u,u')=0,\quad t\in [0,1],$$ subject to the boundary value conditions: $$u'(0)=\sum_{i=1}^{n-2}\alpha_{i}u'(\xi_{i}),\qquad u(1)=\sum_{i=1}^{n-2}\beta_{i}u(\xi_{i}),$$ where φ _p (s)=|s| ^p?2?s,p>1;ξ _i ∈(0,1) with 0<ξ ₁<ξ ₂<???<ξ _n?2<1 and α _i ,β _i satisfy α _i ,β _i ∈[0,∞),0≤∑ _i=1 ^n?2 α _i <1 and 0≤∑ _i=1 ^n?2 β _i <1. Using a fixed point theorem for operators in a cone, we provide sufficient conditions for the existence of multiple positive solutions to the above boundary value problem.     

Characterization of the absence of a spectral gapfor a class of periodic Jacobi operators

Let q ∈ {2, 3} and let 0 = s₀ < s₁ < … < s_q = T be integers. For m, n ∈ Z, we put ¯m,n = {j ∈ Z| m? j ? n}. We set l_j = s_j − s_j−1 for j ∈ 1, q. Given (p₁,, p_q) ∈ R^q, let b: Z → R be a periodic function of period T such that b(·) = p_j on s_j−1 + 1, s_j for each j ∈ 1, q. We study the spectral gaps of the Jacobi operator (Ju)(n) = u(n + 1) + u(n − 1) + b(n)u(n) acting on l²(Z). By [λ_2j , λ_2j−1] we denote the jth band of the spectrum of J counted from above for j ∈ 1, T. Suppose that p_m ≠ p_n for m ≠ n. We prove that the statements (i) and (ii) below are equivalent for λ ∈ R and i ∈ 1, T − 1.     

A complement of the Ando-Hiai inequality

In this paper, we present a complement of a generalized Ando-Hiai inequality due to Fujii and Kamei [M. Fujii, E. Kamei, Ando-Hiai inequality and Furuta inequality, Linear Algebra Appl. 416 (2006) 541-545]. Let A and B be positive operators on a Hilbert space H such that 0<m₁?A?M₁ and 0<m₂?B?M₂ for some scalars m_i?M_i (i=1,2), and let α∈[0,1]. Put for i=1,2. Then for each 0<r?1 and s?1

     

An even-order three-point boundary value problem on time scales

We study the even-order dynamic equation (−1)ⁿx^(Δ∇)n(t)=λh(t)f(x(t)), t∈[a,c] satisfying the boundary conditions x^(Δ∇)i(a)=0 and x^(Δ∇)i(c)=βx^(Δ∇)i(b) for 0?i?n−1. The three points a,b,c are from a time scale , where 0<β(b−a)<c−a for b∈(a,c), β>0, f is a positive function, and h is a nonnegative function that is allowed to vanish on some subintervals of [a,c] of the time scale.     

On hyper-singular integral operators with variable kernels

Let n?2, Sn−1 be the unit sphere in Rn. For 0?α<1, m∈N₀, 1<p?2, and Ω∈L^∞(Rn)×Hr(Sn−1) with (where Hr is the Hardy space if r?1 and Hr=Lr if 1<r<∞), we study the singular integral operator, for r?1, defined by

     

Normal families and value distribution in connection with composite functions

We prove a value distribution result which has several interesting corollaries. Let k∈N, let α∈C and let f be a transcendental entire function with order less than 1/2. Then for every nonconstant entire function g, we have that (f○g)^(k)−α has infinitely many zeros. This result also holds when k=1, for every transcendental entire function g. We also prove the following result for normal families. Let k∈N, let f be a transcendental entire function with ρ(f)<1/k, and let a₀,…,ak−1,a be analytic functions in a domain Ω. Then the family of analytic functions g such that

     

Persistence, contractivity and global stability in logistic equations with piecewise constant delays

We establish sufficient conditions for the persistence and the contractivity of solutions and the global asymptotic stability for the positive equilibrium N^*=1/(a+∑_i=0^mb_i) of the following differential equation with piecewise constant arguments:

where r(t) is a nonnegative continuous function on [0,+∞), r(t)0, ∑_i=0^mb_i>0, b_i0, i=0,1,2,…,m, and a+∑_i=0^mb_i>0. These new conditions depend on a,b₀ and ∑_i=1^mb_i, and hence these are other type conditions than those given by So and Yu (Hokkaido Math. J. 24 (1995) 269–286) and others. In particular, in the case m=0 and r(t)≡r>0, we offer necessary and sufficient conditions for the persistence and contractivity of solutions. We also investigate the following differential equation with nonlinear delay terms:

where r(t) is a nonnegative continuous function on [0,+∞), r(t)0, 1−ax−g(x,x,…,x)=0 has a unique solution x^*>0 and g(x₀,x₁,…,x_m)C¹[(0,+∞)×(0,+∞)××(0,+∞)].     

Multi-point boundary value problems for one-dimensionalp-Laplacian at resonance

In this paper, we consider the multi-point boundary value problems for one-dimensional p-Laplacian at resonance: $(\phi _p (x'(t)))' = f(t,x(t),x'(t))$ subject to the boundary value conditions: $(\phi _p (x'(0)) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n - 2} {\alpha _i \phi _p (x'(\xi _i ))} $ , $(\phi _p (x'(1)) = \sum\limits_{j = 1}^{m - 2} {\beta _j \phi _p (x'(\eta _i ))} $ where ? _p (s)=|s|^p-2 s, p>1,α_i(1≤i≤n-2)∈R,β_{jit}(1≤j≤m-2)∈R, 0<ξ₁<ξ₂<...<ξ_n-2<1, 0<η₁<η₂<...<η_m-2<1, By applying the extension of Mawhin’s continuation theorem, we prove the existence of at least one solution. Our result is new.     

Effective Fast Algorithms for Polynomial Spectral Factorization

Let p(z) be a polynomial of degree n having zeros |ξ₁|≤???≤|ξ _m |<1<|ξ _m+1|≤???≤|ξ _n |. This paper is concerned with the problem of efficiently computing the coefficients of the factors u(z)=∏ _i=1 ^m (z?ξ _i ) and l(z)=∏ _i=m+1 ⁿ (z?ξ _i ) of p(z) such that a(z)=z ^?m p(z)=(z ^?m u(z))l(z) is the spectral factorization of a(z). To perform this task the following two-stage approach is considered: first we approximate the central coefficients x _?n+1,. . .x _n?1 of the Laurent series x(z)=∑ _i=?∞ ^+∞ x _i z ⁱ satisfying x(z)a(z)=1; then we determine the entries in the first column and in the first row of the inverse of the Toeplitz matrix T=(x _i?j ) _i,j=?n+1,n?1 which provide the sought coefficients of u(z) and l(z). Two different algorithms are analyzed for the reciprocation of Laurent polynomials. One algorithm makes use of Graeffe's iteration which is quadratically convergent. Differently, the second algorithm directly employs evaluation/interpolation techniques at the roots of 1 and it is linearly convergent only. Algorithmic issues and numerical experiments are discussed.     

Quenching for nonlinear degenerate parabolic problems

For the problem given by u_τ=(ξ^ru^mu_ξ)_ξ/ξ^r+f(u) for 0<ξ<a, 0<τ<Λ≤∞, u(ξ,0)=u₀(ξ) for 0≤ξ≤a, and u(0,τ)=0=u(a,τ) for 0<τ<Λ, where a and m are positive constants, r is a constant less than 1, f(u) is a positive function such that lim_u→c⁻f(u)=∞ for some positive constant c, and u₀(ξ) is a given function satisfying u₀(0)=0=u₀(a), this paper studies quenching of the solution u.     

Inverse spectral problems for Sturm-Liouville operators with singular potentials. Part III: Reconstruction by three spectra

We solve the inverse spectral problem of recovering the singular potential from W⁻¹₂(0,1) of a Sturm-Liouville operator by its spectra on the three intervals [0,1], [0,a], and [a,1] for some a∈(0,1). Necessary and sufficient conditions on the spectral data are derived, and uniqueness of the solution is analyzed.