On the solvability of a mathematical model for prion proliferation

We show that a model describing the interaction between normal and infectious prion proteins admits global solutions. More precisely, supposing the involved degradation rates to be bounded, we prove global existence and uniqueness of classical solutions. Based on this existence theory, we provide sufficient conditions for the existence of global weak solutions in the case of unbounded splitting rates. Moreover, we prove global stability of the disease-free steady state.     

Global well-posedness and twist-wave solutions for the inertial Qian–Sheng model of liquid crystals

We consider the inertial Qian–Sheng model of liquid crystals which couples a hyperbolic-type equation involving a second-order material derivative with a forced incompressible Navier–Stokes system. We study the energy law and prove a global well-posedness result. We further provide an example of twist-wave solutions, that is solutions of the coupled system for which the flow vanishes for all times.     

Global solutions for the generalized Camassa–Holm equation

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem of the generalized Camassa–Holm equation. Firstly, we prove the existence of the global strong solutions provide the initial data satisfying a certain sign condition. Then, we obtain the existence and the uniqueness of the global weak solutions under the same sign condition of the initial data.     

An alogrithm for monotonic global optimization problems ∗

We propose an algorithm to locate a global maximum of an increasing function subject to an increasing constraint on the cone of vectors with nonnegative coordinates. The algorithm is based on the outer approximation of the feasible set. We eastablish the con vergence of the algorithm and provide a number of numerical experiments. We also discuss the types of constraints and objective functions for which the algorithm is best suited     

Long-time behavior for a nonlinear plate equation with thermal memory

We consider a nonlinear plate equation with thermal memory effects due to non-Fourier heat flux laws. First we prove the existence and uniqueness of global solutions as well as the existence of a global attractor. Then we use a suitable ?ojasiewicz-Simon type inequality to show the convergence of global solutions to single steady states as time goes to infinity under the assumption that the nonlinear term f is real analytic. Moreover, we provide an estimate on the convergence rate.     

On Global Hypoellipticity

We consider a first order linear partial differential operator of principal type on a closed connected orientable two-dimensional manifold sending sections of one complex line bundle to sections of another. We prove that the assumption of global hypoellipticity of the operator implies a relation between the degrees of the line bundles and the Euler characteristic of the manifold.     

Global existence and blow-up of solutions of nonlocal diffusion problems with free boundaries

In this paper, we investigate some nonlocal diffusion problems with free boundaries. We first give the existence and uniqueness of local solution by the ODE basic theory and the contraction mapping principle. Then we provide a complete classification for the global existence and finite time blow-up of solutions. Moreover, estimates of blow-up rate and blow-up time are also obtained for the blow-up solution.     

食饵具脉冲扰动与捕食者具连续收获的时滞捕食-食饵模型

本文讨论了与生物资源管理相关的食饵具脉冲扰动与捕食者具连续收获的时滞捕食-食饵模型,得到了捕食者灭绝周期解的全局吸引和系统持久的充分条件.也证明了系统的所有解的一致完全有界.我们的结论为现实的生物资源管理提供了可靠的策略依据,也丰富了脉冲时滞微分方程的理论.     

具弱耗散项的非线性Hartree方程

该文讨论了一类在量子理论中有着较多应用的具耗散项的非线性Hartree方程。分别从耗散系数和初值两个方面讨论了解的整体存在性条件。一方面,利用Strichartz估计,得到仅依赖于耗散系数的整体存在性条件。另一方面,也得到了仅依赖于初值大小的整体存在性条件。而且,还得到了一个整体解存在的小初值准则。     

On the dynamics of a degenerate parabolic equation: global bifurcation of stationary states and convergence

We study the dynamics of a degenerate parabolic equation with a variable, generally non-smooth diffusion coefficient, which may vanish at some points or be unbounded. We show the existence of a global branch of nonnegative stationary states, covering both the cases of a bounded and an unbounded domain. The global bifurcation of stationary states, implies-in conjuction with the definition of a gradient dynamical system in the natural phase space-that at least in the case of a bounded domain, any solution with nonnegative initial data tends to the trivial or the nonnegative equilibrium. Applications of the global bifurcation result to general degenerate semilinear as well as to quasilinear elliptic equations, are also discussed. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991) 35B40, 35B41, 35R05     

Local optimality subsets and global optimization a prospective approach

We set here the problem of introducing memory into global optimization processes involving the minimization of a convex function on some discrete subset of ℝⁿ. In order to address this problem, we propose an analysis of the structure of the local optimality subsets induced by such a problem. We discuss potential interpretations of these results in the context of global optimization problems.     

On the connectedness and asymptotic behaviour of solutions of reaction-diffusion systems

In this paper we consider reaction-diffusion systems in which the conditions imposed on the nonlinearity provide global existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem, but not uniqueness. We prove first that for the set of all weak solutions the Kneser property holds, that is, that the set of values attained by the solutions at every moment of time is compact and connected. Further, we prove the existence and connectedness of a global attractor in both the autonomous and nonautonomous cases. The obtained results are applied to several models of physical (or chemical) interest: a model of fractional-order chemical autocatalysis with decay, the Fitz-Hugh-Nagumo equation and the Ginzburg-Landau equation.     

Finite-dimensional global attractors in Banach spaces

We provide bounds on the upper box-counting dimension of negatively invariant subsets of Banach spaces, a problem that is easily reduced to covering the image of the unit ball under a linear map by a collection of balls of smaller radius. As an application of the abstract theory we show that the global attractors of a very broad class of parabolic partial differential equations (semilinear equations in Banach spaces) are finite-dimensional.     

Global attractor for the viscous modified two-component Camassa–Holm equation

We obtain the existence of global attractor for the Cauchy problem of a viscous modified two-component Camassa–Holm equation. The existence of global strong solutions is obtained using Kato’s theory. The key elements in our analysis are the uniform Gronwall lemma and some estimates of the solutions.     

On the dynamics of a strongly singular parabolic equation

In this paper we study the semiflow defined by a semilinear parabolic equation, in which both the diffusion and the reaction term present strong order of singularity at the origin. We justify the existence of a global branch of nontrivial equilibrium solutions for subcritical nonlinearities. The approach, based on the critical Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg inequality, follows the arguments of  and .     

The Global Attractors for Damped Generalized Coupled Nonlinear Wave Equations

The existence of global attractors for the periodic initial value problem of damped generalized coupled nonlinear wave equations is proved. We also get the estimates of the upper bounds of Hausdorff and fractal dimensions for the global attractors by means of a uniformly priori estimates for time.     

Unified theory of augmented Lagrangian methods for constrained global optimization

We classify in this paper different augmented Lagrangian functions into three unified classes. Based on two unified formulations, we construct, respectively, two convergent augmented Lagrangian methods that do not require the global solvability of the Lagrangian relaxation and whose global convergence properties do not require the boundedness of the multiplier sequence and any constraint qualification. In particular, when the sequence of iteration points does not converge, we give a sufficient and necessary condition for the convergence of the objective value of the iteration points. We further derive two multiplier algorithms which require the same convergence condition and possess the same properties as the proposed convergent augmented Lagrangian methods. The existence of a global saddle point is crucial to guarantee the success of a dual search. We generalize in the second half of this paper the existence theorems for a global saddle point in the literature under the framework of the unified classes of augmented Lagrangian functions.     

Beale-Kato-Majda type condition for Burgers equation

We consider a multidimensional Burgers equation on the torus Td and the whole space Rd. We show that, in case of the torus, there exists a unique global solution in Lebesgue spaces. For a torus we also provide estimates on the large time behaviour of solutions. In the case of Rd we establish the existence of a unique global solution if a Beale-Kato-Majda type condition is satisfied. To prove these results we use the probabilistic arguments which seem to be new.     

Global Optimization Using Diffusion Perturbations with Large Noise Intensity

This work develops an algorithm for global optimization.The algorithm is of gradient ascent typeand uses random perturbations.In contrast to the annealing type procedurcs,the perturbation noise intensityis large.We demonstrate that by properly varying the noise intensity,approximations to the global maximumcan be achieved.We also show that the expected time to reach the domain of attraction of the global maximum,which can be approximated by the solution of a boundary value problem,is finite.Discrete-time algorithmsare proposed;recursive algorithms with occasional perturbations involving large noise intensity are developed.Numerical examples are provided for illustration.