A new class of generalized f-projected dynamical system in Banach spaces

In this article, a new class of generalized f-projected dynamical systems is introduced and studied in Banach spaces. A global existence and uniqueness result of generalized f-projected dynamical system is proved, which generalizes the existence result of Xia and Vincent [Y.S. Xia and T.L. Vincent, On the stability of global projected dynamical systems, J. Optim. Theory Appl. 106 (2009), pp. 129–150]. The global convergence stability of the generalized f-projected dynamical system and the sensitivity result of solutions set with perturbations of the constraint sets are also obtained under some suitable conditions.     

Stability and convergence in discrete convex monotone dynamical systems

We study the stable behaviour of discrete dynamical systems where the map is convex and monotone with respect to the standard positive cone. The notion of tangential stability for fixed points and periodic points is introduced, which is weaker than Lyapunov stability. Among others we show that the set of tangentially stable fixed points is isomorphic to a convex inf-semilattice, and a criterion is given for the existence of a unique tangentially stable fixed point. We also show that periods of tangentially stable periodic points are orders of permutations on n letters, where n is the dimension of the underlying space, and a sufficient condition for global convergence to periodic orbits is presented.     

Two New Recurrent Levels for <Emphasis Type="Italic">C</Emphasis><Superscript>0</Superscript>-Flows

The central problem in dynamical systems is the asymptotic behavior or topological structure of the orbits. Nevertheless only orbits of points with certain recurrence and form a set of full measure are truly of importance. Of course, such a set is desired to be as small (in the sense of set inclusion) as possible. In this paper we discuss such two sets: the set of weakly almost periodic points and the set of quasi-weakly almost periodic points. While the two sets are different from each other by definitions, we prove that their closures both coincide with the measure center (or the minimal center of attraction) of the dynamical systems. Generally, a point may have three levels of orbit-structure: the support of an invariant measure generated by the point, its minimal center of attraction and its ω-limit set. We study the three levels of orbit-structure for weakly almost periodic points and quasi-weakly almost periodic points. We prove that quasi-weakly almost periodic points possess especially rich topological orbit-structures. We also present a necessary and sufficient condition for a point to belong to its own minimal center of attraction.     

On chaotic behaviour of the p-adic generalized Ising mapping and its application

In the present paper, by conducting research on the dynamics of the p-adic generalized Ising mapping corresponding to renormalization group associated with the p-adic Ising-Vannemenus model on a Cayley tree, we have determined the existence of the fixed points of a given function. Simultaneously, the attractors of the dynamical system have been found. We have come to a conclusion that the considered mapping is topologically conjugate to the symbolic shift which implies its chaoticity and as an application, we have established the existence of periodic p-adic Gibbs measures for the p-adic Ising-Vannemenus model.     

Generalized Hopf Bifurcation for Planar Filippov Systems Continuous at the Origin

In this paper, we study the existence of periodic orbits bifurcating from stationary solutions of a planar dynamical system of Filippov type. This phenomenon is interpreted as a generalized Hopf bifurcation. In the case of smoothness, Hopf bifurcation is characterized by a pair of complex conjugate eigenvalues crossing through the imaginary axis. This method does not carry over to nonsmooth systems, due to the lack of linearization at the origin which is located on the line of discontinuity. In fact, generalized Hopf bifurcation is determined by interactions between the discontinuity of the system and the eigen-structures of all subsystems. With the help of geometrical observations for a corresponding piecewise linear system, we derive an analytical method to investigate the existence of periodic orbits that are obtained by searching for the fixed points of return maps.     

Generalized inverses and the total stopping times of collatz sequences

Let f(n) be defined on the set N is even, and f(n)=3n+1 if nie: is odd. A well-known conjecture in number theory asserts that for every n the sequence of iterates eventually reaches the cycle (4,2,1). We recast the conjecture in terms of a denumerable Markov chain with transition matrix P. Assuming that (4,2,1) is the only cycle, but allowing for the possibility of unbounded trajectories, we establish the complete structure of a particular generalized inverse X of I?P and show that the entries of X describe the trajectories and "total stopping times" of integers n. Moreover, the infinite matrix X satisfies properties which, in the case of finite matrices, are the defining properties of the unique group generalized inverse (I?P)^#. The result extends to dynamical systems on ? consisting of points that are fixed, eventually fixed, or have unbounded trajectories. As a consequence, we obtain a generalized inverse that encodes the dynamics of such systems, and for cases in which known general criteria for the existence of (I?P)^# do not apply.     

The Marotto Theorem on planar monotone or competitive maps

In 1978, Marotto generalized Li–Yorke’s results on the criterion for chaos from one-dimensional discrete dynamical systems to n-dimensional discrete dynamical systems, showing that the existence of a non-degenerate snap-back repeller implies chaos in the sense of Li–Yorke. This theorem is very useful in predicting and analyzing discrete chaos in multi-dimensional dynamical systems. Yet, besides it is well known that there exists an error in the conditions of the original Marotto Theorem, and several authors had tried to correct it in different way, Chen, Hsu and Zhou pointed out that the verification of “non-degeneracy” of a snap-back repeller is the most difficult in general and expected, “almost beyond reasonable doubt,” that the existence of only degenerate snap-back repeller still implies chaotic, which was posed as a conjecture by them. In this paper, we shall give necessary and sufficient conditions of chaos in the sense of Li–Yorke for planar monotone or competitive discrete dynamical systems and solve Chen–Hsu–Zhou Conjecture for such kinds of systems.     

Endpoints of set-valued dynamical systems of asymptotic contractions of Meir–Keeler type and strict contractions in uniform spaces

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of the set-valued dynamical systems of asymptotic contractions of Meir–Keeler type and set-valued dynamical systems of strict contractions in uniform spaces and we present a method which is useful for establishing conditions guaranteeing the existence and uniqueness of endpoints of these contractions and the convergence to these endpoints of all generalized sequences of iterations of these contractions. The result, concerning the investigations of problems of the set-valued asymptotic fixed point theory, include some well-known results of Meir and Keeler, Kirk and Suzuki concerning the asymptotic fixed point theory of single-valued maps in metric spaces. The result, concerning set-valued strict contractions (in which the contractive coefficient is not constant), is different from the result of Yuan concerning the existence of endpoints of Tarafdar–Vyborny generalized contractions (in which the contractive coefficient is constant) in bounded metric spaces and provides some examples of Tarafdar–Yuan topological contractions in compact uniform spaces. Definitions and results presented here are new for set-valued dynamical systems in uniform, locally convex and metric spaces and even for single-valued maps. Examples show a fundamental difference between our results and the well-known ones.     

Uniform exponential attractors for first order non-autonomous lattice dynamical systems

In Abdallah (2008, 2009) [2] and [3], we have investigated the existence of exponential attractors for first and second order autonomous lattice dynamical systems. Within this work, in l², we carefully study the existence of a uniform exponential attractor for the family of processes associated with an abstract family of first order non-autonomous lattice dynamical systems with quasiperiodic symbols acting on a closed bounded set.     

Ideal Systems and Connecting Orbits

In this paper,we study a class of dynamical systems in Rn - ideal systems and give an existence criterion of quasi-connecting orbits for such systems. Also, an existence criterion of connecting orbits for general systems is given.     

The essential components of the set of equilibrium points for set-valued maps

In this article, we discuss the stability of equilibrium points for set-valued maps. We introduce the notion of essential components of the set of equilibrium points for set-valued maps and prove an existence theorem of essential components. As applications, we deduce the existence of essential components of the set of coincidence points and show that every Marchaud dynamical economy (cf. [J.P. Aubin, Dynamic Economic Theory, Springer-Verlag, 1997]) possesses at least one essential component of the set of its viable equilibrium points.     

Exponential attractors for first-order lattice dynamical systems

In l², we investigate the existence of an exponential attractor for the solution semigroup of a first-order lattice dynamical system acting on a closed bounded positively invariant set which needs not to be compact since l² is infinite dimensional. Up to our knowledge, this is the first time to examine the existence of exponential attractors for lattice dynamical systems.     

广义同步化流形的Holder连续性

证明了两个不同的混沌系统线性耦合时能实现广义同步化,在一定条件下广义同步化流形是Holder连续的.采用的思想是Temam的无穷维动力系统的惯性流形理论的改进.在线性耦合下两个混沌系统具有吸收集和吸引子的基础上,通过定义在一个函数类上的映射满足Schauder不动点定理,从而得到广义同步化流形,该广义同步化流形具有不变性.又证明了存在分数维的指数吸引子,指数吸引子与广义同步流形的交集具有指数吸引性.数值仿真证实了理论的正确性.在驱动系统和响应系统外引入辅助系统,辅助系统与响应系统的完全同步化表明了驱动系统和响应系统的广义同步化.     

On the Variational Approach to Systems of Quasilinear Conservation Laws

The paper contains results concerning the development of a new approach to the proof of existence theorems for generalized solutions to systems of quasilinear conservation laws. This approach is based on reducing the search for a generalized solution to analyzing extremal properties of a certain set of functionals and is referred to as a variational approach. The definition of a generalized solution can be naturally reformulated in terms of the existence of critical points for a set of functionals, which is convenient within the approach proposed. The variational representation of generalized solutions, which was earlier known for Hopf-type equations, is generalized to systems of quasilinear conservation laws. The extremal properties of the functionals corresponding to systems of conservation laws are described within the variational approach, and a strategy for proving the existence theorem is outlined. In conclusion, it is shown that the variational approach can be generalized to the two-dimensional case.     

Characterizing efficiency without linear structure: a unified approach

In this paper, we study a general optimization problem without linear structure under a reflexive and transitive relation on a nonempty set E, and characterize the existence of efficient points and the domination property for a subset of E through a generalization of the order-completeness condition introduced earlier. Afterwards, we study the abstract optimization problem by using generalized continuity concepts and establish various existence results. As an application, we extend and improve several existence results given in the literature for an optimization problem involving set-valued maps under vector and set criteria. The work of the first author was partially supported by CONICYT-Chile through FONDECYT 107-0689 and FONDAP-Matemáticas Aplicadas II; whereas that of the second and third author were supported in part by Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Spain), project MTM2006-02629 and by Junta de Castilla y León (Spain) Project VA027B06.     

Homoclinic orbits and chaos in discretized perturbed NLS systems: Part II. Symbolic dynamics

Summary In Part I ([9], this journal), Li and McLaughlin proved the existence of homoclinic orbits in certain discrete NLS systems. In this paper, we will construct Smale horseshoes based on the existence of homoclinic orbits in these systems. First, we will construct Smale horseshoes for a general high dimensional dynamical system. As a result, a certain compact, invariant Cantor set Λ is constructed. The Poincaré map on Λ induced by the flow is shown to be topologically conjugate to the shift automorphism on two symbols, 0 and 1. This gives rise to deterministicchaos. We apply the general theory to the discrete NLS systems as concrete examples. Of particular interest is the fact that the discrete NLS systems possess a symmetric pair of homoclinic orbits. The Smale horseshoes and chaos created by the pair of homoclinic orbits are also studied using the general theory. As a consequence we can interpret certain numerical experiments on the discrete NLS systems as “chaotic center-wing jumping.”     

The Study of the System of Generalized Vector Quasi-equilibrium Problems

In this paper, we study the system of generalized vector quasi-equilibrium problems, which includes as special cases the system of vector quasi-equilibrium problems and the system of generalized vector equilibrium problems, and establish the existence and essential components of the solution set under perturbations of its best-reply map. Moreover, we also derive a new existence theorem of Ky Fan’s points for a set-valued map.     

Dynamics groups of asynchronous cellular automata

We say that a finite asynchronous cellular automaton (or more generally, any sequential dynamical system) is π-independent if its set of periodic points are independent of the order that the local functions are applied. In this case, the local functions permute the periodic points, and these permutations generate the dynamics group. We have previously shown that exactly 104 of the possible 2²³=2562^{2^{3}}=256 cellular automaton rules are π-independent. In the article, we classify the periodic states of these systems and describe their dynamics groups, which are quotients of Coxeter groups. The dynamics groups provide information about permissible dynamics as a function of update sequence and, as such, connect discrete dynamical systems, group theory, and algebraic combinatorics in a new and interesting way. We conclude with a discussion of numerous open problems and directions for future research.     

Generalized Fermat, double Fermat and Newton sequences

In this paper, we discuss the relationship among the generalized Fermat, double Fermat, and Newton sequences. In particular, we show that every double Fermat sequence is a generalized Fermat sequence, and the set of generalized Fermat sequences, as well as the set of double Fermat sequences, is closed under term-by-term multiplication. We also prove that every Newton sequence is a generalized Fermat sequence and vice versa. Finally, we show that double Fermat sequences are Newton sequences generated by certain sequences of integers. An approach of symbolic dynamical systems is used to obtain congruence identities.