Stability of stochastic SIRS epidemic models with saturated incidence rates and delay

In this article, we consider stochastic susceptible-infected-removed-susceptible (SIRS) epidemic models with saturated incidence rates and delay. We investigate the stochastic stability in probability of the disease-free and endemic equilibria for the stochastic dynamic model with variability in the natural death rate, and the stochastic stability in probability of the endemic equilibrium for the dynamic model when the variability in the environment is proportional to a deviation between the state of the system and the endemic equilibrium. The numerical experiments are provided to support our theoretical results.     

The lower bound of the number of nonabelian subgroups of finite p-groups

In this paper, we give the lower bound of the number of nonabelian subgroups of possible index of finite p-groups, and classify the finite p-groups such that the number of nonabelian subgroups of possible order are exactly the lower bound.     

Higher order differentiability of solutions to backward stochastic differential equations

In this paper, we consider the differentiability in the sense of the Malliavin calculus of solutions to backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs for short). It is known that a solution is differentiable in the sense of the Malliavin calculus and the derivative is also a solution to a linear BSDE. Under additional conditions, we will show that the higher order differentiability of a solution to a BSDE and that it also becomes a solution to a linear BSDE.     

Global Hopf bifurcation of differential equations with threshold type state-dependent delay

We develop global Hopf bifurcation theory of differential equations with state-dependent delay using the S¹$S^1$-equivariant degree and investigate a two-degree-of-freedom mechanical model of turning processes. For the model of turning processes we show that the extreme points of each vibration component of the non-constant periodic solutions can be embedded into a manifold with explicit algebraic expression. This observation enables us to establish analytical upper and lower bounds of the amplitudes of the periodic solutions in terms of the system parameters and to exclude certain periods. Using the achieved global bifurcation theory we reveal that if the relative frequency between the natural frequency and the turning frequency varies in a certain interval, then generically every bifurcated continuum of periodic solutions must terminate at a bifurcation point. This termination means that the underlying system with parameters in the stability region near the vertical asymptotes of the stability lobes is less subject to chatter. In the process, several sufficient conditions for the non-existence of non-constant periodic solutions are also obtained.