Hamiltonian systems of PDEs with selfdual boundary conditions

Selfdual variational calculus is developed further and used to address questions of existence of local and global solutions for various parabolic semi-linear equations, and Hamiltonian systems of PDEs. This allows for the resolution of such equations under general time boundary conditions which include the more traditional ones such as initial value problems, periodic and anti-periodic orbits, but also yield new ones such as “periodic orbits up to an isometry” for evolution equations that may not have periodic solutions. In the process, we introduce a method for perturbing selfdual functionals in order to induce coercivity and compactness, without destroying the selfdual character of the system. N. Ghoussoub was partially supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. A. Moameni’s research was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia.     

Existence of positive pseudo almost periodic solutions to a class of neutral integral equations

In this work, a new fixed point theorem in partially ordered Banach spaces is established, and then used to prove the existence of positive pseudo almost periodic solutions to a class of neutral integral equations. Our existence theorem extends some recent results due to [E. Ait Dads, P. Cieutat, L. Lhachimi, Positive pseudo almost periodic solutions for some nonlinear infinite delay integral equations, Mathematical and Computer Modelling 49 (2009) 721–739] to a more general class of integral equations.     

Numbers of subnormal solutions for higher order periodic differential equations

In this paper, we estimate the number of subnormal solutions for higher order linear periodic differential equations, and estimate the growth of subnormal solutions and all other solutions. We also give a representation of subnormal solutions of a class of higher order linear periodic differential equations.     

On Periodic Solutions of Second Order Linear Difference Equations

In this paper, we apply a new procedure initially developed in Refs. [H. El-Owaidy and H.Y. Mohamed. "On the periodic solutions for nth order difference equations". Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation , (to appear); "The necessary and sufficient conditions of existence of periodic solutions of nonautonomous difference equations". Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation , (to appear)] to simplify the use of Carvalho's method to the case of discrete difference equations, in order to find the periodic solutions of second order linear difference equations. We can also find the complex periodic solutions.     

Bifurcation from single periodic orbit in discontinuous autonomous systems

This article is devoted to the study of bifurcations of periodic solutions for discontinuous autonomous systems from single periodic solutions of unperturbed discontinuous equations. In addition, local asymptotic properties of derived perturbed periodic solutions are also investigated. An example of planar discontinuous ordinary differential equations is given to illustrate the theory.     

Gevrey Class Regularity and Exponential Decay Property for Navier-Stokes-α Equations

The Navier-Stokes-α equations subject to the periodic boundary conditions are considered.An-alyticity in time for a class of solutions taking values in a Gevrey class of functions is proven.Exponentialdecay of the spatial Fourier spectrum for the analytic solutions and the lower bounds on the rate defined by theexponential decay are also obtained.     

Almost periodic solutions of discrete Volterra equations

For discrete Volterra equations with or without delay, we obtain several results concerning almost periodic solutions and asymptotically almost periodic solutions under certain conditions. We also investigate the relations among solutions of equations discussed and give an example to illustrate our results.     

Fourier multipliers and periodic solutions of delay equations in Banach spaces

In this paper we characterize the existence and uniqueness of periodic solutions of inhomogeneous abstract delay equations and establish maximal regularity results for strong solutions. The conditions are obtained in terms of R-boundedness of linear operators determined by the equations and Lp- Fourier multipliers. Periodic mild solutions are also studied and characterized.     

Riemann theta functions periodic wave solutions and rational characteristics for the nonlinear equations

In this paper, based on a multidimensional Riemann theta function, a lucid and straightforward generalization of the Hirota-Riemann method is presented to explicitly construct multiperiodic Riemann theta functions periodic wave solutions for nonlinear equations such as the Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon-Sawada-Kotera equation and (2+1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation. Among these periodic waves, the one-periodic waves are well-known cnoidal waves, their surface pattern is one-dimensional, and often they are used as one-dimensional models of periodic waves. The two-periodic waves are a direct generalization of one-periodic waves, their surface pattern is two-dimensional so that they have two independent spatial periods in two independent horizontal directions. A limiting procedure is presented to analyze in detail, asymptotic behavior of the multiperiodic waves and the relations between the periodic wave solutions and soliton solutions are rigorously established. This generalized Hirota-Riemann method can also be demonstrated on a class variety of nonlinear difference equations such as Toeplitz lattice equation.     

New periodic wave solutions via extended mapping method

In this paper, an extended mapping method with a computerized symbolic computation is used for constructing new periodic wave solutions for two nonlinear evolution equations arising in mathematical physics, namely, generalized nonlinear Schroedinger equation and generalized-Zakharov equations. As a result, many exact travelling wave solutions are obtained which include new periodic wave solutions, trigonometric function solutions and rational solutions. The method is straightforward and concise, and it can also applied to other nonlinear evolution equations.     

Perturbations of Dynamic Equations

We give conditions on the coefficient matrix for certain perturbed linear dynamic equations on time scales ensuring that there exists a bounded solution (which is explicitly given) to which all other solutions converge, and similarly conditions ensuring a bounded solution from which all other solutions diverge. We also consider periodic time scales and corresponding linear dynamic equations with periodic coefficients and prove similar statements about periodic solutions to which all other solutions converge or from which all other solutions diverge.     

一类超线性Hill型对称碰撞方程的周期运动

本文考虑一类超线性Hill型对称碰撞方程的对称碰撞周期解的存在性、重性和分布问题.通过坐标变换的方法把碰撞相平面转化为全平面进行研究,在一类关于时间映射的超线性条件下证明有外力方程无穷多个对称碰撞调和解和对称碰撞次调和解的存在性;同时研究在没有外力时方程的对称碰撞周期解的稠密性分布.本文还给出对称碰撞方程对称碰撞周期解存在的充分条件.     

Periodic solutions of abstract neutral functional differential equations with infinite delay

We establish the existence of mild solutions and periodic mild solutions for a class of abstract first-order non-autonomous neutral functional differential equations with infinite delay in a Banach space. This research was supported by FONDECYT-CONICYT, Grant 1050314.     

Boundedness and Almost Periodicity of Solutions for a Class of Semilinear Parabolic Equations with Boundary Degeneracy

In this paper the authors investigate the boundedness and almost periodicity of solutions of semilinear parabolic equations with boundary degeneracy. The equations may be weakly degenerate or strongly degenerate on the lateral boundary. The authors prove the existence, uniqueness and global exponential stability of bounded entire solutions, and also establish the existence theorem of almost periodic solutions if the data are almost periodic.     

Second Order Scalar Functional Differential Equations with Piecewise Constant Arguments

The study of functional differential equations with piecewise constant arguments usually results in a study of certain related difference equations. In this paper we consider certain neutral functional differential equations of this type and the associated difference equations. We give conditions under which such equations with almost periodic time dependence will have unique almost periodic solutions, and for certain autonomous cases, we obtain certain stability results and also conditions for chaotic behavior of solutions. We are particularly concerned with such equations which are partially discretized versions of non-forced Duffing equations.     

Almost Periodic Solutions of Nonlinear Second Order Differential Equations

We provide existence results for almost periodic solutions of nonlinear second order ordinary differential equations. The results extend existence results for periodic solutions of periodic equations, where the existence of periodic sub and supersolutions implied the existence of periodic solutions.     

New exact solutions to breaking soliton equations and Whitham-Broer-Kaup equations

In this paper, by using the improved Riccati equations method, we obtain several types of exact traveling wave solutions of breaking soliton equations and Whitham-Broer-Kaup equations. These explicit exact solutions contain solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions and the combined formal solitary wave solutions. The method employed here can also be applied to solve more nonlinear evolution equations.     

中立型泛函微分方程的周期解

对于中立型泛函微分方程,证明了解的毕竟有界性蕴含周期解的存在性,把常微分方程中著名的Yoshizawa周期解存在定理推广到中立型泛函微分方程,然后利用所得结果给出一类产生于电力系统的中立型时滞泛函微分方程周期解存在惟一与吸引的条件。     

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.     

Almost periodic upper and lower solutions

The method of upper and lower solutions is a classical tool in the theory of periodic differential equations of the second order. We show that this method does not have a direct extension to almost periodic equations. To do this we construct equations of this type without almost periodic solutions but having two constants as ordered upper and lower solutions.