Relaxation self-oscillations in neuron systems: III

The mathematical model considered here of a neuron system is a chain of an arbitrary number m ≥ 2 of diffusion-coupled singularly perturbed nonlinear delay differential equations with Neumann-type conditions at the endpoints. We study the existence, asymptotic behavior, and stability of relaxation periodic solutions of this system.     

Relaxation self-oscillations in neuron systems: I

We consider a scalar singularly perturbed nonlinear delay differential-difference equation modeling an individual neuron. We study the existence, asymptotics, and stability of its relaxation cycle.     

Relaxation limit for hyperbolic systems in chromatography

This paper is concerned with a nonlinear system which arises in chromatography. The global existence of solutions in space for a Cauchy problem with initial data is obtained for any fixed 0$">, and the convergence of to its equilibrium state , governed by a limit system is proved for the case by using the compensated compactness coupled with the framework of Tzavaras (1999).

     

Modeling the bursting effect in neuron systems

We propose a new method for modeling the well-known phenomenon of “bursting behavior” in neuron systems by invoking delay equations. Namely, we consider a singularly perturbed nonlinear difference-differential equation with two delays describing the functioning of an isolated neuron. Under a suitable choice of parameters, we establish the existence of a stable periodic motion with any prescribed number of spikes on a closed time interval equal to the period length.     

Relaxation of normal stresses in flowing polymer systems

The authors discuss the relaxation of the first difference of the normal stresses σ(t) after cessation of steady shear flow in viscoelastic polymer systems in the linear region of their mechanical behavior. They show that this phenomenon is associated with a group of relaxation characteristics of the material. they discuss a method of calculating the relaxation spectrum from σ(t); the validity of this suggested method is verified experimentally.     

Relaxation oscillations in a class of predator-prey systems

We consider a class of three-dimensional, singularly perturbed predator-prey systems having two predators competing exploitatively for the same prey in a constant environment. By using dynamical systems techniques and the geometric singular perturbation theory, we give precise conditions which guarantee the existence of stable relaxation oscillations for systems within the class. Such result shows the coexistence of the predators and the prey with quite diversified time response which typically happens when the prey population grows much faster than those of predators. As an application, a well-known model will be discussed in detail by showing the existence of stable relaxation oscillations for a wide range of parameters values of the model.     

Relaxation methods for solving linear inequality systems: converging results

The problem of finding a feasible solution to a linear inequality system arises in numerous contexts. In González-Gutiérrez and Todorov (Optim. Lett. doi:10.1007/s11590-010-0244-4, 2011), an algorithm, called extended relaxation method, for solving the feasibility problem has been proposed by the authors. Convergence of the algorithm has been proven. In this paper, we consider a class of extended relaxation methods depending on a parameter and prove their convergence. Numerical experiments have been provided, as well.     

Relaxation oscillations and canard solutions in singular systems on the plane

Under study are the relaxation oscillations and canard solutions in singularly perturbed systems of ordinary differential equations with one slow and one fast variable. The study is based on application of classical mathematics and elements of infinitesimal calculus. A condition is given under which the relaxation oscillation is considered as the limit position of a family of canards under the tendency to zero of the repelling part of the slow manifold to which some parts of the canard trajectories of the family are infinitesimally close.     

Relaxation of nonlinear impulsive controlled systems on Banach spaces

Relaxation control for a class of semilinear impulsive controlled systems is investigated. Existence of mild solutions for semilinear impulsive controlled systems is proved. By introducing a regular countably additive measure, we convexify the original control systems and obtain the corresponding relaxed control systems. The existence of optimal relaxed controls and relaxation results is also proved.     

Consistent systems and pole assignment: II

We obtain sufficient conditions for the consistency of a bilinear time-invariant control system. For systems with coefficients of special form, we prove the equivalence of the consistency of the bilinear system and the arbitrary pole assignability.     

Relaxation WENO schemes for multidimensional hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

We present a class of high‐order weighted essentially nonoscillatory (WENO) reconstructions based on relaxation approximation of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. The main advantage of combining the WENO schemes with relaxation approximation is the fact that the presented schemes avoid solution of the Riemann problems due to the relaxation approach and high‐resolution is obtained by applying the WENO approach. The emphasis is on a fifth‐order scheme and its performance for solving a wide class of systems of conservation laws. To show the effectiveness of these methods, we present numerical results for different test problems on multidimensional hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2007     

Affine systems inL 2 (ℝ d ) II: Dual systems

The fiberization of affine systems via dual Gramian techniques, which was developed in previous papers of the authors, is applied here for the study of affine frames that have an affine dual system. Gramian techniques are also used to verify whether a dual pair of affine frames is also a pair of bi-orthogonal Riesz bases. A general method for a painless derivation of a dual pair of affine frames from an arbitrary MRA is obtained via the mixed extension principle. This work was partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Grants DMS-9102857, DMS-9224748, and DMS-9626319, by the United States Army Research Office under Contracts DAAL03-G-90-0090, DAAH04-95-1-0089, and by the Strategic Wavelet Program Grant from the National University of Singapore.     

The Waveform Relaxation method for systems of differential/algebraic equations

This paper reports efforts towards establishing a parallel numerical algorithm known as Waveform Relaxation (WR) for simulating large systems of differential/algebraic equations. The WR algorithm was established as a relaxation based iterative method for the numerical integration of systems of ODEs over a finite time interval. In the WR approach, the system is broken into subsystems which are solved independently, with each subsystem using the previous iterate waveform as “guesses” about the behavior of the state variables in other subsystems. Waveforms are then exchanged between subsystems, and the subsystems are then resolved repeatedly with this improved information about the other subsystems until convergence is achieved.

In this paper, a WR algorithm is introduced for the simulation of generalized high-index DAE systems. As with ODEs, DAE systems often exhibit a multirate behavior in which the states vary as differing speeds. This can be exploited by partitioning the system into subsystems as in the WR for ODEs. One additional benefit of partitioning the DAE system into subsystems is that some of the resulting subsystems may be of lower index and, therefore, do not suffer from the numerical complications that high-index systems do. These lower index subsystems may therefore be solved by less specialized simulations. This increases the efficiency of the simulation since only a portion of the problem must be solved with specially tailored code. In addition, this paper established solvability requirements and convergence theorems for varying index DAE systems for WR simulation.     

On sofic systems II

The results ofOn sofic systems I on topological Markov chains extending sofic systems are completed. To homomorphisms of sofic systems are canonically associated homomorphisms of Markov extensions. Also considered is a class of finitary codes for sofic systems.     

Social systems analysis II

We argue that there are 4 basic solution concepts for 2 × 2 symmetric games and corresponding to these, 4 basic human interactions and 4 types of societies. We propose a model in which the type of interaction is predicted by independence, inequality of power, communication, and mutuality of interests. We prove theorems classifying Moulin's inessential games in the case of an interior Nash equilibrium and argue that this explains coalition formation. We discuss classification of socially significant ideologies.     

Impulsive synchronization of time delay bursting neuron systems with unidirectional coupling

In the article, impulsive synchronization of chaotic bursting in Hindmarsh–Rose neuron systems with time delay via partial state signal is investigated. Based on impulsive control theory of dynamical systems, the sufficient conditions on feedback strength and impulsive interval are established to guarantee the synchronization. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. The obtained results may be helpful to understand dynamical mechanism of signal transduction in real neuronal activity. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Complexity 21: 38–46, 2015