Holomorphic cohomology groups on compact Kähler complex spaces

Let (X,OX) be a compact (reduced) complex space, bimeromorphic to a Kähler manifold. The singular cohomology groups Hq(X,C) carry a mixed Hodge structure. In particular they carry a weight filtration W−lHq(X,C) (l=0,…,q), and the graded quotients have a direct sum decomposition into holomorphic invariants as . Here we investigate the relationships between the above invariants for r=0 and the cohomology groups , where is the sheaf of weakly holomorphic functions on X. Moreover, according to the smooth case, we characterize the topological line bundles L on X such that the class of c₁(L) in has pure type (1,1).     

Variational iteration method—Some recent results and new interpretations

This paper is an elementary introduction to the concepts of variational iteration method. First, the main concepts in variational iteration method, such as general Lagrange multiplier, restricted variation, correction functional, are explained heuristically. Subsequently, the solution procedure is systematically addressed, in particular, for nonlinear oscillators. Particular attention is paid throughout the paper to give an intuitive grasp for the method. The main motivation is to put things together in a convenient form for later reference and systematic use.     

Multi-layer canard cycles and translated power functions

The paper deals with two-dimensional slow-fast systems and more specifically with multi-layer canard cycles. These are canard cycles passing through n layers of fast orbits, with n?2. The canard cycles are subject to n generic breaking mechanisms and we study the limit cycles that can be perturbed from the generic canard cycles of codimension n. We prove that this study can be reduced to the investigation of the fixed points of iterated translated power functions.     

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Limit cycles in slow-fast codimension 3 saddle and elliptic bifurcations

This paper deals with local bifurcations occurring near singular points of planar slow-fast systems. In particular, it is concerned with the study of the slow-fast variant of the unfolding of a codimension 3 nilpotent singularity. The slow-fast variant of a codimension 1 Hopf bifurcation has been studied extensively before and its study has lead to the notion of canard cycles in the Van der Pol system. Similarly, codimension 2 slow-fast Bogdanov–Takens bifurcations have been characterized. Here, the singularity is of codimension 3 and we distinguish slow-fast elliptic and slow-fast saddle bifurcations. We focus our study on the appearance on small-amplitude limit cycles, and rely on techniques from geometric singular perturbation theory and blow-up.     

Limit cycles and Lie symmetries

Given a planar vector field U which generates the Lie symmetry of some other vector field X, we prove a new criterion to control the stability of the periodic orbits of U. The problem is linked to a classical problem proposed by A.T. Winfree in the seventies about the existence of isochrons of limit cycles (the question suggested by the study of biological clocks), already answered by Guckenheimer using a different terminology. We apply our criterion to give upper bounds of the number of limit cycles for some families of vector fields as well as to provide a class of vector fields with a prescribed number of hyperbolic limit cycles. Finally we show how this procedure solves the problem of the hyperbolicity of periodic orbits in problems where other criteria, like the classical one of the divergence, fail.     

A corollary of the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem and periodic canards

The role of topological methods in the analysis of canard-type periodic trajectories is discussed. A special corollary of the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem is used to prove the existence of periodic planar canards.     

Small-amplitude limit cycles of some Liénard-type systems

As we know, the Liénard system and its generalized forms are classical and important models of nonlinear oscillators, and have been widely studied by mathematicians and scientists. The main problem considered by most people is the number of limit cycles. In this paper, we investigate two kinds of Liénard systems and obtain the maximal number (i.e. the least upper bound) of limit cycles appearing in Hopf bifurcations by applying some known bifurcation theorems with technical analysis.     

Existence of Dafermos profiles for singular shocks

For a model system of two conservation laws, we show that singular shocks have Defermos profiles.     

One-dimensional steady-state Poisson-Nernst-Planck systems for ion channels with multiple ion species

The one-dimensional Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system is a basic model for ion flow through membrane channels. If the Debye length is much smaller than the characteristic radius of the channel, the PNP system can be treated as a singularly perturbed system. We provide a geometric framework for the study of the steady-state PNP system involving multiple types of ion species with multiple regions of piecewise constant permanent charge. Special structures of this particular problem are revealed, which together with the general framework allows one to reduce the existence and multiplicity of singular orbits to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations. Near each singular orbit, an application of the exchange lemma from the geometric singular perturbation theory gives rise to the existence and (local) uniqueness of a solution of the singular boundary value problem. A new phenomenon on multiplicity and spatial behavior of steady-states involving three or more types of ion species is discovered in an example. (The phenomenon cannot occur when only two types of ion species are involved.)     

Model of chemotaxis with threshold density and singular diffusion

A quasilinear singular parabolic system corresponding to recent models of chemotaxis in which (1) there is an impassable threshold for the density of cells and (2) the diffusion of cells becomes singular (fast or superdiffusion) when the density approaches the threshold. It is proved that for some range of parameters describing the relation between the diffusive and the chemotactic component of the cell flux there are global-in-time classical solutions which in some cases are separated from the threshold uniformly in time. Global-in-time weak solutions in the case of fast diffusion and the set of stationary states are studied as well. The applications of the general results to particular models are shown.     

Wave packet analysis of Schrödinger equations in analytic function spaces

We consider a class of linear Schrödinger equations in R^d${\mathbb{R}}^d$, with analytic symbols. We prove a global-in-time integral representation for the corresponding propagator as a generalized Gabor multiplier with a window analytic and decaying exponentially at infinity, which is transported by the Hamiltonian flow. We then provide three applications of the above result: the exponential sparsity in phase space of the corresponding propagator with respect to Gabor wave packets, a wave packet characterization of Fourier integral operators with analytic phases and symbols, and the propagation of analytic singularities.     

Numerical solution of the Poisson equation over hypercubes using reduced Chebyshev polynomial bases

We describe how to use new reduced size polynomial approximations for the numerical solution of the Poisson equation over hypercubes. Our method is based on a non-standard Galerkin method which allows test functions which do not verify the boundary conditions. Numerical examples are given in dimensions up to 8 on solutions with different smoothness using the same approximation basis for both situations. A special attention is paid on conditioning problems.     

Cauchy problem for fractional diffusion equations

We consider an evolution equation with the regularized fractional derivative of an order α∈(0,1) with respect to the time variable, and a uniformly elliptic operator with variable coefficients acting in the spatial variables. Such equations describe diffusion on inhomogeneous fractals. A fundamental solution of the Cauchy problem is constructed and investigated.     

Spline collocation for strongly elliptic equations on the torus

Summary We prove convergence and error estimates in Sobolev spaces for the collocation method with tensor product splines for strongly elliptic pseudodifferential equations on the torus. Examples of applications include elliptic partial differential equations with periodic boundary conditions but also the classical boundary integral operators of potential theory on torus-shaped domains in three or more dimensions. For odd-degree splines, we prove convergence of nodal collocation for any strongly elliptic operator. For even-degree splines and midpoint collocation, we find an additional condition for the convergence which is satisfied for the classical boundary integral operators. Our analysis is a generalization to higher dimensions of the corresponding analysis of Arnold and Wendland [4].