Global existence and boundedness of classical solutions for a chemotaxis model with consumption of chemoattractant and logistic source

This paper deals with the following chemotaxis system: under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a bounded domain with smooth boundary. Here, δ and χ are some positive constants and f is a smooth function that satisfies with some constants a ?0,b  > 0, and γ  > 1. We prove that the classical solutions to the preceding system are global and bounded provided that Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Positive solutions to semilinear elliptic equations involving a weighted fractional Lapalacian

In this paper, we consider a uniform elliptic nonlocal operator (1) which is a weighted form of fractional Laplacian. We firstly establish three maximum principles for antisymmetric functions with respect to the nonlocal operator. Then, we obtain symmetry, monotonicity, and nonexistence of solutions to some semilinear equations involving the operator on bounded domain, and , by applying direct moving plane methods. Finally, we show the relations between the classical operator  ? Δ and the nonlocal operator in ( 1 ) as α →2. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Three rapidly convergent parareal solvers with application to time‐dependent PDEs with fractional Laplacian

Time‐dependent PDEs with fractional Laplacian ( ? Δ)^α play a fundamental role in many fields and approximating ( ? Δ)^α usually leads to ODEs' system like u ^′ (t ) + A u (t ) =  g (t ) with A  = Q ^α , where is a sparse symmetric positive definite matrix and α  > 0 denotes the fractional order. The parareal algorithm is an ideal solver for this kind of problems, which is iterative and is characterized by two propagators and . The propagators and are respectively associated with large step size ΔT and small step size Δt , where ΔT  = J Δt and J ?2 is an integer. If we fix the ‐propagator to the Implicit‐Euler method and choose for some proper Runge–Kutta (RK) methods, such as the second‐order and third‐order singly diagonally implicit RK methods, previous studies show that the convergence factors of the corresponding parareal solvers can satisfy and , where σ (A ) is the spectrum of the matrix A . In this paper, we show that by choosing these two RK methods as the ‐propagator, the convergence factors can reach , provided the one‐stage complex Rosenbrock method is used as the ‐propagator. If we choose for both and , the complex Rosenbrock method, we show that the convergence factor of the resulting parareal solver can also reach . Numerical results are given to support our theoretical conclusions. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the solutions of a higher‐order difference equation in terms of generalized Fibonacci sequences

This paper deals with the solutions, stability character, and asymptotic behavior of the difference equation where and the initial values x_?k,x_{?k + 1},…,x₀ are nonzero real numbers, such that their solutions are associated to Horadam numbers. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Boundedness in a quasilinear chemotaxis‐haptotaxis system with logistic source

This paper studies the chemotaxis‐haptotaxis system with nonlinear diffusion subject to the homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions and suitable initial conditions, where χ , ξ and μ are positive constants, and (n ?2) is a bounded and smooth domain. Here, we assume that D (u )?c _D u ^{m  ? 1} for all u  > 0 with some c _D  > 0 and m ?1. For the case of non‐degenerate diffusion, if μ  > μ ^?, where it is proved that the system possesses global classical solutions which are uniformly‐in‐time bounded. In the case of degenerate diffusion, we show that the system admits a global bounded weak solution under the same assumptions. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Sturmian comparison theory for half‐linear and nonlinear differential equations via Picone identity

In this paper, Sturmian comparison theory is developed for the pair of second‐order differential equations; first of which is the nonlinear differential equations of the form (1) and the second is the half‐linear differential equations (2) where Φ_α (s ) = |s |^{α  ? 1}s and α ₁ > ? > α _m  > β  > α _{m  + 1} > ? > α _n  > 0. Under the assumption that the solution of  2 has two consecutive zeros, we obtain Sturm–Picone type and Leighton type comparison theorems for  1 by employing the new nonlinear version of Picone formula that we derive. Wirtinger type inequalities and several oscillation criteria are also attained for  1 . Examples are given to illustrate the relevance of the results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Max‐type system of difference equations with positive two‐periodic sequences

This paper deals with the form and the periodicity of the solutions of the max‐type system of difference equations where , and are positive two‐periodic sequences and initial values x₀, x _{? 1}, y₀, y _{? 1} ∈ (0, + ∞ ). Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A conformal group approach to the Dirac–Kähler system on the lattice

Starting from the representation of the (n  ? 1) + n  ? dimensional Lorentz pseudo‐sphere on the projective space , we propose a method to derive a class of solutions underlying to a Dirac–Kähler type equation on the lattice. We make use of the Cayley transform to show that the resulting group representation arises from the same mathematical framework as the conformal group representation in terms of the general linear group . That allows us to describe such class of solutions as a commutative n  ? ary product, involving the quasi‐monomials ) with membership in the paravector space . Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transition matrices for quantum waveguides with impurities

We consider the electron propagation in a cylindrical quantum waveguide where D is a bounded domain in described by the Dirichlet problem for the Schrödinger operator where x=(x₁, x₂), , is the transversal confinement potential, and is the impurity potential.  We construct the left and right transition matrices and give an numerical algorithm for their calculations based on the spectral parameter power series method.     

Characterizations of Sobolev spaces associated to operators satisfying off‐diagonal estimates on balls

Let be a metric measure space of homogeneous type and L be a one‐to‐one operator of type ω on for ω ∈[0, π /2). In this article, under the assumptions that L has a bounded H _∞ ‐functional calculus on and satisfies (p _L , q _L ) off‐diagonal estimates on balls, where p _L ∈[1, 2) and q _L ∈(2, ∞ ], the authors establish a characterization of the Sobolev space , defined via L ^{α /2}, of order α ∈(0, 2] for p ∈(p _L , q _L ) by means of a quadratic function S _{α , L} . As an application, the authors show that for the degenerate elliptic operator L _w : =? w  ^? 1div(A ?) and the Schrödinger type operator with a ∈(0, ∞ ) on the weighted Euclidean space with A being real symmetric, if n ?3, with q ∈[1, 2], , p ∈(1, ∞ ) and with , then, for all , , where the implicit equivalent positive constants are independent of f , denotes the class of Muckenhoupt weights, the reverse Hölder class, and D (L _w ) and the domains of L _w and , respectively. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Global well‐posedness and scattering of a generalized nonlinear fourth‐order wave equation

In this paper, we study the global well‐posedness and scattering theory of the solution to the Cauchy problem of a generalized fourth‐order wave equation where if d ?4, and if d ?5. The main strategy we use in this paper is concentration‐compactness argument, which was first introduced by Kenig and Merle to handle the scattering problem vector so as to control the momentum. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Boundary value problem for p−Laplacian Caputo fractional difference equations with fractional sum boundary conditions

In this paper, we consider a discrete fractional boundary value problem of the form where 0 < α,β≤1, 1 < α + β≤2, 0 < γ≤1, , ρ is a constant, and denote the Caputo fractional differences of order α and β, respectively, is a continuous function, and ?_p is the p‐Laplacian operator. The existence of at least one solution is proved by using Banach fixed point theorem and Schaefer's fixed point theorem. Some illustrative examples are also presented. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A quasilinear chemotaxis–haptotaxis model: The roles of nonlinear diffusion and logistic source

In this paper, we study the following quasilinear chemotaxis–haptotaxis system (?) in a bounded smooth domain under zero‐flux boundary conditions, where the nonlinearities D ,S ₁, and S ₂ are supposed to generalize the prototypes with , and f ∈C ¹([0,+∞ ) × [0,+∞ )) satisfies with r > 0 and b > 0. If the nonnegative initial data u ₀(x )∈W ^1,∞ (Ω),v ₀(x )∈W ^1,∞ (Ω), and for some α ∈(0,1), it is proved that

1. For n = 1, if and then (?) has a unique nonnegative classical solution, which is globally bounded.
2. For n = 2, if and then (?) has a unique nonnegative classical solution, which is globally bounded.
3. For n ≥3, if and then (?) has a unique nonnegative classical solution, which is globally bounded.

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Rotating periodic solutions for second‐order dynamical systems with singularities of repulsive type

In this paper, we study the following second‐order dynamical system: where c ?0 is a constant, and . When g admits a singularity at zero of repulsive type without the restriction of strong force condition, we apply the coincidence degree theory to prove that the system admits nonplanar collisionless rotating periodic solutions taking the form u (t  + T ) = Q u (t ), with T  > 0 and Q an orthogonal matrix under the assumption of Landesman–Lazer type. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Semistability of two systems of difference equations using centre manifold theory

In this paper, we study the stability of the zero equilibria of the following systems of difference equations: and where a, b, c and d are positive constants and the initial conditions x₀ and y₀ are positive numbers. We study the stability of those systems in the special case when one of the eigenvalues has absolute value equal to 1 and the other eigenvalue has absolute value less than 1, using centre manifold theory. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Finite‐dimensional global attractor for a semi‐discrete fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider a semi‐discrete in time Crank–Nicolson scheme to discretize a weakly damped forced nonlinear fractional Schrödinger equation u _t ?i (?Δ)^α u +i |u |²u +γ u =f for considered in the the whole space . We prove that such semi‐discrete equation provides a discrete infinite‐dimensional dynamical system in that possesses a global attractor in . We show also that if the external force is in a suitable weighted Lebesgue space, then this global attractor has a finite fractal dimension. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Boundedness in a higher‐dimensional chemotaxis system with porous medium diffusion and general sensitivity

This paper deals with the following chemotaxis system: in a bounded domain with smooth boundary under no‐flux boundary conditions, where satisfies for all with l ?2 and some nondecreasing function on [0,∞ ). Here, f (v )∈C ¹([0,∞ )) is nonnegative for all v ?0. It is proved that when , the system possesses at least one global bounded weak solution for any sufficiently smooth nonnegative initial data. This extends a recent result by Wang (Math. Methods Appl. Sci. 2016 39 : 1159–1175) which shows global existence and boundedness of weak solutions under the condition . Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A class of vector‐valued dilation‐and‐modulation frames on the half real line

Vector‐valued frames were first introduced under the name of superframes by Balan in the context of signal multiplexing and by Han and Larson from the mathematical aspect. Since then, the wavelet and Gabor frames in have interested many mathematicians. The space models vector‐valued causal signal spaces because of the time variable being nonnegative. But it admits no nontrivial shift‐invariant system and thus no wavelet or Gabor frame since is not a group by addition (not as ). Observing that is a group by multiplication, we, in this paper, introduce a class of multiplication‐based dilation‐and‐modulation ( ) systems, and investigate the theory of frames in . Since is not closed under the Fourier transform, the Fourier transform does not fit . We introduce the notion of Θ_a transform in , and using Θ_a‐transform matrix method, we characterize frames, Riesz bases, and dual frames in and obtain an explicit expression of duals for an arbitrary given frame. An example theorem is also presented.     

Analytic invariant curves for an iterative equation related to dissipative standard map

In this paper, we study existence of invariant curves of an iterative equation which is from dissipative standard map. By constructing an invertible analytic solution g (x ) of an auxiliary equation of the form invertible analytic solutions of the form g (λ g  ^? 1(x )) for the original iterative functional equation are obtained. Besides the hyperbolic case 0 < |λ | < 1, we focus on those λ on the unit circle S ¹, that is, |λ | = 1. We discuss not only those λ at resonance, that is, at a root of the unity, but also those λ near resonance under the Brjuno condition. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Polynomial stability for system of 3 wave equations with infinite memories

Here, a system of 3 wave equations in with infinite memories acting in the first 2 equations is considered. Using weighted spaces, we prove the polynomial stability of the system under some conditions on μ₁,μ₂, and ϕ as .