Evolution Problems involving non-stationary Operators between two Banach Spaces II. Ancillary results

This paper is a direct continuation of the first paper in this series[Quaestiones Math. 8 (1985), no. 2,], which deals Kith the evolution problem [B(t)u(t)]' = A(t)u(t), Bu(0) = y. whereas in the first paper existence and uniqueness results were presented, this paper contains the ancillary results formulated in the first paper. These results describe the properties of B(t)-evolutions with non-stationary generating pairs, as well as of the solution operator of [B(t)u(t)]' = Au, Bu(0) = y.

The notation of the first paper is assumed throughout and is used without further note. Citation of results from the first paper is made by equation number. The numbering of this paper follows that of the first paper in sequence.     

SOME RECENT RESULTS ON CATEGORIES OF R-SPACES AND PROBABILISTIC SPACES AND ON CATEGORICAL SPECTRA

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to present some recent results obtained by Romanian mathematicians in the field of general and categorical topology; second, to present some current research results obtained by the author in what may be called the topological study of a category. Accordingly, the paper is divided into two parts.

The author wishes to express his gratitude to the organizing committee of this Symposium for the kind invitation to present' this paper.     

威布尔分布族刻度参数的经验Bayes检验函数的收敛速度

本文研究了在"加权线性损失"下,威布尔分布族刻度参数经验Bayes (EB)检验问题.利用概率密度函数的递归核估计,构造了刻度参数的经验Bayes检验函数,并获得了它的收敛速度,在适当的条件下,收敛速度的阶可任意接近O(n^-1),推广了文献的结果.最后给出一个有关本文主要结果的例子.     

On solutions of Kolmogorovʼs equations for nonhomogeneous jump Markov processes

This paper studies three ways to construct a nonhomogeneous jump Markov process: (i) via a compensator of the random measure of a multivariate point process, (ii) as a minimal solution of the backward Kolmogorov equation, and (iii) as a minimal solution of the forward Kolmogorov equation. The main conclusion of this paper is that, for a given measurable transition intensity, commonly called a Q-function, all these constructions define the same transition function. If this transition function is regular, that is, the probability of accumulation of jumps is zero, then this transition function is the unique solution of the backward and forward Kolmogorov equations. For continuous Q-functions, Kolmogorov equations were studied in Feller?s seminal paper. In particular, this paper extends Feller?s results for continuous Q-functions to measurable Q-functions and provides additional results.     

Comparison between mathematical modeling and experimental identification of a spatial slider–crank mechanism

In this paper, Hamilton’s principle, Lagrange multiplier, geometric constraints, partitioning method and Baumgarte stabilization method (BSM) are employed to derive the dynamic equations of a spatial slider–crank mechanism that is driven by a servomotor. The formulation considers the effects of links masses, external forces and motor electric inputs. Comparing dynamic responses between the experimental results and numerical simulations, dynamic modeling gives a wonderful interpretation for the spatial slider–crank mechanism. In this paper, a new identification method based on real-coded genetic algorithm (RGA) is presented to identify the parameters of a spatial slider–crank mechanism. The method promotes the calculation efficiency very much, and is calculated by real-code without the operations of encoding and decoding. The results of numerical simulations and experimental results prove that the identification method is feasible. The contributions of this paper are that the comparison of mathematical modeling and identification between numerical simulations and experimental results are all realized.     

Maximal element with applications to Nash equilibrium problems in Hadamard manifolds

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to study the existence of maximal elements with applications to Nash equilibrium problems for generalized games in Hadamard manifolds. By employing a KKM lemma, we establish a new maximal element theorem in Hadamard manifolds. As applications, some existence results of Nash equilibria for generalized games are derived. The results in this paper unify, improve and extend some known results from the literature.     

Convergence rates for probabilities of moderate deviations for moving average processes

The present paper first shows that, without any dependent structure assumptions for a sequence of random variables, the refined results of the complete convergence for the sequence is equivalent to the corresponding complete moment convergence of the sequence. Then this paper investigates the convergence rates and refined convergence rates （or complete moment convergence） for probabilities of moderate deviations of moving average processes. The results in this paper extend and generalize some well-known results.     

A Posteriori Error Estimators of Gradient Recovery Type for Elliptic Obstacle Problems

In this paper, we present a posteriori error estimates of gradient recovery type for elliptic obstacle problems. The a posteriori error estimates provide both lower and upper error bounds. It is shown to be equivalent to the discretization error in an energy type norm for general meshes. Furthermore, when the solution is smooth and the mesh is uniform, it is shown to be asymptotically exact. Some numerical results which demonstrate the theoretical results are also reported in this paper.     

Global asymptotic stability of an almost periodic nonlinear ecological model

An almost periodic nonlinear predator–prey system with N prey species and M predator species is revisited in this paper. A set of essentially new criteria are obtained for the existence and global asymptotic stability of a unique positive almost periodic solution. The obtained results provide an answer to an open problem arising in a recent paper. Not only an important restriction of their theorem is removed, but also some other conditions are weakened in this paper. Moreover, a mistake in their assumption is corrected. By applying the obtained results to some special predator–prey systems and competitive systems, many earlier results are significantly improved. Finally, several illustrative examples and their simulations are provided to show the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

General comparison principle for quasilinear elliptic inclusions

The main goal of this paper is to prove existence and comparison results for elliptic differential inclusions governed by a quasilinear elliptic operator and a multivalued function given by Clarke’s generalized gradient of some locally Lipschitz function. These kinds of problems have been treated in the past by various authors including the authors of this paper. However, in all the works we are aware of, additional assumptions on the structure of the elliptic operator and/or the generalized Clarke’s gradient are needed to get comparison results in terms of sub-supersolutions. Comparison principles were obtained recently, e.g., in the case where the elliptic operator is of potential type, or Clarke’s gradient is required to satisfy some one-sided growth condition, or the sub-supersolutions are supposed to satisfy additional properties. The novelty of this paper is that we are able to obtain a comparison principle without assuming any of the above restrictions. To the best of our knowledge this is the first mathematical treatment of the considered elliptic inclusion in its full generality. The obtained results of this paper complement the development of the sub-supersolution method for nonsmooth problems presented in a recent monograph by S. Carl, Vy K. Le and D. Motreanu.     

Stability analysis for periodic solution of BAM neural networks with discontinuous neuron activations and impulses

In this paper, we present a general class of BAM neural networks with discontinuous neuron activations and impulses. By using the fixed point theorem in differential inclusions theory, we investigate the existence of periodic solution for this neural network. By constructing the suitable Lyapunov function, we give a sufficient condition which ensures the uniqueness and global exponential stability of the periodic solution. The results of this paper show that the Forti’s conjecture is true for BAM neural networks with discontinuous neuron activations and impulses. Further, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the results obtained in this paper.     

Strong Convergence Theorems for the Generalized Viscosity Implicit Rules of Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mappings in the Intermediate Sense in Hilbert Spaces

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to introduce the generalized viscosity implicit rules of one asymptotically nonexpansive mapping in the intermediate sense in Hilbert spaces. We obtain some strong convergence theorems under certain assumptions imposed on the parameters. We also give a numerical example to support our main results. The results obtained in this paper improve and extend many recent ones in this culture.     

度量空间上具有变系数的收缩条件的两个集值映射的公共不动点

在完备的度量空间上利用满足具有某种变系数的收缩条件或φ-收缩条件的两个集值映射构造了一个收敛序列,然后证明了该序列的唯一极限就是两个映射的公共不动点并给出了映射族存在唯一公共不动点的充分条件,同时给出了几个特殊结果.所得结果推广和改进了一些已有的结论.     

Adaptive synchronization for stochastic competitive neural networks with mixed time-varying delays

This paper deals with the synchronization problem for competitive neural networks with different time scales, as well as mixed time-varying delays (both discrete and distributed time-varying delays) and stochastic disturbance. By using stochastic analysis approaches and constructing a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, an adaptive feedback controller is proposed to guarantee the exponential synchronization of proposed competitive neural networks in terms of p-norm. The synchronization results presented in this paper generalize and improve many known results. This paper also presents an illustrative example and uses simulated results of this example to show the feasibility and effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

A generalization of biorthogonal systems based on Drazin inverse

In this paper, the transformations of generating systems of Euclidean space are examined in connection with the Drazin inverse of their Gram matrices and the notion of biorthogonal systems is generalized. The results obtained in this paper can be considered as the extension of some recent results concerning Moore-Penrose biorthogonal systems and reflexiveg-inverse systems in Euclidean spaces.     

On the Toughness of a Graph

Abstract

In this paper, general results on the toughness of a graph are considered. Firstly the link between toughness and connectivity is explored and then results linking toughness and the parameters binding number and integrity are given. Further, the toughness of product graphs is discussed including general results for the lexicographic product. The paper concludes with some observations on toughness and hamiltoni-city.     

A Topological Intersection Theorem with Applications in H-Spaces

In this paper, a topological intersection theorem of a family of sets with H-convex sections is established. As an application to this theorem, the Nash equilibrium of abstract economy, the Ky-Fan minimax theorem, and an existence problem of solution for quasi-variational inequality are studied. The results presented in this paper modify and extend the corresponding results given in the literature.AMS Subject Classification (2000) 47H10This work is supported by the Foundation of Yunnan Science Technology Commission, China.     

The fundamental progroupoid of a general topos

It is well known that the category of covering projections (that is, locally constant objects) of a locally connected topos is equivalent to the classifying topos of a strict progroupoid (or, equivalently, a localic prodiscrete groupoid), the fundamental progroupoid, and that this progroupoid represents first degree cohomology. In this paper we generalize these results to an arbitrary topos. The fundamental progroupoid is now a localic progroupoid, and cannot be replaced by a localic groupoid. The classifying topos is no longer a Galois topos. Not all locally constant objects can be considered as covering projections. The key contribution of this paper is a novel definition of covering projection for a general topos, which coincides with the usual definition when the topos is locally connected. The results in this paper were presented in a talk at the Category Theory Conference, Vancouver, July 2004.     

Global existence and asymptotic behaviour for a nonlocal phase-field model for non-isothermal phase transitions

In this paper a nonlocal phase-field model for non-isothermal phase transitions with a non-conserved order parameter is studied. The paper extends recent investigations to the non-isothermal situation, complementing results obtained by H. Gajewski for the non-isothermal case for conserved order parameters in phase separation phenomena. The resulting field equations studied in this paper form a system of integro-partial differential equations which are highly nonlinearly coupled. For this system, results concerning global existence, uniqueness and large-time asymptotic behaviour are derived. The main results are proved using techniques that have been recently developed by P. Krej?í and the authors for phase-field systems involving hysteresis operators.     

Existence of solutions to the nonlinear,singular second order Bohr boundary value problems

This paper investigates the existence of solutions for nonlinear systems of second order, singular boundary value problems (BVPs) with Bohr boundary conditions. A key application that arises from this theory is the famous Thomas–Fermi equations for the model of the atom when it is in a neutral state. The methodology in this paper uses an alternative and equivalent BVP, which is in the class of resonant singular BVPs, and thus this paper obtains novel results by implementing an innovative differential inequality, Lyapunov functions and topological techniques. This approach furnishes new results in the area of singular BVPs for a priori bounds and existence of solutions, where the BVP has unrestricted growth conditions and subject to the Bohr boundary conditions. In addition, the results can be relaxed and hold for the non-singular case too.