Oscillation criteria for higher‐order nonlinear dynamic equations with Laplacians and a deviating argument on time scales

In this paper, we study the n th‐order nonlinear dynamic equation with Laplacians and a deviating argument on an above‐unbounded time scale, where n ?2, New oscillation criteria are established for the cases when n is even and odd and when α  > γ ,α  = γ , and α  < γ , respectively, with α  = α ₁?α _{n  ? 1}. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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.     

Existence of solutions for critical fractional Kirchhoff problems

Consider the following fractional Kirchhoff equations involving critical exponent: where (?Δ)^α is the fractional Laplacian operator with α ∈(0,1), , , λ ₂>0 and is the critical Sobolev exponent, V (x ) and k (x ) are functions satisfying some extra hypotheses. Based on the principle of concentration compactness in the fractional Sobolev space, the minimax arguments, Pohozaev identity, and suitable truncation techniques, we obtain the existence of a nontrivial weak solution for the previously mentioned equations without assuming the Ambrosetti–Rabinowitz condition on the subcritical nonlinearity f . Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Forced oscillation of delay difference equations via nonprincipal solution

In this paper, we obtain a new oscillation result for delay difference equations of the form under the assumption that corresponding homogenous equation is nonoscillatory, where τ_n≤n+1. It is observed that the oscillation behaviormay be altered due to presence of the delay. Extensions to forced Emden‐Fowler–type delay difference equations in the sublinear (0<α<1) and the superlinear (1<α) cases are also discussed.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Extending LSQR methods to solve the generalized Sylvester‐transpose and periodic Sylvester matrix equations

It is well known that the least‐squares QR‐factorization (LSQR) algorithm is a powerful method for solving linear systems Ax = b and unconstrained least‐squares problem min_x | | Ax ? b | | . In the paper, the LSQR approach is developed to obtain iterative algorithms for solving the generalized Sylvester‐transpose matrix equation the minimum Frobenius norm residual problem and the periodic Sylvester matrix equation Numerical results are given to illustrate the effect of the proposed algorithms. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ground state of solutions for a class of fractional Schrödinger equations with critical Sobolev exponent and steep potential well

In this paper, we study the following fractional Schrödinger equations: (1) where (?△)^α is the fractional Laplacian operator with , 0≤s ≤2α , λ >0, κ and β are real parameter. is the critical Sobolev exponent. We prove a fractional Sobolev‐Hardy inequality and use it together with concentration compact theory to get a ground state solution. Moreover, concentration behaviors of nontrivial solutions are obtained when the coefficient of the potential function tends to infinity.     

A new approach toward boundedness in a two‐dimensional parabolic chemotaxis system with singular sensitivity

We consider the parabolic chemotaxis model in a smooth, bounded, convex two‐dimensional domain and show global existence and boundedness of solutions for χ∈(0,χ₀) for some χ₀>1, thereby proving that the value χ = 1 is not critical in this regard. Our main tool is consideration of the energy functional for a > 0, b≥0, where using nonzero values of b appears to be new in this context. Copyright © 2015 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.     

Infinitely many peak solutions for a biharmonic equation involving critical exponent

In this paper, we study the following biharmonic equation where , K(1) > 0,K′(1) > 0, B₁(0) is the unit ball in (N≥6). We show that the aforementioned problem has infinitely many peak solutions, whose energy can be made arbitrarily large. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The asymptotic behavior of Caputo delta fractional equations

Consider the following ν‐th order Caputo delta fractional equation (0.1) The following asymptotic results are obtained. Theorem A. Assume 0 < ν < 1 and there exists a constant b₂ such that c(t)≥b₂>0. Then the solutions of the equation (0.1) with x(a) > 0 satisfy      

Infinitely many solutions for a Hardy–Sobolev equation involving critical growth

In this paper, by an approximating argument, we obtain infinitely many solutions for the following Hardy–Sobolev equation with critical growth: provided N > 6 + t, where and Ω is an open bounded domain in , which contains some points x₀ = (0,z₀). Copyright © 2013 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.     

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.     

On the uniform convergence of the Fourier series for one spectral problem with a spectral parameter in a boundary condition

In this paper, we investigate the uniform convergence of the Fourier series expansions in terms of eigenfunctions for the spectral problem where λ is a spectral parameter, q(x) is a real‐valued continuous function on the interval [0,1], and a₁,b₀,b₁,c₁,d₀, and d₁ are real constants that satisfy the conditions Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Forced oscillation of sublinear impulsive differential equations via nonprincipal solution

In this paper, we give new oscillation criteria for forced sublinear impulsive differential equations of the form where γ∈(0,1), under the assumption that associated homogenous linear equation is nonoscillatory.     

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.