Methods of analytical mechanics for solving differential equations of first order

A differential equation of first order can be expressed by the equation of motion of a mechanical system. In this paper, three methods of analytical mechanics, i.e. the Hamilton--Noether method, the Lagrange--Noether method and the Poisson method, are given to solve a differential equation of first order, of which the way may be called the mechanical methodology in mathematics.     

Lagrange--Noether method for solving second-order differential equations

The purpose of this paper is to provide a new method called the Lagrange--Noether method for solving second-order differential equations. The method is, firstly, to write the second-order differential equations completely or partially in the form of Lagrange equations, and secondly, to obtain the integrals of the equations by using the Noether theory of the Lagrange system. An example is given to illustrate the application of the result.     

On fractional order differential equations model for nonlocal epidemics

A fractional order model for nonlocal epidemics is given. Stability of fractional order equations is studied. The results are expected to be relevant to foot-and-mouth disease, SARS and avian flu.     

On the calculation of second order properties: An equation of motion approach

In the light of the equation of motion method a general expression for polarisability calculation has been derived. From this general expression, different approximation methods can be deduced for different choices of ground state and excitation manifold. Among these the coupled Hartree-Fock theory is the most extensively used one for polarisability calculations. It has also been shown that this theory has a simple relationship with random phase approximation.     

Determination of the ten second order intensity moments

The general astigmatic beam can be characterized by its ten second order moments in first order approach. Most intensity moments, except the beam twist, can be determined by measuring the intensity in a reasonable number of positions around the waist of the beam. The beam twist is determined by applying a rotated cylindrical lens. The ten intensity moments of two kinds of astigmatic beam were determined: a simple astigmatic TEM_8,0 Hermite–Gaussian beam and a twisted beam generated from the TEM_8,0 mode. The experimental results were compared with the theoretical calculations and demonstrate that the ten second order moments of a beam can be determined in a rather simple way.     

A stochastic return map for stochastic differential equations

A method is presented for constructing a stochastic return map from a stochastic differential equation containing a locally stable limit cycle and small-amplitude [O()] additive Gaussian colored noise. The construction is valid provided the correlation time isO() orO(1). The effective noise in the return map has nonzeroO( ²) mean and is state dependent. The method is applied to a model dynamical system, illustrating how the effective noise in the return map depends on both the original noise process and the local deterministic dynamics.     

A second order analysis of the periodic solutions for nonlinear periodic differential systems with a small parameter

We deal with nonlinear T-periodic differential systems depending on a small parameter. The unperturbed system has an invariant manifold of periodic solutions. We provide the expressions of the bifurcation functions up to second order in the small parameter in order that their simple zeros are initial values of the periodic solutions that persist after the perturbation. In the end two applications are done. The key tool for proving the main result is the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction method applied to the T-Poincaré-Andronov mapping.     

A Hopf-like equation and perturbation theory for differential delay equations

We extend techniques developed for the study of turbulent fluid flows to the statistical study of the dynamics of differential delay equations. Because the phase spaces of differential delay equations are infinite dimensional, phase-space densities for these systems are functionals. We derive a Hopf-like functional differential equation governing the evolution of these densities. The functional differential equation is reduced to an infinite chain of linear partial differential equations using perturbation theory. A necessary condition for a measure to be invariant under the action of a nonlinear differential delay equation is given. Finally, we show that the evolution equation for the density functional is the Fourier transform of the infinite-dimensional version of the Kramers-Moyal expansion.     

A Birkhoff-Noether method of solving differential equations

In this paper, a Birkhoff--Noether method of solving ordinary differential equations is presented. The differential equations can be expressed in terms of Birkhoff's equations. The first integrals for differential equations can be found by using the Noether theory for Birkhoffian systems. Two examples are given to illustrate the application of the method.     

Hamilton--Jacobi method for solving ordinary differential equations

The Hamilton--Jacobi method for solving ordinary differential equations is presented in this paper. A system of ordinary differential equations of first order or second order can be expressed as a Hamilton system under certain conditions. Then the Hamilton--Jacobi method is used in the integration of the Hamilton system and the solution of the original ordinary differential equations can be found. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the application of the result.     

A higher order lattice BGK model for simulating some nonlinear partial differential equations

In this paper, we consider a one-dimensional nonlinear partial differential equation that has the form ut + αuux + βunux - γuxx + δuxxx = F(u). A higher order lattice Bhatnager-Gross-Krook (BGK) model with an amending-function is proposed. With the Chapman-Enskog expansion, different kinds of nonlinear partial differential equations are recovered correctly from the continuous Boltzmann equation. The numerical results show that this method is very effective.     

Asymptopic solution for a class of semilinear singularly perturbed fractional differential equation

This paper considers a class of boundary value problems for the semilinear singularly perturbed fractional differential equation.Under the suitable conditions,first,the outer solution of the original problem is obtained;secondly,using the stretched variable and the composing expansion method the boundary layer is constructed;finally,using the theory of differential inequalities the asymptotic behaviour of solution for the problem is studied and the uniformly valid asymptotic estimation is discussed.     

Viscous and inviscid regularizations in a class of evolutionary partial differential equations

We investigate solution properties of a class of evolutionary partial differential equations (PDEs) with viscous and inviscid regularization. An equation in this class of PDEs can be written as an evolution equation, involving only first-order spatial derivatives, coupled with the Helmholtz equation. A recently developed two-step iterative method (P.H. Chiu, L. Lee, T.W.H. Sheu, A dispersion-relation-preserving algorithm for a nonlinear shallow-water wave equation, J. Comput. Phys. 228 (2009) 8034–8052) is employed to study this class of PDEs. The method is in principle superior for PDE’s in this class as it preserves their physical dispersive features. In particular, we focus on a Leray-type regularization (H.S. Bhat, R.C. Fetecau, A Hamiltonian regularization of the Burgers equation, J. Nonlinear Sci. 16 (2006) 615–638) of the Hopf equation proposed in alternative to the classical Burgers viscous term. We show that the regularization effects induced by the alternative model can be vastly different from those induced by Burgers viscosity depending on the smoothness of initial data in the limit of zero regularization. We validate our numerical scheme by comparison with a particle method which admits closed form solutions. Further effects of the interplay between the dispersive terms comprising the Leray-regularization are illustrated by solutions of equations in this class resulting from regularized Burgers equation by selective elimination of dispersive terms.     

Integrable dissipative nonlinear second order differential equations via factorizations and Abel equations

We emphasize two connections, one well known and another less known, between the dissipative nonlinear second order differential equations and the Abel equations which in their first-kind form have only cubic and quadratic terms. Then, employing an old integrability criterion due to Chiellini, we introduce the corresponding integrable dissipative equations. For illustration, we present the cases of some integrable dissipative Fisher, nonlinear pendulum, and Burgers–Huxley type equations which are obtained in this way and can be of interest in applications. We also show how to obtain Abel solutions directly from the factorization of second order nonlinear equations.     

First integrals and stability of second-order differential equations

The stability of second-order differential equations is studied by using their integrals. A system of second-order differential equations can be considered as a mechanical system with holonomic constraints. A conserved quantity of the mechanical system or a part of the system is obtained by using the Noether theory. It is possible that the conserved quantity becomes a Liapunov function and the stability of the system is proved by the Liapunov theorem.     

Fan sub-equation method for Wick-type stochastic partial differential equations

An improved algorithm is devised for using Fan sub-equation method to solve Wick-type stochastic partial differential equations. Applying the improved algorithm to the Wick-type generalized stochastic KdV equation, we obtain more general Jacobi and Weierstrass elliptic function solutions, hyperbolic and trigonometric function solutions, exponential function solutions and rational solutions.     

New exact solutions to some difference differential equations

In this paper, we use our method to solve the extended Lotka--Volterra equation and discrete KdV equation. With the help of Maple, we obtain a number of exact solutions to the two equations including soliton solutions presented by hyperbolic functions of \sinh and \cosh, periodic solutions presented by trigonometric functions of \sin and \cos, and rational solutions. This method can be used to solve some other nonlinear difference--differential equations.     

Second order time evolution of the multigroup diffusion and P1 equations for radiation transport

An existing solution method for solving the multigroup radiation equations, linear multifrequency-grey acceleration, is here extended to be second order in time. This method works for simple diffusion and for flux-limited diffusion, with or without material conduction. A new method is developed that does not require the solution of an averaged grey transport equation. It is effective solving both the diffusion and P₁ forms of the transport equation. Two dimensional, multi-material test problems are used to compare the solution methods.     

Iterative approximation of limit cycles for a class of Abel equations

This article considers the analytical approximation of limit cycles that may appear in Abel equations written in the normal form. The procedure uses an iterative approach that takes advantage of the contraction mapping theorem. Thus, the obtained sequence exhibits uniform convergence to the target periodic solution. The effectiveness of the technique is illustrated through the approximation of an unstable limit cycle that appears in an Abel equation arising in a tracking control problem that affects an elementary, second-order bilinear power converter.     

A virial approach to soliton-like solutions of coupled non-linear differential equations including the ’t-Hooft-Polyakov monopole equations

A virial theorem for solitons derived by Friedberg, Lee and Sirlin is used to reduce a system of second order equations to an equivalent first order set. It is shown that this theorem, when used in conjunction with our earlier observation that soliton-like solutions lie on the separatrix, helps in obtaining soliton-like solutions of theories involving coupled fields. The method is applied to a system of equations studied extensively by Rajaraman. The ’t-Hooft-Polyakov monopole equations are then studied and we obtain the well-known monopole solutions in the Prasad-Sommerfeld limit (λ=0); for the case λ≠0, we succeed in obtaining a non-trivial algebraic constraint between the fields of the theory.