Existence of positive solutions of second-order periodic boundary value problems with sign-changing Green’s function

In this paper, we consider the existence of positive solutions of second-order periodic boundary value problem

$$u'' + {\left( {\frac{1}{2} + \varepsilon } \right)^2}u = \lambda g\left( t \right)f\left( u \right),t \in \left[ {0,2\pi } \right],u\left( 0 \right) = u\left( {2\pi } \right),u'\left( 0 \right) = u'\left( {2\pi } \right)$$

, where 0 < ε < 1/2, g: [0, 2π] → ? is continuous, f: [0,∞) → ? is continuous and λ > 0 is a parameter.

     

Mild and strong solutions to few types of fractional order nonlinear equations with periodic boundary conditions

In this paper, the two fractional periodic boundary value problems $$_0^C D_{0 + }^\alpha u\left( t \right) - \lambda u\left( t \right) = f\left( {t,u\left( t \right)} \right), u\left( 0 \right) = u\left( 1 \right), 0 < \alpha < 1,$$ and $$_0^C D_{0 + }^\beta u\left( t \right) - \lambda u\left( t \right) = f\left( {t,u\left( t \right)} \right), u\left( 0 \right) = u\left( 1 \right),u'\left( 0 \right) = 0 1 < \beta < 2,$$ will be studied where ₀ ^C D _t ^α is the ordinary Caputo fractional derivative and λ ∈ ? ?{0}. Under some suitable assumptions on the function f, the existence of at least one mild solution will be proved. Under some conditions, the uniqueness of this mild solution will be proved to both problems. Finally, these mild solutions will be strong solutions under certain conditions.     

Existence and multiplicity of periodic solutions for the ordinary p-Laplacian systems

Some existence and multiplicity results are obtained for periodic solutions of the ordinary p-Laplacian systems: $$\left\{\begin{array}{@{}l@{\quad{}}l}(|u'(t)|^{p-2}u'(t))'=\nabla F(t,u(t)),&\mbox{a.e. }t\in[0,T],\\[4pt]u(0)-u(T)=u'(0)-u'(T)=0\end{array}\right.$$ by using the Saddle Point Theorem, the least action principle and the Three-critical-point Theorem.     

New Orlicz variants of Hardy type inequalities with power, power-logarithmic, and power-exponential weights

We obtain Hardy type inequalities $$\int_0^\infty {M\left( {\omega \left( r \right)\left| {u\left( r \right)} \right|} \right)\rho \left( r \right)dr} \leqslant C_1 \int_0^\infty {M\left( {\left| {u\left( r \right)} \right|} \right)\rho \left( r \right)dr + C_2 \int_0^\infty {M\left( {\left| {u'\left( r \right)} \right|} \right)\rho \left( r \right)dr,} }$$ and their Orlicz-norm counterparts $$\left\| {\omega u} \right\|_{L^M (\mathbb{R}_ + ,\rho )} \leqslant \tilde C_1 \left\| u \right\|_{L^M (\mathbb{R}_ + ,\rho )} + \tilde C_2 \left\| {u'} \right\|_{L^M (\mathbb{R}_ + ,\rho )} ,$$ with an N-function M, power, power-logarithmic and power-exponential weights ??, ??, holding on suitable dilation invariant supersets of C ₀ ^?? (?₊). Maximal sets of admissible functions u are described. This paper is based on authors?? earlier abstract results and applies them to particular classes of weights.     

Multiple solutions of boundary value problems: an elementary approach via the shooting method

In this paper we derive the existence of multiple solutions for boundary value problems of the type $$u\prime \prime + f\left( {t,u} \right) = 0,u\left( 0 \right) = 0,u\left( \pi \right) = 0$$ , in terms of the behaviour of the ratiof(t,u)/u nearu=0 and near infinity. The nonlinear termf is assumed to be locally Lipschitz inu, so that the shooting method can be used. (AMS Subject Classification: 34B15).     

On some new nonlocal solvability theorems for various classes of nonlinear differential equations

We study nonlinear boundary value problems of the form $$ [\Psi u']' + F(x;u',u) = g, u(0) = u(1) = 0 $$ , where Φ is a coercive continuous operator from L _p to L _q , and $$ F(x;u'',u',u) = g, u(0) = u(1) = 0 $$ ; first- and second-order partial differential equations $$ \Phi (x_1 ,x_2 ;u'_1 ,u'_2 ,u) = 0, \sum\limits_{i = 1}^\infty {[\Psi _i (u'_{x_i } )]'_{x_i } + F(x; \ldots ,u'_{x_i } , \ldots ,u) = g_i } $$ ; and general equations F(x; ..., u″ _ii , ...., ...., u′ _i , ...; u) = g(x) of elliptic type. We consider the corresponding boundary value problems of parabolic and hyperbolic type. The proof is based on various a priori estimates obtained in the paper and a nonlocal implicit function theorem.     

Existence results of fractional differential equations with irregular boundary conditions and p-Laplacian operator

In this paper, we discuss the existence of solutions for irregular boundary value problems of nonlinear fractional differential equations with p-Laplacian operator $$\left \{ \begin{array}{l} {\phi}_p(^cD_{0+}^{\alpha}u(t))=f(t,u(t),u'(t)), \quad 0< t<1, \ 1< \alpha \leq2, \\ u(0)+(-1)^{\theta}u'(0)+bu(1)=\lambda, \qquad u(1)+(-1)^{\theta}u'(1)=\int_0^1g(s,u(s))ds,\\ \quad \theta=0,1, \ b \neq \pm1, \end{array} \right . $$ where \(^{c}D_{0+}^{\alpha}\) is the Caputo fractional derivative, ? _p (s)=|s| ^p?2 s, p>1, \({\phi}_{p}^{-1}={\phi}_{q}\) , \(\frac {1}{p}+\frac{1}{q}=1\) and \(f: [0,1] \times\mathbb{R} \times\mathbb {R} \longrightarrow\mathbb{R}\) . Our results are based on the Schauder and Banach fixed point theorems. Furthermore, two examples are also given to illustrate the results.     

Existence of at least three positive solutions for multi-point boundary value problem on infinite intervals with p-Laplacian operator

In this paper, we consider the multi-point boundary value problem of second-order nonlinear differential equation on a half line, $$\left\{\begin{array}{l@{\quad }l}(\phi_{p}(u'))'(t)+q(t)f(t,u(t),u'(t))=0,&0<t<\infty,\\[6pt]u'(0)=\sum_{i=1}^{m-2}\alpha_{i}u(\xi_{i}),&u'(\infty)=0.\end{array}\right.$$ By using a fixed point theorem due to Avery and Peterson, we show the existence of at least three positive solutions with suitable growth conditions imposed on the nonlinear term.     

Multiple positive solutions for fractional differential systems

In this paper, we study the existence of positive solution to boundary value problem for fractional differential system $$\left\{\begin{array}{ll}D_{0^+}^\alpha u (t) + a_1 (t) f_1 (t, u (t), v (t)) = 0,\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\quad t \in (0, 1),\\D_{0^+}^\alpha v (t) + a_2 (t) f_2 (t, u (t), v (t)) = 0,\;\;\;\;\;\;\;\quad t \in (0, 1), \;\; 2 < \alpha < 3,\\u (0)= u' (0) = 0, \;\;\;\; u' (1) - \mu_1 u' (\eta_1) = 0,\\v (0)= v' (0) = 0, \;\;\;\; v' (1) - \mu_2 v' (\eta_2) = 0,\end{array}\right.$$ where ${D_{0^+}^\alpha}$ is the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order ??. By using the Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem in a cone, the existence of three positive solutions for nonlinear singular boundary value problems is obtained.     

Strong convergence theorems for a Mann-type iterative scheme for a family of Lipschitzian mappings

In the paper, we obtain the existence of triple positive solutions for the following second order three-point boundary value problem, $$\left\{\begin{array}{l}(\phi_p(u'))'(t)+q(t)f(u(t),u'(t),(Tu)(t),(Su)(t))=0,\quad 0\leq t\leq1,\\[4pt]u'(0)=\beta u'(\eta),\qquad u(1)=g(u'(1)),\end{array}\right.$$ where $\phi_{p}(s)=|s|^{p-2}s,p>1,\beta\in[0,1),\eta\in(0,\frac{1}{2}]$ , T and S are all linear operators, g(t) is continuous.     

Ground state periodic solutions of second order Hamiltonian systems without spectrum 0

In this paper, we consider the second order Hamiltonian system $\left\{ \begin{gathered} u''(t) + A(t)u(t) + \nabla H(t,u(t)) = 0,t \in R, \hfill \\ u(0) = u(T),u'(0) = u'(T),T > 0. \hfill \\ \end{gathered} \right.$ Here, we assume 0 lies in a gap of σ(B) (the spectrum of B:= ?d ²/dt ² ?A(t)). We find nontrivial and ground state T-periodic solutions for the second order Hamiltonian system under conditions weaker than those previously assumed; also, our proof is much more direct.     

A property of an autonomous minimax optimal control problem

A control system \(\dot x = f\left( {x,u} \right)\) ,u) with cost functional $$\mathop {ess \sup }\limits_{T0 \leqslant t \leqslant T1} G\left( {x\left( t \right),u\left( t \right)} \right)$$ is considered. For an optimal pair \(\left( {\bar x\left( \cdot \right),\bar u\left( \cdot \right)} \right)\) ,ū(·)), there is a maximum principle of the form $$\eta \left( t \right)f\left( {\bar x\left( t \right),\bar u\left( t \right)} \right) = \mathop {\max }\limits_{u \in \Omega \left( t \right)} \eta \left( t \right)f\left( {\bar x\left( t \right),u} \right).$$ By means of this fact, it is shown that \(\eta \left( t \right)f\left( {\bar x\left( t \right),\bar u\left( t \right)} \right)\) is equal to a constant almost everywhere.     

Estimates and regularization for solutions of some ill-posed problems of elliptic and parabolic type

In this paper, we examine, in a systematic fashion, some ill-posed problems arising in the theory of heat conduction. In abstract terms, letH be a Hilbert space andA: D (A)?H→H be an unbounded normal operator, we consider the boundary value problemü(t)=Au(t), 0<t<∞,u(0)=u ₀∈D(A), \(\mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to 0} \left\| {u\left( t \right)} \right\| = 0\) . The problem of recoveringu ₀ whenu(T) is known for someT>0 is not well-posed. Suppose we are given approximationsx ₁,x ₂,…,x _N tou(T ₁),…,u(T _N) with 0<T, <…<T _N and positive weightsP _i,i=1,…,n, \(\sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {P_i = 1} \) such that \(Q_2 \left( {u_0 } \right) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {P_i } \left\| {u\left( {T_i } \right) - x_i } \right\|^2 \leqslant \varepsilon ^2 \) . If ‖u _t(0)‖≤E for some a priori constantE, we construct a regularized solution ν(t) such that \(Q\left( {\nu \left( 0 \right)} \right) \leqslant \varepsilon ^2 \) while \(\left\| {u\left( 0 \right) - \nu \left( 0 \right)} \right\| = 0\left( {ln \left( {E/\varepsilon } \right)} \right)^{ - 1} \) and \(\left\| {u\left( t \right) - \nu \left( t \right)} \right\| = 0\left( {\varepsilon ^{\beta \left( t \right)} } \right)\) where 0<β(t)<1 and the constant in the order symbol depends uponE. The function β(t) is larger thant/m whent _k andk is the largest integer such that \((\sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {P_i (T_i )} )< (\sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {P_i (T_i )} = m\) , which β(t)=t/m on [T _k, m] and β(t)=1 on [m, ∞). Similar results are obtained if the measurement is made in the maximum norm, i.e.,Q _∞(u ₀)=max{‖u(T _i)?x _i‖, 1≤i≤N}.     

Semi-linear Wave Equations with Effective Damping

The authors study the Cauchy problem for the semi-linear damped wave equation $$u_{tt} - \Delta u + b\left( t \right)u_t = f\left( u \right), u\left( {0,x} \right) = u_0 \left( x \right), u_t \left( {0,x} \right) = u_1 \left( x \right)$$ in any space dimension n ≥ 1. It is assumed that the time-dependent damping term b(t) > 0 is effective, and in particular tb(t) → ∞ as t → ∞. The global existence of small energy data solutions for |f(u)| ≈ |u| ^p in the supercritical case of $p > \tfrac{2} {n}$ and $p \leqslant \tfrac{n} {{n - 2}}$ for n ≥ 3 is proved.     

Multiple positive solutions of singular and critical elliptic problem in {\mathbb{R}^2} with discontinuous nonlinearities

Let Ω be a bounded domain in ${\mathbb{R}^2}$ with smooth boundary. We consider the following singular and critical elliptic problem with discontinuous nonlinearity: $$(P_\lambda)\left \{\begin{array}{ll} - \Delta u = \lambda \left(\frac{m(x, u) e^{\alpha{u}^2}}{|x|^{\beta}} + u^{q}g(u - a)\right),\quad{u} > 0 \quad {\rm in} \quad \Omega\\u \quad \quad = 0\quad {\rm on} \quad \partial \Omega \end{array}\right.$$ where ${0\leq q < 1 ,0< \alpha\leq4\pi}$ and ${\beta \in [0, 2)}$ such that ${\frac{\beta}{2} + \frac{\alpha}{4\pi} \leq 1}$ and ${{g(t - a) = \left\{\begin{array}{ll}1, t \leq a\\ 0, t > a.\end{array}\right.}}$ Under the suitable assumptions on m(x, t) we show the existence and multiplicity of solutions for maximal interval for λ.     

Second order linear Volterra integrodifferential equations

In this paper we study mild and classical solutions of the second order linear Volterra integrodifferential equation $$(VE^f )\left\{ {\begin{array}{*{20}c} {u''(t) = Au(t) + {\text{ }}\int_0^t {B(t - s)u(s)ds + f(t){\text{ }}for{\text{ }}t \in [0,T]} } \\ {u(0) = x{\text{ }}and{\text{ }}u'(0) = y,} \\ \end{array} } \right.$$ whereA is a closed linear operator whose domainD(A) is not necessarily dense in a Banach spaceX, and {B(t)|t≥0} is a family of bounded linear operators from the Banach space,D(A) endowed with the graph norm intoX. We also give two examples to illustrate the abstract results.     

An abstract Dirichlet problem in the Hilbert space

In the present paper, we consider an abstract partial differential equation of the form $\frac{{\partial ^2 u}}{{\partial t^2 }} - \frac{{\partial ^2 u}}{{\partial x^2 }} + A\left( {x,t} \right)u = f\left( {x,t} \right)$ , where $\left\{ {A\left( {x,t} \right):\left( {x,t} \right) \in \bar G} \right\}$ is a family of linear closed operators and $\bar G = G \cup \partial G,G$ is a suitable bounded region in the (x, t)-plane with boundary?G. It is assumed thatu is given on the boundary?G. The objective of this paper is to study the considered Dirichlet problem for a wide class of operatorsA(x, t). A Dirichlet problem for non-elliptic partial differential equations of higher orders is also considered.     

Chebyshev's inequalities for functions monotone in the mean

LetR be the reals ≥ 0. LetF be the set of mapsf: {1, 2, ?,n} →R. Choosew ∈ F withw _i = w(i) > 0. PutW _i = w₁ + ? + w_i. Givenf ∈ F, define \(\bar f\) ∈F by $$\bar f\left( i \right) = \frac{{\left\{ {w_i f\left( 1 \right) + \ldots + w_i f\left( i \right)} \right\}}}{{W_i }}.$$ Callf mean increasing if \(\bar f\) is increasing. Letf ₁, ?, f_t be mean decreasing andf _t+1,?: f_t+u be mean increasing. Put $$k = W_n^u \min \left\{ {w_i^{u - 1} W_i^{t - u} } \right\}.$$ Then $$k\mathop \sum \limits_{i = 1}^n w_i f_1 \left( i \right) \ldots f_{t + u} \left( i \right) \leqslant \mathop \prod \limits_{j = 1}^{t + u} (\mathop \sum \limits_{i = 1}^n w_i f_1 (i)).$$      

Series of univalent functions

We are considering a class S of functions F(z), F(0) = 0, F′(0) = 1 that are univalent and regular in the circle ¦z¦ < 1, and its subclasses s _h ^* and K of starlike functions of order h and of convex functions respectively. Among others, we establish the following results: If F(z)εs and 0 < α < 1, then IfF (z) ε s (0 < a < 1) and $$\begin{gathered} 1 + \operatorname{Re} {{z_1 F^n \left( {z_1 } \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{z_1 F^n \left( {z_1 } \right)} {F'\left( {z_1 } \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {F'\left( {z_1 } \right)}} = \operatorname{Re} {{\alpha z_1 F''\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{\alpha z_1 F''\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)} {F'\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)}}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {F'\left( {\alpha z_1 } \right)}} \hfill \\ \left( {2 - \sqrt 3< \left| {z_1 } \right| = r< 1} \right) \hfill \\ \end{gathered} $$ then we obtain the domain of values of the point αz₁.