A Taylor polynomial approach for solving differential-difference equations

The purpose of this study is to give a Taylor polynomial approximation for the solution of mth-order linear differential-difference equations with variable coefficients under the mixed conditions about any point. For this purpose, Taylor matrix method is introduced. This method is based on first taking the truncated Taylor expansions of the functions in the differential-difference equations and then substituting their matrix forms into the equation. Hence, the result matrix equation can be solved and the unknown Taylor coefficients can be found approximately. In addition, examples that illustrate the pertinent features of the method are presented, and the results of study are discussed. Also we have discussed the accuracy of the method. We use the symbolic algebra program, Maple, to prove our results.     

Adomian decomposition method for nonlinear differential-difference equations

We extend Adomian decomposition method (ADM) to find the approximate solutions for the nonlinear differential-difference equations (NDDEs), such as the discretized mKdV lattice equation, the discretized nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the Toda lattice equation. By comparing the approximate solutions with the exact analytical solutions, we find the extend method for NDDEs is of good accuracy.     

An approach to directly construct exact solutions of nonlinear differential-difference equations

In this paper, a constructive method for exactly solving nonlinear differential-difference equations (NDDEs) is presented. The NDDE which includes Hybrid lattice, discretized mKdV lattice and modified Volterra lattice is chosen to illustrate this approach. Some new solutions of these lattices are obtained.     

Jacobian elliptic function method for nonlinear differential-difference equations

An algorithm is devised to derive exact travelling wave solutions of differential-difference equations by means of Jacobian elliptic function. For illustration, we apply this method to solve the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation, the discretized mKdV lattice equation and the Hybrid lattice equation. Some explicit and exact travelling wave solutions such as Jacobian doubly periodic solutions, kink-type solitary wave solutions are constructed.     

Some efficient methods for enclosing simple zeros of nonlinear equations

In the present paper we propose three new methods for computing sequences of enclosing intervals for a zero of a real function without convexity assumptions.The new methods have been tested on a series of published examples. The numerical experiments show that our methods are comparable in terms of efficiency with the well-known algorithms of Dekker and Brent.The present paper was written when this author was visiting the University of Karlsruhe. He would like to acknowledge the support provided by the University of Karlsruhe.     

Application of the Exp-function method for nonlinear differential-difference equations

In this paper, we established abundant travelling wave solutions for some nonlinear differential-difference equations. It is shown that the Exp-function method, with the help of symbolic computation, provides a very effective and powerful new method for discrete nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

A computational method for singularly perturbed nonlinear differential-difference equations with small shift

This paper is devoted to the numerical study of the boundary value problems for nonlinear singularly perturbed differential-difference equations with small delay. Quasilinearization process is used to linearize the nonlinear differential equation. After applying the quasilinearization process to the nonlinear problem, a sequence of linearized problems is obtained. To obtain parameter-uniform convergence, a piecewise-uniform mesh is used, which is dense in the boundary layer region and coarse in the outer region. The parameter-uniform convergence analysis of the method has been discussed. The method has shown to have almost second-order parameter-uniform convergence. The effect of small shift on the boundary layer(s) has also been discussed. To demonstrate the performance of the proposed scheme two examples have been carried out. The maximum absolute errors and uniform rates of convergence have been presented in the form of the tables.     

构造非线性差分方程精确解的一种方法

在齐次平衡法、试探函数法的基础上,给出指数函数所组成的两种试探函数法,并借助符号计算系统Mathematica构造了Hybrid-Lattice系统、mKdV差分微分方程、Ablowitz-Ladik.Lattice6系统等非线性离散系统的新的精确孤波解.     

A systematic method for solving differential-difference equations

A systematic method for searching travelling-wave solutions to differential-difference equations (DDEs) is proposed in the paper. First of all, we introduce Bäcklund transformations for the standard Riccati equation which generate new exact solutions by using its simple and known solutions. Then we introduce a kind of formal polynomial solutions to DDEs and further determine the explicit forms by applying the balance principle. Finally, we work out exact solutions of the DDEs via substituting the form solutions and solving over-determined algebraic equations with the help of Maple. As illustrative examples, we obtain the travelling-wave solutions of the (2 + 1)-dimensional Toda lattice equation, the discrete modified KdV (mKdV) equation, respectively.     

A new algebraic procedure to construct exact solutions of nonlinear differential-difference equations

This paper presents a new algebraic procedure to construct exact solutions of selected nonlinear differential-difference equations. The discrete sine-Gordon equation and differential-difference asymmetric Nizhnik-Novikov-Veselov equations are chosen as examples to illustrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the new procedure, where various types of exact travelling wave solutions for these nonlinear differential-difference equations have been constructed. It is anticipated that the new procedure can also be used to produce solutions for other nonlinear differential-difference equations.     

On a class of essentially nonlinear elliptic differential-difference equations

An essentially nonlinear differential-difference equation containing the product of the p-Laplacian and a difference operator is considered. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the corresponding nonlinear differential-difference operator to be coercive and pseudomonotone in the case of nonvariational statement of the differential equation. The existence of a generalized solution to the Dirichlet problem for the nonlinear equation is proved.     

Existence of almost periodic solutions for strongly stable nonlinear impulsive differential-difference equations

Sufficient conditions are established for the existence of almost periodic solutions for strongly stable nonlinear impulsive differential-difference equations. The investigations are carried out by means of piecewise continuous functions of Lyapunov type and by using Markoff’s sets. We provide an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of our results.     

A note on solutions of some differential-difference equations

This research is a continuation of the recent paper by X. Qi and L. Yang [15]. In this paper, we continue our study concerning existence of solutions of a Fermat type differentialdifference equation, and improve the results obtained by K. Liu et al. in [8, 10].     

A new method for solving nonlinear differential-difference equation

A new approach is presented which enables one to construct the exact solutions of nonlinear differential difference equations. As its application, the soliton solutions and periodic solutions of Hybrid lattice, discretized mKdV lattice and modified Volterra lattice are conveniently obtained by computing the solutions for a lattice equation introduced by Wadati.     

Necessary stability conditions for differential-difference equations

Hurwitz-stable polynomials and quasi-polynomials are split to construct positive rational functions. Computational characterizations of positive functions are used to derive low-order necessary stability criteria. (© 2006 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

A Fourier approach for nonlinear equations with singular data

For 0 < m < n, p a positive integer and p > n/(n ? m), we study the inhomogeneous equation L _u +u ^p + V (x)u + f(x) = 0 in ? ⁿ with singular data f and V. The symbol σ of the operator L is bounded from below by |ξ| ^m . Examples of L are Laplacian, biharmonic and fractional order operators. Here f and V can have infinite singular points, change sign, oscillate at infinity, and be measures. Also, f and V can blow up on an unbounded (n?1)-manifold. The solution u can change sign, be nonradial and singular. If σ, f and V are radial, then u is radial. The assumptions on f and V are in terms of their Fourier transforms and we provide some examples.     

Mixed function method for obtaining exact solution of nonlinear differential-difference equations and coupled NDDEs

In this paper, we construct a new mixed function method for the first time. By using this new method, we study the two nonlinear differential-difference equations named the generalized Hybrid lattice and two-component Volterra lattice equations. Some new exact solutions of mixed function type such as discrete solitary wave solutions, discrete kink and anti-kink wave solutions and discrete breather solutions with kink and anti-kink character are obtained and their dynamic properties are also discussed. By using software Mathematica, we show their profiles.     

On efficient two-parameter methods for solving nonlinear equations

Derivative free methods for solving nonlinear equations of Steffensen’s type are presented. Using two self-correcting parameters, calculated by Newton’s interpolatory polynomials of second and third degree, the order of convergence is increased from 2 to 3.56. This method is used as a corrector for a family of biparametric two-step derivative free methods with and without memory with the accelerated convergence rate up to order 7. Significant acceleration of convergence is attained without any additional function calculations, which provides very high computational efficiency of the proposed methods. Another advantage is a convenient fact that the proposed methods do not use derivatives. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate excellent convergence behavior of the proposed methods and good coincidence with theoretical results.     

An efficient predictor-corrector method for solving nonlinear equations

This paper proposes an efficient continuation method for solving nonlinear equations. The proposed method belongs to a class of predictor-corrector methods and uses modified Euler's predictors in order that larger step-sizes may be accepted. Some numerical results show that the method obtains a solution with less computational effort than the ordinary Euler's method, especially when the starting point is far from the solution.