On the positive nonoscillatory solutions of the difference equation x_(n+1)= α +(x_(n-K)/x_(n-m))~p

The aim of this paper is to show that the following difference equation:xn+1=α+(xn-k/xn-m)p,n=0,1,2…,where α＞-1,p＞0,k,m ∈ N are fixed, 0≤m＜k,x-k,x-k+1,…,x-m,…,x-1,x0 are positive, has positive nonoscillatory solutions which converge to the positive equilibrium x=α+1.It is interesting that the method described in the paper, in some cases can also be applied when the parameter α is variable.     

Global Existence and Nonexistence for a Strongly Coupled Parabolic System with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions

This paper deals with the strongly coupled parabolic system ut = v^m△u, vt = u^n△v, （x, t） ∈Ω × （0,T） subject to nonlinear boundary conditions 偏du/偏dη = u^αv^p, 偏du/偏dη= u^qv^β, （x, t） ∈ 偏dΩ × （0, T）, where Ω 包含 RN is a bounded domain, m, n are positive constants and α,β, p, q are nonnegative constants. Global existence and nonexistence of the positive solution of the above problem are studied and a new criterion is established. It is proved that the positive solution of the above problem exists globally if and only if α 〈 1,β 〈 1 and （m ＋p）（n ＋ q） ≤ （1 - α）（1 -β）.     

Convergence to Diffusion Waves for Nonlinear Evolution Equations with Ellipticity and Damping, and with Different End States

In this paper, we consider the global existence and the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the following nonlinear evolution equations with ellipticity and dissipative effects： {ψt=-（1-α）ψ-θx＋αψxx, θt=-（1-α）θ＋νψx＋（ψθ）x＋αθxx（E） with initial data （ψ,θ）（x,0）=（ψ0（x）,θ0（x））→（ψ±,θ±）as x→±∞ where α and ν are positive constants such that α 〈 1, ν 〈 4α（1 - α）. Under the assumption that ｜ψ＋ - ψ-｜ ＋ ｜θ＋ - θ-｜ is sufficiently small, we show the global existence of the solutions to Cauchy problem （E） and （I） if the initial data is a small perturbation. And the decay rates of the solutions with exponential rates also are obtained. The analysis is based on the energy method.     

CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL AND INTEGRAL SYSTEMS WITH CRITICAL EXPONENTS

We classify all positive solutions for the following integral system：{ui（x）=∫Rn1/│x-y│^n-α fi（u（y））dy,x∈R^n,i=1,…,m,0〈α〈n,and u（x）=（u1（x）,u2（x）…,um（x））.Here fi（u）, 1 ≤ i ≤m, monotone nondecreasing are real-valued functions of homogeneous degree n＋α/n-α and are monotone nondecreasing with respect to all the independent variables U1, u2, ..., urn.In the special case n ≥ 3 and α = 2. we show that the above system is equivalent to thefollowing elliptic PDE system：This system is closely related to the stationary SchrSdinger system with critical exponents for Bose-Einstein condensate     

Dynamics of a Rational Difference Equation

The authors investigate the global behavior of the solutions of the difference equation xn＋1=axn-1xn-k/bxn-p＋cxn-q,n=0,1,…where the initial conditions x-r, x-r＋1, x-r＋2,… , x0 are arbitrary positive real numbers, r = max{l, k,p, q） is a nonnegative integer and a, b, c are positive constants. Some special cases of this equation are also studied in this paper.     

与$\zeta(2k 1)$函数有关的两类快速收敛级数

Values of new series sum（（（2n-1）!ζ（2n））/（2n ＋ 2k）!）α2n from n=1 to ∞,sum（（（2n-1）!ζ（2n））/（2n＋2k ＋1）!）β2n from n=1 to ∞ are given concerning ζ（2k ＋ 1）,where k is a positive integer,α can be taken as 1,1/2,1/3,2/3,1/4,3/4,1/6,5/6 and β can be taken as 1,1/2.Some previous results are included as special cases in the present paper and new series converges more rapidly than those exsiting results for α = 1/3,or α = 1/4,or α = 1/6.     

具位势项的快扩散方程的第二临界指标

This paper considers a fast diffusion equation with potential ut= um V (x)um+upin Rn×(0,T), where 1 2αm+n< m ≤ 1, p > 1, n ≥ 2, V (x) ～ω|x|2with ω≥ 0 as |x| →∞,and α is the positive root of αm(αm + n 2) ω = 0. The critical Fujita exponent was determined as pc= m +2αm+nin a previous paper of the authors. In the present paper,we establish the second critical exponent to identify the global and non-global solutions in their co-existence parameter region p > pcvia the critical decay rates of the initial data.With u0(x) ～ |x| aas |x| →∞, it is shown that the second critical exponent a =2p m,independent of the potential parameter ω, is quite different from the situation for the critical exponent pc.     

On the Non-Commutative Neutrix Product of the Distributions x＋^λ and x^＋μ

Let f and g be distributions and let gn = （g ＊ δn）（x）, where δn （x） is a certain converging to the Dirac delta function. The non-commutative neutrix product fog of f and g to be the limit of the sequence {fgn }, provided its limit h exists in the sense that sequence is defined N-lim n-∞（f（x）g,, （x）, φ（x）〉 = （h（x）, φ（x）},for all functions p in 2. It is proved that （x^λ＋1n^px＋）0（x^μ＋1n^qx＋）=x＋^λμ1n^p＋qx＋,（x^λ-1n^qx-）=x-^λ＋μ1n^p＋qx-,for λ＋μ〈-1; λ,μ, λ＋μ≠-1,-2…and p,q=0,1,2……     

Extinction and Positivity for a Doubly Nonlinear Degenerate Parabolic Equation

The aims of this paper are to discuss the extinction and positivity for the solution of the initial boundary value problem and Cauchy problem of ut = div（[↓△u^m｜p-2↓△u^m）. It is proved that the weak solution will be extinct for 1 〈 p ≤ 1 ＋ 1/m and will be positive for p 〉 1 ＋ 1/m for large t, where m 〉 0.     

DECAY RATES TOWARD STATIONARY WAVES OF SOLUTIONS FOR DAMPED WAVE EQUATIONS

Abstract This paper is concerned with the initial-boundary value problem for damped wave equations with a nonlinear convection term in the half space R＋{utt-txx＋ut＋f（u）x=0,t〉0,x∈R＋,u（0,x）=u0（x）→u＋,asx→＋∞,ut（0,x）=u1（x）,u（t,0）=ub.For the non-degenerate case f]（u＋） 〈 0, it is shown in [1] that the above initialboundary value problem admits a unique global solution u（t,x） which converges to the stationary wave φ（x） uniformly in x ∈ R＋ as time tends to infinity provided that the initial perturbation and/or the strength of the stationary wave are sufficiently small. Moreover, by using the space-time weighted energy method initiated by Kawashima and Matsumura [2], the convergence rates （including the algebraic convergence rate and the exponential convergence rate） of u（t, x） toward φ（x） are also obtained in [1]. We note, however, that the analysis in [1] relies heavily on the assumption that f＇（ub） 〈 0. The main purpose of this paper is devoted to discussing the case of f＇（ub）= 0 and we show that similar results still hold for such a case. Our analysis is based on some delicate energy estimates.     

关于一类弱-Berwald的$(\alpha,\beta)$-度量

In this paper, we study an important class of （α,β）-metrics in the form F = （α＋β）^m＋1/α^m on an n-dimensional manifold and get the conditions for such metrics to be weakly- Berwald metrics, where α = √aij（x）y^iy^j is a Riemannian metric and β = bi（x）y^i is a 1-form and m is a real number with m ≠ -1,0,-1/n. Furthermore, we also prove that this kind of （α,β）-metrics is of isotropic mean Berwald curvature if and only if it is of isotropic S-curvature. In this case, S-curvature vanishes and the metric is weakly-Berwald metric.     

GLOBAL ATTRACTIVITY IN A CLASS OF HIGHER-ORDER NONLINEAR DIFFERENCE EQUATION

In this paper the global attractivity of the nonlinear difference equation xn 1 = a bxn / A xn-k, n =0, 1, …，is investigated, where a, b, A ∈ (0, ∞), k is an positive integer and the initial conditions x- k, …，x- 1 and x0 are arbitrary positive numbers. It is shown that the unique positive equilibrium of the equation is global attractive. As a corollary, the result gives a positive confirmation on the conjecture presented by Kocic and Ladas [1,p154].     

STRUCTURES OF CIRCULANT INVERSE M-MATRICES

In this paper, we present a useful result on the structures of circulant inverse Mmatrices. It is shown that if the n × n nonnegative circulant matrix A = Circ[c0, c1,… , c（n- 1）] is not a positive matrix and not equal to c0I, then A is an inverse M-matrix if and only if there exists a positive integer k, which is a proper factor of n, such that cjk 〉 0 for j=0,1…, [n-k/k], the other ci are zero and Circ[co, ck,… , c（n-k）] is an inverse M-matrix. The result is then extended to the so-called generalized circulant inverse M-matrices.     

The Regularity of a Class of Degenerate Elliptic Monge-Ampere Equations

In the present paper the regularity of solutions to Dirichlet problem of degenerate elliptic Monge-Ampere equations is studied. Let Ω R^2 be smooth and convex. Suppose that u ∈ C^2（^-Ω） is a solution to the following problem： det（uij） = K（x）f（x,u, Du） in Ω with u = 0 on аΩ. Then u ∈ C^∞（f）） provided that f（x,u,p） is smooth and positive in ^-Ω × R × R^2, K〉0 in Ω and near αΩ, K = d^m ^-K, where d is the distance to αΩ, m some integer bigger than 1 and ^-K smooth and positive on ^-Ω.     

两类具有标量旗曲率的弱Berwald度量

In this paper, we study the （α,β）-metrics of scalar flag curvature in the form of F = α ＋ εβ ＋ κβ^2/α （ε and k ≠ 0 are constants） and F = α^2/α-β. We prove that these two kinds of metrics are weak Berwaldian if and only if they are Berwaldian and their flag curvatures vanish. In this case, the metrics are locally Minkowskian.     

Remarks on the Extremal Functions for the Moser-Trudinger Inequality

We will show in this paper that if A is very close to 1, then I（M,λ,m） =supu∈H0^1,n（m）,∫m｜△↓u｜^ndV=1∫Ω（e^αn｜u｜^n/（n-1）-λm∑k=1｜αnun/（n-1）｜k/k!）dV can be attained, where M is a compact-manifold with boundary. This result gives a counter-example to the conjecture of de Figueiredo and Ruf in their paper titled ＂On an inequality by Trudinger and Moser and related elliptic equations＂ （Comm. Pure. Appl. Math., 55, 135-152, 2002）.     

New Rapidly Convergent Series Concerning ζ(2k+1)

Values of new series sum(((2n-1)!ζ(2n))/(2n + 2k)!)α2n from n=1 to ∞,sum(((2n-1)!ζ(2n))/(2n+2k +1)!)β2n from n=1 to ∞ are given concerning ζ(2k + 1),where k is a positive integer,α can be taken as 1,1/2,1/3,2/3,1/4,3/4,1/6,5/6 and β can be taken as 1,1/2.Some previous results are included as special cases in the present paper and new series converges more rapidly than those exsiting results for α = 1/3,or α = 1/4,or α = 1/6.     

Solutions of multiple vector refinement equations with infinite mask

This paper is devoted to investigating the solutions of refinement equations of the form Ф（x）=∑α∈Z^s α（α）Ф（Mx-α）,x∈R^s,where the vector of functions Ф = （Ф1,… ,Фr）^T is in （L1（R^s））^r, α =（α（α））α∈Z^s is an infinitely supported sequence of r × r matrices called the refinement mask, and M is an s × s integer matrix such that lim n→∞ M^-n =0, with m = detM. Some properties about the solutions of refinement equations axe obtained.     

On the classification of positive quaternionic Kähler manifolds with b 4 = 1

Let M be a positive quaternionic Kahler manifold of dimension 4m. We already showed that if the symmetry rank is greater than or equal to [m/2] ＋ 2 and the fourth Betti number b4 is equal to one, then M is isometric to HPm. The goal of this paper is to report that we can improve the lower bound of the symmetry rank by one for higher even-dimensional positive quaternionic Kahler manifolds. Namely, it is shown in this paper that if the symmetry rank of M with b4（M） = 1 is greater than or equal to m/2 ＋ 1 for m ≥ 10, then M is isometric to HPm. One of the main strategies of this paper is to apply a more delicate argument of Frankel type to positive quaternionic Kahler manifolds with certain symmetry rank.