More common errors in finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations: Part I

In the recent paper by Kudryashov [11] seven common errors in finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations were listed and discussed in detail. We indicate two more common errors concerning the similarity (equivalence with respect to point transformations) and linearizability of differential equations and then discuss the first of them. Classes of generalized KdV and mKdV equations with variable coefficients are used in order to clarify our conclusions. We investigate admissible point transformations in classes of generalized KdV equations, obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions of similarity of such equations to the standard KdV and mKdV equations and carried out the exhaustive group classification of a class of variable-coefficient KdV equations. Then a number of recent papers on such equations are commented using the above results. It is shown that exact solutions were constructed in these papers only for equations which are reduced by point transformations to the standard KdV and mKdV equations. Therefore, exact solutions of such equations can be obtained from known solutions of the standard KdV and mKdV equations in an easier way than by direct solving. The same statement is true for other equations which are equivalent to well-known equations with respect to point transformations.     

Traveling Waves in Degenerate Diffusion Equations

In this survey, we present a literature review on the study of traveling waves in degenerate diffusion equations by illustrating the interesting and singular wave behavior caused by degeneracy. The main results on wave existence and stability are presented for the typical degenerate equations, including porous medium equations, flux limited diffusion equations, delayed degenerate diffusion equations, and other strong degenerate diffusion equations.     

Three-Dimensional Maneuvering and Control of Flexible Robots

This paper develops a general approach to the three-dimensional maneuver and vibration control of a robot in the form of a chain of flexible links. The equations for the rigid-body maneuvering motions are derived by means of Lagrange equations in terms of quasi-coordinates and the equations for the elastic deformations by means of ordinary Lagrange equations. The equations of motion are derived for the full system simultaneously, using recursive equations to relate the motions of a given link to the motions of the preceding links in the chain. The maneuver is carried out by means of joint torques and the vibration is suppressed by means of point actuators dispersed throughout the links. The controls are designed by the Liapunov direct method. A numerical example demonstrates the theoretical developments.     

Existence of solutions and Gevrey class regularity for Leray-alpha equations

In this paper we consider some equations similar to Navier-Stokes equations, the three-dimensional Leray-alpha equations with space periodic boundary conditions. We establish the regularity of the equations by using the classical Faedo-Galerkin method. Our argument shows that there exist an unique weak solution and an unique strong solution for all the time for the Leray-alpha equations, furthermore, the strong solutions are analytic in time with values in the Gevrey class of functions (for the space variable). The relations between the Leray-alpha equations and the Navier-Stokes equations are also considered.     

Une méthode particulaire déterministe pour des équations diffusives non linéaires

We study in this Note a deterministic particle method for heat (or Fokker–Planck) equations or for porous media equations. This method is based upon an approximation of these equations by nonlinear transport equations and we prove the convergence of that approximation. Finally, we present some numerical experiments for the heat equation and for an example of porous media equations.     

The macroscopic system of Einstein-Maxwell equations for a system of interacting particles

We derive the macroscopic Einstein—Maxwell equations up to the second-order terms, in the interaction for systems with dominating electromagnetic interactions between particles (e.g., radiation-dominated cosmological plasma in the expanding Universe before the recombination moment). The ensemble averaging of the microscopic Einstein and Maxwell equations and of the Liouville equations for the random functions of each type of particle leads to a closed system of equations consisting of the macroscopic Einstein and Maxwell equations and the kinetic equations for one-particle distribution functions for each type of particle. The macroscopic Einstein equations for a system of electromagnetically and gravitationally interacting particles differ from the classical Einstein equations in having additional terms in the lefthand side due to the interaction. These terms are given by a symmetric rank-two traceless tensor with zero divergence. Explicitly, these terms are represented as momentum-space integrals of the expressions containing one-particle distribution functions for each type of particle and have much in common with similar terms in the left-hand side of the macroscopic Einstein equations previously obtained for a system of self-gravitating particles. The macroscopic Maxwell equations for a system of electromagnetically and gravitationally interacting particles also differ from the classical Maxwell equations in having additional terms in the left-hand side due to simultaneous effects described by general relativity and the interaction effects. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 125, No. 1, pp. 107–131, October, 2000.     

Generalized Electrodynamics With Ternary Internal Structure

In Refs. [2]–[7] we suggested generalized dynamic equations of motion of relativistic charged particles inside electromagnetic fields. The dynamic equations had been formulated in terms of external as well as internal momenta. Evolution equations for external momenta, the Lorentz-force equations, had been derived from evolution equations for internal momenta. In this paper, along with relativistic dynamics we generalize electromagnetic fields within the scope of ternary algebras. The full theory is constructed in 4D euclidean space. This space possesses an advantage to build ternary mappings from three vectors onto one. The dynamics is given by non-linear evolution equations with cubic characteristic polynomial. In polar representation the internal momenta obey the Jacobi equations whereas external momenta obey the Weierstrass equations for elliptic functions. The generalized electromagnetic fields are defined by the triple fields where the first one has properties of the electric field and the other two have properties of the magnetic field. The field equations for the triple fields analogous to the Maxwell equations are suggested.     

Method of Lyapunov functionals construction in stability of delay evolution equations

The investigation of stability for hereditary systems is often related to the construction of Lyapunov functionals. The general method of Lyapunov functionals construction which was proposed by V. Kolmanovskii and L. Shaikhet and successfully used already for functional differential equations, for difference equations with discrete time, for difference equations with continuous time, is used here to investigate the stability of delay evolution equations, in particular, partial differential equations.     

Backward stochastic Volterra integral equations—Representation of adapted solutions

For backward stochastic Volterra integral equations (BSVIEs, for short), under some mild conditions, the so-called adapted solutions or adapted M-solutions uniquely exist. However, satisfactory regularity of the solutions is difficult to obtain in general. Inspired by the decoupling idea of forward–backward stochastic differential equations, in this paper, for a class of BSVIEs, a representation of adapted M-solutions is established by means of the so-called representation partial differential equations and (forward) stochastic differential equations. Well-posedness of the representation partial differential equations are also proved in certain sense.     

Elektrodynamik mit Spin

Atomistic equations of the electromagnetic field for a particle with spin are derived from a Lagrangian. These equations are consistent with the equations of motion for such a particle. The resulting phenomenological equations are the well-known equations of Maxwell for the electromagnetic field in matter. The atomistic field equations for a particle with spin and magnetic moment give a dipole field. This result and the corresponding quantum mechanics for a particle with spin are applied to compute the hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom by perturbation theory.     

Effective particle methods for Fisher–Kolmogorov equations: Theory and applications to brain tumor dynamics

Extended systems governed by partial differential equations can, under suitable conditions, be approximated by means of sets of ordinary differential equations for global quantities capturing the essential features of the systems dynamics. Here we obtain a small number of effective equations describing the dynamics of single-front and localized solutions of Fisher–Kolmogorov type equations. These solutions are parametrized by means of a minimal set of time-dependent quantities for which ordinary differential equations ruling their dynamics are found. A comparison of the finite dimensional equations and the dynamics of the full partial differential equation is made showing a very good quantitative agreement with the dynamics of the partial differential equation. We also discuss some implications of our findings for the understanding of the growth progression of certain types of primary brain tumors and discuss possible extensions of our results to related equations arising in different modeling scenarios.     

Integrating factors, adjoint equations and Lagrangians

Integrating factors and adjoint equations are determined for linear and non-linear differential equations of an arbitrary order. The new concept of an adjoint equation is used for construction of a Lagrangian for an arbitrary differential equation and for any system of differential equations where the number of equations is equal to the number of dependent variables. The method is illustrated by considering several equations traditionally regarded as equations without Lagrangians. Noether's theorem is applied to the Maxwell equations.     

Explicit solutions for differential equations

Advantages exist in use of the decomposition method [1, 2] for solutions of differential equations. Even for the trivial case of solution of first-order separable differential equations the decomposition solutions are more useful because of the resulting convenient computable explicit solutions. The same techniques and benefits apply to the algebraic equations obtained by transform methods in solving differential equations. A comparison is made also between solutions by integrating factor and decomposition, and it is shown that decomposition is an obvious recourse when an integrating factor is not available. To show advantages of the procedure, a differential equation solvable by several methods and involving a logarithmic nonlinearity is solved by Adomian's decomposition for comparisons. The decomposition method will also solve higher-order differential equations and partial differential equations with logarithmic or even composite nonlinearities [2] when the other methods fail.     

Multitime Methods for Systems of Difference Equations

Systems of difference equations containing small parameters are studied by a constructive perturbation scheme analogous to the one developed by the authors for the study of differential equations. The method results in an averaging procedure for difference equations, and it is particularly well suited to certain highly oscillatory, nonlinear systems. The method is applied to problems from population genetics, pattern recognition, and the numerical analysis of stiff differential equations     

二阶线性发展方程初值问题的某些推广

本文用压缩半群理论讨论了二阶线性发展方程组的初值问题;还用解析半群讨论了一类变系数的二阶线性发展方程的初值问题,使这一类初值问题的可解性与含t的算子的一阶线性发展方程解的理论统一起来,这是数学力学中的一类重要方程。     

A High-Order Kernel-Free Boundary Integral Method for Incompressible Flow Equations in Two Space Dimensions

This paper presents a fourth-order kernel-free boundary integral method for the time-dependent, incompressible Stokes and Navier-Stokes equations defined on irregular bounded domains. By the stream function-vorticity formulation, the incompressible flow equations are interpreted as vorticity evolution equations. Time discretization methods for the evolution equations lead to a modified Helmholtz equation for the vorticity, or alternatively, a modified biharmonic equation for the stream function with two clamped boundary conditions. The resulting fourth-order elliptic boundary value problem is solved by a fourth-order kernel-free boundary integral method, with which integrals in the reformulated boundary integral equation are evaluated by solving corresponding equivalent interface problems, regardless of the exact expression of the involved Green's function. To solve the unsteady Stokes equations, a four-stage composite backward differential formula of the same order accuracy is employed for time integration. For the Navier-Stokes equations, a three-stage third-order semi-implicit Runge-Kutta method is utilized to guarantee the global numerical solution has at least third-order convergence rate. Numerical results for the unsteady Stokes equations and the Navier-Stokes equations are presented to validate efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method.     

Wong-Zakai approximations for stochastic differential equations

The aim of this paper is to give a wide introduction to approximation concepts in the theory of stochastic differential equations. The paper is principally concerned with Zong-Zakai approximations. Our aim is to fill a gap in the literature caused by the complete lack of monographs on such approximation methods for stochastic differential equations; this will be the objective of the author's forthcoming book. First, we briefly review the currently-known approximation results for finite- and infinite-dimensional equations. Then the author's results are preceded by the introduction of two new forms of correction terms in infinite dimensions appearing in the Wong-Zakai approximations. Finally, these results are divided into four parts: for stochastic delay equations, for semilinear and nonlinear stochastic equations in abstract spaces, and for the Navier-Stokes equations. We emphasize in this paper results rather than proofs. Some applications are indicated.The author's research was partially supported by KBN grant No. 2 P301 052 03.     

Stability of discontinuous Cauchy problems in Banach space

We present Lyapunov stability results, including Converse Theorems, for a class of discontinuous dynamical systems (DDS) determined by differential equations in Banach space or Cauchy problems on abstract spaces. We demonstrate the applicability of our results in the analysis of several important classes of DDS, including systems determined by functional differential equations, Volterra integro-differential equations and partial differential equations.     

Stability and boundedness of solutions of Stieltjes Differential Equations

Dynamical equations on time scales are formulated by means of Stieltjes differential equations, which, depending on the time integrator, include ordinary differential equations and difference equations as well as mixtures of both. Explicit conditions for the boundedness and stability of solutions are presented here for linear and nonlinear Stieltjes differential equations. In addition, the continuous dependence of solutions on the time integrator is established by means of a Gronwall-like inequality for equations with different time integrators.     

Factorization method for linear and quasilinear singularly perturbed boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations

For linear singularly perturbed boundary value problems, we come up with a method that reduces solving a differential problem to a discrete (difference) problem. Difference equations, which are an exact analog of differential equations, are constructed by the factorization method. Coefficients of difference equations are calculated by solving Cauchy problems for first-order differential equations. In this case nonlinear Ricatti equations with a small parameter are solved by asymptotic methods, and solving linear equations reduces to computing quadratures. A solution for quasilinear singularly perturbed equations is obtained by means of an implicit relaxation method. A solution to a linearized problem is calculated by analogy with a linear problem at each iterative step. The method is tested against solutions to the known Lagerstrom-Cole problem.