Energy decay rates for the semilinear wave equation with nonlinear localized damping and source terms

In this paper we develop an intrinsic approach to derivation of energy decay rates for the semilinear wave equation with localized interior nonlinear   monotone damping g(_ut)$g(u_t)$ and a source term  f(u)$f(u)$. The proposed approach allows to consider, in an unified way, much more general classes of hyperbolic problems than addressed before in the literature. These generalizations refer to both geometric and topological aspects of the problem.     

Integrable solutions of a nonlinear functional integral equation on an unbounded interval

In this paper we prove the existence of integrable solutions of a generalized functional-integral equation, which includes many key integral and functional equations that arise in nonlinear analysis and its applications. This is achieved by means of an improvement of a Krasnosel’skii type fixed point theorem recently proved by K. Latrach and the author. The result presented in this paper extends the corresponding result of [J. Banas, A. Chlebowicz, On existence of integrable solutions of a functional integral equation under Carathéodory condition, Nonlinear Anal. (2008) doi:10.1016/j.na.2008.04.020]. An example which shows the importance and the applicability of our result is also included.     

Eigenvalues of semi-positone Hammerstein integral equations and applications to boundary value problems

Eigenvalue intervals and the existence of finitely many positive eigenfunctions for semi-positone Hammerstein integral equations are obtained. The positive characteristic values and their upper and lower bounds of the corresponding linear Hammerstein integral operators are studied. Applications of the results are given to third-order differential equations with three-point boundary conditions.     

Existence of solutions of a boundary value problem on the half-line to second order nonlinear delay differential equations

By using the Schauder fixed point theorem, we establish a result for the existence of solutions of a boundary value problem on the half-line to second order nonlinear delay differential equations. We also present the application of our result to the special case of second order nonlinear ordinary differential equations as well as to a specific class of second order nonlinear delay differential equations. Moreover, we give a general example which demonstrates the applicability of our result. Received: 10 May 2004     

A vector version of Krasnosel’skiĭ’s fixed point theorem in cones and positive periodic solutions of nonlinear systems

A new version of Krasnosel’skiĭ’s fixed point theorem in cones is established for systems of operator equations, where the compression-expansion conditions are expressed on components. In applications, this allows the nonlinear term of a system to have different behaviors both in components and in variables.     

Conditions for the existence of positive solutions covering a class of boundary value problems in a uniform way

In this paper, we will give conditions which will guarantee the existence of positive solutions for a variety of second order boundary value problems, using the well-known Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem. We will deal with a specific differential equation meeting a specific initial condition and use a general boundary condition, involving a not necessarily linear functional. Our purpose is to pose conditions on that functional, which will guarantee that the Krasnoselskii fixed point theorem can be applied. It is important to notice that only the values of this functional on two specific functions are involved in the conditions we pose. This paper unifies the way we deal with a wide variety of boundary value problems and provides results which, to the best of our knowledge, are new.     

Integrable solutions of a mixed type operator equation

In this paper we prove the existence of integrable solutions for a generalized mixed type operator equation, which contains many key integral and functional equations appearing frequently in Mathematical literature. Our main tool is a Krasnosel’skii type fixed point theorem recently proved by Latrach and Taoudi, the first author. An existence theory for a class of nonlinear transport equations is also developed.     

Periodic solutions for a nonautonomous ordinary differential equation

We consider the nonautonomous differential equation of second order x^″+a(t)x−b(t)x²+c(t)x³=0, where a(t),b(t),c(t) are T-periodic functions. This is a biomathematical model of an aneurysm in the circle of Willis. We prove the existence of at least two positive T-periodic solutions for this equation, using coincidence degree theories.     

Existence of nontrivial solutions for a nonlinear Sturm–Liouville problem with integral boundary conditions

This paper deals with the existence of nontrivial solutions for a nonlinear singular Sturm–Liouville problem with integral boundary conditions.     

Multiple positive solutions of non-local initial value problems for first order differential systems

The paper gives a new and natural method for the existence of multiple positive solutions for first order differential systems with non-local initial value conditions involving linear functionals. The case of higher order differential equations is also considered. The results are accompanied by numerical examples confirming the theory and proving for practice the importance of the bounds in solution localization.     

Sharp estimates for approximations to a nonlinear backward heat equation

A nonlinear backward heat problem for an infinite strip is considered. The problem is ill-posed in the sense that the solution (if it exists) does not depend continuously on the data. In this paper, we use the Fourier regularization method to solve the problem. Some sharp estimates of the error between the exact solution and its regularization approximation are given.     

Global attractors for von Karman evolutions with a nonlinear boundary dissipation

Dynamic von Karman equations with a nonlinear boundary dissipation are considered. Questions related to long time behaviour, existence and structure of global attractors are studied. It is shown that a nonlinear boundary dissipation with a large damping parameter leads to an existence of global (compact) attractor for all weak (finite energy) solutions. This result has been known in the case of full interior dissipation, but it is new in the case when the boundary damping is the main dissipative mechanism in the system. In addition, we prove that fractal dimension of the attractor is finite. The proofs depend critically on the infinite speed of propagation associated with the von Karman model considered.     

Convergence of a hybrid algorithm for a reversible semigroup of nonlinear operators in Banach spaces

The purpose of this paper is to study hybrid iterative schemes of Halpern types for a semigroup ℑ={T(s):s∈S} of relatively nonexpansive mappings on a closed and convex subset C of a Banach space with respect to a sequence {μ_n} of asymptotically left invariant means defined on an appropriate invariant subspace of l^∞(S). We prove that given a certain sequence {α_n} in [0,1], x∈C, we can generate an iterative sequence {x_n} which converges strongly to Π_F(ℑ)x where Π_F(ℑ)x is the generalized projection from C onto the fixed point set F(ℑ). Our main result is even new for the case of a Hilbert space.     

Ekeland's variational principle and Caristi's coincidence theorem for set-valued mappings in probabilistic metric spaces

By using the partial ordering method, a more general type of Ekeland's variational principle and Caristi's coincidence theorem for set-valued mappings in probabilistic metric spaces are given in this paper. In addition, we give also a directly simple proof of the equivalence between theses theorems in probabilistic metric spaces.This paper was supported financially from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1994, and the Basic Science Research Institute Program, Ministry of Education, Korea, 1995, Project No. BSRI-95-1405.     

Bivariate Function Spaces and the Embedding of Their Marginal Spaces

For a probability space we denote the marginal measures of , defined on Σ and Λ respectively, by and . If ρ is a function norm defined on marginal function norms ρ₁ and ρ₂ are defined on and . We find conditions which guarantee L_{ρ 1} + L_{ρ 2} to be embedded in L_ρ as a closed subspace. The problem is encountered in Statistics when estimating a bivariate distribution with known marginals. We find a condition which, applied to the binormal distribution in L², improves some known conditions.