Stability analysis of parabolic partial differential equations with piecewise continuous arguments

This article deals with the analytic and numerical stability of numerical methods for a parabolic partial differential equation with piecewise continuous arguments of alternately retarded and advanced type. First, application of the theory of separation of variables in matrix form and the Fourier method, the necessary and sufficient condition under which the analytic solution is asymptotically stable is derived. Then, the θ‐methods are applied to solve the corresponding initial value problem, the sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability of numerical methods are obtained. Finally, several numerical examples are presented to support the theoretical results. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 33: 531–545, 2017     

Stability of stationary solutions of piecewise affine differential equations describing gene regulatory networks

We study stability properties of a class of piecewise affine systems of ordinary differential equations arising in the modeling of gene regulatory networks. Our method goes back to the concept of a Filippov stationary solution (in the narrow sense) to a differential inclusion corresponding to the system in question. The main result of the paper justifies a reduction principle in the stability analysis enabling to omit the variables that are not singular, i.e. that stay away from the discontinuity set of the system. We suggest also “the first approximation method” to study asymptotic stability of stationary solutions based on calculating the principal part of the system, which is 0-homogeneous rather than linear. This leads to an efficient algorithm of how to check asymptotic stability without calculating the eigenvalues of the system?s Jacobian. In Appendix A we discuss and compare two other concepts of stationary solutions to the system in question.     

Pseudo almost periodic solutions of differential equations with piecewise constant arguments

In this paper, we give a definition of pseudo almost periodic sequence and study the existence of pseudo almost periodic sequence to difference equation. Based on these, we investigate the existence of pseudo almost periodic solutions to differential equations with piecewise constant arguments which was considered by K. L. Cooke & J. Wiener and found applications in certain biomedical problems.     

On differential equations with interval coefficients

In this study, a new approach is developed to solve the initial value problem for interval linear differential equations. In the considered problem, the coefficients and the initial values are constant intervals. In the developed approach, there is no need to define a derivative for interval-valued functions. All derivatives used in the approach are classical derivatives of real functions. The reason for this is that the solution of the problem is defined as a bunch of real functions. Such a solution concept is compatible also with the robust stability concept. Sufficient conditions are provided for the solution to be expressed analytically. In addition, on a numerical example, the solution obtained by the proposed approach is compared with the solution obtained by the generalized Hukuhara differentiability. It is shown that the proposed approach gives a new type of solution. The main advantage of the proposed approach is that the solution to the considered interval initial value problem exists and is unique, as in the real case.     

Systems of matrix linear differential equations of first order

Sufficient conditions for the solvability in quadratures of systems of matrix linear ordinary differential equations of first order with one-sided multiplication by variable matrix coefficients are given in this paper. These conditions are stated in terms of the theory of Lie algebras. We consider matrix equations of higher orders that are equivalent to such systems. An illustrative example is considered. Translated fromMatematicheskie Zametki, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 63–75, July, 1999.     

Systems of linear ordinary differential equations with bounded coefficients may have very oscillating solutions

An elementary example shows that the number of zeroes of a component of a solution of a system of linear ordinary differential equations cannot be estimated through the norm of coefficients of the system.

     

Hyers–Ulam stability of a system of first order linear differential equations with constant coefficients

In this paper, using matrix method, we prove the Hyers–Ulam stability of a system of first order linear differential equations with constant coefficients.     

An exponential matrix method for solving systems of linear differential equations

This paper presents an exponential matrix method for the solutions of systems of high‐order linear differential equations with variable coefficients. The problem is considered with the mixed conditions. On the basis of the method, the matrix forms of exponential functions and their derivatives are constructed, and then by substituting the collocation points into the matrix forms, the fundamental matrix equation is formed. This matrix equation corresponds to a system of linear algebraic equations. By solving this system, the unknown coefficients are determined and thus the approximate solutions are obtained. Also, an error estimation based on the residual functions is presented for the method. The approximate solutions are improved by using this error estimation. To demonstrate the efficiency of the method, some numerical examples are given and the comparisons are made with the results of other methods. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The improved linear multistep methods for differential equations with piecewise continuous arguments

This paper deals with the convergence of the linear multistep methods for the equation x′(t) = ax(t) + a₀x([t]). Numerical experiments demonstrate that the 2-step Adams-Bashforth method is only of order p = 0 when applied to the given equation. An improved linear multistep methods is constructed. It is proved that these methods preserve their original convergence order for ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and some numerical experiments are given.     

Positive solutions for systems of nonlinear eigenvalue problems for functional differential equations

Values of?λ?are determined for which there exist positive solutions of the system of functional differential equations, u″?+?λa(t)f(v _t )?=?0,v″?+?λb(t)g(u _t )?=?0, for 0?t?u(s)?=?v(s)?=?φ(s), ?r?≤?s?≤?0, and the boundary conditions u(0)?=?v(0)?=?φ(0)?=?u(1)?=?v(1)?=?0. A Guo–Krasnosel'skii fixed point theorem is applied.     

Dichotomous solutions of linear impulsive differential equations

The notion of L_p(h,k) solutions of linear impulsive differential equations in Banach spaces is introduced. Sufficient conditions for existence of such solutions are derived. Possible applications to linear control systems with impulses are considered. An illustrative example is given.     

Limit cycles of discontinuous piecewise differential systems formed by linear centers in R2 and separated by two circles

We show that discontinuous planar piecewise differential systems formed by linear centers and separated by two concentric circles can have at most three limit cycles. Usually is a difficult problem to provide the exact upper bound that a class of differential systems can exhibit. Here we also provide examples of such systems with zero, one, two, or three limit cycles.     

On global meromorphic solutions of second-order linear differential equations with meromorphic coefficients

The main purpose of this article is to study the existence theories of global meromorphic solutions for some second-order linear differential equations with meromorphic coefficients, which perfect the solution theory of such equations.     

Symmetries and invariants of the systems of two linear second-order ordinary differential equations

For arbitrary systems of two linear second-order ordinary differential equations, the symmetry Lie algebra is described in terms of invariant theory, resulting in eleven non-equivalent symmetry types. The result is compared with the group classification approach recently obtained by different authors.     

Lyapunov-type inequality for a class of even-order differential equations

In this paper, we generalize the well-known Lyapunov-type inequality for second-order linear differential equations to a class of even-order linear differential equations, the results of this paper are new and generalize some known inequalities in the literatures.     

Method of Lyapunov functions for differential equations with piecewise constant delay

We address differential equations with piecewise constant argument of generalized type [5], [6], [7] and [8] and investigate their stability with the second Lyapunov method. Despite the fact that these equations include delay, stability conditions are merely given in terms of Lyapunov functions; that is, no functionals are used. Several examples, one of which considers the logistic equation, are discussed to illustrate the development of the theory. Some of the results were announced at the 14th International Congress on Computational and Applied Mathematics (ICCAM2009), Antalya, Turkey, in 2009.     

Nonlinear abstract differential equations with deviated argument

In this paper we consider the nonlinear differential equation with deviated argument u^′(t)=Au(t)+f(t,u(t),u[φ(u(t),t)]), t∈R₊, in a Banach space (X,‖⋅‖), where A is the infinitesimal generator of an analytic semigroup. Under suitable conditions on the functions f and φ, we prove a global existence and uniqueness result for the above equation.     

Solution of high‐order linear Fredholm integro‐differential equations with piecewise intervals

In this study, a practical matrix method is presented to find an approximate solution for high‐order linear Fredholm integro‐differential equations with piecewise intervals under the initial boundary conditions in terms of Taylor polynomials. The method converts the integro differential equation to a matrix equation, which corresponds to a system of linear algebraic equations. Error analysis and illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the technique. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010 27: 1327–1339, 2011     

Solving linear systems of differential and difference equations with respect to a part of the unknowns

The existence of solutions y to a linear differential or difference system whose components $y_{i_1 } ,...,y_{i_m } $ belong to a given class of functions and the problem of constructing such components are considered.