Nonlinear age-dependent diffusive equations: A bifurcation approach

The main goal of this paper is the study of the existence and uniqueness of positive solutions of some nonlinear age-dependent diffusive models, arising from dynamic populations. We use a bifurcation method, for which it has been necessary to study in detail the linear and eigenvalue problems associated to the nonlinear problem in an appropriate space.     

奇异高阶积分边值问题正解的全局结构

本文研究了带Riemann-Stieltjes积分边值条件的奇异高阶积分边值问题正解的全局分歧结构.利用相关文献,获得了此类问题的格林函数并推证其满足的性质,同时可获得此类问题等价于一个全连续算子方程;其次,在满足所给的条件时,利用Krein-Rutmann定理建立了此类问题对应的线性问题存在简单的主特征值;最后,当非线性项在零和无穷远处满足非渐进线性增长条件、参数满足不同范围的值时,利用Dancer全局分歧定理、Zeidler全局分歧定理和序列集取极限的方法,建立了此类问题正解的全局结构,进而获得了正解的存在性,推广了文献[8]中的主要结果.     

奇异三阶积分边值问题正解的全局分歧

研究带Riemann-Stieltjes积分边值条件的奇异三阶积分边值问题正解的全局分歧结构.首先,利用相关文献,获得了此类问题的格林函数并推证其满足的性质,同时可获得此类问题等价于一个全连续算子方程;其次,在满足所给的条件时,利用Krein-Rutmann定理建立了此类问题对应的线性问题存在简单的主特征值;最后,当非线性项在零和无穷远处满足非渐进线性增长条件、参数满足不同范围的值时,利用Dancer全局分歧定理、Zeidler全局分歧定理和序列集取极限的方法,建立了此类问题正解的全局结构,进而获得了正解的存在性.     

Numerical solution of Hopf bifurcation problems

We present two numerical methods for the solution of Hopf bifurcation problems involving ordinary differential equations. The first one consists in a discretization of the continuous problem by means of shooting or multiple shooting methods. Thus a finite-dimensional bifurcation problem of special structure is obtained. It may be treated by appropriate iterative algorithms. The second approach transforms the Hopf bifurcation problem into a regular nonlinear boundary value problem of higher dimension which depends on a perturbation parameter ?. It has isolated solutions in the ?-domain of interest, so that conventional discretization methods can be applied. We also consider a concrete Hopf bifurcation problem, a biological feedback inhibition control system. Both methods are applied to it successfully.     

Hopf bifurcations to quasi-periodic solutions for the two-dimensional plane Poiseuille flow

This paper studies various Hopf bifurcations in the two-dimensional plane Poiseuille problem. For several values of the wavenumber α, we obtain the branch of periodic flows which are born at the Hopf bifurcation of the laminar flow. It is known that, taking α ≈ 1, the branch of periodic solutions has several Hopf bifurcations to quasi-periodic orbits. For the first bifurcation, calculations from other authors seem to indicate that the bifurcating quasi-periodic flows are stable and subcritical with respect to the Reynolds number, Re. By improving the precision of previous works we find that the bifurcating flows are unstable and supercritical with respect to Re. We have also analysed the second Hopf bifurcation of periodic orbits for several α, to find again quasi-periodic solutions with increasing Re. In this case the bifurcated solutions are stable to superharmonic disturbances for Re up to another new Hopf bifurcation to a family of stable 3-tori. The proposed numerical scheme is based on a full numerical integration of the Navier-Stokes equations, together with a division by 3 of their total dimension, and the use of a pseudo-Newton method on suitable Poincaré sections. The most intensive part of the computations has been performed in parallel. We believe that this methodology can also be applied to similar problems.     

Bifurcation for a free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors

In this paper we study bifurcations for a free boundary problem modeling the growth of multi-layer tumors under the action of inhibitors. An important feature of this problem is that the surface tension effect of the free boundary is taken into account. By reducing this problem into an abstract bifurcation equation in a Banach space, overcoming some technical difficulties and finally using the Crandall–Rabinowitz bifurcation theorem, we prove that this problem has infinitely many branches of bifurcation solutions bifurcating from the flat solution.     

Spatial resonance and Turing–Hopf bifurcations in the Gierer–Meinhardt model

Gierer–Meinhardt system as a molecularly plausible model has been proposed to formalize the observation for pattern formation. In this paper, the Gierer–Meinhardt model without the saturating term is considered. By the linear stability analysis, we not only give out the conditions ensuring the stability and Turing instability of the positive equilibrium but also find the parameter values where possible Turing–Hopf and spatial resonance bifurcation can occur. Then we develop the general algorithm for the calculations of normal form associated with codimension-2 spatial resonance bifurcation to better understand the dynamics neighboring of the bifurcating point. The spatial resonance bifurcation reveals the interaction of two steady state solutions with different modes. Numerical simulations are employed to illustrate the theoretical results for both the Turing–Hopf bifurcation and spatial resonance bifurcation. Some expected solutions including stable spatially inhomogeneous periodic solutions and coexisting stable spatially steady state solutions evolve from Turing–Hopf bifurcation and spatial resonance bifurcation respectively.     

Principal Asymptotics in the Problem on the Andronov–Hopf Bifurcation and Their Applications

New formulas are obtained for the principal asymptotics of bifurcation solutions in the problem on the Andronov–Hopf bifurcation, leading to new algorithms for studying bifurcations in the general setting. The approach proposed in the paper allows one to consider not only the classical problems about bifurcations of codimension one but also some problems concerning bifurcations of codimension two. A new approach to the analysis of bifurcations of cycles in systems with homogeneous nonlinearities is proposed. As an application, we consider the problem on the bifurcation of periodic solutions of the van der Pol equation.     

Hopf Bifurcation for a Susceptible-Infective Model with Infection-Age Structure

An SIS model is investigated in which the infective individuals are assumed to have an infection-age structure. The model is formulated as an abstract non-densely defined Cauchy problem. We study some dynamical properties of the model by using the theory of integrated semigroups, the Hopf bifurcation theory and the normal form theory for semilinear equations with non-dense domain. Qualitative analysis indicates that there exist some parameter values such that this SIS model has a non-trivial periodic solution which bifurcates from the positive equilibrium. Furthermore, the explicit formulae are given to determine the direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solutions. Numerical simulations are also carried out to support our theoretical results.     

一类具有抑制剂的非均匀恒化器模型的共存态

研究了一类具有抑制剂和Beddington-DeAngelis功能反应项的非均匀恒化器模型.根据单调动力系统理论得到了正平衡解的存在性.利用度理论、分歧理论以及摄动理论,分析了抑制剂对系统正平衡解及渐近行为的影响.结果表明当体现抑制作用的参数μ充分大时,此模型或者没有正解,并且一个半平凡晌非负解是全局吸引的;或者模型的所有正解均由一个极限问题决定.     

The Nehari manifold for elliptic equation involving the square root of the Laplacian

In this paper, we introduce the Nehari manifold for elliptic problems involving the square root of the Laplacian. We use it to establish the existence of solutions and multiple solutions for some nonlinear elliptic problem with sign-changing weight. We also establish some bifurcation results and non-existence results.     

Bifurcation analysis for a free boundary problem modeling tumor growth

In this paper we deal with a free boundary problem modeling the growth of nonnecrotic tumors. The tumor is treated as an incompressible fluid, the tissue elasticity is neglected and no chemical inhibitor species are present. We re-express the mathematical model as an operator equation and by using a bifurcation argument we prove that there exist smooth stationary solutions of the problem which are not radially symmetric.     

Singular Perturbations of Elliptic Problems on Domains with Small Holes

Singular perturbation techniques are used to study the solutions of nonlinear second order elliptic boundary value problems defined on arbitrary plane domains from which a finite number of small holes of radius ρ_i(ε) have been removed, in the limit ε → 0. Asymptotic outer and inner expansions are constructed to describe the behavior of solutions at simple bifurcation and limit points. Since bifurcation usually occurs a eigenvalues of a linearized problem, we study in detail the dependence of the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions on ε, for ε → 0. These results are applied to the vibration of a rectangular membrane with one or two circular holes. The asymptotic analysis predicts a remarkably large sensitivity of eigenvalues and limit points to the ε-domain perturbation considered in this paper.     

一类捕食——食饵模型正平衡解的整体分歧

讨论了一类改进的Leslie-Gower和Holling-Type Ⅱ型捕食-食饵模型对应的平衡态系统正解的结构.以捕食者的出生率b为分歧参数,利用局部分歧理论和整体分歧理论,得到了此平衡态系统正解的存在性与参数b的关系,即当b适当大时,该平衡态系统具有共存正解.     

二阶常微分方程Neumann边值问题正解的全局分歧

本文考虑二阶常微分方程Neumann边值问题正解的存在性,其中f:[0,1]×R→R(R=(-∞,+∞))为连续函数.运用Dancer全局分歧定理建立了上述问题正解的全局分歧,并且获得了保证上述问题存在正解的若干最优充分条件.     

周期激励Stuart-Landau方程的某些动力学行为

研究了周期激励Stuart-Landau方程的锁频周期解．利用奇异性理论分别研究了这些解关于外部激励振幅和频率的分岔行为．结果表明:关于外部激励振幅的普适开折具有余维3,在某些条件下,得到了转迁集及分岔图．另外还证明:关于频率的分岔问题具有无穷余维,因此该情形下的动力学分岔行为非常复杂．发现了一些新的动力学现象,它们是孙亮等所获结果的补充．     

Symmetry-Breaking Bifurcation for Free Elastic Shell of Biological Cluster,Part 2.

We will be concerned with a two-dimensional mathematical model for a free elastic shell of biological cluster. The cluster boundary is connected with its kernel by elastic links. The inside part is filled with compressed gas or fluid. Equilibrium forms of the shell of biological cluster may be found as solutions of a certain nonlinear functional-differential equation with several physical parameters. For each multiparameter this equation has a radially symmetric solution. Our goal is to study the bifurcation which breaks symmetry. In order to establish critical values of bifurcation parameter and buckling modes we will investigate an appropriate linear problem. Our main result on the existence of symmetrybreaking bifurcation will be proved by the use of a variational version of the Crandall-Rabinowitz theorem.     

Perturbation effects in nonlinear eigenvalue problems

We establish the complete bifurcation diagram for a class of nonlinear problems on the whole space. Our model corresponds to a class of semilinear elliptic equations with logistic type nonlinearity and absorption. Since this problem arises in population dynamics or in fishery or hunting management, we are interested only in situations allowing the existence of positive solutions. The proofs combine elliptic estimates with the method of sub- and super-solutions.     

A Leslie–Gower predator–prey model with disease in prey incorporating a prey refuge

In this paper, a predator–prey Leslie–Gower model with disease in prey has been developed. The total population has been divided into three classes, namely susceptible prey, infected prey and predator population. We have also incorporated an infected prey refuge in the model. We have studied the positivity and boundedness of the solutions of the system and analyzed the existence of various equilibrium points and stability of the system at those equilibrium points. We have also discussed the influence of the infected prey refuge on each population density. It is observed that a Hopf bifurcation may occur about the interior equilibrium taking refuge parameter as bifurcation parameter. Our analytical findings are illustrated through computer simulation using MATLAB, which show the reliability of our model from the eco-epidemiological point of view.