Variational approach to solutions for a class of fractional Hamiltonian systems

In this paper, we investigate the existence of infinitely many solutions for the following fractional Hamiltonian systems: ( FHS ) where α ∈ (1 ∕ 2,1), , , and are symmetric and positive definite matrices for all , , and ? W is the gradient of W at u. The novelty of this paper is that, assuming L is coercive at infinity, and W is of subquadratic growth as | u | → + ∞ , we show that (FHS) possesses infinitely many solutions via the genus properties in the critical theory. Recent results in the literature are generalized and significantly improved. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solutions for subquadratic fractional Hamiltonian systems without coercive conditions

In this paper, we are concerned with the existence of infinitely many solutions for the following fractional Hamiltonian systems (FHS) where α ∈ (1 ∕ 2,1), , , is a symmetric and positive definite matrix for all , , and ? W is the gradient of W at u. The novelty of this paper is that, assuming L is bounded in the sense that there are constants 0 < τ₁ < τ₂ < + ∞ such that τ₁ | u | ² ≤ (L(t)u,u) ≤ τ₂ | u | ² for all and W is of subquadratic growth as | u | → + ∞ , we show that (FHS) possesses infinitely many solutions via the genus properties in the critical theory. Recent results in [Z. Zhang and R. Yuan, Variational approach to solutions for a class of fractional Hamiltonian systems, Math. Methods Appl. Sci., DOI:10.1002/mma.2941] are generalized and significantly improved. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Simple eigenvalues for the Steklov problem in a domain with a small hole. A functional analytic approach

Let be a bounded open domain of . Let denote the outward unit normal of . We assume that the Steklov problem Δu = 0 in and on has a simple eigenvalue of . Then we consider an annular domain obtained by removing from a small‐cavity size of ε > 0, and we show that under proper assumptions there exists a real valued and real analytic function defined in an open neighborhood of (0,0) in and such that is a simple eigenvalue for the Steklov problem Δu = 0 in and on for all ε > 0 small enough, and such that . Here denotes the outward unit normal of , and δ_2,2 ≡ 1 and δ_2,n ≡ 0 if n ≥ 3. Then related statements have been proved for corresponding eigenfunctions. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Homoclinic solutions for second‐order discrete Hamiltonian systems with asymptotically quadratic potentials

In this paper, we study the existence of infinitely many homoclinic solutions for the second‐order self‐adjoint discrete Hamiltonian system , where , and are unnecessarily positive definites for all . By using the variant fountain theorem, we obtain an existence criterion to guarantee that the aforementioned system has infinitely many homoclinic solutions under the assumption that W(n,x) is asymptotically quadratic as | x | → + ∞ . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solutions for perturbed biharmonic equations with critical nonlinearity

In this paper, we study the perturbed biharmonic equations where Δ² is the biharmonic operator, is the Sobolev critical exponent, p ∈ (2,2 ^{* *} ), P(x), and Q(x) are bounded positive functions. Under some given conditions on V, we prove that the problem has at least one nontrivial solution provided that and that for any , it has at least n ^* pairs solutions if , where and are sufficiently small positive numbers. Moreover, these solutions u_ε → 0 in as ε → 0. Copyright © 2013 The authors. Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Boundedness of solutions to a quasilinear parabolic–elliptic Keller–Segel system with logistic source

We study a quasilinear parabolic–elliptic Keller–Segel system involving a source term of logistic type u_t = ? ? (?(u) ? u) ? χ ? ? (u ? v) + g(u), ? Δv = ? v + u in Ω × (0,T), subject to nonnegative initial data and the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition in a bounded domain with smooth boundary, n ≥ 1, χ > 0, ? ≥ c₁s^p for s ≥ s₀ > 1, and g(s) ≤ as ? μs² for s > 0 with a,g(0) ≥ 0, μ > 0. There are three nonlinear mechanisms included in the chemotaxis model: the nonlinear diffusion, aggregation and logistic absorption. The interaction among the triple nonlinearities shows that together with the nonlinear diffusion, the logistic absorption will dominate the aggregation such that the unique classical solution of the system has to be global in time and bounded, regardless of the initial data, whenever , or, equivalently, , which enlarge the parameter range , or , required by globally bounded solutions of the quasilinear K‐S system without the logistic source. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Self‐organized criticality of cellular automata model; absorbtion in finite‐time of supercritical region into the critical one

In this work, it is studied the evolution and time behavior of solutions to nonlinear diffusion equation in where , d ≥ 1, and H is the Heaviside function. For d = 1,2,3, this equation describes the dynamics of self‐organizing sandpile process with critical state ρ_c. The main conclusion is that the supercritical region is absorbed in a finite‐time in the critical region . Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Infinitely many solutions to elliptic systems with critical exponents and Hardy potentials

In this paper, we consider the following elliptic systems with critical Sobolev growth and Hardy potentials: where N ≥ 3, η > 0, λ₁,λ₂ ∈ [0,Λ_N), and is the best Hardy constant. is the critical Sobolev exponent. a₁, a₂, b₁, and b₂ are positive parameters, and α,β > 1 satisfy 2 < α + β < 2*. h(x) ? 0, h(x) ≥ 0, , , and with . By means of the concentration–compactness principle and R. Kajikiya's new version of symmetric mountain pass lemma, we obtain infinitely many solutions that tend to zero. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quantitative uniqueness for Schrödinger operator with regular potentials

We give a sharp upper bound on the vanishing order of solutions to the Schrödinger equation with electric and magnetic potentials on a compact smooth manifold. Our main result is that the vanishing order of nontrivial solutions to Δu + V · ? u + Wu = 0 is everywhere less than . Our method is based on quantitative Carleman type inequalities, and it allows us to show the following uniform doubling inequality which implies the desired result. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Positive solutions for asymptotically linear Schrödinger–Kirchhoff‐type equations

In this paper, we focus on the Schrödinger–Kirchhoff‐type equation (SK) where a,b > 0 are constants, may not be radially symmetric, and f(x,u) is asymptotically linear with respect to u at infinity. Under some technical assumptions on V and f, we prove that the problem (SK) has a positive solution. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exponential stability for a plate equation with p‐Laplacian and memory terms

This paper is concerned with the energy decay for a class of plate equations with memory and lower order perturbation of p‐Laplacian type, with simply supported boundary condition, where Ω is a bounded domain of , g > 0 is a memory kernel that decays exponentially and f(u) is a nonlinear perturbation. This kind of problem without the memory term models elastoplastic flows. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multiple solutions of a quasilinear elliptic problem involving nonlinear boundary condition on exterior domain

In this paper, we study the multiplicity of non‐negative solutions for the quasilinear p‐Laplacian equation with the nonlinear boundary condition (1) where Δ_p denotes the p‐Laplacian operator, defined by △ _pu = div( | ? u | ^{p ? 2} ? u),1 < p < N, Ω is a smooth exterior domain in . is the outward normal derivative, . The parameters p,q,r are either or . The weight functions a(x),h(x),g(x) satisfy some suitable conditions. Using the decomposition of the Nehari manifold and the variational methods, we prove that problem (1) has at least two positive solutions provided 0 < | λ | < λ₁ for some λ₁. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Decay of mass for a nonlinear fractional reaction–diffusion equation

We study the large time behavior of non‐negative solutions to the nonlinear fractional reaction–diffusion equation ?_tu = ? t^σ( ? Δ)^{α ∕ 2}u ? h(t)u^p (α ∈ (0,2]) posed on and supplemented with an integrable initial condition, where σ ≥ 0, p > 1, and h : [0, ∞ ) → [0, ∞ ). Defining the mass , under certain conditions on the function h, we show that the asymptotic behavior of the mass can be classified along two cases as follows:

• if , then there exists M _∞ ∈ (0, ∞ ) such that ;
• if , then .

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Existence and concentration of bound states for a Kirchhoff type problem with potentials vanishing or unbounded at infinity

In this paper, we study the existence and concentration behavior of positive solutions for the following Kirchhoff type equation: where ɛ is a positive parameter, a and b are positive constants, and 3<p<5. Let denotes the ground energy function associated with , , where is regard as a parameter. Suppose that the potential V(x) decays to zero at infinity like |x|^−α with 0<α≤2, we prove the existence of positive solutions u_ɛ belonging to for vanishing or unbounded K(x) when ɛ > 0 small. Furthermore, we show that the solution u_ɛ concentrates at the minimum points of as ɛ→0⁺.     

Global bounded weak solutions to a degenerate quasilinear chemotaxis system with rotation

This paper deals with the quasilinear Keller–Segel system with rotation where is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, D(u) is supposed to be sufficiently smooth and satisfies D(u)≥D₀u^{m ? 1}(m≥1) and D(u)≤D₁(u + 1)^{K ? m}u^{m ? 1}(K≥1) for all u≥0 with some positive constants D₀ and D₁, and f(u) is assumed to be smooth enough and non‐negative for all u≥0 and f(0) = 0, while S(u,v,x) = (s_ij)_{n × n} is a matrix with and with l≥2, where is nondecreasing on [0,∞). It is proved that when , the system possesses at least one global and bounded weak solution for any sufficiently smooth non‐negative initial data. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Positive solutions for a fourth order discrete p‐Laplacian boundary value problem

In this paper, we study the existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for the following fourth order nonlinear discrete p‐Laplacian boundary value problem where φ_p(s) = | s | ^{p ? 2}s, p > 1, is continuous, T is an integer with T ≥ 5 and . By virtue of Jensen's discrete inequalities, we use fixed point index theory to establish our main results. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The existence of a nontrivial solution to p‐Laplacian equations in with supercritical growth

In this paper, we consider the p‐Laplacian equations in with supercritical growth where △ _pu = div( | ? u | ^{p ? 2} ? u),1 < p < N is the p‐Laplacian operator. Under certain assumptions on V (x) and f(u) that will be given in Section 1, we prove that the problem has at least a nontrivial solution by using variational methods combined with perturbation arguments. The solutions to subcritical p‐Laplacian equations are estimated applying the L ^∞ norm. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Estimates of learning rates of regularized regression via polyline functions

Based on the simplicity and calculability of polyline function, we consider, in this paper, the regularized regression learning algorithm associated with the least square loss and the set of polyline function . The target is the error analysis for the regression problem. The approach presented in the paper yields satisfactory learning rates. The rates depend on the approximation property of and on the capacity of measured by covering numbers. Under some certain conditions, the rates achieve m^?4/5 log m. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Riemann boundary value problems on half space in Clifford analysis

In this paper, we discuss some properties of the Cauchy type integral operator defined over the half space of . As applications, we study a type of Riemann boundary value problem for solutions to polynomially generalized Cauchy–Riemann equations including with and as special cases over the half space of . Making use of Fischer‐type decomposition and the Clifford calculus for solutions to these equations, we will obtain explicit expressions of solutions to the kind of boundary value problems over the half space of . Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonexistence of global solutions for a nonlocal nonlinear hyperbolic system with linear damping

This article concerns the Cauchy problem for the damped nonlinear hyperbolic system where ? > 0 is a small parameter, 0 < α ≤ 1,0 < β ≤ 1,p,q ≥ 1 satisfying pq > 1 , and N ≥ 1 is an integer. It is proved that if N ∕ 2α < max((p + 1) ∕ (pq ? 1),(q + 1) ∕ (pq ? 1)), then every weak solution does not exist globally whenever the initial data satisfy or . Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.