Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Dynamic Equations

We consider linear dynamic systems on time scales, which contain as special cases linear differential systems, difference systems, or other dynamic systems. We give an asymptotic representation for a fundamental solution matrix that reduces the study of systems in the sense of asymptotic behavior to the study of scalar dynamic equations. In order to understand the asymptotic behavior of solutions of scalar linear dynamic equations on time scales, we also investigate the behavior of solutions of the simplest types of such scalar equations, which are natural generalizations of the usual exponential function.     

Asymptotics of solutions of difference equations with delays

We consider a linear scalar difference equation with several variable delays and constant coefficients. The coefficients and maximum admissible values of delays are supposed to be the set of parameters that define a family of equations of the investigated class. We obtain effective necessary and sufficient conditions of the uniform and exponential stability of solutions to all equations of the family, as well as the conditions of the sign-definiteness and monotonicity of stable solutions.     

Floquet theory for second order linear homogeneous difference equations

In this paper we provide a version of the Floquet’s theorem to be applied to any second order difference equations with quasi-periodic coefficients. To do this we extend to second order linear difference equations with quasi-periodic coefficients, the known equivalence between the Chebyshev equations and the second order linear difference equations with constant coefficients. So, any second order linear difference equations with quasi-periodic coefficients is essentially equivalent to a Chebyshev equation, whose parameter only depends on the values of the quasi-periodic coefficients and can be determined by a non-linear recurrence. Moreover, we solve this recurrence and obtaining a closed expression for this parameter. As a by-product we also obtain a Floquet’s type result; that is, the necessary and sufficient condition for the equation has quasi-periodic solutions.     

On Riccati Matrix Differential Equations

In this paper square Riccati matrix differential equations are considered. The coefficients can be arbitrary time—dependent matrices and need not satisfy any symmetry conditions. Contributions to the basic problems — existence and asymptotic behaviour of solutions — are presented based on two new methods. The first one is the usage of maximum principles for second order linear differential equations, the second one is a variety of possibilities for the parametric representation of solutions of Riccati differential equations.     

Harnack inequality and exponential separation for oblique derivative problems on Lipschitz domains

We consider the oblique derivative problem for linear nonautonomous second order parabolic equations with bounded measurable coefficients on bounded Lipschitz cylinders. We derive an optimal elliptic-type Harnack inequality for positive solutions of this problem and use it to show that each positive solution exponentially dominates any solution which changes sign for all times. We show several nontrivial applications of both the exponential estimate and the derived Harnack inequality.     

时间尺度上二阶线性动力学方程的一般解与Ulam稳定性

本文利用参数变易法研究了时间尺度上二阶变系数线性动力学方程的解与Ulam稳定性问题. 特别地,在不同的系数情形下建立了二阶常系数线性动力学方程的Ulam稳定性理论.     

二阶变系数线性微分方程的几个可积类型

<正> 文[1]给出了一些变系数线性微分方程的可积类型,[2、3]利用“连锁”法也给出了一些变系数线性微分方程的可积类型,且包含了[1]的结果.本文继续讨论一般的二阶变系数线性微分方程     

On the Numerical Solution to a Nonlinear Wave Equation Associated with the First Painlev′e Equation: an Operator-Splitting Approach

The main goal of this article is to discuss the numerical solution to a nonlinear wave equation associated with the first of the celebrated Painlevé transcendent ordinary differential equations. In order to solve numerically the above equation, whose solutions blow up in finite time, the authors advocate a numerical methodology based on the Strang’s symmetrized operator-splitting scheme. With this approach, one can decouple nonlinearity and differential operators, leading to the alternate solution at every time step of the equation as follows: (i) The first Painlevé ordinary differential equation, (ii) a linear wave equation with a constant coefficient. Assuming that the space dimension is two, the authors consider a fully discrete variant of the above scheme, where the space-time discretization of the linear wave equation sub-steps is achieved via a Galerkin/finite element space approximation combined with a second order accurate centered time discretization scheme. To handle the nonlinear sub-steps, a second order accurate centered explicit time discretization scheme with adaptively variable time step is used, in order to follow accurately the fast dynamic of the solution before it blows up. The results of numerical experiments are presented for different coefficients and boundary conditions. They show that the above methodology is robust and describes fairly accurately the evolution of a rather “violent” phenomenon.     

Harnack inequalities,exponential separation,and perturbations of principal Floquet bundles for linear parabolic equations

We consider the Dirichlet problem for linear nonautonomous second order parabolic equations with bounded measurable coefficients on bounded Lipschitz domains. Using a new Harnack-type inequality for quotients of positive solutions, we show that each positive solution exponentially dominates any solution which changes sign for all times. We then examine continuity and robustness properties of a principal Floquet bundle and the associated exponential separation under perturbations of the coefficients and the spatial domain.     

Asymptotic behavior of a linear difference equation with continuous time

We consider a class of linear homogeneous difference equations with constant coefficients and commensurate delays. We prove an asymptotic formula for the solutions as t → ∞ under the assumption of the existence of a simple “dominant” real characteristic value. Research supported by FONDECYT Grant, Chile, No. 1.070.980.     

Removable singularities of solutions of elliptic equations

This paper is an overview of results devoted to metric conditions for removability of closed sets for solutions of homogeneous partial differential equations in various function classes. The author considers equations with a quasi-homogeneous semi-elliptic operator and with constant coefficients, linear second-order uniformly elliptic equations in the divergent form with real bounded measurable coefficients, quasilinear equations with the p-Laplacian, and the minimal surface equation. A number of results is published for the first time. Translated from Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya (Contemporary Mathematics and Its Applications), Vol. 57, Suzdal Conference–2006, Part 3, 2008.     

变系数二阶线性微分方程的一个新的可解类型

通过双变换——未知函数的线性变换和自变量变换 ,将一类变系数线性微分方程化为二阶常系数线性微分方程 ,从而得到变系数二阶线性微分方程的一个新的可解类型 ,推广了著名的二阶 Euler方程 .     

Multi‐dimensional Lotka–Volterra systems for carcinogenesis mutations

In the paper we consider three classes of models describing carcinogenesis mutations. Every considered model is described by the system of (n+1) equations, and in each class three models are studied: the first is expressed as a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), the second—as a system of reaction–diffusion equations (RDEs) with the same kinetics as the first one and with the Neumann boundary conditions, while the third is also described by the system of RDEs but with the Dirichlet boundary conditions. The models are formulated on the basis of the Lotka–Volterra systems (food chains and competition systems) and in the case of RDEs the linear diffusion is considered. The differences between studied classes of models are expressed by the kinetic functions, namely by the form of kinetic function for the last variable, which reflects the dynamics of malignant cells (that is the last stage of mutations). In the first class the models are described by the typical food chain with favourable unbounded environment for the last stage, in the second one—the last equation expresses competition between the pre‐malignant and malignant cells and the environment is also unbounded, while for the third one—it is expressed by predation term but the environment is unfavourable. The properties of the systems in each class are studied and compared. It occurs that the behaviour of solutions to the systems of ODEs and RDEs with the Neumann boundary conditions is similar in each class; i.e. it does not depend on diffusion coefficients, but strongly depends on the class of models. On the other hand, in the case of the Dirichlet boundary conditions this behaviour is related to the magnitude of diffusion coefficients. For sufficiently large diffusion coefficients it is similar independently of the class of models, i.e. the trivial solution that is unstable for zero diffusion gains stability. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The existence of nonoscillatory solutions of higher order nonlinear neutral equations

In this work, we consider the existence of nonoscillatory solutions of variable coefficient higher order nonlinear neutral differential equations. Our results include as special cases some well-known results for linear and nonlinear equations of first, second and higher order. We use the Banach contraction principle to obtain new sufficient conditions for the existence of nonoscillatory solutions.     

Perturbations of Dynamic Equations

We give conditions on the coefficient matrix for certain perturbed linear dynamic equations on time scales ensuring that there exists a bounded solution (which is explicitly given) to which all other solutions converge, and similarly conditions ensuring a bounded solution from which all other solutions diverge. We also consider periodic time scales and corresponding linear dynamic equations with periodic coefficients and prove similar statements about periodic solutions to which all other solutions converge or from which all other solutions diverge.     

A family of fourth-order parallel splitting methods for parabolic partial differential equations

A family of numerical methods which are L-stable, fourth-order accurate in space and time, and do not require the use of complex arithmetic is developed for solving second-order linear parabolic partial differential equations. In these methods, second-order spatial dderivatives are approximated by fourth-order finite-difference approximations, and the matrix exponential function is approximated by a rational approximation consisting of three parameters. Parallel algorithms are developed and tested on the one-dimensional head equation, with constant coefficients, subject to homogeneous and time-dependent boundary conditions. These methods are also extended to two- and three-dimensional heat equations, with constant coefficients, subject to homogeneous boundary conditions. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 13 : 357–373, 1997     

Solution by quadratures of certain ordinary differential equations

This paper discusses methods that are applicable in the solution by quadratures of linear second‐order differential equations with variable coefficients. These same techniques, when applied to equations with constant coefficients, produce an extremely useful method in the teachingof ordinary differential equations.     

Interlacing of Hurwitz series

In this paper, we introduce the notion of interlacing of Hurwitz series. We begin by reviewing some important properties of the ring of Hurwitz series over a commutative ring A of arbitrary characteristic, and we introduce and investigate properties of the maps exp and log. We show that solutions of linear homogeneous differential equations with constant coefficients from the ring A can be described simply as interlacings of solutions of a first order system of differential equations. We give several examples to illustrate this result, and we conclude by defining and investigating properties of trigonometric functions using interlacings of Hurwitz series.     

Some aspects of the nontrivial solvability of homogeneous Dirichlet problems for linear equations of arbitrary even order in the disk

In this paper, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition for the nontrivial solvability of homogeneous Dirichlet problems in the disk for linear equations of arbitrary even order 2m with constant complex coefficients and homogeneous nondegenerate symbol in general position. The cases m=1, 2, 3 are studied separately. For the case m=2, we consider examples of real elliptic systems reducible to single equations with constant complex coefficients for which the homogeneous Dirichlet problem in the disk has a countable set of linearly independent polynomial solutions.Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, vol. 77, no. 4, 2005, pp. 498–508.Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by V. P. Burskii, E. A. Buryachenko.This revised version was published online in April 2005 with a corrected issue number.     

On energy estimates for second order hyperbolic equations with Levi conditions for higher order regularity

We consider energy estimates for second order homogeneous hyperbolic equations with time dependent coefficients. The property of energy conservation, which holds in the case of constant coefficients, does not hold in general for variable coefficients; in fact, the energy can be unbounded as t → ∞ in this case. The conditions to the coefficients for the generalized energy conservation (GEC), which is an equivalence of the energy uniformly with respect to time, has been studied precisely for wave type equations, that is, only the propagation speed is variable. However, it is not true that the same conditions to the coefficients conclude (GEC) for general homogeneous hyperbolic equations. The main purpose of this paper is to give additional conditions to the coefficients which provide (GEC); they will be called as C ^k -type Levi conditions due to the essentially same meaning of usual Levi condition for the well-posedness of weakly hyperbolic equations.