Time periodic solutions of a class of degenerate parabolic equations

1.IntroductionManypapershavebeendevotedtotheexistenceoftimeperiodicsolutionsforsemilinearparabolicequations,see[1--8].Atthesametime,thestudyofquasilinearperiodic-parabolicequationsalsoattractedmanyauthors,seealso[9--141.Inparticular,recentlyHess,PozioandTesei[13]usedthemonotonicitymethodstodealwiththeequationsonot=aam a(x,t)u,wherem>1andaisafunctionperiodicint,andMizoguchi[lllappliedtheLeray-Schauderdegreetheorytoinvestigatetheequationswithsuperlinearforcingtermwherem>1,hisapositiveperiodicf…     

The iterative homotopy harmonic balance method for conservative Helmholtz-Duffing oscillators

An approach that the iterative homotopy harmonic balance method which incorporates salient features of both the parameter-expansion and the harmonic balance is presented to solve conservative Helmholtz-Duffing oscillators. Since the behaviors of the solutions in the positive and negative directions are quite different, the asymmetric equation is separated into two auxiliary equations. The auxiliary equations are solved by proposed method. The results show it works very well for the whole range of initial amplitudes in a variety of cases, and the excellent agreement of the approximate periods and periodic solutions with exact ones have been demonstrated and discussed. And, the proposed method is very simple in its principle and has great potential to be applied to other nonlinear oscillators.     

Three periodic solutions for a nonlinear first order functional differential equation

This paper is concerned with the existence of three positive T-periodic solutions of the first order functional differential equations of the form

x^′(t)=a(t)x(t)-λb(t)f(t,x(h(t))),     

Bifurcating periodic solution for a class of first-order nonlinear delay differential equation after Hopf bifurcation

In this paper, we predict the accurate bifurcating periodic solution for a general class of first-order nonlinear delay differential equation with reflectional symmetry by constructing an approximate technique, named residue harmonic balance. This technique combines the features of the homotopy concept with harmonic balance which leads to easy computation and gives accurate prediction on the periodic solution to the desired accuracy. The zeroth-order solution using just one Fourier term is applied by solving a set of nonlinear algebraic equations containing the delay term. The unbalanced residues due to Fourier truncation are considered iteratively by solving linear equations to improve the accuracy and increase the number of Fourier terms of the solutions successively. It is shown that the solutions are valid for a wide range of variation of the parameters by two examples. The second-order approximations of the periodic solutions are found to be in excellent agreement with those obtained by direct numerical integration. Moreover, the residue harmonic balance method works not only in determining the amplitude but also the frequency of the bifurcating periodic solution. The method can be easily extended to other delay differential equations.     

Global attractivity of positive periodic solutions for nonlinear impulsive systems

In this paper, the existence, uniqueness and global attractivity of positive periodic solutions for nonlinear impulsive systems are studied. Firstly, existence conditions are established by the method of lower and upper solutions. Then uniqueness and global attractivity are obtained by developing the theories of monotone and concave operators. And lastly, the method and the results are applied to the impulsive n$n$-species cooperative Lotka–Volterra system and a model of a single-species dispersal among n$n$-patches.     

一类非线性中立型微分方程周期解的存在性

利用有关不等式,本文首先获得一类非线性中立型微分方程一个新的先验估计.基于解的先验估计以及迭合度理论,给出了这类中立型微分方程存在周期解的一个充分条件.     

Remark on periodic solutions of nonlinear oscillators

We contribute to the method of trigonometric series for solving differential equations of certain nonlinear oscillators.     

Existence theorem of periodic solutions for a delay nonlinear differential equation with piecewise constant arguments

Existence criteria are proved for the periodic solutions of a first order nonlinear differential equation with piecewise constant arguments.     

Regularity and decay of solutions of nonlinear harmonic oscillators

We prove sharp analytic regularity and decay at infinity of solutions of variable coefficients nonlinear harmonic oscillators. Namely, we show holomorphic extension to a sector in the complex domain, with a corresponding Gaussian decay, according to the basic properties of the Hermite functions in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$. Our results apply, in particular, to nonlinear eigenvalue problems for the harmonic oscillator associated to a real-analytic scattering, or asymptotically conic, metric in ${\mathbb{R}}^d$, as well as to certain perturbations of the classical harmonic oscillator.     

Global bifurcation of a class of periodic boundary-value problems

We prove that λ=0 is a global bifurcation point of the second-order periodic boundary-value problem (p(t)x^′(t))^′−λx(t)−λ²x^′(t)−f(t,x(t),x^′(t),x^″(t));x(0)=x(1),x^′(0)=x^′(1). We study this equation under hypotheses for which it may be solved explicitly for x^″(t). However, it is shown that the explicitly solved equation does not satisfy the usual conditions that are sufficient to conclude global bifurcation. Thus, we need to study the implicit equation with regard to global bifurcation.     

Existence of three periodic positive solutions for a class of integral equations with parameters

In this paper, we establish the existence of three periodic positive solutions for a class of abstract integral equations by Leggett-Williams fixed point theorem. Using the existence results for abstract integral equations, the population models are also considered.     

Global attractor and decay estimates of solutions to a class of nonlinear evolution equations

In this work, we prove the existence of global attractor for the nonlinear evolution equation u_tt?Δu?Δu_t?Δu_tt + g(x, u)=f(x) in X=(H²(Ω)∩H(Ω)) × (H²(Ω)∩H(Ω)). This improves a previous result of Xie and Zhong in (J. Math. Anal. Appl. 2007; 336 :54–69.) concerning the existence of global attractor in H(Ω) × H(Ω) for a similar equation. Further, the asymptotic behavior and the decay property of global solution are discussed. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A conjecture on the stability of the periodic solutions of Ricker’s equation with periodic parameters

In this work, we propose a conjecture about the stability of the periodic solutions of the Ricker equation with periodic parameters, which goes beyond the existing theory, and for the special case of period-two parameters we analytically show the conjecture is true. For this case we show that the stability region in parameter space obtained from the conjecture is larger than a previously proposed stability region. The period-three case is investigated numerically and similar extensions are realized. This suggests that the current theory cited in this paper, while giving sufficient conditions for stability is far from optimal.     

On periodic solutions of nonlinear integral equations modelling infectious disease on measure chain

The modelling of the spread of infectious disease is carried out for time t on a measure chain T. Our approach unifies the continuous case and the discrete case . The model is described by the integral equation

where x(t) represents the proportion of the population infected at time t, f(t,x(t)) denotes the proportion of the population newly infected per unit time, and τ is the length of time an individual remains infectious. Using the measure chain calculus, we shall develop criteria for the existence of a nontrivial and nonnegative periodic solution for the modelling equation. The criteria can be implemented numerically, for this we shall give an algorithm as well as illustrative examples.     

Global weak solution of planetary geostrophic equations with inviscid geostrophic balance

A reformulation of the planetary geostrophic equations (PGEs) with the inviscid balance equation is proposed and the existence of global weak solutions is established, provided that the mechanical force satisfies an integral constraint. There is only one prognostic equation for the temperature field, and the velocity field is statically determined by the planetary geostrophic balance combined with the incompressibility condition. Furthermore, the velocity profile can be accurately represented as a function of the temperature gradient. In particular, the vertical velocity depends only on the first-order derivative of the temperature. As a result, the bound for the L∞ (0, t ₁ ; L ²) ∩ L ² (0, t ₁ ; H ¹) norm of the temperature field is sufficient to show the existence of the weak solution.     

Analytic solutions to a class of nonlinear infinite-delay-differential equations

The infinite-delay-differential equations (IDDEs) are studied and the analytic solution of a class of nonlinear IDDEs is presented based on the characteristics of the reproducing kernel space W₂[0,∞). Besides, the exact solution is represented in the form of series. It is proved that the n-term approximation un(x) converges to the exact solution u(x) of the IDDEs. Moreover, the approximate error of un(x) is monotone decreasing. The results of experiments showed that the proposed method in this paper is computationally efficient.     

Bifurcations of periodic solutions of delay differential equations

In this paper we develop Kaplan-Yorke's method and consider the existence of periodic solutions for some delay differential equations. We especially study Hopf and saddle-node bifurcations of periodic solutions with certain periods for these equations with parameters, and give conditions under which the bifurcations occur. We also give application examples and find that Hopf and saddle-node bifurcations often occur infinitely many times.     

Nontrivial periodic solutions to a type of delayed resonant differential equations

In this paper, we consider a type of delayed resonant differential equations. We focus on the existence of periodic solutions. Employing the Clark dual, we provide two sets of criteria on the existence of at least one periodic solution. In fact, the periodic solutions are critical points minimizing the dual functional of the coupled Hamiltonian system on certain subspaces of a Banach space.