A linearized compact difference scheme for a class of nonlinear delay partial differential equations

A linearized compact difference scheme is presented for a class of nonlinear delay partial differential equations with initial and Dirichlet boundary conditions. The unique solvability, unconditional convergence and stability of the scheme are proved. The convergence order is O(τ²+h⁴)$O({\tau }^2+h^4)$ in _L∞$L_{\infty }$ norm. Finally, a numerical example is given to support the theoretical results.     

Uniform point-wise error estimates of semi-implicit compact finite difference methods for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation perturbed by wave operator

This study is devoted to analysis of semi-implicit compact finite difference (SICFD) methods for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLS) perturbed by the wave operator (NLSW) with a perturbation strength described by a dimensionless parameter ε∈(0,1]$\epsilon \in (0,1]$. Uniform l^∞$l^{\infty }$-norm error bounds of the proposed SICFD schemes are built to give immediate insight on point-wise error occurring as time increases, and the explicit dependence of the mesh size and time step on the parameter ε is also figured out. In the small ε   regime, highly oscillations arise in time with O(ε²)$O({\epsilon }^2)$-wavelength. This highly oscillatory nature in time as well as the difficulty raised by the compact FD discretization make establishing the l^∞$l^{\infty }$-norm error bounds uniformly in ε   of the SICFD methods for NLSW to be a very interesting and challenging issue. The uniform l^∞$l^{\infty }$-norm error bounds in ε   are proved to be of O(h⁴+τ)$O(h^4+\tau )$ and O(h⁴+τ^2/3)$O(h^4+{\tau }^{2/3})$ with time step τ and mesh size h for well-prepared and ill-prepared initial data. Finally, numerical results are reported to verify the error estimates and show the sharpness of the convergence rates in the respectively parameter regimes.     

Optimal point-wise error estimate of a compact difference scheme for the Klein–Gordon–Schrödinger equation

In this paper, we propose a compact finite difference scheme for computing the Klein–Gordon–Schrödinger equation (KGSE) with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The proposed scheme not only conserves the total mass and energy in the discrete level but also is linearized in practical computation. Except for the standard energy method, a new technique is introduced to obtain the optimal convergent rate, without any restriction on the grid ratios, at the order of O(h⁴+τ²)$O(h^4+{\tau }^2)$ in the l^∞$l^{\infty }$-norm with time step τ and mesh size h. Finally, numerical results are reported to test the theoretical results.     

Numerical solution of fractional diffusion-wave equation based on fractional multistep method

This paper is devoted to application of fractional multistep method in the numerical solution of fractional diffusion-wave equation. By transforming the diffusion-wave equation into an equivalent integro-differential equation and applying Lubich’s fractional multistep method of second order we obtain a scheme of order O(τ^α+h²)$O({\tau }^{\alpha }+h^2)$ for 1?α?1.71832$1?\alpha ?1.71832$ where α$\alpha$ is the order of temporal derivative and τ$\tau$ and h denote temporal and spatial stepsizes. The solvability, convergence and stability properties of the algorithm are investigated and numerical experiment is carried out to verify the feasibility of the scheme.     

A compact difference scheme for the fractional diffusion-wave equation

This article is devoted to the study of high order difference methods for the fractional diffusion-wave equation. The time fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo’s sense. A compact difference scheme is presented and analyzed. It is shown that the difference scheme is unconditionally convergent and stable in _L∞$L_{\infty }$-norm. The convergence order is O(τ^3-α+h⁴)$O({\tau }^{3-\alpha }+h^4)$. Two numerical examples are also given to demonstrate the theoretical results.     

New approach for the existence of pseudo almost periodic solutions for some second order differential equation with piecewise constant argument

The following equation d²/dt²(x(t)+px(t-1))=qx(2[(t+1)/2])+f(t)${\mathrm{d}}^2/\mathrm{d}{t}^2(x(t)+\mathit{px}(t-1))=\mathit{qx}(2[(t+1)/2])+f(t)$ is considered and necessary and sufficient conditions are given in order to ensure the existence and uniqueness of pseudo almost periodic solutions.     

Mechanical quadrature methods and their extrapolation for solving first kind Abel integral equations

This paper presents high accuracy mechanical quadrature methods for solving first kind Abel integral equations. To avoid the ill-posedness of problem, the first kind Abel integral equation is transformed to the second kind Volterra integral equation with a continuous kernel and a smooth right-hand side term expressed by weakly singular integrals. By using periodization method and modified trapezoidal integration rule, not only high accuracy approximation of the kernel and the right-hand side term can be easily computed, but also two quadrature algorithms for solving first kind Abel integral equations are proposed, which have the high accuracy O(h²)$\mathrm{O}(h^2)$ and asymptotic expansion of the errors. Then by means of Richardson extrapolation, an approximation with higher accuracy order O(h³)$\mathrm{O}(h^3)$ is obtained. Moreover, an a posteriori error estimate for the algorithms is derived. Some numerical results show the efficiency of our methods.     

Symmetrization for linear and nonlinear fractional parabolic equations of porous medium type

We establish symmetrization results for the solutions of the linear fractional diffusion equation _∂tu+(−Δ)^σ/2u=f${\partial }_{t}u+{(-\mathrm{\Delta })}^{\sigma /2}u=f$ and its elliptic counterpart hv+(−Δ)^σ/2v=f$hv+{(-\mathrm{\Delta })}^{\sigma /2}v=f$, h>0$h>0$, using the concept of comparison of concentrations. The results extend to the nonlinear version, _∂tu+(−Δ)^σ/2A(u)=f${\partial }_{t}u+{(-\mathrm{\Delta })}^{\sigma /2}A(u)=f$, but only when the nondecreasing function A:_R+→_R+$A:{\mathbb{R}}_{+}\to {\mathbb{R}}_{+}$ is concave. In the elliptic case, complete symmetrization results are proved for B(v)+(−Δ)^σ/2v=f$B(v)+{(-\mathrm{\Delta })}^{\sigma /2}v=f$ when B(v)$B(v)$ is a convex nonnegative function for v>0$v>0$ with B(0)=0$B(0)=0$, and partial results hold when B is concave. Remarkable counterexamples are constructed for the parabolic equation when A is convex, resp. for the elliptic equation when B   is concave. Such counterexamples do not exist in the standard diffusion case σ=2$\sigma =2$.     

Periodic solutions for Liénard type p-Laplacian equation with a deviating argument

In this paper, we use the coincidence degree theory to establish new results on the existence of T-periodic solutions for the Liénard type p-Laplacian equation with a deviating argument of the form:

(_?p(x^′(t)))^′+f(x(t))x^′(t)+g(t,x(t-τ(t)))=e(t).$({?}_p(x^{\prime }(t)){)}^{\prime }+f(x(t))x^{\prime }(t)+g(t,x(t-\tau (t)))=e(t)\text{.}$

Quasilinear Lane–Emden equations with absorption and measure data

We study the existence of solutions to the equation −_Δpu+g(x,u)=μ$-{\mathrm{\Delta }}_{p}u+g(x,u)=\mu$ when g(x,.)$g(x,.)$ is a nondecreasing function and μ   a measure. We characterize the good measures, i.e. the ones for which the problem has a renormalized solution. We study particularly the cases where g(x,u)=|x|^−β|u|^q−1u$g(x,u)={|x|}^{-\beta }{|u|}^{q-1}u$ and g(x,u)=sgn(u)(e^τ|u|λ−1)$g(x,u)=\mathrm{sgn}(u)(e^{\tau {|u|}^{\lambda }}-1)$. The results state that a measure is good if it is absolutely continuous with respect to an appropriate Lorentz–Bessel capacities.     

Invariant tori for a reversible oscillator with a nonlinear damping and periodic forcing term

In this paper, the boundedness of all solutions of the oscillator

x^″+f(x,x^′)+ω²x+?(x)=p(t)$x^{″}+f(x,x^{\prime })+{\omega }^{2}x+?(x)=p(t)$

On existence of periodic solutions of Rayleigh equation of retarded type

Existence of periodic solutions for a kind of non-autonomous Rayleigh equations of retarded type

x^″(t)+f(t,x^′(t-σ))+g(t,x(t-τ(t)))=p(t)$x^{″}(t)+f(t,x^{\prime }(t-\sigma ))+g(t,x(t-\tau (t)))=p(t)$

Periodic solutions to a second order nonlinear neutral functional differential equation in the critical case

In this paper, the authors study the existence of periodic solutions for a second order neutral functional differential equation

(x(t)-cx(t-τ))^″=f(x(t))x^′(t)+g(t,x(t-μ(t)))+e(t)$(x(t)-\mathit{cx}(t-\tau ){)}^{″}=f(x(t))x^{\prime }(t)+g(t,x(t-\mu (t)))+e(t)$