Normal Forms for High Co-Dimension Bifurcations of Nonlinear Time-Periodic Systems with Nonsemisimple Eigenvalues

The normal forms for time-periodic nonlinear variational equations witharbitrary linear Jordan form undergoing bifurcations of highco-dimension are found. First, the equations are transformed via theLyapunov–Floquet (L–F) transformation into an equivalent form in whichthe linear matrix is constant with degenerate nonsemisimple lineareigenvalues while the nonlinear monomials have periodic coefficients. Byconsidering the resulting coupling of the bases of the near identitytransformation, the solvability condition for an arbitrary Jordan matrixis then derived. It is shown that time-independent and/or time-dependentnonlinear resonance terms remain in the normal form for various Jordanmatrices. Specifically, the normal forms for quadratic and cubicnonlinearities with the following linear Jordan forms are explicitlyderived: double zero eigenvalues (co-dimension two bifurcation), triplezero eigenvalues (co-dimension three bifurcation), and two repeatedpairs of purely imaginary eigenvalues (co-dimension two bifurcation). Acommutative system with cubic nonlinearities and a double inverted pendulum with a periodicfollower force are used as illustrative examples.     

Perturbations of embedded eigenvalues for the planar bilaplacian

Operators on unbounded domains may acquire eigenvalues that are embedded in the essential spectrum. Determining the fate of these embedded eigenvalues under small perturbations of the underlying operator is a challenging task, and the persistence properties of such eigenvalues are linked intimately to the multiplicity of the essential spectrum. In this paper, we consider the planar bilaplacian with potential and show that the set of potentials for which an embedded eigenvalue persists is locally an infinite-dimensional manifold with infinite codimension in an appropriate space of potentials.     

The bialternate matrix product revisited

The well known bialternate product of two square matrices is re-examined together with another matrix product defined by means of the permanent function and having similar properties. Old and new results concerning both products are presented in a unified manner. A simple and elegant relation with the Kronecker product of matrices is also given.     

Estimates for eigenvalues of stochastic matrices

It is well-known that the eigenvalues of stochastic matrices lie in the unit circle and at least one of them has the value one. Let {1, r 2 , ··· , r N } be the eigenvalues of stochastic matrix X of size N × N . We will present in this paper a simple necessary and sufficient condition for X such that |r j | < 1, j = 2, ··· , N . Moreover, such condition can be very quickly examined by using some search algorithms from graph theory.     

Asymptotic behavior of a differential operator with discontinuities at two points

In this paper, we study a Sturm–Liouville operator with eigenparameter‐dependent boundary conditions and transmission conditions at two interior points. By establishing a new operator A associated with the problem, we prove that the operator A is self‐adjoint in an appropriate space H, discuss completeness of its eigenfunctions in H, and obtain its Green function. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Rayleigh-Ritz method, refinement and Arnoldi process for periodic matrix pairs

We extend the Rayleigh-Ritz method to the eigen-problem of periodic matrix pairs. Assuming that the deviations of the desired periodic eigenvectors from the corresponding periodic subspaces tend to zero, we show that there exist periodic Ritz values that converge to the desired periodic eigenvalues unconditionally, yet the periodic Ritz vectors may fail to converge. To overcome this potential problem, we minimize residuals formed with periodic Ritz values to produce the refined periodic Ritz vectors, which converge under the same assumption. These results generalize the corresponding well-known ones for Rayleigh-Ritz approximations and their refinement for non-periodic eigen-problems. In addition, we consider a periodic Arnoldi process which is particularly efficient when coupled with the Rayleigh-Ritz method with refinement. The numerical results illustrate that the refinement procedure produces excellent approximations to the original periodic eigenvectors.     

一个Krasnoselski定理的推广

主要讨论了非线性方程F(λ,u)=λu-G(u)=θ的分歧问题,其中G:X→X为非线性可微映射,X为Banach空间.在G′(θ)为紧算子,N(λ~*I-G′(θ))\R(λ~*I-G′(θ))≠{θ}的条件下,利用Lyapunov-Schmidt约化过程和隐函数定理证得了方程F(λ,u)=θ在多重特征值处的分歧定理,推广了Krasnoselski的经典分歧定理.     

Bounding the sum of powers of the Laplacian eigenvalues of graphs

For a non-zero real number α, let s _α (G) denote the sum of the αth power of the non-zero Laplacian eigenvalues of a graph G. In this paper, we establish a connection between s _α (G) and the first Zagreb index in which the Hölder’s inequality plays a key role. By using this result, we present a lot of bounds of s _α (G) for a connected (molecular) graph G in terms of its number of vertices (atoms) and edges (bonds). We also present other two bounds for s _α (G) in terms of connectivity and chromatic number respectively, which generalize those results of Zhou and Trinajsti? for the Kirchhoff index [B Zhou, N Trinajsti?. A note on Kirchhoff index, Chem. Phys. Lett., 2008, 455: 120–123].     

Multiscale finite element discretizations based on local defect correction for the biharmonic eigenvalue problem of plate buckling

In this paper, we study the multiscale finite element discretizations about the biharmonic eigenvalue problem of plate buckling. On the basis of the work of Dai and Zhou (SIAM J. Numer. Anal. 46[1] [2008] 295‐324), we establish a three‐scale scheme, a multiscale discretization scheme, and the associated parallel version based on local defect correction. We first prove a local priori error estimate of finite element approximations, then give the error estimates of multiscale discretization schemes. Theoretical analysis and numerical experiments indicate that our schemes are suitable and efficient for eigenfunctions with local low smoothness.