Boundedness and Asymptotic Stability of Multistep Methods for Generalized Pantograph Equations

In this paper, we deal with the boundedness and the asymptotic stability of linear and one-leg multistep methods for generalized pantograph equations of neutral type, which arise from some fields of engineering. Some criteria of the boundedness and the asymptotic stability for the methods are obtained.     

Cascadic Multigrid for Finite Volume Methods for Elliptic Problems

In this paper, some effective cascadic multigrid methods are proposed for solving the large scale symmetric or nonsymmetric algebraic systems arising from the finite volume methods for second order elliptic problems. It is shown that these algorithms are optimal in both accuracy and computational complexity. Numerical experiments are reported to support our theory.     

Predictor-Corrector Smoothing Methods for Monotone LCP

In this paper, we analyze the global and local convergence properties of two predictor-corrector smoothing methods, which are based on the framework of the method in [1], for monotone linear complementarity problems (LCPs). The difference between the algorithm in [1] and our algorithms is that the neighborhood of smoothing central path in our paper is different to that in [1]. In addition, the difference between Algorithm 2.1 and the algorithm in [1] exists in the calculation of the predictor step. Comparing with the results in [1],the global and local convergence of the two methods can be obtained under very mild conditions. The global convergence of the two methods do not need the boundness of the inverse of the Jacobian. The superlinear convergence of Algorithm 2.1‘ is obtained under the assumption of nonsingularity of generalized Jacobian of Φ(x,y) at the limit point and Algorithm 2.1 obtains superlinear convergence under the assumption of strict complementarity at the solution. The efficiency of the two methods is tested by numerical experiments.     

Laguerre approximation of stable manifolds with application to connecting orbits

We present an algorithm, based on approximation by Laguerre polynomials, for computing a point on the stable manifold of a stationary solution of an autonomous system. A superconvergence phenomenon means that the accuracy of our results is much higher than the usual spectral accuracy. Both the theory and the implementation of the method are considered. Finally, as an application of the algorithm, we describe a fully spectral approximation of homo- and heteroclinic orbits.

     

Korn's inequalities for piecewise vector fields

Korn's inequalities for piecewise vector fields are established. They can be applied to classical nonconforming finite element methods, mortar methods and discontinuous Galerkin methods.

     

On the error estimates for the rotational pressure-correction projection methods

In this paper we study the rotational form of the pressure-correction method that was proposed by Timmermans, Minev, and Van De Vosse. We show that the rotational form of the algorithm provides better accuracy in terms of the -norm of the velocity and of the -norm of the pressure than the standard form.

     

On tractability of weighted integration over bounded and unbounded regions in

We prove that for the space of functions with mixed first derivatives bounded in norm, the weighted integration problem over bounded or unbounded regions is equivalent to the corresponding classical integration problem over the unit cube, provided that the integration domain and weight have product forms. This correspondence yields tractability of the general weighted integration problem.

     

On strong tractability of weighted multivariate integration

We prove that for every dimension and every number of points, there exists a point-set whose -weighted unanchored discrepancy is bounded from above by independently of provided that the sequence has for some (even arbitrarily large) . Here is a positive number that could be chosen arbitrarily close to zero and depends on but not on or . This result yields strong tractability of the corresponding integration problems including approximation of weighted integrals over unbounded domains such as . It also supplements the results that provide an upper bound of the form when .

     

求解变延迟微分方程的一类线性多步方法的收缩性

This paper presents a sufficient condition on the contractivity of theoretical solution for a class of nonlinear systems of delay differential equations with many variable delays(MDDEs), which is weak,compared with the sufficient condition of previous articles.In addition,it discusses the numerical stability properties of a class of special linear nmltistep methods for this class nonlinear problems.And it is pointed out that not only the backwm‘d Euler method but also this class of linear multistep methods are GRNm-stable if linear interpolation is used.     

Diffusion in poro‐plastic media

A model is developed for the flow of a slightly compressible fluid through a saturated inelastic porous medium. The initial‐boundary‐value problem is a system that consists of the diffusion equation for the fluid coupled to the momentum equation for the porous solid together with a constitutive law which includes a possibly hysteretic relation of elasto‐visco‐plastic type. The variational form of this problem in Hilbert space is a non‐linear evolution equation for which the existence and uniqueness of a global strong solution is proved by means of monotonicity methods. Various degenerate situations are permitted, such as incompressible fluid, negligible porosity, or a quasi‐static momentum equation. The essential sufficient conditions for the well‐posedness of the system consist of an ellipticity condition on the term for diffusion of fluid and either a viscous or a hardening assumption in the constitutive relation for the porous solid. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.