A Variational Approach to the Fredholm Alternative for the p-Laplacian near the First Eigenvalue

We are concerned with the existence of a weak solution to the degenerate quasi-linear Dirichlet boundary value problem

Exceptional family of elements for general order complementarity problems

The notion of exceptional family of elements for general order complementarity problems in Banach spaces will be introduced. It will be shown that for general order complementarity problems defined by completely continuous fields the problem has either a solution or an exceptional family of elements. Finite dimensional examples and an application to integral operators will be given.     

Marriage Partner Selection in Kuwait: An Analytical Hierarchy Process Approach

The decision to marry is one of the most critical decisions in young ladie' lives where wrong choices may have adverse effects. This study investigates this issue in developing countries using the small state of Kuwait as a manageable case study. This research utilizes the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) due to the multiplicity of objectives. Women from different ethnic, religious, and residential backgrounds were surveyed. The problem considers eight criteria and four alternatives (male candidates). It was found from the study that the most preferred criteria are personality, followed by marital status and religious status, respectively.     

On Quotient Rings in Alternative Rings

We introduce a notion of left nonsingularity for alternative rings and prove that an alternative ring is left nonsingular if and only if every essential left ideal is dense, if and only if its maximal left quotient ring is von Neumann regular (a Johnson-like Theorem). Finally, we obtain a Gabriel-like Theorem for alternative rings.     

Nonfinitely Based Varieties of Right Alternative Metabelian Algebras

Since 1976, it is known from the paper by V. P. Belkin that the variety RA₂ of right alternative metabelian (solvable of index 2) algebras over an arbitrary field is not Spechtian (contains nonfinitely based subvarieties). In 2005, S. V. Pchelintsev proved that the variety generated by the Grassmann RA₂-algebra of finite rank r over a field ?, for char(?) ≠ 2, is Spechtian iff r = 1. We construct a nonfinitely based variety 𝔐 generated by the Grassmann 𝒱-algebra of rank 2 of certain finitely based subvariety 𝒱 ? RA₂ over a field ?, for char(?) ≠ 2, 3, such that 𝔐 can also be generated by the Grassmann envelope of a five-dimensional superalgebra with one-dimensional even part.     

一维p-Laplace二阶脉冲微分方程的奇异边值问题

脉冲现象作为一种瞬时突变现象,在现代科技各领域的实际问题中是普遍存在的.本文研究具有奇异边值的一维p-Laplace二阶微分方程在脉冲影响下的正解的存在性,介绍了解的一般性存在定理,并用A-A定理和不动点定理证明了一维p-Laplace二阶脉冲微分方程的奇异边值问题的正解存在性定理.     

Assessment of amination reactions via nucleophilic aromatic substitution using conventional and eco-friendly energies

The efficiency of conventional heating energy source compared with Infrared (IR), Ultrasound (US), Microwave and the simultaneous combination US–IR eco-friendly approaches for preparation of new N-(5-R¹ _-amino-2-nitrophenyl)acetamides and 5-R¹-amino-2-nitroaniline by Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution (S_NAr) via addition–elimination reactions on the halogens F, Cl, Br, I, employing amines as nucleophiles were explored. Moreover, phenyldiazenyl derivatives in good yields by an oxidative one-pot S_NAr-based amination reaction from an unusual oxidation of 2-phenylhydrazinyl derivatives in DMSO was prepared.     

Theorems of the Alternative and Duality

This paper investigates the relations between theorems of the alternative and the minimum norm duality theorem. A typical theorem of the alternative is associated with two systems of linear inequalities and/or equalities, a primal system and a dual one, asserting that either the primal system has a solution, or the dual system has a solution, but never both. On the other hand, the minimum norm duality theorem says that the minimum distance from a given point z to a convex set is equal to the maximum of the distances from z to the hyperplanes separating z and . We consider the theorems of Farkas, Gale, Gordan, and Motzkin, as well as new theorems that characterize the optimality conditions of discrete l ₁-approximation problems and multifacility location problems. It is shown that, with proper choices of , each of these theorems can be recast as a pair of dual problems: a primal steepest descent problem that resembles the original primal system, and a dual least–norm problem that resembles the original dual system. The norm that defines the least-norm problem is the dual norm with respect to that which defines the steepest descent problem. Moreover, let y solve the least norm problem and let r denote the corresponding residual vector. If r=0, which means that z , then y solves the dual system. Otherwise, when r0 and z , any dual vector of r solves both the steepest descent problem and the primal system. In other words, let x solve the steepest descent problem; then, r and x are aligned. These results hold for any norm on . If the norm is smooth and strictly convex, then there are explicit rules for retrieving x from r and vice versa.     

Necessary and sufficient well-posedness conditions for a convolution equation of the second kind with even kernel on a finite interval

We derive some necessary and sufficient conditions for the well-posedness of a convolution equation of the second kind with even kernel on a finite interval. In order to check these conditions it suffices to compute a one-dimensional integral (of a given function) with precision less than 0.5. As an intermediate result we give a strengthening of the Fredholm alternative for the equation in question with an arbitrary kernel in L ₁.