Nonlinear Saturation Amplitude in Classical Planar Richtmyer–Meshkov Instability

The classical planar Richtmyer–Meshkov instability(RMI) at a fluid interface supported by a constant pressure is investigated by a formal perturbation expansion up to the third order,and then according to definition of nonlinear saturation amplitude(NSA) in Rayleigh–Taylor instability(RTI),the NSA in planar RMI is obtained explicitly.It is found that the NSA in planar RMI is affected by the initial perturbation wavelength and the initial amplitude of the interface,while the effect of the initial amplitude of the interface on the NSA is less than that of the initial perturbation wavelength.Without marginal influence of the initial amplitude,the NSA increases linearly with wavelength.The NSA normalized by the wavelength in planar RMI is about 0.11,larger than that corresponding to RTI.     

A brief review of co-doping

Dopants and defects are important in semiconductor and magnetic devices. Strategies for controlling doping and defects have been the focus of semiconductor physics research during the past decades and remain critical even today. Co-doping is a promising strategy that can be used for effectively tuning the dopant populations, electronic properties, and magnetic properties. It can enhance the solubility of dopants and improve the stability of desired defects. During the past 20 years, significant experimental and theoretical efforts have been devoted to studying the characteristics of co-doping. In this article, we first review the historical development of co-doping. Then, we review a variety of research performed on co-doping, based on the compensating nature of co-dopants. Finally, we review the effects of contamination and surfactants that can explain the general mechanisms of co-doping.     

Asymptotics of the 1/2-dimension,Discrete Airy Equation and its Approximating Differential Equation

A discrete finite difference model is constructed for the Airy equation using a nonstandard scheme formulated by Mickens and Ramadhani. The method of dominant balance is then applied to obtain a first-order difference equation for the solution that increases sufficiently fast as k→∞. We then calculate the corresponding approximating differential equation and obtain its exact solution as well as its “exact” discrete finite difference representation. The application of various symmetry operations allows the determination of the related rapidly decreasing solution and the oscillatory solutions for negative values of x k>=hk, where h=?x.     

Existence of extremal solutions by approximation to a first-order initial dynamic equation with Carathéodory's conditions and discontinuous non-linearities*

This paper is devoted to the study of the existence of extremal solutions to a first-order initial value problem on an interval of an arbitrary time scale. We prove the existence of extremal solutions for problems satisfying Carathéodory's conditions. Moreover, they are approximated uniformly by a sequence of lower and upper solutions to this problem, respectively.

We also can warrant the existence and approximation of extremal solutions for the problem by relaxing their continuity properties.     

A Family of Integrable Rational Semi-Discrete Systems and Its Reduction

Within framework of zero curvature representation theory, a family of integrable rational semi-discrete systems is derived from a matrix spectral problem. The Hamiltonian forms of obtained semi-discrete systems are constructed by means of the discrete trace identity. The Liouville integrability for the obtained family is demonstrated. In the end, a reduced family of obtained semi-discrete systems and its Hamiltonian form are worked out.     

Complete set of periodic solutions of a discontinuous recurrence equation

A nonlinear three-term recurrence relation arising from seeking the steady states of a cellular neural network with bang‐bang control is studied. We show that each solution is periodic and its prime period can be determined by three of its consecutive terms. By means of this periodicity property, we may then solve the steady state problem which to our knowledge is not solved by other means.     

A blow-up theorem for a discrete semilinear wave equation

In this paper, a discretization of a semilinear wave equation whose nonlinear term is a power function is investigated. It is shown that, when a condition on the initial value problem, similar to that governing the existence of blow-up solutions for the original continuous equation is met, the newly introduced difference equation has blow-up solutions with characteristics corresponding to those of the blow-up solutions for the original equation.     

On multidimensional discrete-time Beverton–Holt competition models

Following Ackleh et al. (2005), we study the multidimensional discrete-time competitive Beverton–Holt equations with equal interspecific competition coefficients. It is shown that competitive exclusion occurs if only one species has the largest carrying capacity. Otherwise, all the species with the largest carrying capacity coexist. In the former case, the system is globally asymptotically stable. In the latter case, the system has a linear stable manifold.