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In this paper, we revisit the classical linear turning point problem for the second order differential equation ϵ 2 x ″ + μ (t) x = 0 with μ (0) = 0 , μ ′ (0) ≠ 0 for 0 < ϵ ≪ 1. Written as a first order system, t = 0 therefore corresponds to a turning point connecting hyperbolic and elliptic regimes. Our main result is that we provide an alternative approach to WBK that is based upon dynamical systems theory, including GSPT and blowup, and we bridge – perhaps for the first time – hyperbolic and elliptic theories of slow-fast systems. As an advantage, we only require finite smoothness of μ. The approach we develop will be useful in other singular perturbation problems with hyperbolic–to–elliptic turning points. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we study the permanence and impermanence for continuous-time competitive Kolmogorov systems via the carrying simplex. We first give an extension to attractors of V. Hutson's results on the existence of repellors in continuous-time dynamical systems that have found wide use in the study of permanence via average Liapunov functions. We then give a general criterion for the stability of the boundary of carrying simplex for competitive Kolmogorov systems of differential equations, which determines the permanence and impermanence of such systems. Based on the criterion, we present a complete classification of the permanence and impermanence in terms of inequalities on parameters for all three-dimensional competitive systems which have linearly determined nullclines. The results are applied to many classical models in population dynamics including the Lotka-Volterra system, Gompertz system, Leslie-Gower system and Ricker system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This note is to make some corrections on the assumptions in Theorems 1.2, 1.3, and 1.5 in our paper [Halil Ibrahim Kurt and Wenxian Shen, Journal of Differential Equations 355 (2023) 248–295]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a previous paper (Feng et al., J. Differential Equations (2023)), we studied a seasonally interactive model between closed seasons and open seasons with Michaelis-Menten type harvesting, in which we assumed that the harvesting quantity was relatively large (0 < κ = l G c E < 1) and obtained a length threshold of the closed season T ¯ ⁎ depending on the harvesting parameter and the seasonal fluctuation period. It was shown that the origin is globally asymptotically stable if and only if T ¯ ≤ T ¯ ⁎ , and there exists a unique globally asymptotically stable T -periodic solution if and only if T ¯ > T ¯ ⁎. In this paper, we continue to investigate the periodic dynamics of this model when the harvesting quantity is relatively small (κ = l G c E ≥ 1). By finding another smaller length threshold T ¯ ⁎ ∈ (0 , T ¯ ⁎) , we determine the number of periodic solutions and study their stability, which imply the occurrence of bifurcation of periodic solutions. Our results demonstrate that designing the closed harvesting season properly can prevent the species from extinction. Moreover, by comparing with the continuous harvesting model and combining the results in our previous paper and this article, we provide a complete understanding on the global dynamics for the periodic switching model. Some numerical simulations are also carried out to illustrate the theoretical results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to obtain the sharp estimate for the lowest positive eigenvalue for the Camassa-Holm equation y ″ = 1 4 y + λ m (t) y , with the Neumann-Dirichlet boundary conditions, where potential m admits to change sign. We first study the optimal lower bound for the smallest positive eigenvalue in the measure differential equations. Then based on the relationship between the minimization problem of the smallest positive eigenvalue for the ODE and the one for the MDE, we find the explicit optimal lower bound of the smallest positive eigenvalue for this indefinite Camassa-Holm equation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We prove oscillation and nonoscillation theorems for the second order linear differential equation (E) y″+q(t)y=0, where q(t)&ges;0 and locally integrable on [t&ast;,∞). These results are extensions of earlier results of Huang [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 210 (1997) 712–723]. Furthermore, we show that the oscillation criterion established for Eq. (E) can be extended to the delayed differential equation y″+q(t)y(σ(t))=0, where σ(t)&les;t and limt→∞σ(t)=∞. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In the case of oscillatory potentials, we give sufficient conditions for the oscillation of the forced nonlinear second order differential equations with delayed argument in the form x″(t)+q(t)x(τ(t))γsgnx(τ(t))=f(t) in the linear (γ=1) and the superlinear (γ>1) cases. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

In this paper, we study the existence, multiplicity and dynamics of positive periodic solutions to a generalized Liénard equation with repulsive singularities. The Ambrosetti-Prodi type result is proved in the absence of the so-called anticoercivity condition. Furthermore, with s as a parameter, under some conditions on the function h , it has been shown that for any M > 1 there exists s M ∈ R such that the equation x ″ + f (x) x ′ + h (t , x) = s has two positive T -periodic solutions u 1 (⋅ ; s) and u 2 (⋅ ; s) satisfying min ⁡ { u 1 (t ; s) : t ∈ [ 0 , T ] } > M and min ⁡ { u 2 (t ; s) : t ∈ [ 0 , T ] } < 1 / M for every s < s M. As a by-product of the property, we obtain sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence of positive T -periodic solutions of indefinite differential equations. • Establish a refinement result of the Ambrosetti-Prodi type in the absence of anti-coercivity condition. • Investigate the dynamic behaviors of positive periodic solutions to a generalized Liénard equation. • Provide a new approach to study the existence of positive periodic solutions for indefinite differential equations. • Find a relationship between the strict lower functions and Leray-Schauder degree. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main aim of this article is to establish an effective criterion for a positive parametric topological entropy to differential equations with multivalued nonautonomous impulses on tori. The crucial tool for this goal consists in developing an appropriate Ivanov-like inequality for the lower estimate of a new kind of entropy by means of the logarithm of asymptotic Nielsen numbers for the compositions of a one-parameter family of multivalued admissible maps. This inequality is then applied to impulsive differential equations on tori via the associated Poincaré translation operators along their trajectories. The obtained results generalize in a significant way those in our recent papers, especially in the one with the same title (whence the indication by II), into a multivalued setting. Another nontrivial generalization can be regarded with respect to their simple reduction into a "nonparametric" case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study exponentially fast mixing induced/enhanced by gravity and stochastic boundary in the kinetic theory of Vlasov equations. We consider the Vlasov equations with and without a vertical magnetic field inside a horizontally-periodic 3D half-space equipped with a non-isothermal diffusive reflection boundary condition of bounded continuous boundary temperature at the bottom. We construct both stationary solutions and global-in-time dynamical solutions in L ∞. We prove that moments of a dynamical fluctuation around the steady solutions decay exponentially fast in L ∞. As a key of this proof, we establish a uniform bound of so-called residual measures independently of the bouncing number of stochastic characteristics, by constructing a continuous stationary outgoing boundary flux which is strictly positive almost everywhere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic expansion of solutions to the initial-value problem of u ″ (t) + A u (t) + b (t) u ′ (t) = 0 in a Hilbert space with a nonnegative selfadjoint operator A and a coefficient b (t) ∼ (1 + t) − β (− 1 < β < 1). In the case b (t) ≡ 1 , it is known that the higher-order asymptotic profiles are determined via a family of first-order differential equations of the form v ′ (t) + A v (t) = F n (t) (Sobajima (2021) [10]). For the time-dependent case, it is only known that the asymptotic behavior of such a solution is given by the one of b (t) v ′ (t) + A v (t) = 0. The result of this paper is to find the equations for all higher-order asymptotic profiles. It is worth noticing that the equation for n -th order profile u ˜ n is given via v ′ (t) + m n (t) A v (t) = F n (t) which coefficient m n (time-scale) differs each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This note is to fix some small gaps in the proofs of some of the results in our paper [R.B. Salako and W. Shen, Journal of Differential Equations 262 (2017) 5635–5690]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: In a recent paper of Llibre and Rodríguez (J. Differential Equations 198 (2004) 374–380) it is proved that every configuration of cycles in the plane is realizable (up to homeomorphism) by a polynomial vector field of degree at most , where is the number of cycles and the number of primary cycles (a cycle is primary if there are no other cycles contained in the bounded region limited by ). In this letter we prove the same theorem by using an easier construction but with a greater polynomial bound (the vector field we construct has degree at most ). By using the same technique we also construct polynomial vector fields realizing (up to homeomorphism) any configuration of limit cycles which can be linked and knotted in . This answers a question of R. Sverdlove. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This paper is devoted to the smooth and stationary Wong-Zakai approximations for a class of rough differential equations driven by a geometric fractional Brownian rough path ω with Hurst index H ∈ (1 3 , 1 2 ]. We first construct the approximation ω δ of ω by probabilistic arguments, and then use the rough path theory to obtain the Wong-Zakai approximation for the solution on any finite interval. Finally, both the original system and the approximative system generate a continuous random dynamical systems φ and φ δ. As a consequence of the Wong-Zakai approximation of the solution, φ δ converges to φ as δ → 0. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We deal with the following fractional Choquard equation (− Δ) s u + V (x) u = (I μ ⁎ | u | 2 μ , s ⁎ ) | u | 2 μ , s ⁎ − 2 u , x ∈ R N , where I μ (x) is the Riesz potential, s ∈ (0 , 1) , 2 s < N ≠ 4 s , 0 < μ < min ⁡ { N , 4 s } and 2 μ , s ⁎ = 2 N − μ N − 2 s is the fractional critical Hardy-Littlewood-Sobolev exponent. By combining variational methods and the Brouwer degree theory, we investigate the existence and multiplicity of positive bound solutions to this equation when V (x) is a positive potential bounded from below. The results obtained in this paper extend and improve some recent works in the case where the coefficient V (x) vanishes at infinity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exact solutions of the SEIR epidemic model are derived, and various properties of solutions are obtained directly from the exact solution. In this paper Abel differential equations play an important role in establishing the exact solution of SEIR differential system, in particular the number of infected individuals can be represented in a simple form by using a positive solution of an Abel differential equation. It is shown that the parametric form of the exact solution satisfies some linear differential system including a positive solution of an Abel differential equation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper addresses the problem of computing valuations of the Dieudonné determinants of matrices over discrete valuation skew fields (DVSFs). Under a reasonable computational model, we propose two algorithms for a class of DVSFs, called split. Our algorithms are extensions of the combinatorial relaxation of Murota (1995) and the matrix expansion by Moriyama and Murota (2013) , both of which are based on combinatorial optimization. While our algorithms require an upper bound on the output, we give an estimation of the bound for skew polynomial matrices and show that the estimation is valid only for skew polynomial matrices. We consider two applications of this problem. The first one is the noncommutative weighted Edmonds' problem (nc-WEP), which is to compute the degree of the Dieudonné determinants of matrices having noncommutative symbols. We show that the presented algorithms reduce the nc-WEP to the unweighted problem in polynomial time. In particular, we show that the nc-WEP over the rational field is solvable in time polynomial in the input bit-length. We also present an application to analyses of degrees of freedom of linear time-varying systems by establishing formulas on the solution spaces of linear differential/difference equations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We study the existence and uniqueness of solution of a evolutionary partial differential equation originating from the continuum limit of a coupled process of totally asymmetric simple exclusion process (TASEP) and Langmuir kinetics (LK). In the fields of physics and biology, the TASEP-LK coupled process has been extensively studied by Monte Carlo simulations, numerical computations, and detailed experiments. However, no rigorous mathematical analysis so far has been given for the corresponding differential equations, especially the existence and uniqueness of their solutions. In this paper, we prove the existence of the C ∞ [ 0 , 1 ] steady-state solution by the method of upper and lower solution, and the uniqueness in both W 1 , 2 (0 , 1) and L ∞ (0 , 1) by a generalized maximum principle. We further prove the global existence and uniqueness of the time-dependent solution in C ([ 0 , 1 ] × [ 0 , + ∞)) ∩ C 2 , 1 ([ 0 , 1 ] × (0 , + ∞)) , which, for any continuous initial value, converges to the steady-state solution in C [ 0 , 1 ] (global attractivity). Our results support the numerical calculations and Monte Carlo simulations, and provide theoretical foundations for the TASEP-LK coupled process, especially the most important phase diagram of particle density along the travel track under different model parameters, which is difficult because the boundary layers (at one or both boundaries) and domain wall (separating high and low particle densities) may appear as the length of the travel track tends to infinity. The methods used in this paper may be instructive for studies of the more general cases of the TASEP-LK process, such as the one with multiple travel tracks and/or multiple particle species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with the invariant measures of non-autonomous stochastic reaction-diffusion equations on unbounded domains. We firstly investigate the existence of invariant measures for random dynamical systems over two parametric spaces as well as periodic invariant measures, and then discuss the convergence of (periodic) invariant measures with respect to some system parameters. Random Liouville type equation is also derived for invariant measures associated with non-autonomous random differential equations. Based on such abstract results, we prove the existence of (periodic) invariant measures for non-autonomous stochastic reaction-diffusion equation on unbounded domains, which are supported on the pullback attractors. And we further show every limit of a sequence of (periodic) invariant measures must be the (periodic) invariant measure of the corresponding limiting equation when the noise intensity varies in finite interval. Moreover, we prove that the invariant measures of the underlying equation satisfy a stochastic Liouville type equation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is shown in this paper that suitable weak solutions to the 6D steady incompressible Navier-Stokes are Hölder continuous at 0 provided that ∫ B 1 | u (x) | 3 d x + ∫ B 1 | f (x) | q d x or ∫ B 1 | ∇ u (x) | 2 d x + ∫ B 1 | ∇ u (x) | 2 d x (∫ B 1 | u (x) | d x) 2 + ∫ B 1 | f (x) | q d x with q > 3 is sufficiently small, which implies that the 2D Hausdorff measure of the set of singular points is zero. For the boundary case, we also obtain that 0 is regular provided that ∫ B 1 + | u (x) | 3 d x + ∫ B 1 + | f (x) | 3 d x or ∫ B 1 + | ∇ u (x) | 2 d x + ∫ B 1 + | f (x) | 3 d x is sufficiently small. These results improve previous regularity theorems by Dong-Strain ([8] , Indiana Univ. Math. J., 2012), Dong-Gu ([7] , J. Funct. Anal., 2014), and Liu-Wang ([27] , J. Differential Equations, 2018), where either the smallness of the pressure or the smallness of the scaling invariant quantities on all balls is necessary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we consider an eigenvalue problem defined on a two-patch domain. Our first aim is to show that the two-patch eigenvalue problem is equivalent to the eigenvalue problem of a measure differential equation defined on an one-patch domain. Our second aim is to study the existence of principal eigenvalue of the measure differential equation, and we will prove the principal eigenvalue is continuously depending on the weight measure in the weak⁎ topology of the measure space. Our third aim is to solve a minimization problem on principal eigenvalues. Some main results of this paper have interesting relations with population dynamics. We will interpret these results in terms of survival chances and optimal distribution of resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper the half-linear differential equation with one-dimensional p -Laplacian (p = α + 1), (| u ′ | α sgn u ′) ′ = α (λ α + 1 + b (t)) | u | α sgn u , t ≥ t 0 , is considered, where α and λ are positive constants. It is proved that if the function b (t) is absolutely integrable on [ t 0 , ∞) , then the above equation has two nonoscillatory solutions u + (t) and u − (t) such that u ± (t) ∼ c e ± λ t and u ± ′ (t) ∼ ± c λ e ± λ t (t → ∞), and moreover, any nontrivial solution u (t) of the above equation satisfies either u (t) ∼ c e λ t , u ′ (t) ∼ c λ e λ t (t → ∞) or u (t) ∼ c e − λ t , u ′ (t) ∼ − c λ e − λ t (t → ∞). Here, c is a nonzero constant. A weaker result is also shown under the weaker condition that b (t) is conditionally integrable on [ t 0 , ∞). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We generalize the definition of overconvergent p -adic multiple polylogarithms and of p -adic cyclotomic multiple zeta values and we prove a bound on their norm. A byproduct of the proof is a characterization of these objects in terms of certain regularized p -adic iterated integrals. The generalization of the definition consists in replacing the underlying Frobenius structure by its iterations. The bound on the norms of overconvergent p -adic multiple polylogarithms that we obtain is a prerequisite for our subsequent papers on p -adic cyclotomic multiple zeta values. For a video summary of this paper, please visit https://youtu.be/Uxk_qbJxQo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The famous J.C.P. Miller formula provides a recurrence algorithm for the composition B a ∘ f , where B a is the formal binomial series and f is a formal power series, however it requires that f has to be a nonunit. In this paper we provide the general J.C.P. Miller formula which eliminates the requirement of nonunitness of f and, instead, we establish a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of the composition B a ∘ f. We also provide the general J.C.P. Miller recurrence algorithm for computing the coefficients of that composition, if B a ∘ f is well defined, obviously. Our generalizations cover both the case in which f is a one–variable formal power series and the case in which f is a multivariable formal power series. In the central part of this article we state, using some combinatorial techniques, the explicit form of the general J.C.P. Miller formula for one-variable case. As applications of these results we provide an explicit formula for the inverses of polynomials and formal power series for which the inverses exist, obviously. We also use our results to investigation of approximate solution to a differential equation which cannot be solved in an explicit way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• The normal form formula of double-Hopf bifurcation is generated for general differential equations with the nonlocality. • The formula is applicable to functional differential equations and partial differential equations with or without the nonlocality. • The algorithm is favourable to reveal complex dynamics, e.g. periodic, quasi-periodic and multi-periodic oscillations. • Stable spatially nonhomogeneous periodic and quasi-periodic solutions are found in a nonlocal predator-prey model. This paper is concerned with the calculation of the normal form on the center manifold up to the third-order term at the double-Hopf singularity for general partial functional differential equations with the nonlocal effect. We derive explicit formulas of the normal form, that can be applied for both functional differential equations and partial differential equations with or without nonlocal effects in a bounded spatial domain. This provides an effective tool to establish existences of multi-periodic and quasi-periodic oscillations of a double-Hopf singularity for such equations. As an example, the Holling-Tanner predator-prey model with the nonlocal intraspecific competition of prey is considered. It turns out that double-Hopf bifurcation will occur because of the nonlocal interaction. Many spatio-temporal dynamics are found, including stable spatially homogeneous or nonhomogeneous periodic solutions, and stable spatially nonhomogeneous quasi-periodic solutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to obtain results on topological properties of flows for nonnegative time in the framework of generalized ODEs. We define the concept of generalized semiflow and we present some recursive properties as minimality and recurrence. Using correspondence theorems, we translate our results to measure differential equations which are known to be special cases of generalized ODEs. Some examples are presented to illustrate the theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is devoted to studying the averaging principle for a fast-slow system of rough differential equations driven by mixed fractional Brownian rough path. The fast component is driven by Brownian motion, while the slow component is driven by fractional Brownian motion with Hurst index H (1 / 3 < H ≤ 1 / 2). Combining the fractional calculus approach to rough path theory and Khasminskii's classical time discretization method, we prove that the slow component strongly converges to the solution of the corresponding averaged equation in the L 1 -sense. The averaging principle for a fast-slow system in the framework of rough path theory seems new. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we are interested in investigating stability results for generalized ordinary differential equations (generalized ODEs in short), and their applications to measure differential equations and dynamic equations on time scales. First, we establish stability, asymptotic and exponential stability for the trivial solution of generalized ODEs. Secondly, we use the well known correspondence between solutions of generalized ODEs and solutions of measure differential equations, obtaining analogues results for the last equations. Finally, we apply some of these results for dynamic equations on time scales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper considers compound operators on a general vector space. Explicit representations for these operators are obtained in various contexts with emphasis on the compound differential equations corresponding to a given linear differential equation. Applications to estimation of eigenvalues of self-adjoint boundary value problems and of the codimension of the stable manifold of a linear differential equation in a Banach space are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we aim to find the highest number of critical periods in a class of planar systems of polynomial differential equations for fixed degree having a center. We fix our attention to lower bounds of local criticality for low degree planar polynomial centers. The main technique is the study of perturbations of reversible holomorphic (isochronous) centers, inside the reversible centers class. More concretely, we study the Taylor developments of the period constants with respect to the perturbation parameters. First, we see that there are systems of degree 3 ≤ n ≤ 16 for which up to first order at least (n 2 + n − 4) / 2 critical periods bifurcate from the center. Second, we improve this number for centers with degree from 3 to 9. In particular, we obtain 6 and 10 critical periods for cubic and quartic degree systems, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract In this paper, we study an implicit version of the sweeping process. Based on methods of convex analysis, we prove the equivalence of the implicit sweeping process with a differential equation, which enables us to show the existence and uniqueness of the solution to the implicit sweeping process in a very general framework. Moreover, this equivalence allows us to give a characterization of nonsmooth Lyapunov pairs and invariance for implicit sweeping processes. The results of the paper are illustrated with two applications to quasistatic evolution variational inequalities and electrical circuits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract Spatially localized patterns have been observed in numerous physical contexts, and their bifurcation diagrams often exhibit similar snaking behavior: symmetric solution branches, connected by bifurcating asymmetric solution branches, wind back and forth in an appropriate parameter. Previous papers have addressed existence of such solutions; here we address their stability, taking the necessary first step of unifying existence and uniqueness proofs for symmetric and asymmetric solutions. We then show that, under appropriate assumptions, temporal eigenvalues of the front and back underlying a localized solution are added with multiplicity in the right half plane. In a companion paper, we analyze the behavior of eigenvalues at λ = 0 and inside the essential spectrum. Our results show that localized snaking solutions are stable if, and only if, the underlying fronts and backs are stable: unlike localized non-oscillatory solutions, no interaction eigenvalues are present. We use the planar Swift–Hohenberg system to illustrate our results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract This paper considers the inverse problem of scattering of time-harmonic acoustic and electromagnetic plane waves by a bounded, inhomogeneous, penetrable obstacle with embedded objects inside. A new method is proposed to prove that the inhomogeneous penetrable obstacle can be uniquely determined from the far-field pattern at a fixed frequency, disregarding its contents. Our method is based on constructing a well-posed interior transmission problem in a small domain associated with the Helmholtz or modified Helmholtz equation and the Maxwell or modified Maxwell equations. A key role is played by the smallness of the domain which ensures that the lowest transmission eigenvalue is large so that a given wave number k is not an eigenvalue of the interior transmission problem. Another ingredient in our proofs is a priori estimates of solutions to the transmission scattering problems with data in L p (1 < p < 2), which are established in this paper by using the integral equation method. A main feature of the new method is that it can deal with the acoustic and electromagnetic cases in a unified way and can be easily applied to deal with inverse scattering by unbounded rough interfaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract The goal of this paper is to develop the Equivariant Degree based method for studying relative periodic solutions in the setiings with lack of smoothness and/or genericity. In this paper, we consider an equivariant Hopf bifurcation of relative periodic solutions from relative equilibria in systems of functional differential equations respecting Γ × S 1 -spatial symmetries. The existence of branches of relative periodic solutions together with their symmetric classification is established using the equivariant twisted Γ × S 1 -degree with one free parameter. As a case study, we consider a delay differential model of coupled identical passively mode-locked semiconductor lasers with the dihedral symmetry group Γ = D 8 ; and, a system of hysterestic electro-mechanical oscillators coupled in the same symmetric fashion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been shown by Chen that if all masses are in the same proper vector subspace of R d (d ≥ 2) on one of the free boundaries, local minimizers connecting the two free boundaries have no collision on that boundary. However, not much is known for other types of boundary configurations. In this paper, we consider minimizers connecting two free boundaries and study possible quadruple collisions under the following four symmetric configurations: isosceles trapezoid configuration, rectangular configuration, double isosceles configuration and diamond configuration. Whenever the boundary configuration of four bodies coincides with one of the four symmetric configurations, we show that these four bodies are free of quadruple collision on that boundary set. New ideas and detailed analysis are introduced in order to construct deformed paths in some of the cases and estimate their action values. As its applications, we show the existence of several sets of periodic orbits in the planar four-body and five-body problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to obtain converse Lyapunov theorems for measure functional differential equations which are known to encompass dynamic equations on time scales, impulsive differential equations and functional differential equations (see [7,8]). Our main tool is to consider the framework of generalized ordinary differential equations, introduced by Jaroslav Kurzweil, and to manage all other equations in this setting which has the advantage to handle well both highly oscillating functions and functions with many discontinuities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To characterize the regularity of distribution-path dependent SDEs in the initial distribution which varies as probability measure on the path space, we introduce the intrinsic and Lions derivatives for probability measures on Banach spaces, and prove the chain rule of the Lions derivative for the distribution of Banach-valued random variables. By using Malliavin calculus, we establish the Bismut type formula for the Lions derivatives of functional solutions to SDEs with distribution-path dependent drifts. When the noise term is also path dependent so that the Bismut formula is invalid, we establish the asymptotic Bismut formula. Both non-degenerate and degenerate noises are considered. The main results of this paper generalize and improve the corresponding ones derived recently in the literature for the classical SDEs with memory and McKean-Vlasov SDEs without memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract There is the paper by H. Tietze published in 1905 on differential transcendence of solutions of difference Riccati equations. In this paper, we clarify the essence of Tietze's treatment and make it purely algebraic. As an application, the q -Airy equation is studied. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we are concerned with the global well-posedness and decay rates of strong solutions for the three-dimensional compressible Oldroyd-B model. We prove that this set of equations admits a unique global strong solution provided the initial data are close to the constant equilibrium state in H 2 -framework. Moreover, if the initial data belong to L 1 , the convergence rate of the solutions in L p -norm with 2 ⩽ p ⩽ 6 and convergence rates of their spatial derivatives in L 2 -norm are obtained. It is noteworthy that the smallness restriction on the coupling constant ω is not necessary in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An important point in looking for period solutions of the Camassa–Holm equation is to understand the associated spectral problem y ″ = 1 4 y + λ m ( t ) y . The first aim of this paper is to study the dependence of eigenvalues for the periodic Camassa–Holm Equation on potentials as an infinitely dimensional parameter. To be precise, we prove that as nonlinear functionals of potentials, eigenvalues for the periodic Camassa–Holm Equation are continuous in potentials with respect to the weak topologies in the L p Lebesgue spaces. The second aim of this paper is to find the optimal lower bound of the lowest eigenvalue for the periodic Camassa–Holm Equation when the L 1 norm of potentials are given. In order to make our results more applicable, we will find the optimal lower bound for the lowest eigenvalue in the more general setting of measure differential equations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with a two-species and a three-species predator–prey reaction diffusion systems where the diffusion coefficients are density dependent and time-delays are involved in the reaction functions. The diffusion terms are of porous medium type which are degenerate and the boundary conditions are of Neumann type. The aim of the paper is to investigate the asymptotic behavior of the time-dependent solution in relation to various steady-state solutions of the system. This includes the existence of a unique positive classical solution, global attraction of a steady-state solution, and stability or instability of various semitrivial solutions and the positive steady-state solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the chemotaxis–haptotaxis system with signal-dependent sensitivity { u t = Δ u − ∇ ⋅ ( χ ( v ) u ∇ v ) − ξ ∇ ⋅ ( u ∇ w ) + μ u ( 1 − u − w ) , x ∈ Ω , t > 0 , v t = Δ v − v + u , x ∈ Ω , t > 0 , w t = − v w , x ∈ Ω , t > 0 under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions and initial conditions, where Ω ⊂ R n ( n ≥ 3 ) is a bounded domain with smooth boundary, ξ , μ > 0 are constants and χ is a function satisfying some conditions. In the case that χ is a constant it is known that the above system possesses a global classical solution under some conditions (Cao [4] , Tao [10] , Tao and Winkler [11] ); however, in the case that χ is a function, the above system has not been studied. The purpose of this paper is to establish global existence and boundedness in the above system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we study a free boundary problem modeling the growth of vascularized tumors. The model is a modification to the Byrne–Chaplain tumor model that has been intensively studied during the past two decades. The modification is made by replacing the Dirichlet boundary value condition with the Robin condition, which causes some new difficulties in making rigorous analysis of the model, particularly on existence and uniqueness of a radial stationary solution. In this paper we successfully solve this problem. We prove that this free boundary problem has a unique radial stationary solution which is asymptotically stable for large surface tension coefficient, whereas unstable for small surface tension coefficient. Tools used in this analysis are the geometric theory of abstract parabolic differential equations in Banach spaces and spectral analysis of the linearized operator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we establish the existence and uniqueness theorem for solutions of the exterior Dirichlet problem for Hessian quotient equations with prescribed asymptotic behavior at infinity. This extends the previous related results on the Monge–Ampère equations and on the Hessian equations, and rearranges them in a systematic way. Based on the Perron's method, the main ingredient of this paper is to construct some appropriate subsolutions of the Hessian quotient equation, which is realized by introducing some new quantities about the elementary symmetric polynomials and using them to analyze the corresponding ordinary differential equation related to the generalized radially symmetric subsolutions of the original equation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stieltjes differential equations, which contain equations with impulses and equations on time scales as particular cases, simply consist on replacing usual derivatives by derivatives with respect to a nondecreasing function. In this paper we prove new existence results for functional and discontinuous Stieltjes differential equations and we show that such general results have real world applications. Specifically, we show that Stieltjes differential equations are specially suitable to study populations which exhibit dormant states and/or very short (impulsive) periods of reproduction. In particular, we construct two mathematical models for the evolution of a silkworm population. Our first model can be explicitly solved, as it consists on a linear Stieltjes equation. Our second model, more realistic, is nonlinear, discontinuous and functional, and we deduce the existence of solutions by means of a result proven in this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we investigate the existence and asymptotic behavior of ground state sign-changing solutions to a class of Schrödinger–Poisson systems { − △ u + V ( x ) u + μ ϕ u = λ f ( x ) u + | u | 2 u , x ∈ R 3 , − △ ϕ = u 2 , x ∈ R 3 , where V is a smooth function, f is nonnegative, μ > 0 , λ < λ 1 and λ 1 is the first eigenvalue of the problem − △ u + V ( x ) u = λ f ( x ) u in H . With the help of the sign-changing Nehari manifold, we obtain that the Schrödinger–Poisson system possesses at least one ground state sign-changing solution u μ for all μ > 0 and each λ < λ 1 . Moreover, we prove that its energy is strictly larger than twice that of ground state solutions. Besides, we give a convergence property of u μ as μ ↘ 0 . This paper can be regarded as the complementary work of Shuai and Wang [23] , Wang and Zhou [24] . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The temperature-dependent incompressible nematic liquid crystal flows in a bounded domain Ω ⊂ R N ( N = 2 , 3 ) are studied in this paper. Following Danchin's method in [7] , we use a localization argument to recover the maximal regularity of Stokes equation with variable viscosity, by which we first prove the local existence of a unique strong solution, then extend it to a global one provided that the initial data is a sufficiently small perturbation around the trivial equilibrium state. This paper also generalizes Hu–Wang's result in [21] to the non-isothermal case. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A flower graph consists of a half line and N symmetric loops connected at a single vertex with N ≥ 2 (it is called the tadpole graph if N = 1). We consider positive single-lobe states on the flower graph in the framework of the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The main novelty of our paper is a rigorous application of the period function for second-order differential equations towards understanding the symmetries and bifurcations of standing waves on metric graphs. We show that the positive single-lobe symmetric state (which is the ground state of energy for small fixed mass) undergoes exactly one bifurcation for larger mass, at which point (N − 1) branches of other positive single-lobe states appear: each branch has K larger components and (N − K) smaller components, where 1 ≤ K ≤ N − 1. We show that only the branch with K = 1 represents a local minimizer of energy for large fixed mass, however, the ground state of energy is not attained for large fixed mass if N ≥ 2. Analytical results obtained from the period function are illustrated numerically. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We show a general method allowing the solution calculation, in the form of a power series, for a very large class of nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs), namely the real analytic σπ -ODEs (and, more in general, the real analytic σπ - reducible ODEs) in many indeterminates, characterized by an ODE-function given by generalized polynomials of the indeterminates and their derivatives, i.e. functions formally polynomial with exponents, though the exponent can be any real number, and whose coefficients are analytic time functions. The solution method consists in reducing the ODE to a certain canonical homogeneous quadratic ODE, named driver-type Riccati equation with a larger number of indeterminates, whose solutions include, as sub-solutions, the original solutions, and for which a recursive formula is shown, giving all coefficients of the solution power series directly from the ODE parameters. The reduction method is named exact quadratization and was formerly introduced in another our article, where we considered explicit ODEs only. In the present paper, which is self-contained to a large extent, we review and complete the theory of exact quadratization by solving issues, such as for instance the existence of a piecewise-quadratization, that had remained open, and also extend it to the more general case of an implicitly defined ODE. Finally, we argue that the result can be seen as a partial solution of a differential version of the 22nd Hilbert's problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with the following planar Schrödinger-Poisson system { − Δ u + V (x) u + ϕ u = f (x , u) , x ∈ R 2 , Δ ϕ = u 2 , x ∈ R 2 , where V ∈ C (R 2 , [ 0 , ∞)) is axially symmetric and f ∈ C (R 2 × R , R) is of subcritical or critical exponential growth in the sense of Trudinger-Moser. We obtain the existence of a nontrivial solution or a ground state solution of Nehari-type and infinitely many solutions to the above system under weak assumptions on V and f. Our theorems extend the results of Cingolani and Weth [Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Anal. Non Linéaire, 33 (2016) 169-197] and of Du and Weth [Nonlinearity, 30 (2017) 3492-3515] and Chen and Tang [J. Differential Equations, 268 (2020) 945-976], where f (x , u) has polynomial growth on u. In particular, some new tricks and approaches are introduced to overcome the double difficulties resulting from the appearance of both the convolution ϕ 2 , u (x) with sign-changing and unbounded logarithmic integral kernel and the critical growth nonlinearity f (x , u). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]