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Limit Properties of Solutions of Singular
Second- OrderDifferential Equations
Irena Rach
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unkov
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a,
1
Svatoslav Stan
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ek,
1
Ewa Weinm
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uller,
2
and Michael Zenz
2
1
Department of Mathematical ... useful tool when investigating the
solvability of nonlinear singular equations subject to different types of boundary conditions.
In this section, we utilize Theorem 4.1 to show the existence of solutions ... h
tending to zero, or equivalently, grids becoming finer.
We finally observe experimentally the orderof convergence of the numerical method
collocation. Clearly, we do not expect very hight order to...
... contributed to these interesting
2
Lyapunov-type inequalities for a class of
even -order differential equations
Qi-Ming Zhang
∗1
and Xiaofei He
2
1
College of Science, Hunan University of Technology, ... on [α, β], too. Then, by a similar
method to the proof of (2.3) together with Lemma 2.2, we can obtain (2.4) immediately.
For the other ordinary cases, i.e., a = 0, we only need to move the ... in Journal of Inequalities and Applications go to
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... problems for second- order difference
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Remark 3.6. In the discrete case: μt ≡ 1. This result is the same as Sturm comparison theorem
of second- order difference equations...
... Spectrum of Almost Periodic Solution of
Second- Order Neutral Delay Differential Equations
with Piecewise Constant of Argument
Li Wang and Chuanyi Zhang
Department of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of ... “Corrigendum to: “On the spectrum of almost periodic solution of
secondorder scalar functional differential equations with piecewise constant argument”,” Journal of
Mathematical Analysis and Applications, ... 0,
which leads to a contradiction. The claim follows.
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... devoted to questions of solvability of basic boundary value problems
for quasilinear degenerate and nonuniformly elliptic and parabolic equationsofsecond order, and
also to the investigation ofdifferential ... when itis necessary to refer to a formula of
another chapter. For example, in Chapter 7 the notation (5.1.2) is used to refer to
formula (1.2) of Chapter 5. Reference to numbers of theorems and sections ... with this, one of
the first questions of the general theory of boundary value problems for quasilinear
elliptic equationsof the form (1)is the question of distinguishing classes of
equations for...
... seems to be a peculiar feature of equa-
tions with deviated arguments, see [1] for an example with a second- order
equation. Therefore, we are obliged to distinguish between the concepts
of minimal ... in the sense of
Definition 1.
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One might be tempted to follow the standard ideas with lower and upper
solutions to define a lower solution of (1) as some ... kind of prob-
lems. For the qualitative study of this type of problems we can cite the
survey of Hartung et al. [8] and references therein.
As main improvements in this article with regard to previous...
... time scales in orderto unify the theory of continu-
ous and discrete calculus. The field of dynamical equations on time scales contains,
links and extends the classical theory ofdifferential ... 2011:42
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Solvability of boundary value problems with
Riemann-Stieltjes Δ-integral conditions for
second- order dynamic equations ... continuous. The proof is completed.
Now, we are ready to apply the coincidence degree t heorem of Mawhin to give the
sufficient conditions for the existence of at least one solution to problem (1.1).
Theorem...
... theory and applicationsof integer
order differentialequations wit h deviat ed arguments, we refer the reader to the refer-
ences [39-45].
As far as we know, fractional orderdifferentialequations ... found to be important mathema-
tical tools for the better understanding of several realworld problems in physics,
mechanics, engineering, economics, etc. [37,38]. In fact, the theory of integer order ... existence and
multiplicity of solutions (or positive solutions) of three-point BVPs for nonlinear inte-
ger -order ordinary differential equations. Toidentifyafew,wereferthereaderto
[2-13] and the references...
... Asymptotic Solutions of Second- order Linear Difference
Equation II: the second case.
In the rest of this paper, we would like to give an example to show how to use the
results of this paper to obtain ... completed the estimate of the error bounds for asymptotic solutions to second
order linear difference equations in the first case. For the second case, we leave it to the second
part of this paper: Error ... used in this paper is
similar to that of Olver to obtain error bounds to the Liouville-Green WKB asymptotic
expansion of solutions to second- order differential equations. It should be pointed...
... is give to illustrate that the result obtained
can be applied to concrete partial differential equations.
1. Introduction
Of concern is the exponential stability of two coupled second- order evolution ... Article
Exponential Stability of Two Coupled
Second- Order Evolution Equations
Qian Wan and Ti-Jun Xiao
Shanghai Key Laboratory for Contemporary Applied Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences,
Fudan ... properly cited.
By using the multiplier technique, we prove that the energy of a system of two coupled second
order evolution equations one is an integro-differential equation decays exponentially...
... may transform our existence problem of positive solutions of BVP 3.1 into a fixed
point problem of operator 3.13.
Lemma 3.3. Consider that ΦK ⊂ K.
Proof. If t ∈ −τ, 0 and t T 1, ΦytαΦη ... and Green’s Functions for
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Institute ofSystems Science and Mathematics, Naval Aeronautical ... theory,
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... oscillation
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