Positive solutions of second-order differential systems with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions

This paper is to investigate the positive solutions of the systems of second-order ordinary differential equations with nonhomogeneous multi-point boundary conditions. By the lower and upper solutions method, Schauder fixed point theorem and fixed point index theory, under certain conditions, it is proved that there exist appropriate regions of parameters in which the problem has at least two, at least one or no positive solution.

The Second-Order Differential Equation System with the Feedback Controls for Solving Convex Programming

In this paper, we establish the second-order differential equation system with the feedback controls for solving the problem of convex programming. Using Lagrange function and projection operator, the equivalent operator equations for the convex programming problems under the certain conditions are obtained. Then a second-order differential equation system with the feedback controls is constructed on the basis of operator equation. We prove that any accumulation point of the trajectory of the second-order differential equation system with the feedback controls is a solution to the convex programming problem. In the end, two examples using this differential equation system are solved. The numerical results are reported to verify the effectiveness of the second-order differential equation system with the feedback controls for solving the convex programming problem.

Lagrange-Noether method for solving second-order differential equations

The purpose of this paper is to provide a new method called the Lagrange-Noether method for solving second-order differential equations. The method is, firstly, to write the second-order differential equations completely or partially in the form of Lagrange equations, and secondly, to obtain the integrals of the equations by using the Noether theory of the Lagrange system. An example is given to illustrate the application of the result.

NONDEGENERACY OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO HOMOGENEOUS SECOND-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

This article considers the Dirichlet problem of homogeneous and inhomogeneous second-order ordinary differential systems. A nondegeneracy result is proven for positive solutions of homogeneous systems. Sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of multiple positive solutions for inhomogeneous systems are obtained by making use of the nondegeneracy and uniqueness results of homogeneous systems.

Modelling of Energy Storage Photonic Medium by Wavelength-Based Multivariable Second-Order Differential Equation

Wavelength-dependent mathematical modelling of the differential energy change of a photon has been performed inside a proposed hypothetical optical medium.The existence of this medium demands certain mathematical constraints,which have been derived in detail.Using reverse modelling,a medium satisfying the derived conditions is proven to store energy as the photon propagates from the entry to exit point.A single photon with a given intensity is considered in the analysis and hypothesized to possess a definite non-zero probability of maintaining its energy and velocity functions analytic inside the proposed optical medium,despite scattering,absorption,fluorescence,heat generation,and other nonlinear mechanisms.The energy and velocity functions are thus singly and doubly differentiable with respect to wavelength.The solution of the resulting second-order differential equation in two variables proves that energy storage or energy flotation occurs inside a medium with a refractive index satisfying the described mathematical constraints.The minimum-value-normalized refractive index profiles of the modelled optical medium for transformed wavelengths both inside the medium and for vacuum have been derived.Mathematical proofs,design equations,and detailed numerical analyses are presented in the paper.

First integrals and stability of second-order differential equations

The stability of second-order differential equations is studied by using their integrals. A system of second-order differential equations can be considered as a mechanical system with holonomic constraints. A conserved quantity of the mechanical system or a part of the system is obtained by using the Noether theory. It is possible that the conserved quantity becomes a Liapunov function and the stability of the system is proved by the Liapunov theorem.

Properties of exact solution of second-order differential equation with pantograph delay

This paper is concerned with properties of exact solution of pantograph delay equation  y ′′ (t)=ay ′ (t)+by(t)+cy(qt), 0<q<1. Firstly, the existence and uniqueness of the exact solution of equations are proved, and then the condition is investigated which guarantee the exact solution is asymptotic stable.

Asymptotic Theory for a General Second-Order Differential Equation

An asymptotic theory developed for a second-order differential equation. We obtain the form of solutions for some class of the coefficients for large x.

Periodic Solutions of a Class of Second-Order Differential Equation

We study the periodic solutions of the second-order differential equations of the form where the functions, , and are periodic of period in the variable t.

Periodic Solutions for Some Second-order Differential System with p（t）-Laplacian

In this article, we investigate the existence of periodic solutions for a class of nonautonomous second-order differential systems with p(t)-Laplacian. Some multiplicity results are obtained by using critical point theory, which extend some known results.

The condition of nonoscillation for a second-order differential equation

In this paper,by proving a differential identity,we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition of nonoscillation for a second-order differential equation.We also improve the known results of nonoscillation for a second-order differential equation.

Oscillation of Second-Order Half-Linear Neutral Advanced Differential Equations

The purpose of this paper is to study the oscillation of second-order half-linear neutral differential equations with advanced argument of the form(r(t)((y(t)+p(t)y(τ(t)))')^(α))'+q(t)yα(σ(t))=0,t≥t_(0),when∫^(∞)r^(−1/α)(s)ds<∞.We obtain sufficient conditions for the oscillation of the studied equations by the inequality principle and the Riccati transformation.An example is provided to illustrate the results.

CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS WITH DIRICHLET BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR PERTURBED SECOND-ORDER DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS ON A HALF-LINE

Dirichlet boundary value problems for perturbed second-order differential equations on a half line are investigated in this paper. The methods mainly depend on the calculus of variations to the classical functionals. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence of the solutions.

Approximate Controllability of Second-Order Neutral Stochastic Differential Equations with Infinite Delay and Poisson Jumps

The modelling of risky asset by stochastic processes with continuous paths, based on Brow- nian motions, suffers from several defects. First, the path continuity assumption does not seem reason- able in view of the possibility of sudden price variations （jumps） resulting of market crashes. A solution is to use stochastic processes with jumps, that will account for sudden variations of the asset prices. On the other hand, such jump models are generally based on the Poisson random measure. Many popular economic and financial models described by stochastic differential equations with Poisson jumps. This paper deals with the approximate controllability of a class of second-order neutral stochastic differential equations with infinite delay and Poisson jumps. By using the cosine family of operators, stochastic analysis techniques, a new set of sufficient conditions are derived for the approximate controllability of the above control system. An example is provided to illustrate the obtained theory.

ON GLOBAL MEROMORPHIC SOLUTIONS OF SECOND-ORDER LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH MEROMORPHIC COEFFICIENTS

The main purpose of this article is to study the existence theories of global meromorphic solutions for some second-order linear differential equations with meromorphic coefficients, which perfect the solution theory of such equations.

On Self-Adjointness of the Product of Two Second-Order Differential Operators

In this paper, the problem of self-adjointness of the product of two differential operators is considered. A number of results concerning self-adjointness of the product L2L1 of two second-order self-adjoint differential operators are obtained by using the general construction theory of self-adjoint extensions of ordinary differential operators.

Differential Quadrature Method for Steady Flow of an Incompressible Second-Order Viscoelastic Fluid and Heat Transfer Model

The two-dimensional steady flow of an incompressible second-order viscoelastic fluid between two parallel plates was studied in terms of vorticity, the stream function and temperature equations. The governing equations were expanded with respect to a snmll parameter to get the zeroth- and first-order approximate equations. By using the differenl2al quadrature method with only a few grid points, the high-accurate numerical results were obtained.

A Compound Algorithm of Denoising Using Second-Order and Fourth-Order Partial Differential Equations

In this paper, we propose a compound algorithm for the image restoration. The algorithm is a convex combination of the ROF model and the LLT model with a parameter function 0. The numerical experiments demonstrate that our compound algorithm is efficient and preserves the main advantages of the two models. In particular, the errors of the compound algorithm in L2 norm between the exact images and corresponding restored images are the smallest among the three models. For images with strong noises, the restored images of the compound algorithm are the best in the corresponding restored images. The proposed algorithm combines the fixed point method, an improved AMG method and the Krylov acceleration. It is found that the combination of these methods is efficient and robust in the image restoration.

EXISTENCE OF SOLUTION AND APPROXIMATE CONTROLLABILITY OF A SECOND-ORDER NEUTRAL STOCHASTIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH STATE DEPENDENT DELAY

This paper has two sections which deals with a second order stochastic neutral partial differential equation with state dependent delay. In the first section the existence and uniqueness of mild solution is obtained by use of measure of non-compactness. In the second section the conditions for approximate controllability are investigated for the distributed second order neutral stochastic differential system with respect to the approximate controllability of the corresponding linear system in a Hilbert space. Our method is an extension of co-author N. Sukavanam’s novel approach in [22]. Thereby, we remove the need to assume the invertibility of a controllability operator used by authors in [5], which fails to exist in infinite dimensional spaces if the associated semigroup is compact. Our approach also removes the need to check the invertibility of the controllability Gramian operator and associated limit condition used by the authors in [20], which are practically difficult to verify and apply. An example is provided to illustrate the presented theory.

NEW OSCILLATION CRITERIA FOR SECOND-ORDER NONLINEAR MATRIX DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Some new oscillation criteria are established for the second-order matrix differential system （r（t）Z＇（t））＇ ＋ p（t）Z＇（t） ＋ Q（t）F（Z＇（t））G（Z（t）） = 0, t ≥ to 〉 0, are different from most known ones in the sense that they are based on the information only on a sequence of subintervals of [to,∞）, rather than on the whole half-line. The results weaken the condition of Q（t） and generalize some well-known results of Wong （1999） to nonlinear matrix differential equation.