The Existence of Solutions for Local Dirichlet (r(u),s(u))-Problems

In this paper, we consider local Dirichlet problems driven by the (r(u),s(u))-Laplacian operator in the principal part. We prove the existence of nontrivial weak solutions in the case where the variable exponents r,s are real continuous functions and we have dependence on the solution u. The main contributions of this article are obtained in respect of: (i) Carathéodory nonlinearity satisfying standard regularity and polynomial growth assumptions, where in this case, we use geometrical and compactness conditions to establish the existence of the solution to a regularized problem via variational methods and the critical point theory; and (ii) Sobolev nonlinearity, somehow related to the space structure. In this case, we use a priori estimates and asymptotic analysis of regularized auxiliary problems to establish the existence and uniqueness theorems via a fixed-point argument.

Approximation of the invariant distribution for a class of ergodic SPDEs using an explicit tamed exponential Euler scheme

We consider the long-time behavior of an explicit tamed exponential Euler scheme applied to a class of parabolic semilinear stochastic partial differential equations driven by additive noise, under a one-sided Lipschitz continuity condition. The setting encompasses nonlinearities with polynomial growth. First, we prove that moment bounds for the numerical scheme hold, with at most polynomial dependence with respect to the time horizon. Second, we apply this result to obtain error estimates, in the weak sense, in terms of the time-step size and of the time horizon, to quantify the error to approximate averages with respect to the invariant distribution of the continuous-time process. We justify the efficiency of using the explicit tamed exponential Euler scheme to approximate the invariant distribution, since the computational cost does not suffer from the at most polynomial growth of the moment bounds. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first result in the literature concerning the approximation of the invariant distribution for SPDEs with non-globally Lipschitz coefficients using an explicit tamed scheme.

Existence of positive solutions for a class of BVPs in Banach spaces

In this work, we use index xed point theory for perturbation of expan- sive mappings by l-set contractions to study the existence of bounded positive solutions for a class of two-point boundary value problem (BVP) associated to second-order nonlinear di erential equation on the positive half-line. The nonlin- earity, which may exhibit a singularity at the origin, is written as a sum of two functions which behave di erently. These functions, depend on the solution and its derivative, take values in a general Banach space and have at most polynomial growth. An example to illustrate the main results is given.

Modeling the Growth of Four Commercial Broiler Genotypes Reared in the Tropics

Genetic improvement in commercial broilers worldwide is heavily focused on selection for higher final body weight at a given age. Although commercial broilers are mostly sold by their final body weight, it is important to pay attention to how this weight is attained and at what cost. The cost of feeding broilers, which constitutes about 70% of the total cost of broiler production, varies considerably at different stages of the bird. It is, therefore, important to pay attention to the growth curve of broilers and the parameters of the growth curve to maximise profitability of commercial broiler production. The objective of this study was to model the variations of the growth curves of 4 commercial broiler genotypes reared in Ghana using the Gompertz and polynomial growth functions. Data on body weights at 1, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 days for 4 unsexed commercial broiler genotypes were used to model both the Gompertz and polynomial growth functions. The 4 genotypes ranked differently for Gompertz predicted early (1 - 28 days), late growth (28 – 42 days) and body weight at 42 days. Gompertz function predicted growth better for broiler chicken than the polynomial as the parameters of the Gompertz function are biologically meaningful and heritable. Selection of broiler genotypes for production based on their growth curve (slower early growth and faster late growth) could minimize cost of production and thereby increase the profitability of commercial broiler production in the tropics.

Upper bounds for Steklov eigenvalues of subgraphs of polynomial growth Cayley graphs

We study the Steklov problem on a subgraph with boundary $$(\Omega ,B)$$ ( Ω , B ) of a polynomial growth Cayley graph $$\Gamma$$ Γ . For $$(\Omega _l, B_l)_{l=1}^\infty$$ ( Ω l , B l ) l = 1 ∞ a sequence of subgraphs of $$\Gamma$$ Γ such that $$|\Omega _l| \longrightarrow \infty$$ | Ω l | ⟶ ∞ , we prove that for each $$k \in {\mathbb {N}}$$ k ∈ N , the kth eigenvalue tends to 0 proportionally to $$1/|B|^{\frac{1}{d-1}}$$ 1 / | B | 1 d - 1 , where d represents the growth rate of $$\Gamma$$ Γ . The method consists in associating a manifold M to $$\Gamma$$ Γ and a bounded domain $$N \subset M$$ N ⊂ M to a subgraph $$(\Omega , B)$$ ( Ω , B ) of $$\Gamma$$ Γ . We find upper bounds for the Steklov spectrum of N and transfer these bounds to $$(\Omega , B)$$ ( Ω , B ) by discretizing N and using comparison theorems.

On some nonlinear anisotropic elliptic equations in anisotropic Orlicz space

PurposeIn the present paper, the authors will discuss the solvability of a class of nonlinear anisotropic elliptic problems (P), with the presence of a lower-order term and a non-polynomial growth which does not satisfy any sign condition which is described by an N-uplet of N-functions satisfying the Δ2-condition, within the fulfilling of anisotropic Sobolev-Orlicz space. In addition, the resulting analysis requires the development of some new aspects of the theory in this field. The source term is merely integrable.Design/methodology/approachAn approximation procedure and some priori estimates are used to solve the problem.FindingsThe authors prove the existence of entropy solutions to unilateral problem in the framework of anisotropic Sobolev-Orlicz space with bounded domain. The resulting analysis requires the development of some new aspects of the theory in this field.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that investigates the existence of entropy solutions to unilateral problem in the framework of anisotropic Sobolev-Orlicz space with bounded domain.