{"title":"Fourier beyond dispersion: Wavenumber explicit and precise accuracy of FDMs for the Helmholtz equation","authors":"Hui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109576","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109576","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We propose a practical tool for evaluating and comparing the accuracy of FDMs for the Helmholtz equation. The tool based on Fourier analysis makes it easy to find wavenumber explicit order of convergence, and can be used for rigorous proof. It fills in the gap between the dispersion analysis and the actual error with source term. We illustrate it for classical and some dispersion free schemes in 1D, with conclusions verified by numerical experiments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 109576"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Feynman–Kac formula for regime-switching general diffusions","authors":"Zhiqiang Wei , Yejuan Wang , Erkan Nane","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109573","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109573","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The aim of this paper is to establish a version of the Feynman–Kac formula for a class of regime-switching general diffusion processes, in which the general diffusion part is a time-homogeneous Markov process (whose infinitesimal generator is the general diffusion including both Laplacian and Lévy operators). The classical method based on the Itô formula can no longer be used here due to the presence of the general diffusion process. Notably, an innovative method is introduced to deduce the infinitesimal generator of the regime-switching general diffusion process, which greatly contributes to the analyses on the global existence of solutions for the corresponding partial differential equation with external potential and forcing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 109573"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143847741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Integrable matrix nonlinear Schrödinger equations with reduced Lax pairs of AKNS type","authors":"Wen-Xiu Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109574","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109574","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A specific class of Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur (AKNS) matrix spectral problems is reduced using pairs of similarity transformations. The corresponding integrable hierarchies are derived from the reduced Lax pairs, extending the standard matrix AKNS integrable hierarchies. A few illustrative examples are provided to showcase the diversity of matrix integrable nonlinear Schrödinger equations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 109574"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143850391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stationary distribution and extinction of a stochastic HIV/AIDS model with screened disease carriers, standard incidence rate and Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process","authors":"Wenjie Zuo, Shengnan Jiang","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109575","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109575","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper proposes a stochastic HIV/AIDS model that includes screening for virus carriers and infected individuals actively seeking treatment, with the average number of sexual partners <span><math><mover><mrow><mi>k</mi></mrow><mrow><mo>̄</mo></mrow></mover></math></span> controlled by a log-normal Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process. By constructing appropriate Lyapunov functions, the existence of a stationary distribution is obtained. Additionally, we establish sufficient condition for the extinction of the diseases, thereby offering valuable insights into AIDS control and policy decisions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 109575"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An efficient meshless collocation method for the analysis of two-dimensional piezoelectric structures","authors":"Mulin Yuan , Jun Lu , Ji Lin , Yuhui Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109572","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109572","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The backward substitution method is a newly developed semi-analytical meshless method. This paper makes the first attempt to apply the backward substitution method for the simulation of piezoelectric structures. The numerical solution is divided into boundary approximation and domain approximation with correction functions. After obtaining the boundary approximation using a series of basis functions, the domain approximation is obtained using the modified basis functions that satisfy the homogeneous boundary conditions. A simply scaling scheme is applied in the calculation process to avoid the loss of accuracy. Finally, two examples are considered and numerical results are compared with references.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 109572"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maryam Mohammadi , Alvise Sommariva , Marco Vianello
{"title":"Unisolvence of Kansa collocation for elliptic equations by polyharmonic splines with random fictitious centers","authors":"Maryam Mohammadi , Alvise Sommariva , Marco Vianello","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109571","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109571","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We make a further step in the unisolvence open problem for unsymmetric Kansa collocation, proving almost sure nonsingularity of Kansa matrices with polyharmonic splines and random fictitious centers, for second-order elliptic equations with mixed boundary conditions. We also show some numerical tests, where the fictitious centers are local random perturbations of predetermined collocation points.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"168 ","pages":"Article 109571"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143839763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Two-crested Stokes waves","authors":"Anastassiya Semenova","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109560","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109560","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We study two-crested traveling Stokes waves on the surface of an ideal fluid with infinite depth. Following Chen & Saffman (1980), we refer to these waves as class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> Stokes waves. The class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> waves are found from bifurcations from the primary branch of Stokes waves away from the flat surface. These waves are strongly nonlinear, and are disconnected from small-amplitude solutions. Distinct class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> bifurcations are found to occur in the first two oscillations of the velocity versus steepness diagram. The bifurcations in distinct oscillations are not connected via a continuous family of class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> waves. We follow the first two families of class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> waves, which we refer to as the secondary branch (that is primary class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> branch), and the tertiary branch (that is secondary class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> branch). Similar to Stokes waves, the class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> waves follow through a sequence of oscillations in velocity as their steepness rises, and indicate the existence of limiting class <span><math><mi>II</mi></math></span> Stokes waves characterized by a 120 degree angle at every other wave crest.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 109560"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Differential inclusion systems with double phase competing operators, convection, and mixed boundary conditions","authors":"Jinxia Cen , Salvatore A. Marano , Shengda Zeng","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109556","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109556","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, a new framework for studying the existence of generalized or strongly generalized solutions to a wide class of inclusion systems involving double-phase, possibly competing differential operators, convection, and mixed boundary conditions is introduced. The technical approach exploits Galerkin’s method and a surjective theorem for multifunctions in finite dimensional spaces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 109556"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143807195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement of criteria for global boundedness in a minimal parabolic–elliptic chemotaxis system with singular sensitivity","authors":"Halil Ibrahim Kurt","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109570","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109570","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article deals with the following singular parabolic–elliptic chemotaxis system <span><span><span>(0.1)</span><span><math><mrow><mfenced><mrow><mtable><mtr><mtd><msub><mrow><mi>u</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>t</mi></mrow></msub><mo>=</mo><mi>Δ</mi><mi>u</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>χ</mi><mo>∇</mo><mi>⋅</mi><mrow><mo>(</mo><mfrac><mrow><mi>u</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>v</mi></mrow></mfrac><mo>∇</mo><mi>v</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>,</mo><mspace></mspace></mtd><mtd><mi>x</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>Ω</mi><mo>,</mo></mtd></mtr><mtr><mtd><mn>0</mn><mo>=</mo><mi>Δ</mi><mi>v</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>α</mi><mi>v</mi><mo>+</mo><mi>μ</mi><mi>u</mi><mo>,</mo><mspace></mspace></mtd><mtd><mi>x</mi><mo>∈</mo><mi>Ω</mi><mo>,</mo></mtd></mtr></mtable></mrow></mfenced><mspace></mspace></mrow></math></span></span></span>under homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a smooth bounded domain <span><math><mrow><mi>Ω</mi><mo>⊂</mo><msup><mrow><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow></msup></mrow></math></span> with <span><math><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn></mrow></math></span>, where parameters <span><math><mrow><mi>χ</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>α</mi></mrow></math></span> and <span><math><mi>μ</mi></math></span> are positive constants. Fujie, Winkler, and Yokota Fujie(2015) in 2014 and Fujie and Senba Fujie(2016) in 2016 proved that system <span><span>(0.1)</span></span> has a unique globally bounded classical solution when <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>μ</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></math></span> and <span><span><span>(0.2)</span><span><math><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mtext>or</mtext><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mi>χ</mi><mo><</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow></mfrac><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mtext>with</mtext><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mi>N</mi><mo>≥</mo><mn>3</mn><mo>,</mo></mrow></math></span></span></span>which has remained a critical point for over a decade. However, this article presents a new perspective and shows that assumption <span><span>(0.2)</span></span> does not actually constitute a turning point for global classical solutions. Among others, we prove that for all suitable smooth initial data and all <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>,</mo><mi>μ</mi><mo>></mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></math></span>, the problem <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>0</mn><mo>.</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> possesses a global classical solution that is uniformly bounded if <span><span><span>(0.3)</span><span><math><mrow><mi>χ</mi><mo><</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow></mfrac><mo>+</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>N</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><msup><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></mrow></mfrac><mi>⋅</mi><msqrt><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn><mi>N</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfrac></mrow></msqrt><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mtext>with</mtext><mspace></mspace><mspace></mspace><mi>N</mi><mo>≥<","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 109570"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143791982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A note on the oscillation of third-order delay differential equations","authors":"Irena Jadlovská , Tongxing Li","doi":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109555","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.aml.2025.109555","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the paper, we complement existing oscillation criteria for linear third-order delay differential equations by establishing novel sufficient conditions for the nonexistence of so-called Kneser solutions (nonoscillatory solutions with alternating signs of their derivatives). The significant extent of our improvement over known results is illustrated by the example provided. Furthermore, the technique developed here is novel and admits a broad range of possible generalizations, as is discussed in the concluding part of the paper.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55497,"journal":{"name":"Applied Mathematics Letters","volume":"167 ","pages":"Article 109555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143817233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}