{"title":"Corroboration of the shape by parameter estimations in the derivative fast Padé transform with applications to ovarian MRS","authors":"Dževad Belkić, Karen Belkić","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01771-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01771-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The non-parametric and parametric derivative fast Padé transform (dFPT) were applied to time signals encoded by in vitro magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) from benign and malignant ovarian cyst fluid. Several chemical shift regions in which diagnostically-important metabolites resonate were scrutinized. Consecutive derivative orders were inspected until convergence was attained, with concordance between the two versions of the dFPT. In most of the examined chemical shift regions, this occurred with the third derivative order, which was sufficient for the resonances to appear as tall, thin peaks, emerging from an entirely flat baseline with clearly identifiable integration limits. Thereby, the prominent lactate doublet resonating at <span>(sim )</span>1.41 parts per million (ppm), as well as many other, much less abundant, surrounding metabolites could be unambiguously identified and quantified. This was likewise the case for numerous other recognized and potential cancer biomarkers in the other examined aliphatic chemical shift regions. In the extremely dense spectral region below <span>(sim)</span>1.0 ppm, heretofore presenting major assessment difficulties in reported in vitro MRS studies, convergence was attained at <span>((m=4))</span>. Besides the demonstrated concordance of the two completely different computational algorithms, the present results are fully amenable to clinical interpretation. This is an essential precondition to justify further application of the dFPT to urgent clinical problems such as timely and accurate ovarian cancer detection via MRS.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10910-025-01771-4.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145996624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"General construction strategy for carbon nanotube heterojunctions with two arbitrary chiral vectors that contain only a single pentagon-heptagon pair","authors":"Hou-Hsun Ho, Chern Chuang, Bih-Yaw Jin","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01774-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01774-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) exhibit tunable electronic and structural properties based on their chiral indices, making them versatile for nanoscale applications. The electronic behavior at CNT junctions is particularly significant, prompting a theoretical exploration of their geometric foundations. The Contub algorithm, designed to connect CNTs with arbitrary chiral vectors, identifies the positioning of pentagon and heptagon defects. Despite its theoretical efficiency, the geometrical interpretation of how chiral vectors relate to defect positions remain unclear. In this study, we introduce a unified geometric framework based on carbon nanocones (CNCs). This approach maps all possible chiral indices onto a CNC, providing a direct visual guide to defect positions. We show that all junctions can be systematically classified into two fundamental types: Type I (cone-mediated) and Type II (mitered pipe), with the former recovering the known conical junctions and the latter addressing the limiting cases where cone-based constructions fail. A phase diagram based on the relative diameter difference (<span>(eta)</span>) and the angle between chiral vectors (<span>(phi)</span>) not only classifies all possible connections but, crucially, provides an analytical boundary that separates the regime of each junction type.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145930363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Fourier–Legendre spectral collocation method for the Cauchy–Navier equations in irregular annular domains","authors":"Peibei Wang, Chuan Wang, Zhongqing Wang","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01775-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01775-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we first introduce a Fourier–Legendre spectral collocation method to solve the two-dimensional static Cauchy–Navier equations with variable coefficients in irregular annular domains. We then present a space-time Fourier–Legendre spectral collocation method for time-dependent Cauchy–Navier equations in such domains. The process begins by applying a polar coordinate transformation to map the irregular annular domain onto a regular one, followed by a linear transformation to map this domain onto the reference element. Classical spectral collocation methods are then employed for numerical simulation on the reference element. The numerical results demonstrate that the proposed method achieves high accuracy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145930618","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A family of multi-step vectorial iterative methods for solving nonlinear systems","authors":"Munish Kansal, Litika Rani","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01770-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01770-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this work, we develop multi-step vectorial iterative schemes for solving nonlinear systems, achieving fourth and sixth-order convergence. The proposed methods are designed to minimize computational costs by employing a single inverse operator and reducing the number of functional evaluations per iteration. Furthermore, we generalize the sixth-order three-step scheme into a <span>((q+1))</span>-step family, increasing the convergence order to <span>(2q+2)</span>. While standard local convergence analysis based on Taylor series expansion is common, it limits applicability as it requires the use of higher-order derivatives. To overcome this limitation, our theoretical analysis is conducted in a Banach space setting and relies solely on first-order derivatives. The existence of a unique solution is guaranteed within a specific domain, whose radius of convergence is formally obtained using Lipschitz constants. A detailed computational complexity analysis confirms the superior efficiency of our methods compared to existing approaches. Numerical experiments on different problems demonstrate significantly improved performance, while stability is validated through basins of attraction in the complex plane.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145929911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengya He, Yaping Mao, Boris Furtula, Xiaoyan Zhang
{"title":"Hitting time index of trees","authors":"Mengya He, Yaping Mao, Boris Furtula, Xiaoyan Zhang","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01767-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01767-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The definition of the recently introduced <i>hitting time</i> index suggests its close relation with the Kirchhoff index. Here, this relation is computationally investigated for trees and molecular trees. Additionally, the usability of these molecular descriptors as tools for modeling physicochemical properties of alkanes is compared. The second part of the paper is reserved for closed formulas of the hitting time index for bi-stars and the broom graphs. Finally, the upper and lower bounds, in terms of the maximum degree, the hyper-Wiener index, the Wiener index, and the Harary index for the hitting time index of trees are derived.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145887169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Counting the perfect matchings in an m-layer hexagonal chain","authors":"Mingjun Ma, Xia Liu, Haiyuan Yao","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01764-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01764-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using the transfer matrix method, we obtain the calculation method for the numbers of perfect matchings of <i>m</i>-layer hexagonal chains. Especially, we give out the linear recurrences, generating functions and general terms for the numbers of the perfect matchings in two types of special <i>m</i>-layer hexagonal chains–alternating and parallelogram hexagonal chains.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145831349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A fourth-order compact ADI scheme for solving a three-dimensional time-fractional reaction-diffusion equation","authors":"Pradip Roul, Vivek Pathak","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01761-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01761-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This work presents a numerical method for solving a three-dimensional time-fractional reaction-diffusion equation (TFRDE). The solution to this problem has a weak singularity near the initial time. The fractional time derivative is discretized using the <i>L</i>1 method on a nonuniform time grid, while the spatial derivatives are approximated by a fourth-order compact finite difference (CFD) scheme. The resulting fully discrete formulation is computationally expensive, therefore, an alternating direction implicit (ADI) technique is introduced to improve efficiency. The stability and convergence of the proposed scheme are rigorously analyzed. Two numerical experiments are conducted to verify the accuracy and computational efficiency of the proposed method. Theoretical analysis demonstrates that the proposed scheme attains a temporal convergence rate of <span>(min { 2 - gamma ,, rgamma ,, 1 + gamma })</span> and fourth-order spatial accuracy. Numerical findings validate the theoretical convergence rates. To demonstrate the advantage of the proposed method, the numerical results obtained by the proposed method are compared with the result reported in Xiao et al., (Commun. Anal. Mech. 16(1):53–70, 2024).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145831062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical solution of block circulant tridiagonal linear systems originating from convolution equations","authors":"Zheng Tang, Ji-Teng Jia","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01759-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01759-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the current paper, we consider the numerical solution of a block circulant tridiagonal linear system which commonly originates from convolution equations under periodic boundary conditions. By leveraging the block-Toeplitz structure, we propose a novel structure-preserving factorization of the coefficient matrix. Based on the structure-preserving matrix factorization and Sherman-Morrison-Woodbury formula, we then develop an efficient numerical algorithm with linear time complexity for solving block circulant tridiagonal linear systems. Additionally, a theoretical error analysis is provided to ensure numerical stability, and a numerical formula for the determinant of the block circulant tridiagonal matrix is also presented. Numerical results with simulations in MATLAB implementation are provided to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of our proposed algorithm, and its competitiveness with the block <span>(LU)</span> decomposition method.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145779104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Closed-form representations of the exchange integral over hydrogenic orbitals","authors":"Balakrishnan Viswanathan, Darien DeWolf","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01765-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01765-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present closed-form expressions for the exchange integral between general hydrogenic orbitals and its derivatives with respect to effective decay parameters. This work is a sequel to our earlier Coulomb integral study, but here the structural difficulty is inverted: the Legendre expansion that simplified the Coulomb case becomes cumbersome due to surviving phase couplings, while the Laplace route is comparatively more tractable. The results enable fully analytic screening optimization incorporating both Coulomb and exchange contributions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145730224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Reuben Allen, Heath Dimsey, Michael Brideson, Lawrence Forbes
{"title":"One-dimensional spatio-temporal patterns in the CIMA reaction","authors":"Reuben Allen, Heath Dimsey, Michael Brideson, Lawrence Forbes","doi":"10.1007/s10910-025-01763-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10910-025-01763-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Lengyel–Epstein mathematical model for the CIMA chemical reaction is studied. The concentrations depend on time and a single spatial coordinate, so that one-dimensional patterns in space are possible. A linearized solution for the spatial patterns is presented, and the question of pattern selection is addressed. Nonlinear patterns are discussed and compared against the predictions of linearized theory. It is found that spatially-homogeneous time-dependent oscillations exist, born from Hopf bifurcations. In addition, Turing bifurcations also occur, and give rise to steady-state patterns. Furthermore, these steady patterns can undergo further bifurcation at large amplitude. These one-dimensional stationary patterns are quasi-stable, in the sense that they may persist for some time, but ultimately, they collapse onto the spatially-homogeneous limit-cycle solutions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":648,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematical Chemistry","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145730220","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}