This work proposes and investigates a new model of the rotating rigid body based on the non-twisting frame. Such a frame consists of three mutually orthogonal unit vectors whose rotation rate around one of the three axis remains zero at all times and, thus, is represented by a nonholonomic restriction. Then, the corresponding Lagrange–D’Alembert equations are formulated by employing two descriptions

We develop the contact singularity theory for singularly perturbed (or ‘slow–fast’) vector fields of the general form \(z' = H(z,\varepsilon )\), \(z\in {\mathbb {R}}^n\) and \(0 < \varepsilon \ll 1\). Our main result is the derivation of computable, coordinate-independent defining equations for contact singularities under an assumption that the leading-order term of the vector field admits a suitable

We study propagation direction of the traveling wave for the diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition system with bistable nonlinearity in a periodic habitat. By directly proving the strong stability of two semitrivial equilibria, we establish a new and sharper result on the existence of traveling wave. Using the method of upper and lower solutions, we provide two comparison theorems concerning the direction

We consider conformally invariant energies W on the group \({{\,\mathrm{GL}\,}}^{\!+}(2)\) of \(2\times 2\)-matrices with positive determinant, i.e., \(W:{{\,\mathrm{GL}\,}}^{\!+}(2)\rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) such that $$\begin{aligned} W(A\, F\, B) = W(F) \quad \text {for all }\; A,B\in \{a\, R\in {{\,\mathrm{GL}\,}}^{\!+}(2) \,|\,a\in (0,\infty ),\; R\in {{\,\mathrm{SO}\,}}(2)\}, \end{aligned}$$

In this paper, we report a rigorous theory of the inverse scattering transforms (ISTs) for the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation with both zero boundary conditions (ZBCs) and nonzero boundary conditions (NZBCs) at infinity and double zeros of analytical scattering coefficients. The scattering theories for both ZBCs and NZBCs are addressed. The direct scattering problem establishes the

We consider a restricted four-body problem, with a precise hierarchy between the bodies: two larger bodies and a smaller one, all three of oblate shape, and a fourth, infinitesimal body, in the neighborhood of the smaller of the three bodies. The three heavy bodies are assumed to move in a plane under their mutual gravity, and the fourth body to move in the three-dimensional space under the gravitational

General rogue waves are derived for the generalized derivative nonlinear Schrödinger (GDNLS) equations by a bilinear Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) reduction method. These GDNLS equations contain the Kaup–Newell equation, the Chen–Lee–Liu equation and the Gerdjikov–Ivanov equation as special cases. In this bilinear framework, it is shown that rogue waves to all members of these equations are expressed

We answer three fundamental questions concerning monostable traveling fronts for the scalar Kolmogorov ecological equation with diffusion and spatiotemporal interaction: These are the questions about their existence, uniqueness and geometric shape. In the particular case of the food-limited model, we give a rigorous proof of the existence of a peculiar, yet substantive and nonlinearly determined class

For a large system of identical particles interacting by means of a potential, we find that a strong large scale flow velocity can induce motions in the inertial range via the potential coupling. This forcing lies in special bundles in the Fourier space, which are formed by pairs of particles. These bundles are not present in the Boltzmann, Euler and Navier–Stokes equations, because they are destroyed

Running is the basic mode of fast locomotion for legged animals. One of the most successful mathematical descriptions of this gait is the so-called spring–mass model constructed upon an inverted elastic pendulum. In the description of the grounded phase of the step, an interesting boundary value problem arises where one has to determine the leg stiffness. In this paper, we find asymptotic expansions

First-order hyperbolic partial differential equations with two internal variables have been used to model biological and epidemiological problems with two physiological structures, such as chronological age and infection age in epidemic models, age and another physiological character (maturation, size, stage) in population models, and cell-age and molecular content (cyclin content, maturity level,

The Cahn–Hilliard equation is a classic model of phase separation in binary mixtures that exhibits spontaneous coarsening of the phases. We study the Cahn–Hilliard equation with an imposed advection term in order to model the stirring and eventual mixing of the phases. The main result is that if the imposed advection is sufficiently mixing, then no phase separation occurs, and the solution instead

We discuss the Lagrangian property and the conservation of the kinetic energy for solutions of the 2D incompressible Euler equations. Existence of Lagrangian solutions is known when the initial vorticity is in \(L^p\) with \(1\le p\le \infty \), and if \(p\ge 3/2\), all weak solutions are conservative. In this work, we prove that solutions obtained via the vortex method are Lagrangian, and that they

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We study dynamic networks under an undirected consensus communication protocol and with one state-dependent weighted edge. We assume that the aforementioned dynamic edge can take values over the whole real numbers, and that its behaviour depends on the nodes it connects and on an extrinsic slow variable. We show that, under mild conditions on the weight, there exists a reduction such that the dynamics

In this article we investigate the phase transition phenomena that occur in a model of self-organisation through body-attitude coordination. Here, the body attitude of an agent is modelled by a rotation matrix in \({\mathbb {R}}^3\) as in Degond et al. (Math Models Methods Appl Sci 27(6):1005–1049, 2017). The starting point of this study is a BGK equation modelling the evolution of the distribution

In 1962, Wunderlich published the article “On a developable Möbius band,” in which he attempted to determine the equilibrium shape of a free standing Möbius band. In line with Sadowsky’s pioneering works on Möbius bands of infinitesimal width, Wunderlich used an energy minimization principle, which asserts that the equilibrium shape of the Möbius band has the lowest bending energy among all possible

We consider Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) as the boundaries of material subsets whose advective evolution is metastable under weak diffusion. For their detection, we first transform the Eulerian advection–diffusion equation to Lagrangian coordinates, in which it takes the form of a time-dependent diffusion or heat equation. By this coordinate transformation, the reversible effects of advection

We consider families of Hamiltonian systems in two degrees of freedom with an equilibrium in 1 : 2 resonance. Under detuning, this “Fermi resonance” typically leads to normal modes losing their stability through period-doubling bifurcations. For cubic potentials, this concerns the short axial orbits, and in galactic dynamics, the resulting stable periodic orbits are called “banana” orbits. Galactic

This paper examines a spike-adding bifurcation phenomenon whereby small-amplitude canard cycles transition into large-amplitude bursting oscillations along a single continuous branch in parameter space. We consider a class of three-dimensional singularly perturbed ODEs with two fast variables and one slow variable and singular perturbation parameter \(\varepsilon \ll 1 \) under general assumptions

The planar visible fold is a simple singularity in piecewise smooth systems. In this paper, we consider singularly perturbed systems that limit to this piecewise smooth bifurcation as the singular perturbation parameter \(\epsilon \rightarrow 0\). Alternatively, these singularly perturbed systems can be thought of as regularizations of their piecewise counterparts. The main contribution of the paper

In recent years, rumor propagation in social networks attracts more researchers’ attention. In this paper, we have established I2S2R rumor spreading models in both homogeneous networks and heterogeneous networks considering the effect of time delay. In the homogeneous network model, we obtain the basic reproduction number by means of the next-generation matrix. Besides, the local stability and the

Recent experimental work has revealed that interstitial fluid flow can mobilize two types of tumor cell migration mechanisms. One is a chemotactic-driven mechanism where chemokine (chemical component) bounded to the extracellular matrix (ECM) is released and skewed in the flow direction. This leads to higher chemical concentrations downstream which the tumor cells can sense and migrate toward. The

A normal form theory for non-quasiperiodic systems is combined with the special properties of the partially averaged Newtonian potential pointed out in Pinzari (Celest Mech Dyn Astron 131(5):22, 2019) to prove, in the averaged, planar three-body problem, the existence of a plenty of motions where, periodically, the perihelion of the inner body affords librations about one equilibrium position and its

The original version of this article unfortunately contained an error in Acknowledgement section. The authors would like to correct the error with this erratum. The correct text should read as:

We investigate stationary, spatially localized patterns in lattice dynamical systems that exhibit bistability. The profiles associated with these patterns have a long plateau where the pattern resembles one of the bistable states, while the profile is close to the second bistable state outside this plateau. We show that the existence branches of such patterns generically form either an infinite stack

In this paper, we prove the existence of response solution (i.e., quasi-periodic solution with the same frequency as the forcing) for the quasi-periodically forced generalized ill-posed Boussinesq equation: $$\begin{aligned} \begin{aligned} y_{tt}(t,x)=\mu y_{xxxx}+y_{xx}+\left( y^{3}+\varepsilon f(\omega t,x)\right) _{xx},\,\, x\in [0, \pi ],\,\, \mu >0, \end{aligned} \end{aligned}$$ subject to the

We derive time-averaged \(L^1\) estimates on Littlewood–Paley decompositions for linear advection–diffusion equations. For wave numbers close to the dissipative cutoff, these estimates are consistent with Batchelor’s predictions on the variance spectrum in passive scalar turbulent mixing.

This work focuses on multi-species Lotka–Volterra models with regime switching modulated by a continuous-time Markov chain involving a small parameter. The small parameter is used to reflect different rates of the switching among a large number of states representing the discrete events. Using perturbed Lyapunov function methods and the structure of the limit system as a bridge, stochastic permanence

A new two-component nonlinear wave system is studied by the generalized perturbation (\(n,N\hbox {-}n\))-fold Darboux transformation, and various exotic localized vector waves are found. Firstly, the modulational instability is investigated to reveal the mechanism of appearance of rogue waves. Then based on the N-fold Darboux transformation, the generalized perturbation (\(n,N\hbox {-}n\))-fold Darboux

A novel general framework for the study of \(\Gamma \)-convergence of functionals defined over pairs of measures and energy-measures is introduced. This theory allows us to identify the \(\Gamma \)-limit of these kind of functionals by knowing the \( \Gamma \)-limit of the underlying energies. In particular, the interaction between the functionals and the underlying energies results, in the case these

We prove the global existence and uniqueness of smooth solutions to the one-dimensional barotropic Navier–Stokes system with degenerate viscosity \(\mu (\rho )=\rho ^\alpha \). We establish that the smooth solutions have possibly two different far-fields, and the initial density remains positive globally in time, for the initial data satisfying the same conditions. In addition, our result works for

The stochastically forced vorticity equation associated with the two-dimensional incompressible Navier–Stokes equation on \(D_\delta :=[0,2\pi \delta ]\times [0,2\pi ]\) is considered for \(\delta \approx 1\), periodic boundary conditions, and viscosity \(0<\nu \ll 1\). An explicit family of quasi-stationary states of the deterministic vorticity equation is known to play an important role in the long-time

In this paper, we provide a novel approach to capture causal interaction in a dynamical system from time series data. In Sinha and Vaidya (in: IEEE conference on decision and control, pp 7329–7334, 2016), we have shown that the existing measures of information transfer, namely directed information, Granger causality and transfer entropy, fail to capture the causal interaction in a dynamical system

We study the integrability of an eight-parameter family of three-dimensional spherically confined steady Stokes flows introduced by Bajer and Moffatt. This volume-preserving flow was constructed to model the stretch–twist–fold mechanism of the fast dynamo magnetohydrodynamical model. In particular we obtain a complete classification of cases when the system admits an additional Darboux polynomial of

This paper presents reduced-order nonlinear filtering schemes based on a theoretical framework that combines stochastic dimensional reduction and nonlinear filtering. Here, dimensional reduction is achieved for estimating the slow-scale process in a multiscale environment by constructing a filter using stochastic averaging results. The nonlinear filter is approximated numerically using the ensemble

Predator–prey interactions are among the most complicated interactions between biological species, in which there may be both direct effect (through predation) and indirect effect (e.g., fear effect). In the literature, the indirect effect has been largely missing in predator–prey models, until some recent works. Based on the recent work (Wang et al. in J Math Biol 73:1179–1204, 2016) where a fear

In this paper, we deal with Sel’kov model with saturation law which has been applied to numerous problems in chemistry and biology. We will study the stability of the unique constant steady state, existence and nonexistence of nonconstant steady states of such models. In particular, we prove that Turing pattern may occur when the saturation coefficient is small but will not occur when the coefficient

We extend the Itô–Wentzell formula for the evolution of a time-dependent stochastic field along a semimartingale to k-form-valued stochastic processes. The result is the Kunita–Itô–Wentzell (KIW) formula for k-forms. We also establish a correspondence between the KIW formula for k-forms derived here and a certain class of stochastic fluid dynamics models which preserve the geometric structure of deterministic

In this paper, we prove a Liouville type theorem for non-Newtonian fluid equations in \(\mathbb R^3\), having the diffusion term \({\varvec{A}}_p( u)=\nabla \cdot ( |{\varvec{D}}(u)|^{p-2} {\varvec{D}}(u))\) with \( {\varvec{D}}(u) = \frac{1}{2} (\nabla u + (\nabla u)^{ \top })\), \(3/2

In this paper, we consider the stochastic dynamics of a finite system of particles in a finite volume (Kac-like particle system) which annihilate with probability \(\alpha \in (0,1)\) or collide elastically with probability \(1-\alpha \). We first establish the well-posedness of the particle system which exhibits no conserved quantities. We rigorously prove that, in some mean-field limit, a suitable

Characterising the glycemic response to a glucose stimulus is an essential tool for detecting deficiencies in humans such as diabetes. In the presence of a constant glucose infusion in healthy individuals, it is known that this control leads to slow oscillations as a result of feedback mechanisms at the organ and tissue level. In this paper, we provide a novel quantitative description of the dependence

Transfer operators such as the Perron–Frobenius or Koopman operator play an important role in the global analysis of complex dynamical systems. The eigenfunctions of these operators can be used to detect metastable sets, to project the dynamics onto the dominant slow processes, or to separate superimposed signals. We propose kernel transfer operators, which extend transfer operator theory to reproducing

Abstract Seasonal change has played a critical role in the evolution dynamics of West Nile virus transmission. In this paper, we formulate and analyze a novel delay differential equation model, which incorporates seasonality, the vertical transmission of the virus, the temperature-dependent maturation delay and the temperature-dependent extrinsic incubation period in mosquitoes. We first introduce

Abstract A dressing method is applied to a matrix Lax pair for the Camassa–Holm equation, thereby allowing for the construction of several global solutions of the system. In particular, solutions of system of soliton and cuspon type are constructed explicitly. The interactions between soliton and cuspon solutions of the system are investigated. The geometric aspects of the Camassa–Holm equation are

Abstract The delayed logistic equation (also known as Hutchinson’s equation or Wright’s equation) was originally introduced to explain oscillatory phenomena in ecological dynamics. While it motivated the development of a large number of mathematical tools in the study of nonlinear delay differential equations, it also received criticism from modellers because of the lack of a mechanistic biological

Abstract We give a geometric account of kinematic control of a spherical rolling robot controlled by two internal wheels just like the toy robot Sphero. Particularly, we introduce the notion of shape space and fibers to the system by exploiting its symmetry and the principal bundle structure of its configuration space; the shape space encodes the rotational angles of the wheels, whereas each fiber

Abstract This work addresses a classic problem of online prediction with expert advice. We assume an adversarial opponent, and we consider both the finite horizon and random stopping versions of this zero-sum, two-person game. Focusing on an appropriate continuum limit and using methods from optimal control, we characterize the value of the game as the viscosity solution of a certain nonlinear partial

Abstract An SIS model is investigated in which the infective individuals are assumed to have an infection-age structure. The model is formulated as an abstract non-densely defined Cauchy problem. We study some dynamical properties of the model by using the theory of integrated semigroups, the Hopf bifurcation theory and the normal form theory for semilinear equations with non-dense domain. Qualitative

Abstract We study a phase-field-crystal model described by a free energy functional involving second-order derivatives of the order parameter in a periodic setting and under a fixed mass constraint. We prove a \(\Gamma \)-convergence result in an asymptotic thin-film regime leading to a reduced two-dimensional model. For the reduced model, we prove necessary and sufficient conditions for the global

We derive a reduction formula for singularly perturbed ordinary differential equations (in the sense of Tikhonov and Fenichel) with a known parameterization of the critical manifold. No a priori assumptions concerning separation of slow and fast variables are made, or necessary. We apply the theoretical results to chemical reaction networks with mass action kinetics admitting slow and fast reactions

The paper introduces a mechanically inspired nonholonomic integrator for numerical simulation of the dynamics of a constrained geometrically exact beam that is a field-theoretic analogue of the Chaplygin sleigh. The integrator features an exact constraint preservation, an excellent numerical energy conservation throughout a large number of iterations, while avoiding the use of unnecessary Lagrange

The formation of singularities in finite time in nonlocal Burgers’ equations, with time-fractional derivative, is studied in detail. The occurrence of finite-time singularity is proved, revealing the underlying mechanism, and precise estimates on the blowup time are provided. The employment of the present equation to model a problem arising in job market is also analyzed.

This paper introduces Hamel’s formalism for classical field theories with the goal of analyzing the dynamics of continuum mechanical systems with velocity constraints. The developed formalism is utilized to prove the existence and uniqueness of motions of an infinite-dimensional generalization of the Chaplygin sleigh, a canonical example of nonholonomic dynamics. The formalism is very flexible and

We prove \(L^r\)-estimates on periodic solutions of periodically forced, linearly damped mechanical systems with polynomially bounded potentials. The estimates are applied to obtain a nonexistence result of periodic solutions in bounded domains, depending on an upper bound on the gradient of the potential. The results are illustrated on examples.

We present an analysis of edge domain walls in exchange-biased ferromagnetic films appearing as a result of a competition between the stray field at the film edges and the exchange bias field in the bulk. We introduce an effective two-dimensional micromagnetic energy that governs the magnetization behavior in exchange-biased materials and investigate its energy minimizers in the strip geometry. In

In this paper, we investigate the influence of the bulk Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction on the magnetic properties of composite ferromagnetic materials with highly oscillating heterogeneities, in the framework of \(\Gamma \)-convergence and 2-scale convergence. The homogeneous energy functional resulting from our analysis provides an effective description of most of the magnetic composites of interest

We compare the predictions of stochastic closure theory (SCT) (Birnir in J Nonlinear Sci 23:657–688, 2013a. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-012-9164-z) with experimental measurements of homogeneous turbulence made in the variable density turbulence tunnel (Bodenschatz et al. in Rev Sci Instrum 85(9):093908, 2014) at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen. While the

In this paper, we investigate the global existence and uniqueness of strong solutions to the 2D anisotropic Boussinesq system for rough initial data with striated regularity. We prove the global well-posedness of the Boussinesq system with anisotropic thermal diffusion with initial vorticity being discontinuous across some smooth interface. In the case of an anisotropic horizontal viscosity, we study

First passage time (FPT) theory is often used to estimate timescales in cellular and molecular biology. While the overwhelming majority of studies have focused on the time it takes a given single Brownian searcher to reach a target, cellular processes are instead often triggered by the arrival of the first molecule out of many molecules. In these scenarios, the more relevant timescale is the FPT of