Ekeland’s variational principle is a fundamental theorem in nonconves analysis. Its general statement is as the following:Ekeland’s Variational Principle"’a:. Let V be a complete metric space, and F: F—*-RU{ ...Ekeland’s variational principle is a fundamental theorem in nonconves analysis. Its general statement is as the following:Ekeland’s Variational Principle"’a:. Let V be a complete metric space, and F: F—*-RU{ + °°} a lower semicontinuous function, not identically +00 and bounded from, below. Let s>0 be given, and a point u^V such thatF(u)<infF+e.vThen there exists some point v ￡ V such that展开更多
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by the chikungunya virus(CHIKV).It is characterized by acute onset of high fever,severe polyarthralgia,myalgia,headache,and maculopapular rash.The virus is rapidl...Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by the chikungunya virus(CHIKV).It is characterized by acute onset of high fever,severe polyarthralgia,myalgia,headache,and maculopapular rash.The virus is rapidly spreading and may establish in new regions where competent mosquito vectors are present.This research analyzes the regulatory dynamics of a stochastic differential equation(SDE)model describing the transmission of the CHIKV,incorporating seasonal variations,immunization efforts,and environmentalffuctuations modeled through Poisson random measure noise under demographic heterogeneity.The model guarantees the existence of a global positive solution and demonstrates periodic dynamics driven by environmental factors.A key contribution of this study is the formulation of a stochastic threshold parameter,R0L,which characterizes the conditions for disease persistence or extinction under random environmental inffuences.Although our analysis highlights age-speciffc heterogeneities to illustrate differential transmission risks,the framework is general and can incorporate other vulnerable demographic groups,ensuring broader applicability of the results.Using the Monte Carlo Markov Chain(MCMC)method,we estimate R0L=1.4978(95%C-I:1.4968–1.5823)based on CHIKV data from Florida,USA,spanning 2005 to 2017,suggesting that the outbreak remains active and requires targeted control strategies.The effectiveness of immunization,screening,and treatment strategies varies depending on the prioritized demographic groups,due to substantial differences in CHIKV incidence across age categories in the USA.Numerical simulations were conducted using the truncated Euler–Maruyama method to robustly capture the stochastic dynamics of CHIKV transmission with Poissondriven jumps.Employing an iterative approach and assuming mild convexity conditions,we formulated and solved a parameterized near-optimality problem using the Ekeland variational principle.Ourffndings indicate that vaccination campaigns are signiffcantly more effective when focused on vulnerable adults over the age of 66,as well as individuals aged 21 to 25.Furthermore,enhancements in vaccine effcacy,diagnostic screening,and treatment protocols all contribute substantially to minimizing infection rates compared to current standard approaches.These insights support the development of targeted,age-speciffc public health interventions that can signiffcantly improve the management and control of future CHIKV outbreaks.展开更多
In this article, we have two parts. In the first part, we are concerned with the locally Hlder continuity of quasi-minima of the following integral functional ∫Ωf（x, u, Du）dx, （1） where Ω is an open subset of E...In this article, we have two parts. In the first part, we are concerned with the locally Hlder continuity of quasi-minima of the following integral functional ∫Ωf（x, u, Du）dx, （1） where Ω is an open subset of Euclidean N-space （N ≥ 3）, u：Ω → R,the Carath′eodory function f satisfies the critical Sobolev exponent growth condition ｜Du｜^p＊ ｜u｜^p＊-a（x） ≤ f（x,u,Du） ≤ L（｜Du｜^p＋｜u｜^p＊ ＋ a（x））, （2） where L≥1, 1pN,p^＊ = Np/N-p , and a（x） is a nonnegative function that lies in a suitable Lp space. In the second part, we study the locally Hlder continuity of ω-minima of （1）. Our method is to compare the ω-minima of （1） with the minima of corresponding function determined by its critical Sobolev exponent growth condition. Finally, we obtain the regularity by Ekeland’s variational principal.展开更多
In this paper, by using p-distances on uniform spaces, we establish a general vectorial Ekeland variational principle （in short EVP）, where the objective function is defined on a uniform space and taking values in a...In this paper, by using p-distances on uniform spaces, we establish a general vectorial Ekeland variational principle （in short EVP）, where the objective function is defined on a uniform space and taking values in a pre-ordered real linear space and the perturbation involves a p-distance and a monotone function of the objective function. Since p-distances are very extensive, such a form of the perturbation in deed contains many different forms of perturbations appeared in the previous versions of EVP. Besides, we only require the objective function has a very weak property, as a substitute for lower semi-continuity, and only require the domain space （which is a uniform space） has a very weak type of completeness, i.e., completeness with respect to a certain p-distance. Such very weak type of completeness even includes local completeness when the uniform space is a locally convex topological vector space. From the general vectorial EVP, we deduce a general vectorial Caristi＇s fixed point theorem and a general vectorial Takahashi＇s nonconvex minimization theorem. Moreover, we show that the above three theorems are equivalent to each other. We see that the above general vectorial EVP includes many particular versions of EVP, which extend and complement the related known results.展开更多
The main purpose of this paper is to establish the Ekeland’s variational principle andCaristi’s fixed point theorem in probabilistic metric spaces and to give a direct simple proofof the equivalence between these tw...The main purpose of this paper is to establish the Ekeland’s variational principle andCaristi’s fixed point theorem in probabilistic metric spaces and to give a direct simple proofof the equivalence between these two theorems in the probabilistic metric space. The resultspresented in this paper generalize the corresponding results of [9--12].展开更多
We consider optimal birth control for the McKendrick equation of population dyna-mics.It consists of optimizing a system described by a first order partial differential equationwith nonlo-cal bilinear boundary control...We consider optimal birth control for the McKendrick equation of population dyna-mics.It consists of optimizing a system described by a first order partial differential equationwith nonlo-cal bilinear boundary control.Approximate minimum principles are obtained usingEkeland’s vari ational principle.展开更多
文摘Ekeland’s variational principle is a fundamental theorem in nonconves analysis. Its general statement is as the following:Ekeland’s Variational Principle"’a:. Let V be a complete metric space, and F: F—*-RU{ + °°} a lower semicontinuous function, not identically +00 and bounded from, below. Let s>0 be given, and a point u^V such thatF(u)<infF+e.vThen there exists some point v ￡ V such that
基金Ongoing Research Funding program(ORF-2025-1404),King Saud University,Riyadh,Saudi Arabia。
文摘Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral infection caused by the chikungunya virus(CHIKV).It is characterized by acute onset of high fever,severe polyarthralgia,myalgia,headache,and maculopapular rash.The virus is rapidly spreading and may establish in new regions where competent mosquito vectors are present.This research analyzes the regulatory dynamics of a stochastic differential equation(SDE)model describing the transmission of the CHIKV,incorporating seasonal variations,immunization efforts,and environmentalffuctuations modeled through Poisson random measure noise under demographic heterogeneity.The model guarantees the existence of a global positive solution and demonstrates periodic dynamics driven by environmental factors.A key contribution of this study is the formulation of a stochastic threshold parameter,R0L,which characterizes the conditions for disease persistence or extinction under random environmental inffuences.Although our analysis highlights age-speciffc heterogeneities to illustrate differential transmission risks,the framework is general and can incorporate other vulnerable demographic groups,ensuring broader applicability of the results.Using the Monte Carlo Markov Chain(MCMC)method,we estimate R0L=1.4978(95%C-I:1.4968–1.5823)based on CHIKV data from Florida,USA,spanning 2005 to 2017,suggesting that the outbreak remains active and requires targeted control strategies.The effectiveness of immunization,screening,and treatment strategies varies depending on the prioritized demographic groups,due to substantial differences in CHIKV incidence across age categories in the USA.Numerical simulations were conducted using the truncated Euler–Maruyama method to robustly capture the stochastic dynamics of CHIKV transmission with Poissondriven jumps.Employing an iterative approach and assuming mild convexity conditions,we formulated and solved a parameterized near-optimality problem using the Ekeland variational principle.Ourffndings indicate that vaccination campaigns are signiffcantly more effective when focused on vulnerable adults over the age of 66,as well as individuals aged 21 to 25.Furthermore,enhancements in vaccine effcacy,diagnostic screening,and treatment protocols all contribute substantially to minimizing infection rates compared to current standard approaches.These insights support the development of targeted,age-speciffc public health interventions that can signiffcantly improve the management and control of future CHIKV outbreaks.
基金Supported by the Program of Fujian Province-HongKong
文摘In this article, we have two parts. In the first part, we are concerned with the locally Hlder continuity of quasi-minima of the following integral functional ∫Ωf（x, u, Du）dx, （1） where Ω is an open subset of Euclidean N-space （N ≥ 3）, u：Ω → R,the Carath′eodory function f satisfies the critical Sobolev exponent growth condition ｜Du｜^p＊ ｜u｜^p＊-a（x） ≤ f（x,u,Du） ≤ L（｜Du｜^p＋｜u｜^p＊ ＋ a（x））, （2） where L≥1, 1pN,p^＊ = Np/N-p , and a（x） is a nonnegative function that lies in a suitable Lp space. In the second part, we study the locally Hlder continuity of ω-minima of （1）. Our method is to compare the ω-minima of （1） with the minima of corresponding function determined by its critical Sobolev exponent growth condition. Finally, we obtain the regularity by Ekeland’s variational principal.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10871141)
文摘In this paper, by using p-distances on uniform spaces, we establish a general vectorial Ekeland variational principle （in short EVP）, where the objective function is defined on a uniform space and taking values in a pre-ordered real linear space and the perturbation involves a p-distance and a monotone function of the objective function. Since p-distances are very extensive, such a form of the perturbation in deed contains many different forms of perturbations appeared in the previous versions of EVP. Besides, we only require the objective function has a very weak property, as a substitute for lower semi-continuity, and only require the domain space （which is a uniform space） has a very weak type of completeness, i.e., completeness with respect to a certain p-distance. Such very weak type of completeness even includes local completeness when the uniform space is a locally convex topological vector space. From the general vectorial EVP, we deduce a general vectorial Caristi＇s fixed point theorem and a general vectorial Takahashi＇s nonconvex minimization theorem. Moreover, we show that the above three theorems are equivalent to each other. We see that the above general vectorial EVP includes many particular versions of EVP, which extend and complement the related known results.
基金The project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The main purpose of this paper is to establish the Ekeland’s variational principle andCaristi’s fixed point theorem in probabilistic metric spaces and to give a direct simple proofof the equivalence between these two theorems in the probabilistic metric space. The resultspresented in this paper generalize the corresponding results of [9--12].
基金This work was supported in part by a grant from the International Development Research Centre Ottawa,Canada
文摘We consider optimal birth control for the McKendrick equation of population dyna-mics.It consists of optimizing a system described by a first order partial differential equationwith nonlo-cal bilinear boundary control.Approximate minimum principles are obtained usingEkeland’s vari ational principle.
