Publication Date
2018-08-10
Availability
Open access
Embargo Period
2018-08-10
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PHD)
Department
Mathematics (Arts and Sciences)
Date of Defense
2018-08-03
First Committee Member
Shigui Ruan
Second Committee Member
Robert Stephen Cantrell
Third Committee Member
Chris Cosner
Fourth Committee Member
Don DeAngelis
Abstract
We study the existence of periodic solutions to the abstract semi linear evolution equation du/dt=A(t)u(t)+F(t,u(t)), t \geq 0 in a Banach space X, where A(t) is a T-periodic linear operator on X (not necessarily densely defined) satisfying the hyperbolic conditions, and F is continuous and T-periodic in t. The idea is to combine Poincare map technique with fixed point theorems to derive various conditions on the operator A(t) and the map F(t, u) to ensure that the abstract evolution equation has periodic solutions. Three cases are considered: (i) If A(t)=A is time-independent and is a Hille-Yoshida operator, conditions on F are given to guarantee the existence of mild periodic solutions; (ii) If A(t) is time-dependent and satisfies the hyperbolic condition, sufficient conditions on A(t) and F are presented to ensure the existence of mild periodic solutions; (iii) If A(t)=A is time-independent, is a Hille-Yoshida operator and generates a compact semigroup, the existence of mild periodic solutions is also discussed. As applications, the main results are applied to establish the existence of periodic solutions in a delayed periodic red-blood cell model; age-structured models with periodic harvesting, diffusive logistic equations with periodic coefficients, and periodic diffusive Nicholson' blowflies equation with delay.
Keywords
Non-densely defined Cauchy problem; Periodic solutions
Recommended Citation
Su, Qiuyi, "Periodic Solutions of Abstract Semilinear Equations with Applications to Biological Models" (2018). Open Access Dissertations. 2183.
https://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/2183