We investigate some polynomial invariants for virtual knots via virtualization moves. We define two types of polynomials W_G(t) and S²_G(t) from the definition of the index polynomial for virtual knots. And we show that they are invariants for virtual knots on the quotient ring Z[t^±1]/I where I is an ideal generated by t² - 1.

Synchronization of unidirectional identical FitzHugh-Nagumo systems coupled in a ring structure under ionic and external electrical stimulations is investigated. In this network, each neuron is only connected and transmit signals to its next neuron via synaptic strength called gapjunctions. Adaptive control theory and Lyapunov stability theory are used to propose a unique control scheme with necessary and sufficient conditions which guarantee the synchronization of the neuronal network. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme is shown through numerical simulations.

We prove a new combination theorem for relatively hyperbolic groups by analyzing diagrams over HNN-extensions of relatively hyperbolic groups.

We compute the extended four operations of the 2-dimensional quadratic fuzzy numbers. Then we calculate the intersection between a plane perpendicular to the x-axis, which passes through each vertex, and the resulting 2-dimensional quadratic fuzzy number. We confirm that the equations of the two intersections acquired in this way and the graphs are actually identical, respectively.

In this paper, an equilibrium problems involving a finite family of maximal monotone operators and inverse-strongly monotone operators are introduced and investigated. A strong convergence theorem of common solutions is obtained in Hilbert spaces.

In [8, 9] they introduced a new finite element method for accurate numerical solutions of Poisson equations with corner singularities. They consider the Poisson equations with corner singularities, compute the finite element solutions using standard Finite Element Methods and use the extraction formula to compute the stress intensity factor(s), then they posed new PDE with a regular solution by imposing the nonhomogeneous boundary condition using the computed stress intensity factor(s), which converges with optimal speed. From the solution they could get an accurate solution just by adding the singular part. The error analysis was given in [5]. In their approaches, the singular functions and the extraction formula which give the stress intensity factor are the basic elements. In this paper we consider the biharmonic problems with the cramped and/or simply supported boundary conditions and get the singular functions and its duals and find properties of them, which are the cornerstones of the approaches of [8, 9, 10].

Let the circle act on a compact oriented manifold with a discrete fixed point set. At each fixed point, there are positive integers called weights, which describe the local action of S¹ near the fixed point. In this paper, we provide the author's original proof that only uses the Atiyah-Singer index formula for the classification of the weights at the fixed points if the dimension of the manifold is 4 and there are at most 4 fixed points, which made the author possible to give a classification for any finite number of fixed points.

We establish the existence of a positive solution to a semipositone system with integral boundary condition for the large value of the parameter involved in the system. We prove our results by using sub and super solution argument.