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The concept of an endpoint is a relatively new concept compared to the concept of a fixed point. The aim of this paper is to perform a convergence analysis of M—iteration involving α—Reich–Suzuki nonexpansive mappings. In this paper, we prove strong and Δ—convergence theorems in a hyperbolic metric space. Thus, our results generalize and improve many existing results.

In this paper, the existence of the solution and its stability to the fractional boundary value problem (FBVP) were investigated for an implicit nonlinear fractional differential equation (VOFDE) of variable order. All existence criteria of the solutions in our establishments were derived via Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem and in the sequel, and its Ulam–Hyers–Rassias (U-H-R) stability is checked. An illustrative example is presented at the end of this paper to validate our findings.

The objective of this paper is to define one class of plane curves with arc-length parametrization. To accomplish this, we constructed a novel class of special polynomials and special functions. These functions form a basis of L2(R) space and some of their interesting properties are discussed. The developed curves are used for the linear static analysis of curved Bernoulli–Euler beam. Due to the parametrization with arc length, the exact analytical solution can be obtained. These closed-form solutions serve as the benchmark results for the development of numerical procedures. One such example is provided in this paper.

In this paper, the notions of post-quantum integrals for two-variable interval-valued functions are presented. The newly described integrals are then used to prove some new Hermite-Hadamard inclusions for co-ordinated convex interval-valued functions. Many of the findings in this paper are important extensions of previous findings in the literature. Finally, we present a few examples of our new findings. Analytic inequalities of this nature and especially the techniques involved have applications in various areas in which symmetry plays a prominent role. WOS:000677046700001 2-s2.0-85110868353

The present paper deals with a class of second-order PDE constrained controlled optimization problems with application in Lagrange–Hamilton dynamics. Concretely, we formulate and prove necessary conditions of optimality for the considered class of control problems driven by multiple integral cost functionals involving second-order partial derivatives. Moreover, an illustrative example is provided to highlight the effectiveness of the results derived in the paper. In the final part of the paper, we present an algorithm to summarize the steps for solving a control problem such as the one investigated here.

Since Gottlieb introduced and investigated the so-called Gottlieb polynomials in 1938, which are discrete orthogonal polynomials, many researchers have investigated these polynomials from diverse angles. In this paper, we aimed to investigate the q-extensions of these polynomials to provide certain q-generating functions for three sequences associated with a finite power series whose coefficients are products of the known q-extended multivariable and multiparameter Gottlieb polynomials and another non-vanishing multivariable function. Furthermore, numerous possible particular cases of our main identities are considered. Finally, we return to Khan and Asif’s q-Gottlieb polynomials to highlight certain connections with several other known q-polynomials, and provide its q-integral representation. Furthermore, we conclude this paper by disclosing our future investigation plan.

The present paper introduces new classes of Stancu–Kantorovich operators constructed in the King sense. For these classes of operators, we establish some convergence results, error estimations theorems and graphical properties of approximation for the classes considered, namely, operators that preserve the test functions e0(x)=1 and e1(x)=x, e0(x)=1 and e2(x)=x2, as well as e1(x)=x and e2(x)=x2. The class of operators that preserve the test functions e1(x)=x and e2(x)=x2 is a genuine generalization of the class introduced by Indrea et al. in their paper “A New Class of Kantorovich-Type Operators”, published in Constr. Math. Anal.

In this paper we study a certain differential subordination related to the harmonic mean and its symmetry properties, in the case where a dominant is a linear function. In addition to the known general results for the differential subordinations of the harmonic mean in which the dominant was any convex function, one can study such differential subordinations for the selected convex function. In this case, a reasonable and difficult issue is to look for the best dominant or one that is close to it. This paper is devoted to this issue, in which the dominant is a linear function, and the differential subordination of the harmonic mean is a generalization of the Briot–Bouquet differential subordination.

This article belongs to the Special Issue Discrete and Fractional Mathematics: Symmetry and Applications. In this paper we introduce a generalized Laplace transform in order to work with a very general fractional derivative, and we obtain the properties of this new transform. We also include the corresponding convolution and inverse formula. In particular, the definition of convolution for this generalized Laplace transform improves previous results. Additionally, we deal with the generalized harmonic oscillator equation, showing that this transform and its properties allow one to solve fractional differential equations. We would like to thank the referees for their comments, which have improved the paper. The research of José M. Rodríguez and José M. Sigarreta was supported by a grant from Agencia Estatal de Investigación (PID2019-106433GB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033), Spain. The research of José M. Rodríguez is supported by the Madrid Government (Comunidad de Madrid-Spain) under the Multiannual Agreement with UC3M in the line of Excellence of University Professors (EPUC3M23), and in the context of the V PRICIT (Regional Programme of Research and Technological Innovation).

Recently Panda et al. obtained some identities for the reciprocal sums of balancing and Lucas-balancing numbers. In this paper, we derive general identities related to reciprocal sums of products of two balancing numbers, products of two Lucas-balancing numbers and products of balancing and Lucas-balancing numbers. The method of this paper can also be applied to even-indexed and odd-indexed Fibonacci, Lucas, Pell and Pell–Lucas numbers.

In this paper, we present some new refinements of Hermite–Hadamard inequalities for continuous convex functions by using (p,q)-calculus. Moreover, we study some new (p,q)-Hermite–Hadamard inequalities for multiple integrals. Many results given in this paper provide extensions of others given in previous research.

Both the theory of differential subordination and its dual, the theory of differential superordination, introduced by Professors Miller and Mocanu are based on reinterpreting certain inequalities for real-valued functions for the case of complex-valued functions. Studying subordination and superordination properties using different types of operators is a technique that is still widely used, some studies resulting in sandwich-type theorems as is the case in the present paper. The fractional integral of confluent hypergeometric function is introduced in the paper and certain subordination and superordination results are stated in theorems and corollaries, the study being completed by the statement of a sandwich-type theorem connecting the results obtained by using the two theories.

The idea of inequality has been extended from the real plane to the complex plane through the notion of subordination introduced by Professors Miller and Mocanu in two papers published in 1978 and 1981. With this notion came a whole new theory called the theory of differential subordination or admissible functions theory. Later, in 2003, a particular form of inequality in the complex plane was also defined by them as dual notion for subordination, the notion of differential superordination and with it, the theory of differential superordination appeared. In this paper, the theory of differential superordination is applied to confluent hypergeometric function. Hypergeometric functions are intensely studied nowadays, the interest on the applications of those functions in complex analysis being renewed by their use in the proof of Bieberbach’s conjecture given by de Branges in 1985. Using the theory of differential superodination, best subordinants of certain differential superordinations involving confluent (Kummer) hypergeometric function are stated in the theorems and relation with previously obtained results are highlighted in corollaries using particular functions and in a sandwich-type theorem. An example is also enclosed in order to show how the theoretical findings can be applied.

Mathematical models are useful tools to describe the dynamics of infection and predict the role of possible drug combinations. In this paper, we present an analysis of a hepatitis B virus (HBV) model including cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) and antibody responses, under distributed feedback control, expressed as an integral form to predict the effect of a combination treatment with interleukin-2 (IL-2). The method presented in this paper is based on the symmetry properties of Cauchy matrices C(t,s), which allow us to construct and analyze the stability of corresponding integro-differential systems.

In this paper, the sharp Hille-type oscillation criteria are proposed for a class of secondorder nonlinear functional dynamic equations on an arbitrary time scale, by using the technique of Riccati transformation and integral averaging method. The obtained results demonstrate an improvement in Hille-type compared with the results reported in the literature. Some examples are provided to illustrate the significance of the obtained results. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The authors would like to thank anonymous referees for their careful reading of the entire manuscript, which helped significantly improve this paper’s quality. This work was supported by Research Deanship of Hail University under grant No. 0150396.

In this paper, sufficient conditions ensuring existence and multiplicity of positive solutions for a class of nonlinear singular fractional differential systems are derived with Riemann&ndash, Stieltjes coupled integral boundary value conditions in Banach Spaces. Nonlinear functions f(t,u,v) and g(t,u,v) in the considered systems are allowed to be singular at every variable. The boundary conditions here are coupled forms with Riemann&ndash, Stieltjes integrals. In order to overcome the difficulties arising from the singularity, a suitable cone is constructed through the properties of Green&rsquo, s functions associated with the systems. The main tool used in the present paper is the fixed point theorem on cone. Lastly, an example is offered to show the effectiveness of our obtained new results.

In 2006, A. Stakhov introduced a new coding/decoding process based on generating matrices of the Fibonacci p-numbers, which he called the Fibonacci coding/decoding method. Stakhov&rsquo, s papers have motivated many other scientists to seek certain generalizations by introducing new additional coefficients into recurrence of Fibonacci p-numbers. In 2013, I. Włoch et al. studied (2,q)-distance Fibonacci numbers F2(q,n) and found some of their combinatorial properties. In this paper, we state a new coding theory based on the sequence (Tq(n))n=&minus, &infin, which is an extension of Włoch&rsquo, s sequence (F2(q,n))n=0&infin

In this paper, we investigate the CUSUM-type estimator of mean change-point models based on m-asymptotically almost negatively associated (m-AANA) sequences. The family of m-AANA sequences contains AANA, NA, m-NA, and independent sequences as special cases. Under some weak conditions, some convergence rates are obtained such as OP(n1/p&minus, 1), OP(n1/p&minus, 1log1/pn) and OP(n&alpha, &minus, 1), where 0&le, &alpha, &lt, 1 and 1&lt, p&le, 2. Our rates are better than the ones obtained by Kokoszka and Leipus (Stat. Probab. Lett., 1998, 40, 385&ndash, 393). In order to illustrate our results, we do perform simulations based on m-AANA sequences. As important applications, we use the CUSUM-type estimator to do the change-point analysis based on three real data such as Quebec temperature, Nile flow, and stock returns for Tesla. Some potential applications to change-point models in finance and economics are also discussed in this paper.

Let C0(h) be a subclass of analytic and close-to-convex functions defined in the open unit disk by the formula ()(1&minus, z2)f&prime, (z)}&gt, 0. In this paper, some coefficient problems for C0(h) are considered. Some properties and bounds of several coefficient functionals for functions belonging to this class are provided. The main aim of this paper is to find estimates of the difference and of sum of successive coefficients, bounds of the sum of the first n coefficients and bounds of the n-th coefficient. The obtained results are used to determine coefficient estimates for both functions convex in the imaginary-axis direction with real coefficients and typically real functions. Moreover, the sum of the first initial coefficients for functions with a positive real part and with a fixed second coefficient is estimated.

This paper presents a method of establishing the D-stability terms of the symmetric solution of scalar symmetric linear and nonlinear functional differential equations. We determine the general conditions of the unique solvability of the initial value problem for symmetric functional differential equations. Here, we show the conditions of the symmetric property of the unique solution of symmetric functional differential equations. Furthermore, in this paper, an illustration of a particular symmetric equation is presented. In this example, all theoretical investigations referred to earlier are demonstrated. In addition, we graphically demonstrate two possible linear functions with the required symmetry properties.

In this paper, we extend our previous study regarding a Riemannian manifold endowed with a singular (or regular) distribution, generalizing Bochner&rsquo, s technique and a statistical structure. Following the construction of an almost Lie algebroid, we define the central concept of the paper: The Weitzenb&ouml, ck type curvature operator on tensors, prove the Bochner&ndash, Weitzenb&ouml, ck type formula and obtain some vanishing results about the null space of the Hodge type Laplacian on a distribution.

The aim of this paper was to obtain common fixed point results by using an interpolative contraction condition given by Karapinar in the setting of complete metric space. Here in this paper, we have redefined the Reich&ndash, Rus&ndash, Ćirić type contraction and Hardy&ndash, Rogers type contraction in the framework of quasi-partial b-metric space and proved the corresponding common fixed point theorem by adopting the notion of interpolation. The results are further validated with the application based on them.

Let Ckn,l be a simple closed k-curves with l elements in Zn and W:=Ckn,l&or, ⋯&or, Ckn,l︷m-times be an m-iterated digital wedges of Ckn,l, and F(Conk(W)) be an alignment of fixed point sets of W. Then, the aim of the paper is devoted to investigating various properties of F(Conk(W)). Furthermore, when proceeding with this work, this paper addresses several unsolved problems. To be specific, we firstly formulate an alignment of fixed point sets of Ckn,l, denoted by F(Conk(Ckn,l)), where l(&ge, 7) is an odd natural number and k&ne, 2n. Secondly, given a digital image (X,k) with X♯=n, we find a certain condition that supports n&minus, 1,n&minus, 2&isin, F(Conk(X)). Thirdly, after finding some features of F(Conk(W)), we develop a method of making F(Conk(W)) perfect according to the (even or odd) number l of Ckn,l. Finally, we prove that the perfectness of F(Conk(W)) is equivalent to that of F(Conk(Ckn,l)). This can play an important role in studying fixed point theory and digital curve theory. This paper only deals with k-connected digital images (X,k) such that X♯&ge, 2.

This paper deals with the oscillation of the first-order differential equation with several delay arguments x′t+∑i=1mpitxτit=0,t≥t0, where the functions pi,τi∈Ct0,∞,R+, for every i=1,2,…,m,τit≤t for t≥t0 and limt→∞τit=∞. In this paper, the state-of-the-art on the sharp oscillation conditions are presented. In particular, several sufficient oscillation conditions are presented and it is shown that, under additional hypotheses dealing with slowly varying at infinity functions, some of the “liminf” oscillation conditions can be essentially improved replacing “liminf” by “limsup”. The importance of the slowly varying hypothesis and the essential improvement of the sufficient oscillation conditions are illustrated by examples.

The Łukasiewicz conjunction (sometimes also considered to be a logic of absolute comparison), which is used in multivalued logic and in fuzzy set theory, is one of the most important t-norms. In combination with the binary operation ‘maximum’, the Łukasiewicz t-norm forms the basis for the so-called max-Łuk algebra, with applications to the investigation of systems working in discrete steps (discrete events systems; DES, in short). Similar algebras describing the work of DES’s are based on other pairs of operations, such as max-min algebra, max-plus algebra, or max-T algebra (with a given t-norm, T). The investigation of the steady states in a DES leads to the study of the eigenvectors of the transition matrix in the corresponding max-algebra. In real systems, the input values are usually taken to be in some interval. Various types of interval eigenvectors of interval matrices in max-min and max-plus algebras have been described. This paper is oriented to the investigation of strong, strongly tolerable, and strongly universal interval eigenvectors in a max-Łuk algebra. The main method used in this paper is based on max-Ł linear combinations of matrices and vectors. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the recognition of strong, strongly tolerable, and strongly universal eigenvectors have been found. The theoretical results are illustrated by numerical examples.

Using the recently introduced Sălăgean integro-differential operator, three new classes of bi-univalent functions are introduced in this paper. In the study of bi-univalent functions, estimates on the first two Taylor&ndash, Maclaurin coefficients are usually given. We go further in the present paper and bounds of the first three coefficients a 2 , a 3 and a 4 of the functions in the newly defined classes are given. Obtaining Fekete&ndash, Szego inequalities for different classes of functions is a topic of interest at this time as it will be shown later by citing recent papers. So, continuing the study on the coefficients of those classes, the well-known Fekete&ndash, Szego functional is obtained for each of the three classes.

In this paper, we study the oscillatory behavior of solutions for a type of generalized proportional fractional differential equations with forcing and damping terms. Several oscillation criteria are established for the proposed equations in terms of Riemann-Liouville and Caputo settings. The results of this paper generalize some existing theorems in the literature. Indeed, it is shown that for particular choices of parameters, the obtained conditions in this paper reduce our theorems to some known results. Numerical examples are constructed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the our main theorems. Furthermore, we present and illustrate an example which does not satisfy the assumptions of our theorem and whose solution demonstrates nonoscillatory behavior.

The authors acknowledge with thanks DSR for financial support. A.F. Roldán López de Hierro is grateful to Junta de Andalucía by project FQM-365 of the Andalusian CICYE and Project TIN2017-89517-P of the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad., In this paper we present some novel fixed point theorems for a family of contractions depending on two functions (that are not defined on t = 0) and on some parameters that we have called multiparametric contractions. We develop our study in the setting of b-metric spaces because they allow to consider some families of functions endowed with b-metrics deriving from similarity measures that are more general than norms. Taking into account that the contractivity condition we will employ is very general (of Hardy-Rogers type), we will discuss the validation and usage of this novel condition. After that, we introduce the main results of this paper and, finally, we deduce some consequences of them which illustrates the wide applicability of the main results., Junta de Andalucia FQM-365, Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad TIN2017-89517-P, DSR

In this survey paper, we present both some basic properties of the four-parameters Wright function and its applications in Fractional Calculus. For applications in Fractional Calculus, the four-parameters Wright function of the second kind is especially important. In the paper, three case studies illustrating a wide spectrum of its applications are presented. The first case study deals with the scale-invariant solutions to a one-dimensional time-fractional diffusion-wave equation that can be represented in terms of the Wright function of the second kind and the four-parameters Wright function of the second kind. In the second case study, we consider a subordination formula for the solutions to a multi-dimensional space-time-fractional diffusion equation with different orders of the fractional derivatives. The kernel of the subordination integral is a special case of the four-parameters Wright function of the second kind. Finally, in the third case study, we shortly present an application of an operational calculus for a composed Erdélyi-Kober fractional operator for solving some initial-value problems for the fractional differential equations with the left- and right-hand sided Erdélyi-Kober fractional derivatives. In particular, we present an example with an explicit solution in terms of the four-parameters Wright function of the second kind.

The fundamental groups and homotopy decompositions of algebraic topology have applications in systems involving symmetry breaking with topological excitations. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the properties of homotopy decompositions in quotient topological spaces depending on the connectedness of the space and the fundamental groups. This paper presents constructions and analysis of two varieties of homotopy decompositions depending on the variations in topological connectedness of decomposed subspaces. The proposed homotopy decomposition considers connected fundamental groups, where the homotopy equivalences are relaxed and the homeomorphisms between the fundamental groups are maintained. It is considered that one fundamental group is strictly homotopy equivalent to a set of 1-spheres on a plane and as a result it is homotopy rigid. The other fundamental group is topologically homeomorphic to the first one within the connected space and it is not homotopy rigid. The homotopy decompositions are analyzed in quotient topological spaces, where the base space and the quotient space are separable topological spaces. In specific cases, the decomposed quotient space symmetrically extends Sierpinski space with respect to origin. The connectedness of fundamental groups in the topological space is maintained by open curve embeddings without enforcing the conditions of homotopy classes on it. The extended decomposed quotient topological space preserves the trivial group structure of Sierpinski space.

The aim of this paper is to give some fixed point results in generalized metric spaces in Perov&rsquo, s sense. The generalized metric considered here is the w-distance with a symmetry condition. The operators satisfy a contractive weakly condition of Hardy&ndash, Rogers type. The second part of the paper is devoted to the study of the data dependence, the well-posedness, and the Ulam&ndash, Hyers stability of the fixed point problem. An example is also given to sustain the presented results.

This paper is devoted to the derivation and mathematical analysis of new thermostatted kinetic theory frameworks for the modeling of nonequilibrium complex systems composed by particles whose microscopic state includes a vectorial state variable. The mathematical analysis refers to the global existence and uniqueness of the solution of the related Cauchy problem. Specifically, the paper is divided in two parts. In the first part the thermostatted framework with a continuous vectorial variable is proposed and analyzed. The framework consists of a system of partial integro-differential equations with quadratic type nonlinearities. In the second part the thermostatted framework with a discrete vectorial variable is investigated. Real world applications, such as social systems and crowd dynamics, and future research directions are outlined in the paper.

In this present paper we study the non-local Hadmard proportional integrals recently proposed by Rahman et al. (Advances in Difference Equations, (2019) 2019:454) which containing exponential functions in their kernels. Then we establish certain new weighted fractional integral inequalities involving a family of n ( n &isin, N ) positive functions by utilizing Hadamard proportional fractional integral operator. The inequalities presented in this paper are more general than the inequalities existing in the literature.

In the present work, we investigate a collection of symmetric minimization problems, which is identified with a complete metric space of lower semi-continuous and bounded from below functions. In our recent paper, we showed that for a generic objective function, the corresponding symmetric optimization problem possesses two solutions. In this paper, we strengthen this result using a porosity notion. We investigate the collection of all functions such that the corresponding optimization problem is well-posed and prove that its complement is a σ-porous set.

Some new concepts of the higher order strongly convex functions involving an arbitrary bifuction are considered in this paper. Some properties of the higher order strongly convex functions are investigated under suitable conditions. Some important special cases are discussed. The parallelogram laws for Banach spaces are obtained as applications of higher order strongly affine convex functions as novel applications. Results obtained in this paper can be viewed as refinement and improvement of previously known results.

In this paper, the class of the twice-iterated 2D q-Appell polynomials is introduced. The generating function, series definition and some relations including the recurrence relations and partial q-difference equations of this polynomial class are established. The determinant expression for the twice-iterated 2D q-Appell polynomials is also derived. Further, certain twice-iterated 2D q-Appell and mixed type special q-polynomials are considered as members of this polynomial class. The determinant expressions and some other properties of these associated members are also obtained. The graphs and surface plots of some twice-iterated 2D q-Appell and mixed type 2D q-Appell polynomials are presented for different values of indices by using Matlab. Moreover, some areas of potential applications of the subject matter of, and the results derived in, this paper are indicated.

Recently, two classes of univalent functions S e * and K e were introduced and studied. A function f is in S e * if it is analytic in the unit disk, f ( 0 ) = f &prime, ( 0 ) - 1 = 0 and z f &prime, ( z ) f ( z ) ≺ e z . On the other hand, g &isin, K e if and only if z g &prime, &isin, S e * . Both classes are symmetric, or invariant, under rotations. In this paper, we solve a few problems connected with the coefficients of functions in these classes. We find, among other things, the estimates of Hankel determinants: H 2 , 1 , H 2 , 2 , H 3 , 1 . All these estimates improve the known results. Moreover, almost all new bounds are sharp. The main idea used in the paper is based on expressing the discussed functionals depending on the fixed second coefficient of a function in a given class.

In this paper, we introduce the concept of a n 0 -order weighted pseudo &Delta, n 0 &delta, almost automorphic function under the matched space for time scales and we present some properties. The results are valid for q-difference dynamic equations among others. Moreover, we obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence of weighted pseudo &Delta, almost automorphic mild solutions to a class of semilinear dynamic equations under the matched space. Finally, we end the paper with a further discussion and some open problems of this topic.

In this paper, we study the existence of solutions for a new class of fractional q-integro-difference equations involving Riemann-Liouville q-derivatives and a q-integral of different orders, supplemented with boundary conditions containing q-integrals of different orders. The first existence result is obtained by means of Krasnoselskii&rsquo, s fixed point theorem, while the second one relies on a Leray-Schauder nonlinear alternative. The uniqueness result is derived via the Banach contraction mapping principle. Finally, illustrative examples are presented to show the validity of the obtained results. The paper concludes with some interesting observations.

Recently a lot of papers have been devoted to partial infinite reciprocal sums of a higher-order linear recursive sequence. In this paper, we continue this program by finding a sequence which is asymptotically equivalent to partial infinite sums, including a reciprocal of polynomial applied to linear higher order recurrences.

In this paper, by employing matched spaces for time scales, we introduce a &delta, almost periodic function and obtain some related properties. Also the hull equation for homogeneous dynamic equation is introduced and results of the existence are presented. In the sense of admitting exponential dichotomy for the homogeneous equation, the expression of a &delta, almost periodic solution for a type of nonhomogeneous dynamic equation is obtained and the existence of &delta, almost periodic solutions for new delay dynamic equations is considered. The results in this paper are valid for delay q-difference equations and delay dynamic equations whose delays may be completely separated from the time scale T .

In this paper, several relations are obtained among the Riemann zeta and Hurwitz zeta functions, as well as their products. A particular case of these relations give rise to a simple re-derivation of the important results of Katsurada and Matsumoto on the mean square of the Hurwitz zeta function. Also, a relation derived here provides the starting point of a novel approach which, in a series of companion papers, yields a formal proof of the Lindel&ouml, f hypothesis. Some of the above relations motivate the need for analysing the large &alpha, behaviour of the modified Hurwitz zeta function &zeta, 1 ( s , &alpha, ) , s &isin, C , &alpha, &isin, ( 0 , &infin, ) , which is also presented here.

In this paper, we use (p,q)-integral to establish some Fejér type inequalities. In particular, we generalize and correct existing results of quantum Fejér type inequalities by using new techniques and showing some problematic parts of those results. Most of the inequalities presented in this paper are significant extensions of results which appear in existing literatures.

In this paper, we prove some new Ostrowski-type integral inequalities for q-differentiable bounded functions. It is also shown that the results presented in this paper are a generalization of know results in the literarure. Applications to special means are also discussed.

In their paper published in 1990, Miller and Mocanu have investigated the special function Gaussian hypergeometric function in view of its relation to the theory of analytic functions, stating conditions for this function to be univalent using a, b, c ∈ ℝ, c ≠ 0, −1, −2, ... The study done in this paper extends the results on the univalence of the considered function taking a, b, c ∈ ℂ, with c ≠ 0, −1, −2, ... two criteria being stated in the corollaries of the proved theorems. An interpretation of the univalence results from the sets inclusion view is also given, underlining the geometrical properties of the outcomes. Examples showing how the univalence results can be applied are also included.

Based on the technique of enriching contractive type mappings, a technique that has been used successfully in some recent papers, we introduce the concept of {\it saturated} class of contractive mappings. We show that, from this perspective, the contractive type mappings in the metric fixed point theory can be separated into two distinct classes, unsaturated and saturated, and that, for any unsaturated class of mappings, the technique of enriching contractive type mappings provides genuine new fixed point results. We illustrate the concept by surveying some significant fixed point results obtained recently for five remarkable unsaturated classes of contractive mappings. In the second part of the paper, we also identify some classes of saturated classes of contractive mappings, whose main feature is that they cannot be enlarged by means of the technique of enriching the contractive mappings.

This paper is concerned with an SIS epidemic reaction-diffusion model. The purpose of this paper is to derive some effects of the spatial heterogeneity of the recovery rate on the total population of infected and the reproduction number. The proof is based on an application of our previous result on the unboundedness of the ratio of the species to the resource for a diffusive logistic equation. Our pure mathematical result can be epidemically interpreted as that a regional difference in the recovery rate can make the infected population grow in the case when the reproduction number is slightly larger than one.

Let Z(s)=(Z1(s),…,Zp(s))t be an isotropic second-order stationary multivariate spatial process. We measure the statistical association between the p random components of Z with the correlation coefficients and measure the spatial dependence with variograms. If two of the Z components are correlated, the spatial information provided by one of them can improve the information of the other. To capture this association, both within components of Z(s) and across s, we use a cross-variogram. Only two robust cross-variogram estimators have been proposed in the literature, both by Lark, and their sample distributions were not obtained. In this paper, we propose new robust cross-variogram estimators, following the location estimation method instead of the scale estimation one considered by Lark, thus extending the results obtained by García-Pérez to the multivariate case. We also obtain accurate approximations for their sample distributions using saddlepoint techniques and assuming a multivariate-scale contaminated normal model. The question of the independence of the transformed variables to avoid the usual dependence of spatial observations is also considered in the paper, linking it with the acceptance of linear variograms and cross-variograms.

The present paper concretizes the models proposed by S. Ri and N. Secelean. S. Ri proposed the construction of the fractal interpolation function (FIF) considering finite systems consisting of Rakotch contractions, but produced no concretization of the model. N. Secelean considered countable systems of Banach contractions to produce the fractal interpolation function. Based on the abovementioned results, in this paper, we propose two different algorithms to produce the fractal interpolation functions both in the affine and non-affine cases. The theoretical context we were working in suppose a countable set of starting points and a countable system of Rakotch contractions. Due to the computational restrictions, the algorithms constructed in the applications have the weakness that they use a finite set of starting points and a finite system of Rakotch contractions. In this respect, the attractor obtained is a two-step approximation. The large number of points used in the computations and the graphical results lead us to the conclusion that the attractor obtained is a good approximation of the fractal interpolation function in both cases, affine and non-affine FIFs. In this way, we also provide a concretization of the scheme presented by C.M. Păcurar.

In this paper, we define (p,q)-integrals for continuous functions of two variables. Then, we prove the Hermite-Hadamard type inequalities for coordinated convex functions by using (p,q)-integrals. Many results obtained in this paper provide significant extensions of other related results given in the literature. Finally, we give some examples of our results.