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We introduce two new classes of single-valued contractions of polynomial type defined on a metric space. For the first one, called the class of polynomial contractions, we establish two fixed point theorems. Namely, we first consider the case when the mapping is continuous. Next, we weaken the continuity condition. In particular, we recover Banach's fixed point theorem. The second class, called the class of almost polynomial contractions, includes the class of almost contractions introduced by Berinde [Nonlinear Analysis Forum. 9(1) (2004) 43--53]. A fixed point theorem is established for almost polynomial contractions. The obtained result generalizes that derived by Berinde in the above reference. Several examples showing that our generalizations are significant, are provided.

We are concerned with the study of fixed points for mappings $T: X\to X$, where $(X,G)$ is a $G$-metric space in the sense of Mustafa and Sims. After the publication of the paper [Journal of Nonlinear and Convex Analysis. 7(2) (2006) 289--297] by Mustafa and Sims, a great interest was devoted to the study of fixed points in $G$-metric spaces. In 2012, the first and third authors observed that several fixed point theorems established in $G$-metric spaces are immediate consequences of known fixed point theorems in standard metric spaces. This observation demotivated the investigation of fixed points in $G$-metric spaces. In this paper, we open new directions in fixed point theory in $G$-metric spaces. Namely, we establish new versions of the Banach, Kannan and Reich fixed point theorems in $G$-metric spaces. We point out that the approach used by the first and third authors [Fixed Point Theory Appl. 2012 (2012) 1--7] is inapplicable in the present study. We also provide some interesting applications related to mappings contracting perimeters of triangles.

We consider a higher order in (time) semilinear evolution inequality posed on the Kor\'{a}nyi ball under an inhomogeneous Dirichlet-type boundary condition. The problem involves an inverse-square potential $\lambda/|\xi|_\mathbb{H}^2$, where $\lambda \geq -(Q-2)^2/4$ and a general weight function $V$ depending on the space variable in front of the power nonlinearity. We first establish a general nonexistence result for the considered problem. Next, in the special case $V(\xi):=|\xi|_\mathbb{H}^a$, $a\in \mathbb{R}$, we prove the sharpness of our nonexistence result and show that the problem admits three different critical behaviors according to the value of the parameter $\lambda$., Comment: 24 pages

We study a semilinear wave inequality with double damping on a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold. The considered problem involves a potential function $V$ depending on the space variable in front of the power nonlinearity and an inhomogeneous term $W$ depending on both time and space variables. Namely, we establish sufficient conditions for the nonexistence of weak solutions in both cases: $W\equiv 0$ and $W\not\equiv 0$. The obtained conditions depend on the parameters of the problem as well as the geometry of the manifold. Some special cases of manifolds, and of $V$ and $W$ are discussed in detail., Comment: 21 pages

In this paper, we deal with models with Born-Infeld type diffusion and monostable reaction, investigating the effect of the introduction of a convection term on the limit shape of the critical front profile for vanishing diffusion. We first provide an estimate of the critical speed and then, through a careful analysis of an equivalent first-order problem, we show that different convection terms may lead either to a complete sharpening of the limit profile or to its complete regularization, presenting some related numerical simulations.

We consider semilinear higher order (in time) evolution inequalities posed in an exterior domain of the half-space $\mathbb{R}_+^N$, $N\geq 2$, and involving differential operators of the form $\mathcal{L}_\lambda =-\Delta +\lambda/|x|^2$, where $\lambda\geq -N^2/4$. A potential function of the form $|x|^\tau$, $\tau\in \mathbb{R}$, is allowed in front of the power nonlinearity. Under inhomogeneous Dirichlet-type boundary conditions, we show that the dividing line with respect to existence or nonexistence is given by a Fujita-type critical exponent that depends on $\lambda, N$ and $\tau$, but independent of the order of the time derivative., Comment: The paper needs some modifications

We are concerned with the nonexistence of sign-changing global weak solutions for a class of semilinear parabolic differential inequalities with convection terms in exterior domains. A weight function of the form $t^\alpha |x|^\sigma$ is considered in front of the power nonlinearity. Two types of non-homogeneous boundary conditions are investigated: Neumann-type and Dirichlet-type boundary conditions. Using a unified approach, for each case, we establish sufficient criteria for the nonexistence of global weak solutions. When $\alpha=0$, the critical exponent in the sense of Fujita is obtained. This exponent is bigger than that found previously by Zheng and Wang (2008) in the case of homogeneous Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions.

In this paper, an initial value problem for a nonlinear time-fractional Schr\"odinger equation with a singular logarithmic potential term is investigated. The considered problem involves the left/forward Hadamard-Caputo fractional derivative with respect to the time variable. Using the test function method with a judicious choice of the test function, we obtain sufficient criteria for the absence of global weak solutions.

We consider the fractional elliptic inequality with variable-exponent nonlinearity $$ (-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}} u+\lambda\, \Delta u \geq |u|^{p(x)}, \quad x\in\mathbb{R}^N, $$ where $N\geq 1$, $\alpha\in (0,2)$, $\lambda\in\mathbb{R}$ is a constant, $p: \mathbb{R}^N\to (1,\infty)$ is a measurable function, and $(-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}$ is the fractional Laplacian operator of order $\frac{\alpha}{2}$. A Liouville-type theorem is established for the considered problem. Namely, we obtain sufficient conditions under which the only weak solution is the trivial one. Next, we extend our study to systems of fractional elliptic inequalities with variable-exponent nonlinearities. Besides the consideration of variable-exponent nonlinearities, the novelty of this work consists in investigating sign-changing solutions to the considered problems. Namely, to the best of our knowledge, only nonexistence results of positive solutions to fractional elliptic problems were invetigated previously. Our approach is based on the nonlinear capacity method combined with a pointwise estimate of the fractional Laplacian of some test functions, which was derived by Fujiwara (2018) (see also Dao and Reissig (2019)). Note that the standard nonlinear capacity method cannot be applied to the considered problems due to the change of sign of solutions.

We investigate the local existence, finite time blow-up and global existence of sign-changing solutions to the inhomogeneous parabolic system with space-time forcing terms $$ u_t-\Delta u =|v|^{p}+t^\sigma w_1(x),\,\, v_t-\Delta v =|u|^{q}+t^\gamma w_2(x),\,\, (u(0,x),v(0,x))=(u_0(x),v_0(x)), $$ where $t>0$, $x\in \mathbb{R}^N$, $N\geq 1$, $p,q>1$, $\sigma,\gamma>-1$, $\sigma,\gamma\neq0$, $w_1,w_2\not\equiv0$, and $u_0,v_0\in C_0(\mathbb{R}^N)$. For the finite time blow-up, two cases are discussed under the conditions $w_i\in L^1(\mathbb{R}^N)$ and $\int_{\mathbb{R}^N} w_i(x)\,dx>0$, $i=1,2$. Namely, if $\sigma>0$ or $\gamma>0$, we show that the (mild) solution $(u,v)$ to the considered system blows up in finite time, while if $\sigma,\gamma\in(-1,0)$, then a finite time blow-up occurs when $\frac{N}{2}< \max\left\{\frac{(\sigma+1)(pq-1)+p+1}{pq-1},\frac{(\gamma+1)(pq-1)+q+1}{pq-1}\right\}$. Moreover, if $\frac{N}{2}\geq \max\left\{\frac{(\sigma+1)(pq-1)+p+1}{pq-1},\frac{(\gamma+1)(pq-1)+q+1}{pq-1}\right\}$, $p>\frac{\sigma}{\gamma}$ and $q>\frac{\gamma}{\sigma}$, we show that the solution is global for suitable initial values and $w_i$, $i=1,2$.

We investigate the large-time behavior of the sign-changing solution of the inhomogeneous semilinear heat equation with a forcing term depending of time and space. we identify the critical exponent for this problem, which separates the nonexistence/existence of global-in-time solutions, and show the discontinuity of this critical exponent at the point which the inhomogeneous term becomes independent of time variable.

We consider a higher-order evolution equation with an inhomogeneous term depending on time and space. We first derive a general criterion for the nonexistence of weak solutions. Next, we study the particular case when the inhomogeneity depends only on space. In that case, we obtain the first critical exponent in the sense of Fujita, as well as the second critical exponent in the sense of Lee and Ni., Comment: 10 pages

We consider the nonlinear heat equation $u_t-\Delta u =|u|^p+b |\nabla u|^q$ in $(0,\infty)\times \R^n$, where $n\geq 1$, $p>1$, $q\geq 1$ and $b>0$. First, we focus our attention on positive solutions and obtain an optimal Fujita-type result: any positive solution blows up in finite time if $p\leq 1+\frac{2}{n}$ or $q\leq 1+\frac{1}{n+1}$, while global classical positive solutions exist for suitably small initial data when $p>1+\frac{2}{n}$ and $q> 1+\frac{1}{n+1}$. Although finite time blow-up cannot be produced by the gradient term alone and should be considered as an effect of the source term $|u|^p$, this result shows that the gradient term induces an interesting phenomenon of discontinuity of the critical Fujita exponent, jumping from $p=1+\frac{2}{n}$ to $p=\infty$ as $q$ reaches the value $1+\frac{1}{n+1}$ from above. Next, we investigate the case of sign-changing solutions and show that if $p\le 1+\frac{2}{n}$ or $0<(q-1)(np-1)\le 1$, then the solution blows up in finite time for any nontrivial initial data with nonnegative mean. Finally, a Fujita-type result, with a different critical exponent, is % also obtained for sign-changing solutions to the inhomogeneous version of this problem., Comment: 12 pages

We consider blow-up results for a system of inhomogeneous wave inequalities in exterior domains. We will handle three type boundary conditions: Dirichlet type, Neumann type and mixed boundary conditions. We use a unified approach to show the optimal criteria of Fujita type for each case. Our study yields naturally optimal nonexistence results for the corresponding stationary wave system and equation. We provide many new results and close some open questions.

In this paper, we introduce the $\mathcal{F}$-metric space concept, which generalizes the metric space notion. We define a natural topology $\tau_{\mathcal{F}}$ in such spaces and we study their topological properties. Moreover, we establish a new version of the Banach contraction principle in the setting of $\mathcal{F}$-metric spaces. Several examples are presented to illustrate our study.

We introduce two kinds of fractional integral operators; the one is defined via the exponential-integral function $$ E_1(x)=\int_x^\infty \frac{e^{-t}}{t}\,dt,\quad x>0, $$ and the other is defined via the special function $$ \mathcal{S}(x)=e^{-x} \int_0^\infty \frac{x^{s-1}}{\Gamma(s)}\,ds,\quad x>0. $$ We establish different properties of these operators, and we study the relationship between the fractional integrals of first kind and the fractional integrals of second kind. Next, we introduce a new concept of fractional derivative of order $\alpha>0$, which is defined via the fractional integral of first kind. Using an approximate identity argument, we show that the introduced fractional derivative converges to the standard derivative in $L^1$ space, as $\alpha\to 0^+$. Several other properties are studied, like fractional integration by parts, the relationship between this fractional derivative and the fractional integral of second kind, etc. As an application, we consider a new fractional model of the relaxation equation, we establish an existence and uniqueness result for this model, and provide an iterative algorithm that converges to the solution., Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1802.02602

In this paper, we propose a new concept of derivative with respect to an arbitrary kernel-function. Several properties related to this new operator, like inversion rules, integration by parts, etc. are studied. In particular, we introduce the notion of conjugate kernels, which will be useful to guaranty that the proposed derivative operator admits a right inverse. The proposed concept includes as special cases Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives, Hadamard fractional derivatives, and many other fractional operators. Moreover, using our concept, new fractional operators involving certain special functions are introduced, and some of their properties are studied. Finally, an existence result for a boundary value problem involving the introduced derivative operator is proved.