Vol 52, No 3 (2016)

We consider parametric families of differential systems with coefficients that are bounded and continuous on the half-line and uniformly in time continuously depend on a real parameter. For each Lyapunov exponent, we construct a family such that the Lyapunov exponent of its systems treated as a function of the parameter is not a lower semicontinuous function for any value of the parameter.

We show the possibility of using particular solutions of the Hamilton–Jacobi equation in problems of qualitative analysis of Lagrangian systems with cyclic first integrals. We present a procedure for finding and studying invariant manifolds of such systems. The efficiency of the suggested approach is illustrated by examples of the solution of specific problems.

We study the spectral properties of a multipoint boundary value problem for a fourth-order equation that describes small deformations of a chain of rigidly connected rods with elastic supports. We study the dependence of the spectrum of the boundary value problem on the rigidity coefficients of the supports. We show that the spectrum of the boundary value problem splits into two parts, one of which is movable under changes of the rigidity coefficients and the other remains fixed. As the rigidity coefficients grow, the eigenvalues corresponding to the movable part of the spectrum grow as well; moreover, the double degeneration of some eigenvalues is possible.

We study boundary value problems on a hedgehog graph for second-order ordinary differential equations with a nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter. We establish properties of spectral characteristics and consider the inverse spectral problem of reconstructing the coefficients of a differential pencil on the basis of spectral data. For this inverse problem, we prove a uniqueness theorem and obtain a procedure for constructing its solution.

We consider control problems for the 3D Maxwell equations describing electromagnetic wave scattering in an unbounded inhomogeneous medium that contains a permeable isotropic obstacle with cloaking boundary. Such problems arise when studying cloaking problems by the optimization method. The boundary coefficient occurring in the impedance boundary condition plays the role of a control. We study the solvability of the control problem and derive optimality systems that describe necessary conditions for the extremum. By analyzing the constructed optimality systems, we justify sufficient conditions imposed on the input data providing the uniqueness and stability of optimal solutions.

We consider a simplified production control model taking into account environmental pollution. We obtain constructive conditions under which each optimal control is Lebesgue equivalent to an optimal bang-bang control.