We introduce the notion of strongly t-convex set-valued maps and present some properties of it. In particular, a Bernstein–Doetsch and Sierpiński-type theorems for strongly midconvex set-valued maps, as well as a Kuhn-type result are obtained. A representation of strongly t-convex set-valued maps in inner product spaces and a characterization of inner product spaces involving this representatio...

A subshift on a group G is a closed, G-invariant subset of A, for some finite set A. It is said to be of finite type if it is defined by a finite collection of “forbidden patterns” and to be strongly aperiodic if it has no points fixed by a nontrivial element of the group. We show that if G has at least two ends, then there are no strongly aperiodic subshifts of finite type on G (as was previou...

In this paper, free vibration analysis and forced vibration analysis of FG doubly clamped micro-beams is studied based on the third order shear deformation and modified couple stress theories. The size dependent dynamic equilibrium equations and both the classical and non-classical boundary conditions are derived using a variational approach. It is assumed that all properties of the FG micro-be...

We consider a model of neural and gene networks where the nonlinearities in the system of differential equations are discontinuous and piecewise constant. We develop a framework for study of such systems. As a first step we associate to the system a graph G on a hypercube and show how the collection of strongly connected components of G relates to the dynamics of the flow on the set of rays thr...

In this paper, we introduce a new entropy-like invariant, named Hausdorff metric entropy, for finitely generated semigroups acting on compact metric spaces from a set-valued view and study its properties. We establish the relation between Hausdorff metric entropy and topological entropy of a semigroup defined by Bis. Some examples with positive or zero Hausdorff metric entropy are given. Moreov...

Let R be a Cohen-Macaulay ring and M a maximal CohenMacaulay R-module. Inspired by recent striking work by Iyama, BurbanIyama-Keller-Reiten and Van den Bergh we study the question of when the endomorphism ring of M has finite global dimension via certain conditions about vanishing of Ext modules. We are able to strengthen certain results by Iyama on connections between a higher dimension versio...