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Mathematics, Volume 7, Issue 1

2019 January - 110 articles

Cover Story: We study Cournot duopoly as a Bayesian game in which firms are not aware of each other’s marginal production costs. Marginal costs depend on infinite continuous sets of world states. We prove a general Nash bi-trajectory formula, modeling players with infinite types, within Radon probability spaces, via an ad hoc maximization technic. View this paper.
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Articles (110)

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8 Citations
3,978 Views
16 Pages

21 January 2019

When facing a multi-period defined contribution (DC) pension plan investment problem during the accumulation phase, the risk aversion attitude of a mean-variance investor may depend on state variables. In this paper, we propose a state-dependent risk...

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  • Open Access
13 Citations
89,389 Views
17 Pages

21 January 2019

The present work gathers an educational experience based on the application of the personalized Kumon Mathematics Method, carried out in the school year 2015–2016, in which 30,849 students and 230 teachers from several educational centers throu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New trends in Mathematics Learning)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,102 Views
8 Pages

The Characterization of Affine Symplectic Curves in ℝ4

  • Esra Çiçek Çetin and
  • Mehmet Bektaş

21 January 2019

Symplectic geometry arises as the natural geometry of phase-space in the equations of classical mechanics. In this study, we obtain new characterizations of regular symplectic curves with respect to the Frenet frame in four-dimensional symplectic spa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential Geometry)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,930 Views
6 Pages

20 January 2019

Calculating nodal voltages and branch current flows in a meshed network is fundamental to electrical engineering. This work demonstrates how such calculations can be performed using the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the Laplacian matrix which descr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Methods in Applied Sciences)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,721 Views
13 Pages

20 January 2019

In order to solve the Sylvester equations more efficiently, a new four parameters positive and skew-Hermitian splitting (FPPSS) iterative method is proposed in this paper based on the previous research of the positive and skew-Hermitian splitting (PS...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,850 Views
15 Pages

20 January 2019

Idempotent uninorms are simply defined by fixpointed negations. These uninorms, called here fixpointed idempotent uninorms, have been extensively studied because of their simplicity, whereas logics characterizing such uninorms have not. Recently, fix...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzziness and Mathematical Logic )
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,650 Views
6 Pages

19 January 2019

In this survey note, we discuss the notion of completeness for statistical structures. There are at least three connections whose completeness might be taken into account, namely, the Levi-Civita connection of the given metric, the statistical connec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Differential Geometry)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,251 Views
19 Pages

18 January 2019

Many factors influence the efficiency and quality of transport works. In particular, consultants and construction contractors of these works play important roles, and critical factors directly affect the quality of traffic works. If the quality of co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Optimization in Production, Logistics, Inventory, Supply Chain Management and Block Chain)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,544 Views
13 Pages

18 January 2019

We study an iterative differential-difference method for solving nonlinear least squares problems, which uses, instead of the Jacobian, the sum of derivative of differentiable parts of operator and divided difference of nondifferentiable parts. Moreo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods in Analysis and Applications)
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  • Open Access
88 Citations
4,986 Views
10 Pages

Fractional Metric Dimension of Generalized Jahangir Graph

  • Jia-Bao Liu,
  • Agha Kashif,
  • Tabasam Rashid and
  • Muhammad Javaid

18 January 2019

Arumugam and Mathew [Discret. Math. 2012, 312, 1584–1590] introduced the notion of fractional metric dimension of a connected graph. In this paper, a combinatorial technique is devised to compute it. In addition, using this technique the fracti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Discrete Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,819 Views
23 Pages

18 January 2019

This paper addresses the problem of global μ -stability for quaternion-valued neutral-type neural networks (QVNTNNs) with time-varying delays. First, QVNTNNs are transformed into two complex-valued systems by using a transformation to reduce...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,715 Views
10 Pages

Fisher-Type Fixed Point Results in b-Metric Spaces

  • Badr Alqahtani,
  • Andreea Fulga,
  • Erdal Karapınar and
  • Ali Özturk

18 January 2019

In this paper, we prove some common fixed-point theorems for two self-mappings in the context of a complete b-metric space by proposing a new contractive type condition. Further, we derive a result for three self-mappings in the same setting. We prov...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fixed Point Theory and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,108 Views
14 Pages

18 January 2019

Medical diagnosis has been recognized as one of the key processes in clinical medicine, which determines diseases from some given symptoms. Nonetheless, previous works about medical diagnosis have some drawbacks because medical data are usually fuzzy...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,318 Views
13 Pages

Resistance Distance in the Double Corona Based on R-Graph

  • Li Zhang,
  • Jing Zhao,
  • Jia-Bao Liu and
  • Salama Nagy Daoud

17 January 2019

Let G 0 be a connected graph on n vertices and m edges. The R-graph R ( G 0 ) of G 0 is a graph obtained from G 0 by adding a new vertex corresponding to each edge of G 0 and by joining each new vertex to the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Methods in Analysis and Applications)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,293 Views
8 Pages

17 January 2019

Chaotic systems with hidden attractors, infinite number of equilibrium points and different closed curve equilibrium have received much attention in the past six years. In this work, we introduce a new family of chaotic systems with different closed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fixed Point Theory and Dynamical Systems with Applications)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,279 Views
17 Pages

Neutrosophic Multigroups and Applications

  • Vakkas Uluçay and
  • Memet Şahin

17 January 2019

In recent years, fuzzy multisets and neutrosophic sets have become a subject of great interest for researchers and have been widely applied to algebraic structures include groups, rings, fields and lattices. Neutrosophic multiset is a generalization...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Challenges in Neutrosophic Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,684 Views
22 Pages

17 January 2019

As is well-known, the advantage of the high-order compact difference scheme (H-OCD) is that it is unconditionally stable and convergent on the order O ( τ 2 + h 4 ) (where τ is the time step size and h is the mesh size), und...

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  • Open Access
49 Citations
3,837 Views
10 Pages

Two Classes of Entropy Measures for Complex Fuzzy Sets

  • Lvqing Bi,
  • Zhiqiang Zeng,
  • Bo Hu and
  • Songsong Dai

17 January 2019

Complex fuzzy sets are characterized by complex-valued membership functions, whose range is extended from the traditional fuzzy range of [0,1] to the unit circle in the complex plane. In this paper, we define two kinds of entropy measures for complex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuzziness and Mathematical Logic )
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  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,389 Views
16 Pages

17 January 2019

In real applications, most decisions are fuzzy decisions, and the decision results mainly depend on the choice of aggregation operators. In order to aggregate information more scientifically and reasonably, the Heronian mean operator was studied in t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Challenges in Neutrosophic Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,052 Views
12 Pages

16 January 2019

In this study, the value distribution of the differential polynomial φ f 2 f ′ 2 − 1 is considered, where f is a transcendental meromorphic function, φ ( ≢ 0 ) is a small function of f by the reduced counting...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,273 Views
11 Pages

Coefficient Inequalities of Functions Associated with Hyperbolic Domains

  • Sarfraz Nawaz Malik,
  • Shahid Mahmood,
  • Mohsan Raza,
  • Sumbal Farman and ,
  • Saira Zainab and
  • Nazeer Muhammad
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 January 2019

In this work, our focus is to study the Fekete-Szegö functional in a different and innovative manner, and to do this we find its upper bound for certain analytic functions which give hyperbolic regions as image domain. The upper bounds obtained...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Inequalities)
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  • Open Access
3,467 Views
14 Pages

16 January 2019

We provide a ball comparison between some 4-order methods to solve nonlinear equations involving Banach space valued operators. We only use hypotheses on the first derivative, as compared to the earlier works where they considered conditions reaching...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Iterative Methods for Solving Nonlinear Equations and Systems)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,572 Views
21 Pages

16 January 2019

We present a new method to efficiently solve a multi-dimensional linear Partial Differential Equation (PDE) called the quasi-inverse matrix diagonalization method. In the proposed method, the Chebyshev-Galerkin method is used to solve multi-dimension...

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  • Open Access
68 Citations
6,762 Views
33 Pages

16 January 2019

The q-rung orthopair fuzzy set is a powerful tool for depicting fuzziness and uncertainty, as compared to the Pythagorean fuzzy model. The aim of this paper is to present q-rung orthopair fuzzy competition graphs (q-ROFCGs) and their generalizations,...

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  • Open Access
130 Citations
4,950 Views
7 Pages

15 January 2019

In this paper, we initiate the concept of interpolative Ćirić-Reich-Rus type contractions via the Branciari distance and prove some related fixed points results for such mappings. Moreover, an example is provided to show the useability of our obtaine...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fixed Point and Best Proximity Point Problems and Their Applications)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,792 Views
15 Pages

Alexandrov L-Fuzzy Pre-Proximities

  • Yong Chan Kim and
  • Ju-Mok Oh

15 January 2019

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of Alexandrov L-fuzzy pre-proximities on complete residuated lattices. Moreover, we investigate their relations among Alexandrov L-fuzzy pre-proximities, Alexandrov L-fuzzy topologies, L-fuzzy upper approximat...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
9,668 Views
15 Pages

15 January 2019

Chaos is now recognized as one of three emergent topics of study in the 21c. It is seen as appropriate to examine this in art practice. Accordingly, this paper is written from an art perspective. It does not mimic a traditional mathematical or scienc...

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  • Open Access
69 Citations
6,166 Views
19 Pages

Fault-Tolerant Resolvability and Extremal Structures of Graphs

  • Hassan Raza,
  • Sakander Hayat,
  • Muhammad Imran and
  • Xiang-Feng Pan

14 January 2019

In this paper, we consider fault-tolerant resolving sets in graphs. We characterize n-vertex graphs with fault-tolerant metric dimension n, n − 1 , and 2, which are the lower and upper extremal cases. Furthermore, in the first part of th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Discrete Optimization: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,114 Views
14 Pages

Existence Solution and Controllability of Sobolev Type Delay Nonlinear Fractional Integro-Differential System

  • Hamdy M. Ahmed,
  • Mahmoud M. El-Borai,
  • Hassan M. El-Owaidy and
  • Ahmed S. Ghanem

14 January 2019

Fractional integro-differential equations arise in the mathematical modeling of various physical phenomena like heat conduction in materials with memory, diffusion processes, etc. In this manuscript, we prove the existence of mild solution for Sobole...

(This article belongs to the Section E2: Control Theory and Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,297 Views
8 Pages

On the Bicomplex Generalized Tribonacci Quaternions

  • Can Kızılateş,
  • Paula Catarino and
  • Naim Tuğlu

14 January 2019

In this paper, we introduce the bicomplex generalized tribonacci quaternions. Furthermore, Binet’s formula, generating functions, and the summation formula for this type of quaternion are given. Lastly, as an application, we present the determi...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,291 Views
17 Pages

14 January 2019

This article investigates the heat transfer flow of two layers of Phan-Thien-Tanner (PTT) fluids though a cylindrical pipe. The flow is assumed to be steady, incompressible, and stable and the fluid layers do not mix with each other. The fluid flow a...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,555 Views
16 Pages

The Structure of Moduloid on a Nexus

  • Masoud Bolourian,
  • Reza Kamrani and
  • Abbas Hasankhani

14 January 2019

In this paper, the notion of moduloid on a nexus is introduced. Moreover, the concept of submoduloid is defined and some different submoduloids are introdused. Also, several interesting facts about submoduloids are proved. Finally, a homomorphism bet...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,125 Views
7 Pages

A Refinement of Schwarz–Pick Lemma for Higher Derivatives

  • Ern Gun Kwon,
  • Jinkee Lee,
  • Gun Kwon and
  • Mi Hui Kim

13 January 2019

In this paper, a Schwarz–Pick estimate of a holomorphic self map f of the unit disc D having the expansion f ( w ) = c 0 + c n ( w − z ) n + … in a neighborhood of some z in D is given. This result is a refinement...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,810 Views
17 Pages

Global Dynamics of Leslie-Gower Competitive Systems in the Plane

  • Mustafa R. S. Kulenović and
  • David T. McArdle

12 January 2019

Global dynamic results are obtained for families of competitive systems of difference equations of the form x n + 1 = b 1 x n α 1 + x n + c 1 y n , y n + 1 = b 2 y n α 2 + c 2 x n + y n n ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Difference Equations and Discrete Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,716 Views
13 Pages

Assessing Bank Performance Using Dynamic SBM Model

  • Chia-Nan Wang,
  • Quoc-Chien Luu,
  • Thi-Kim-Lien Nguyen and
  • Jen-Der Day

11 January 2019

Global economic growth has led banks to expand their operations all over the world. The purpose of this research was to understand the efficiency of 18 large bank from all over the world during the period from 2013 to 2017. The performance was estima...

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  • Open Access
18 Citations
10,347 Views
19 Pages

11 January 2019

The sedenions form a 16-dimensional Cayley-Dickson algebra. In this paper, we introduce the Tribonacci and Tribonacci-Lucas sedenions. Furthermore, we present some properties of these sedenions and derive relationships between them.

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,433 Views
23 Pages

A Study of an EOQ Model under Lock Fuzzy Environment

  • Suman Maity,
  • Sujit Kumar De and
  • Sankar Prasad Mondal

11 January 2019

The present article was developed for the economic order quantity (EOQ) inventory model under daytime, non-random, uncertain demand. In any inventory management problem, several parameters are involved that are basically flexible in nature with the p...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,535 Views
17 Pages

10 January 2019

We apply the method of a kind of dilation invariance to prove the generalized Hyers-Ulam stability of the (inhomogeneous) wave equation with a source, u t t ( x , t ) − c 2 ▵ u ( x , t ) = f ( x , t ) , for a class of real-va...

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  • Open Access
36 Citations
4,220 Views
22 Pages

Some Root Level Modifications in Interval Valued Fuzzy Graphs and Their Generalizations Including Neutrosophic Graphs

  • Naeem Jan,
  • Kifayat Ullah,
  • Tahir Mahmood,
  • Harish Garg and ,
  • Bijan Davvaz,
  • Arsham Borumand Saeid and
  • Said Broumi
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 January 2019

Fuzzy graphs (FGs) and their generalizations have played an essential role in dealing with real-life problems involving uncertainties. The goal of this article is to show some serious flaws in the existing definitions of several root-level generalize...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Graph-Theoretic Problems and Their New Applications)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,680 Views
9 Pages

9 January 2019

In the present paper, we have introduced a new subclass of analytic functions involving integral operator defined by polylogarithm function. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for this class. Further distortion theorem, linear combinati...

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  • Open Access
39 Citations
4,672 Views
18 Pages

On Soft Rough Topology with Multi-Attribute Group Decision Making

  • Muhammad Riaz,
  • Florentin Smarandache,
  • Atiqa Firdous and
  • Atiqa Fakhar

9 January 2019

Rough set approaches encounter uncertainty by means of boundary regions instead of membership values. In this paper, we develop the topological structure on soft rough set ( SR -set) by using pairwise SR -approximations. We define SR -o...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,839 Views
15 Pages

9 January 2019

In the present article, the notion of α H- ψ H-multivalued contractive type mappings is introduced and some fixed point results in complete metric spaces are studied. These theorems generalize Nadler’s (Multivalued contractio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fixed Point Theory and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,585 Views
9 Pages

9 January 2019

In this paper, we consider the explicit solution of the following system of nonlinear rational difference equations: x n + 1 = x n − 1 / x n − 1 + r , y n + 1 = x n − 1 y n / x n − 1 ...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
135 Citations
5,004 Views
8 Pages

ω-Interpolative Ćirić-Reich-Rus-Type Contractions

  • Hassen Aydi,
  • Erdal Karapinar and
  • Antonio Francisco Roldán López de Hierro

8 January 2019

In this paper, using the concept of ω -admissibility, we prove some fixed point results for interpolate Ćirić-Reich-Rus-type contraction mappings. We also present some consequences and a useful example.

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Fixed Point Theory and Its Applications)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,778 Views
20 Pages

8 January 2019

The slip surface is an important control structure surface existing in the landslide. It not only directly affects the stability of the slope through the strength, but also affects the stress field by affecting the propagation of the stress wave. Man...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,558 Views
10 Pages

8 January 2019

In this paper, a collocation method based on the orthogonal polynomials is presented to solve the fractional integral equations. Six numerical examples are given to illustrate the method. The results are compared with the other methods in the literat...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,013 Views
14 Pages

8 January 2019

In the paper, by virtue of the residue theorem in the theory of complex functions, the authors establish several identities between arithmetic means for a class of functions and the modified Bessel functions of the first kind, present several identit...

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