The existence of a mean-square continuous strong solution is established for vectorvalued Itô stochastic differential equations with a discontinuous drift coefficient, which is an increasing function, and with a Lipschitz continuous diffusion coefficient. A scalar stochastic differential equation with the Heaviside function as its drift coefficient is considered as an example. Upper and lower s...

a truly meshless local petrov-galerkin (mlpg) method is developed for solving 3d elasto-static problems. using the general mlpg concept, this method is derived through the local weak forms of the equilibrium equations, by using test functions, namely, the heaviside function. the moving least squares (mls) are chosen to construct the shape functions, for the mlpg method. the penalty approximatio...

It is known that some predator-prey system can possess a unique limit cycle which is globally asymptotically stable. For a prototypical predator-prey system, we show that the solution curve of the limit cycle exhibits temporal patterns of a relaxation oscillator, or a Heaviside function, when certain parameter is small. MSC 2000: 34C26, 34C15, 34C07, 92D25

It is known that some predator-prey system can possess a unique limit cycle which is globally asymptotically stable. For a prototypical predatorprey system, we show that the solution curve of the limit cycle exhibits temporal patterns of a relaxation oscillator, or a Heaviside function, when certain parameter is small.