Convergence and structure theorems for order-preserving dynamical systems with mass conservation (Q2309172)

The authors develop a theory to study existence of fixed points and the convergence of orbits in order-preserving semi-dynamical systems having a certain mass conservation property. This theory is constructed on an ordered metric space \(X\). Given a dynamical system defined by a map \(F: X \to X\) the authors prove the following results: Theorem 1. For any \(u \in X,\) the following holds: (a) either \(F^{n}(u) \) converges to a fixed point of \(F\) as \(n \to \infty\), or (b) \(F^{n}(u) \) escapes to infinity, i.e., \(\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} d(F^{n}(u), w) = \infty\) for any \(w \in X.\) Theorem 2. Let \(E\) denote the set of all fixed points of \(F.\) If \(E \neq \emptyset,\) the \(E\) is a totally ordered and connected set. Furthermore, \(E\) is unbounded from above, that is, \(E\) has no upper bound. The authors apply their results to a number of problems including molecular motor models with time-periodic or autonomous coefficients, certain classes of reaction-diffusion systems and delay-differential equations.