Über Funktional-Differentialgleichungen mit voreilendem Argument

Abstract

We consider a functional differential equation (1)u′(t)=F(t,u) for )≤t≤∞ together with a generalized initial condition (2)u(t)=ϕ(t) forr≤t≤0 or a generalized Nicoletti condition (3)N u=η. Here,N is a linear operator; in the case of a system ofn equations the classical Nicoletti operator is given byN u=(u1(t1),...,un(tn)), with giventi. The functionsu, F ϕ are Banach space valued, the functionF(t, z) is defined fort≥0 andz∈C0[r,∞). The main point is that the value ofF(t, z) may depend on the values ofz(s) forr≤s≤t+σ(t), where σ(t)>0. Simple examples show that without a restriction on the magnitude of the advancement σ(t) there is neither existence nor uniqueness. Our results show that when σ(t) is properly bounded and when the solution is to satisfy a certain growth condition which depends on σ(t), then there exists exactly one solution, and it depends continuously on the given data. In the case of the Nicoletti problem (1), (3) there is convergence to the solution satisfyingu(0)=η if 0≤ti≤T andT→0 (this holds in infinite-dimensional spaces, too). These results are true ifF satisfies a Lipschitz condition of the form $$\left| {F(t,z) - F(t,y)} \right| \leqslant h(t)\max \left\{ {\left| {z(s) - y(s)} \right|:r \leqslant s \leqslant t + \delta (t)} \right\}.$$ .