On polynomial forms of nonlinear functional differential equations

This paper deals with the approximation of the eigenvalues of evolution operators for linear retarded functional differential equations through the reduction to finite dimensional operators by a pseudospectral collocation. Fundamental applications such as determination of asymptotic stability of equilibria and periodic solutions of nonlinear autonomous retarded functional differential equations follow at once. Numerical tests are provided.

OSCILLATIONS OF NONLINEAR FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS GENERATED BY RETARDED ACTIONS

This paper presents a method of establishing the D-stability terms of the symmetric solution of scalar symmetric linear and nonlinear functional differential equations. We determine the general conditions of the unique solvability of the initial value problem for symmetric functional differential equations. Here, we show the conditions of the symmetric property of the unique solution of symmetric functional differential equations. Furthermore, in this paper, an illustration of a particular symmetric equation is presented. In this example, all theoretical investigations referred to earlier are demonstrated. In addition, we graphically demonstrate two possible linear functions with the required symmetry properties.

Spline approximation for autonomous nonlinear functional differential equations

Differential State Space Descriptions of Nonlinear Time Variant Hereditary Differential Systems

An efficient IMEX method for nonlinear functional differential equations with state-dependent delay

The existence of slowly and regularly varying solutions in the sense of Karamata implying nonoscillation is proved for a class of second order nonlinear retarded functional differential equations of Thomas-Fermi type. A motivation for such study is the extensively developed theory offering a number of properties of regularly and slowly varying functions ([2]) - consequently of such solutions of differential equations. As an illustration, the precise asymptotic behaviour for $t\rightarrow \infty$ of the slowly varying solutions for a subclass of considered equations is presented.

Collocation based on piecewise polynomial approximation represents a powerful class of methods for the numerical solution of initial-value problems for functional differential and integral equations arising in a wide spectrum of applications, including biological and physical phenomena. The present book introduces the reader to the general principles underlying these methods and then describes in detail their convergence properties when applied to ordinary differential equations, functional equations with (Volterra type) memory terms, delay equations, and differential-algebraic and integral-algebraic equations. Each chapter starts with a self-contained introduction to the relevant theory of the class of equations under consideration. Numerous exercises and examples are supplied, along with extensive historical and bibliographical notes utilising the vast annotated reference list of over 1300 items. In sum, Hermann Brunner has written a treatise that can serve as an introduction for students, a guide for users, and a comprehensive resource for experts.

This paper concerns the dissipativity of nonlinear Volterra functional differential equations (VFDEs) in Banach space and their numerical discretization. We derive sufficient conditions for the dissipativity of nonlinear VFDEs. The general results provide a unified theoretical treatment for dissipativity analysis to ordinary differential equations (ODEs), delay differential equations (DDEs), integro-differential equations (IDEs) and VFDEs of other type appearing in practice. Then the dissipativity property of the backward Euler method for VFDEs is investigated. It is shown that the method can inherit the dissipativity of the underlying system. The close relationship between the absorbing set of the numerically discrete system generated by the backward Euler method and that of the underlying system is revealed.

We first give explicit criteria for exponential stability of general linear nonautonomous functional differential equations. Then the obtained results are extended to nonlinear functional differential equations. Two examples are given to illustrate the results. To the best of our knowledge, the results of this note are new.

We study nonlinear pantograph-type reaction–diffusion PDEs, which, in addition to the unknown u=u(x,t), also contain the same functions with dilated or contracted arguments of the form w=u(px,t), w=u(x,qt), and w=u(px,qt), where p and q are the free scaling parameters (for equations with proportional delay we have 0<p<1, 0<q<1). A brief review of publications on pantograph-type ODEs and PDEs and their applications is given. Exact solutions of various types of such nonlinear partial functional differential equations are described for the first time. We present examples of nonlinear pantograph-type PDEs with proportional delay, which admit traveling-wave and self-similar solutions (note that PDEs with constant delay do not have self-similar solutions). Additive, multiplicative and functional separable solutions, as well as some other exact solutions are also obtained. Special attention is paid to nonlinear pantograph-type PDEs of a rather general form, which contain one or two arbitrary functions. In total, more than forty nonlinear pantograph-type reaction–diffusion PDEs with dilated or contracted arguments, admitting exact solutions, have been considered. Multi-pantograph nonlinear PDEs are also discussed. The principle of analogy is formulated, which makes it possible to efficiently construct exact solutions of nonlinear pantograph-type PDEs. A number of exact solutions of more complex nonlinear functional differential equations with varying delay, which arbitrarily depends on time or spatial coordinate, are also described. The presented equations and their exact solutions can be used to formulate test problems designed to evaluate the accuracy of numerical and approximate analytical methods for solving the corresponding nonlinear initial-boundary value problems for PDEs with varying delay. The principle of analogy allows finding solutions to other nonlinear pantograph-type PDEs (including nonlinear wave-type PDEs and higher-order equations).

This tutorial is about new system analysis techniques that were developed in the past few years based on the sum of squares decomposition. We present stability and robust stability analysis tools for different classes of systems: systems described by nonlinear ordinary differential equations or differential algebraic equations, hybrid systems with nonlinear subsystems and/or nonlinear switching surfaces, and time-delay systems described by nonlinear functional differential equations. We also discuss how different analysis questions such as model validation and safety verification can be answered for uncertain nonlinear and hybrid systems.

In this paper, we will introduce two methods to obtain the numerical solutions for functional differential equations with proportional delays. The first method is the differential transformation method (DTM) and the second method is Adomian decomposition method (ADM). Moreover, we will make comparison between the solutions obtained by the two methods. Consequently, the results of our system tell us the two methods can be alternative ways for solution of the linear and nonlinear functional differential and integro-differential equations. New formulas for DTM were proven for these types of equations.

Neutral functional differential equations and systems of conservation laws

In Chap. 17, n-th-order functional differential equations are considered. In order to create a concept of nonoscillation for functional differential equations which will be an analogue of nonoscillation theory for ordinary differential equations, we define a nonoscillation interval for the n-th-order homogeneous functional differential equation as interval, where each nontrivial solution can have at most n−1 zeros, counting every zero with its multiplicity. The study of many classical questions of the qualitative theory of n-th-order equations such as existence and uniqueness of solutions of the interpolation boundary value problems, positivity or corresponding regular behavior of their Green’s functions, maximum principles and stability, was considered in the general framework based on the notion of nonoscillation intervals of corresponding linear functional differential equations. It is demonstrated that if the Wronskian of the fundamental system is not equal to zero at the initial point of the interval, then the nonoscillation interval exists for functional differential equations; this is true for a particular case of the n-th-order functional differential equations with Volterra operators (delay equations). For second-order functional differential equations, nonvanishing Wronskian is equivalent to the Sturm theorem on separation of zeros (between two adjacent zeros of any nontrivial solution there is a zero of every other solution). The analogue of the classical Mammana theorem, establishing necessary and sufficient nonoscillation conditions through nonvanishing normal chains of the Wronskians, is proven for n-th-order functional differential equations.