Spis treści Front Cover 2 Differential-Difference Equations 5 Copyright Page 6 Dedication 7 Introduction 9 Contents 13 Chapter 1. The Laplace Transform 19 1.1. Introduction 19 1.2. Existence and Convergence Exercises 19 1.3. The Inversion Problem 21 1.4. Behavior of the Dirichlet Kernel 22 1.5. Analytic Details Exercises 22 1.6. Statement of Result 25 1.7. Jump Discontinuity 26 1.8. Functions of Bounded Variation 26 Front Cover 2 Differential-Difference Equations 5 Copyright Page 6 Dedication 7 Introduction 9 Contents 13 Chapter 1. The Laplace Transform 19 1.1. Introduction 19 1.2. Existence and Convergence Exercises 19 1.3. The Inversion Problem 21 1.4. Behavior of the Dirichlet Kernel 22 1.5. Analytic Details Exercises 22 1.6. Statement of Result 25 1.7. Jump Discontinuity 26 1.8. Functions of Bounded Variation 26 1.9. Contour Integration. 27 1.10. Examples 28 1.11. The Fejér Transform 29 1.12. The Inverse Inversion Problem 30 1.13. The Convolution Theorem Exercises 31 1.14. The Fourier Transform 35 1.15. Plancherel-Parseval Theorem 36 1.17. The Post-Widder Formula 37 1.16. Application to Laplace Transform 37 1.18. Real Inversion Formulas Exercise 38 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 39 Bibliography and Comments 44 Chapter 2. Linear Differential Equations 45 2.1. Introduction 45 2.2. Linear Differential Equations 45 2.4. Successive Approximations 47 2.3. Fundamental Existence and Uniqueness Theorem 47 2.6. Uniqueness Theorem 49 2.5. A Fundamental Lemma 49 2.7. Fixed-point Techniques 50 2.8. Difference Schemes 50 2.9. The Matrix Equation 51 2.10. Alternative Derivation 51 2.12. The Adjoint Equation 52 2.11. The Inhomogeneous Equation 52 2.13. Constant Coefficients—I 53 2.14. Constant Coefficients—II 54 2.15. Laplace Transform Solution 54 2.16. Characteristic Values and Characteristic Funotions 55 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 58 Bibliography and Comments 59 Chapter 3. First-order Linear Differential-Difference Equations of Retarded Type with Constant Coefficients 60 3.1. Introduction 60 3.2. Examples Exercises 63 3.3. Equations of Retarded, Neutral, and Advanced Type 66 3.4. The Existence-Uniqueness Theorem Exercises 67 3.5. Exponential Solutions Exercises 71 3.6. Order of Growth of Solutions Exercises 76 3.7. Laplace Transform Solution Exercises 81 3.8. Solution of a Differential Equation in the Form of a Definite Integral 89 3.9. Solution of a Differential-Difference Equation in the Form of a Definite Integral Exercises 91 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 98 Bibliography and Comments 115 Chapter 4. Series Expansions of Solutions of First-order Equations of Retarded Type 116 4.1. The Characteristic Roots 116 4.2. Series Expansions 120 4.3. Other Forms of the Expansion Theorem Exercises 126 4.4. Asymptotic Behavior of the Solution Exercises 131 4.5. Stability of Equilibrium Exercises 135 4.6. Fourier-type Expansions Exercises 139 4.7. The Shift Theorem Exercises 144 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 149 Bibliography and Comments 155 Chapter 5. First-order Linear Equations of Neutral and Advanced Type with Constant Coefficients 157 5.1. Existence-Uniqueness Theorems Exercises 157 5.2. Solution by Exponentials and by Definite Integrals: Equations of Neutral Type Exercises 161 5.3. Series Expansions: Equations of Neutral Type Exercise 171 5.4. Asymptotic Behavior and Stability: Equations of Neutral Type 176 5.5. Other Expansions for Solutions of Equations of Neutral Type Exercises 177 5.6. Equations of Advanced Type 178 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 179 Chapter 6. Linear Systems of Differential-Difference Equations with Constant Coefficients 182 6.1. Introduction 182 6.3. Classification of Systems 183 6.2. Vector-matrix Notation 183 6.4. Existence-Uniqueness Theorems for Systems Exercises 185 6.5. Transform Solutions: Retarded-Neutral Systems Exercises 191 6.6. Solution of Neutral and Retarded Systems by Definite Integrals Exercises 197 6.7. Series Expansions for Neutral and Retarded Systems Exercises 201 6.8. Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions of Neutral and Retarded Systems Exercises 206 6.9. Scalar Equations Exercises 210 6.10. The Finite Transform Method Exercise 215 6.11. Fourier-type Expansions Exercises 224 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 226 Bibliography and Comments 232 Chapter 7. The Renewal Equation 234 7.1. Introduction 234 7.2. Existence and Uniqueness Exercises 235 7.3. Further Existence and Uniqueness Theorems 238 7.4. Monotonicity and Bounded Variation Exercises 242 7.5. The Formal Laplace Transform Solution 244 7.6. Exponential Bounds for u(t) 245 7.7. Rigorous Solution 246 7.8. A Convolution Theorem 247 7.10. Use of the Contour Integral Representation 249 7.9. Asymptotic Behavior of Solutions 249 7.11. ø(t) a Positive Function 250 7.12. Shift of the Contour 251 7.13. Step Functions 252 7.15. A Less Easily Obtained Result 254 7.14. An Elementary Result 254 7.16. Abelian and Tauberian Results 257 7.18. Asymptotic Behavior of Solution of Renewal Equation 258 7.17. A Tauberian Theorem of Hardy and Littlewood 258 7.19. Discussion 259 7.20. A Tauberian Theorem of Ikehara 260 7.21. The Tauberian Theorem of Wiener 261 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 262 Bibliography and Comments 273 Chapter 8. Systems of Renewal Equations 275 8.2. Vector Renewal Equation 275 8.1. Introduction 275 8.3. Positive Matrices 276 8.5. Zero with Largest Real Part 277 8.4. Some Consequences 277 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 280 8.6. Asymptotic Behavior 280 Bibliography and Comments 281 Chapter 9. Asymptotic Behavior of linear Differential-Difference Equations 283 9.1. Introduction 283 9.2. First Principal Result 284 9.3. Preliminaries 285 9.4. Discussion 286 9.5. ∫∞ |a(t1)|dt1 <∞ 286 9.6. The Difficult Part of Theorem 9.1 288 9.7. A Lemma 290 9.8. Continuation of Proof of Theorem 9.1 292 9.9. The Case Where b(t) ≠ 0 293 9.12. Asymptotic Series 296 9.10. Further Results 296 9.11. More Precise Results 296 9.13. The Foundations of Asymptotic Series 298 9.14. Alternative Formulation 300 9.15. Differential and Integral Properties 300 9.16. Extension of Definition Exercises 301 9.17. First-order Linear Differential Equations 302 9.18. Second-order Linear Differential Equations 303 9.19. The Case Where a0 = 0 Exercise 304 9.20. A Rigorous Derivation of the Asymptotic Expansion 305 9.22. A Basic Problem in the Theory of Differential Equations 307 9.21. Determination of the Constants Exercises 307 9.23. Formal Determination of Coefficients 308 9.24. Asymptotic Expansion of Solution 309 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 310 Bibliography and Comments 317 Chapter 10. Stability of Solutions of linear Differential-Difference Equations 318 10.1. Introduction. 318 10.2. Stability Theory for Ordinary Differential Equations 318 10.3. The Adjoint Equation 320 10.4. The Scalar Linear Differential-Difference Equation 322 10.5. The Matrix Equation with Retarded Argument 324 10.6. AStability Theorem for Equations with Retarded Argument 326 10.7. Equations with Constant Coefficients 328 10.8. A Lemma 329 10.9. A Stability Theorem for Equations with Constant Coefficients 330 10.11. The Scalar Equation of Neutral Type: Integral Representation for a Solution Exercise 331 10.10. Boundedness of Solutions of the Unperturbed System 331 10.12. The Scalar Equation of Neutral Type: Representation for the Derivative of a Solution 334 10.13. Systems of Equations of Neutral Type 338 10.14. Stability Theorems for Equations of Neutral Type 342 10.15. Stability Theorems for Equations of Neutral Type with Constant Coefficients 345 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 348 Bibliography and Comments 351 Chapter 11. Stability Theory and Asymptotic Behavior for Nonlinear Differential-Difference Equations 352 11.1. Introduction 352 11.2. The Poincaré-Liapunov Theorem 353 11.3. Small Perturbations for General Systems 355 11.4. Types of Stability 357 11.5. Existence Theorem for Nonlinear Differential-Difference Equations 359 11.6. Uniqueness 362 11.7. Statement of Existence and Uniqueness Theorems Exercises 363 11.8. Stability Theorem Exercise 366 11.9. Stability Theorem: Second Proof Exercise 368 11.10. Asymptotic Behavior of the Solutions. 372 11.11. Proof of Theorem 11.5 Exercises 374 11.12. Another Stability Theorem 379 11.13. Dini-Hukuhara Theorem for Equations with Variable Coefficients 382 11.14. Poincaré-Liapunov Theorem for Equations with General Variable Coefficients 385 11.15. Asymptotic Behavior for Nonlinear Equations with Almost-constant Coefficients 387 11.16. Systems of Nonlinear Equations 390 11.17. Liapunov Functions and Functionals 391 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 394 Bibliography and Comments 408 Chapter 12. Asymptotic Location of the Zeros of Exponential Polynomials 411 12.1. Introduction 411 12.2. The Form of det H(s) 412 12.3. Zeros of Analytic Functions Exercises 413 12.4. Constant Coefficients and Commensurable Exponents 417 12.5. Constant Coefficients and General Real Exponents 418 12.6. Asymptotically Constant Coefficients 422 12.7. Polynomial Coefficients with mj and βj Proportional 424 12.8. Polynomial Coefficients 428 12.9. Examples Exercise 434 12.10. Conditions That All Roots Be of Specified Type Exercises 435 12.11. Construction of Contours 438 12.12. Order Results for H-1(S) 440 12.13. Order Results in the Scalar Case 441 12.14. Convergence of Integrals over the Contours Exercises 442 12.15. Integrals along Vertical Lines 445 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 450 Bibliography and Comments 457 Chapter 13. On Stability Properties of the Zeros of Exponential Polynomials 458 13.1. Introduction 458 13.2. Exponential Polynomials Exercises 458 13.3. Functions of the Form f(z, cos z, sin z) 459 13.4. Presence of a Principal Term 460 13.5. Zeros of h(z, ez ) 460 13.6. The Fundamental Stability Results 461 13.7. A Result of Hayes 462 13.8. An Important Equation 464 13.9. Another Example 468 Miscellaneous Exercises and Research Problems 470 Bibliography and Comments 472 Author Index 475 Subject Index 478 Other RAND Books 481 Pokaż więcej