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On the generalized pantograph functional-differential equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

A. Iserles
A. Iserles
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Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Abstract

The generalized pantograph equation y′(t) = Ay(t) + By(qt) + Cy′(qt), y(0) = y0, where q ∈ (0, 1), has numerous applications, as well as being a useful paradigm for more general functional-differential equations with monotone delay. Although many special cases have been already investigated extensively, a general theory for this equation is lacking–its development and exposition is the purpose of the present paper. After deducing conditions on A, B, C ∈ ℂd×d that are equivalent to well-posedness, we investigate the expansion of y in Dirichlet series. This provides a very fruitful form for the investigation of asymptotic behaviour, and we duly derive conditions for limt⋅→∞y(t) = 0. The behaviour on the stability boundary possesses no comprehensive explanation, but we are able to prove that, along an important portion of that boundary, y is almost periodic and, provided that q is rational, it is almost rotationally symmetric. The paper also addresses itself to a detailed analysis of the scalar equation y′(t) = by(qt), y(0) = 1, to high-order pantograph equations, to a phenomenon, similar to resonance, that occurs for specific configurations of eigenvalues of A, and to the equation Y′(t) = AY(t) + Y(qt) B, Y(0) = Y0.

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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 1993 , pp. 1 - 38
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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