Modified Wiener equations

This paper is concerned with a class of functional differential equations whose argument transforms are involutions. In contrast to the earlier works in this area, which have used only involutions with a fixed point, we also admit involutions without a fixed point. In the first case, an initial val...

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Main Author: Will Watkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171201006561
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Summary:This paper is concerned with a class of functional differential equations whose argument transforms are involutions. In contrast to the earlier works in this area, which have used only involutions with a fixed point, we also admit involutions without a fixed point. In the first case, an initial value problem for a differential equation with involution is reduced to an initial value problem for a higher order ordinary differential equation. In our case, either two initial conditions or two boundary conditions are necessary for a solution; the equation is then reduced to a boundary value problem for a higher order ODE.
ISSN:0161-1712
1687-0425