Existence of solutions of abstract nonlinear second-order neutral functional integrodifferential equations (Q597263)

Sufficient conditions for the existence of mild solutions for abstract second-order neutral functional integrodifferential equations are established by using the theory of strongly continuous cosine families of operators and the Schaefer theorem. The authors deal with the nonlinear second-order neutral functional integro-differential equation having the form \[ (d/dt)[x'(t)- g(t,x_t)]= Ax(t)+ \int^t_0 F\left(t,s,x_s,x'(s), \int^s_0 f\bigl(s,\tau,x_\tau, x'(\tau)\bigr)d \tau\right)ds,\;\tag{1} \] \(t\in(0,T)\), satisfying the following initial conditions (2) \(x_0=\varphi\), \(x'(0)= y_0\). Here it is assumed that \(A\) is the infinitesimal generator of the strongly continuous cosine family of bounded linear operator in a Banach space \(X\). Under some assumptions it is proved that the problem (1)--(2) has at least one mild solution. Some interesting applications are also presented.