Equilibrium-like solutions of asymptotically autonomous differential equations (Q785374)

The paper deals with skew-product semiflows, especially those ones generated by nonautonomous ordinary equations \(\dot x=f(t,x)\) and semilinear parabolic evolution equations \(\dot u=Ax+f(t,x)\). The autonomous asymptoticity of \(f\) is assumed, i.e., \(f^t\to f^{\pm}\) as \(t\to \pm\infty\), where \(f^t(s,x)=f(s+t,x)\), both \(f^{\pm}\) are \(t\)-independent, and the convergence is determined by a suitable topology. Under further hypothesis, the author presents some constructions and results related to Morse decompositions and to the corresponding nonautonomous homology Conley indices. The notion of the nonautonomous Conley index was introduced by the author in [J. Fixed Point Theory Appl. 19, No. 3, 1825--1870 (2017; Zbl 1379.37033)]. The results of this paper are used to find theorems on the existence of solutions of the considered evolution equations which connect hyperbolic equilibria of the asymptotic autonomous systems.