Differential equations in metric spaces with applications (Q1001652)

This paper is concerned with differential equations in metric spaces and with their applications to ordinary and partial differential equations. The authors modify the structure of quasidifferential equations known in the literature and prove existence, uniqueness and continuous dependence on parameters under conditions that are weaker than those known in the literature, i.e. the authors consider local well posedness of differential equations in metric spaces under assumptions that allow to comprise several different applications. The authors consider a system of balance laws with a dissipative non local source, the Hille-Yosida theorem, a generalization of a recent result on nonlinear operator splitting, an extension of the Trotter formula for linear semigroups and the heat equation. The results of this paper improve known results in the sense that the assumptions used by the authors are weaker.