Liapunov functionals of convolution type (Q1072697)

This paper is a contribution to the study of the various types of boundedness and stability of the solutions of the functional differential equations (a) and (b): (a) \(x'(t)=G(t,x(s)\); \(0\leq s\leq t)\) where G is a continuous functional defined and taking values in \(R^ n\) whenever x: [0,t]\(\to R^ n\) is continuous and \(0\leq t<\infty\); (b) \(x'=Ax+\int^{t}_{0}C(t,s)x(s)ds+f(t)\) where A is an \(n\times n\) constant matrix, C(t,s) is an \(n\times n\) matrix of functions continuous for \(0\leq s\leq t<\infty\), f: [0,\(\infty)\to R^ n\) is continuous and bounded, and \(n\geq 1\). At first the authors establish three integral inequality theorems for Lyapunov functionals of convolution type, and then, by the effective use of these theorems, they give sufficient conditions for the uniform boundedness of the solutions of (a); a sufficient condition for the uniform ultimate boundedness of the solutions of (a); a sufficient condition for the uniform stability of the zero solution of (a); a sufficient condition for the uniform asymptotic stability of the zero solution of (a); a sufficient condition for the uniform boundedness of the solutions of (b); a sufficient condition for the uniform ultimate boundedness of the solutions of (b); a sufficient condition for the uniform asymptotic stability of the zero solution of (b).