On Gronwall-Bellman-Bihari-type integral inequalities in several variables with retardation (Q1083562)

The author considers n-variable Gronwall inequalities with delay. These inequalities are of the form \[ x(t)\leq p(t)+q(t)\int^{t}_{t_ 0}f(s)F[x(a(s))+\int^{s}_{t_ 0}g(z)G(x(b(z)))dz]ds \] \[ +r(t)\int^{t}_{t_ 0}h(s)H(x(c(s)))ds \] where successively: \(r\equiv 0\), F(v)\(\equiv v\), G(v)\(\equiv v\) [Theorem 1]; p - const., \(a\equiv b\), \(r\equiv 1\), F(v)\(\equiv v\), G(v)\(\equiv v\) [2]; \(r\equiv 0\), F(v)\(\equiv v\) [3]; \(q\equiv 0\) [4,5]; p - const. \(g\equiv 0\) [6]. All the functions are continuous. The delays a, b, c are such that \(a=(a_ 1,...,a_ n): I^ n\to I\quad (I=[t_ 0,t_ 1)\subset R^ n),\) \(a(v)\leq v,\lim_{v\to \infty}a_ i(v)=\infty,\quad i=1,...,n.\) Examples of additional assumptions: \(x,f,g,h: I\to R_ 0:=[0,\infty),\) \(q: I\to [1,\infty),\) \(H: R_ 0\to R_ 0,\) \(H(R_+)\subset R_+:=(0,\infty),\) H is nondecreasing and submultiplicative on \(R_+\), \(D_ kH(v(t))\geq 0\) for \(t\in I\) and \(k=2,3,...,n\) [Theorem 2]; \(x,h: I\to R_ 0,\) \(p,r: I\to [1,\infty),\) p is nondecreasing, \(D_ kH(v(t))\geq 0\) for \(t\in I\) and \(k=2,3,...,n\), \(H: R_ 0\to R_ 0,\) \(H(0)=0\), \(H(v)>0\) for \(v>0\), H is nondecreasing, \(H(v)/u\leq H(v/u)\) for \(u\geq 1\) and \(v\geq 0\) [Theorem 5]. Applications to the study of boundedness of solutions of some hyperbolic equations with retardation are given. Similar results (without delays) have been obtained by \textit{C.-C. Yeh} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 78, 78-87 (1980; Zbl 0458.26006); ibid. 87, 311-321 (1982; Zbl 0514.26006)], \textit{A. I. Zahariev} and \textit{D. D. Bainov} [ibid. 80, 147-149 (1981; Zbl 0468.26009)]. For some other view- points see \textit{E. Thandapani} and \textit{R. P. Agarwal} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 86, 542-561 (1982; Zbl 0507.26006)] and \textit{P. R. Beesack} [ibid. 100, 393-408 (1984; Zbl 0544.26007)] while for scalars systems of Gronwall inequalities with delay \textit{D. Bobrowski}, the reviewer and \textit{J. Werbowski} [Fasc. Math. 10, 97-104 (1978; Zbl 0479.26014)].