A one parameter family of spline-type schemes for approximation of delay systems (Q1260902)

The paper presents a one-parameter family of approximation schemes for systems of linear retarded functional differential equations as \(\dot x(t) = A_ 0x(t) + A_ 1 x(t-r) + f(t)\) in \(\mathbb{R}^ n\). The schemes are basd on the state space \(\mathbb{R}^ n\times L^ 2\) and on approximation of the corresponding solution semigroup on sequences of finite dimensional subspaces of the state space. The parameter ranges over a certain real interval, whose extreme points are determined by the values generating an orthogonal basis consisting of piecewise linear functions respectively a basis of linear splines for the subspaces. A close relationship is shown between the approximate schemes for delay systems and ordinary differential equation methods.