On a boundary value problem for scalar linear functional differential equations (Q1773491)

The authors obtain results concerning the Fredholm alternative and well-posedness of the linear boundary value problem \[ u'(t)=\ell(u)(t)+q(t),\quad h(u)=c, \] where \(\ell:C([a,b];\mathbb{R})\to L([a,b];\mathbb{R})\) and \(h:C([a,b];\mathbb{R})\to \mathbb{R}\) are linear bounded operators, \(q\in L([a,b];\mathbb{R})\) and \(c\in \mathbb{R}\). They establish the results even when \(\ell\) is not a strongly bounded operator. The dimension of the solution space of the homogeneous problem \[ u'(t)=\ell(u)(t),\quad h(u)=0, \] is discussed. Several examples are given to illustrate the results obtained.