Linearization and Hölder continuity for nonautonomous systems (Q2042686)

The authors investigate finite-dimensional nonautonomous ordinary differential equations \[ \dot x=A(t)x+f(t,x,y),\quad \dot y=g(t,y) \] and provide conditions guaranteeing that there is a transformation of the form \(H(t,x,y)=(x+h(t,x,y),y)\) taking its solutions onto the solutions of the partially linearized system \[ \dot x=A(t)x,\quad \dot y=g(t,y). \] \textit{J. Shi} and \textit{K. Xiong} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 192, No. 3, 813--832 (1995; Zbl 0856.34057)] proved a special case where \(g\) was a linear function of \(y\) and \(\dot x=A(t)x\) had an exponential dichotomy. Our assumptions on \(A\) and \(f\) are of the general form considered by \textit{A. Reinfelds} and \textit{D. Šteinberga} [Int. J. Pure Appl. Math. 98, No. 3, 355--364 (2015; \url{doi:10.12732/ijpam.v98i3.8})], which include many of the generalizations of Palmer's theorem proved by other authors. Inspired by the work of Shi and Xiong, we also prove Hölder continuity of \(H\) and its inverse in the variables \(x\) and \(y\). Again the proofs are given in the context of Reinfelds and Šteinberga but we show what the results reduce to when \(\dot x=A(t)x\) is assumed to have an exponential dichotomy. The paper is concluded with the discrete time version of the results.