Representation formula for solution of a functional equation with Volterra operator (Q2381925)

The paper deals with the representation of the solutions of abstract Volterra equations in general Banach spaces. To be more precise, consider three Banach spaces \(X_i(\Omega_i, \Sigma_i,\mu_i; {\mathcal{Y}}_i)\), \(i=0,1,2\), where \(\mu_i\) is either a Borel measure, or the completion of a finite measure. It is assumed that the spaces used have finite measures and they are ideal in the sense that, given a measurable function \(y: \Omega_i\to {\mathcal{Y}}_i\), if for a certain \(x\in X_i(\Omega_i, \Sigma_i,\mu_i; {\mathcal{Y}}_i)\) it satisfies \(\| y(s)\| \leq\| x(s)\| \) for almost all \(s\), then we have \(y\in X_i(\Omega_i, \Sigma_i,\mu_i; {\mathcal{Y}}_i)\). Assume that \(X_0\) is the direct product \(X_1\otimes{\mathcal{Y}}_0\) and consider a linear operator \({\mathcal{L}}:X_0\to X_2\). In this paper, the author provides information about the integral representation of the solution of the operator equation \({\mathcal{L}}x=f\), when the operator \(\mathcal{L}\) is a so-called Volterra operator, a notion which is borrowed from previous work of the author and from the joint work of \textit{M.\,E.\thinspace Drakhlin, A.\,Ponosov} and \textit{E.\,Stepanov} [Proc.\ Edinb.\ Math.\ Soc., II.\ Ser.\ 45, No.\,2, 467--490 (2002; Zbl 1030.47045)]. (The notions of chain of measurable sets and of memory of an operator on a chain are also used.) An example of a delay differential equation illustrates the results. In the last section of the paper, some kernel properties of the integral representation of the solutions are given.