Representation of solutions of hybrid difference-differential systems (Q2459690)

The paper deals with the Cauchy problem for hybrid difference-differential systems with retarded argument. An adjoint system that is characterized by the presence of jump equations is constructed for a time-dependent system. For the adjoint system, the authors obtain an integral representation of the solution in the form of the variation-of-constants formula for the continuous and piecewise continuous components of the phase vector. The results can be used for the analysis of relative controllability of algebraic-differential delay systems and can be refined in the stationary case. For stationary systems, one can also obtain representations of solutions to hybrid difference-differential systems via solutions to their determining equations. This result permits one to extract finitely many generators in the linear span of the solutions and hence to obtain an efficient parametric criterion for the relative controllability of stationary hybrid difference-differential systems.