Positivity of solutions to boundary value problems for infinite functional differential systems (Q2471596)

The authors consider the problems of unique solvability of boundary value problems for the following infinite functional differential systems and positivity for the solutions of \[ x'_i(t)+\sum_{j=1}^\infty p_{ij}(t)\left(S_{h_{ij}}x\right)(t)=f_i(t), \;i=1,2,\cdots, \;t\in [0,\omega], \eqno{(1)} \] \[ l_ix_i=0, \;i=1,2,\cdots,\eqno{(2)} \] where \(p_{ij}\), \(h_{ij}:[0,\omega]\to \mathbb{R}\) are measurable essentially bounded functions and \[ \left(S_{h_{ij}}x\right)(t)=\begin{cases} x(h_{ij}(t)),\quad &\text{for }h_{ij}(t)\geq 0,\\ 0, & \text{ for } h_{ij}(t)<0 \end{cases} \] are linear bounded operators, \(f_i\in L\), \(L\) is the space of continuous and essentially bounded functions \(y: [0,\omega]: (-\infty,\infty)\), \(l_i:C[0,\omega]\to\mathbb{R}\), \(i=1,2,\cdots,\) are linear functionals. The problems of unique solvability of boundary value problems and positivity of the solutions of (1)--(2) are reduced to analysis of scalar functional equations in the space \(L\). Efficient tests of the solvability and positivity are given.