Existence and uniqueness of Cauchy problem for fuzzy differential equations under dissipative conditions (Q2475918)

The authors prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution to the Cauchy problem associated with first-order fuzzy differential equations in \(E^n\) in the space \(E^n\) of normal, fuzzy convex, upper semicontinuous and compactly supported fuzzy sets \(u:\mathbb{R}^n \to [0,1] \) \[ x'(t)=f(t,x(t)),\quad x(t_0)=x_0, \] for \(f\) satisfying Lyapunov dissipative-type conditions. The procedure is based on the application of the result on the existence of approximate solutions to the Cauchy problem for fuzzy differential equations given in the work by \textit{C. X. Wu} and \textit{S. J. Song} [Inf. Sci. 108, 123--134 (1998; Zbl 0931.34041)], the embedding result of the fuzzy number space \((E^n,D)\) in a real Banach space [see \textit{H. Rådström}, Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 3, 165--169 (1952; Zbl 0046.33304), and \textit{P. E. Kloeden}, Fuzzy Sets Syst. 44, 161--163 (1991; Zbl 0742.34058)], and comparison results for classical ordinary differential equations [see \textit{V. Lakshmikantham} and \textit{S. Leela}, Differential and integral inequalities, New York-London, Academic Press (1969; Zbl 0177.12403)], which are important tools to complete the proof of the main theorems.