Fixed points and controllability in delay systems (Q2491496)

The authors study the controllability in an infinite delay system of the form \[ x'(t) = G(t,x_{t}) + (Bu)(t), \quad t \in [0,b], \tag{1} \] where \(x(t) \in \mathbb{R}^{n},\) \(x_{t}(\theta) = x(t+\theta),\;-\infty < \theta \leq 0,\) \(u,\) the control, is a real \(m\)-vector-valued function defined on \([0,b],\) \(B\) is a bounded linear operator and \(G\) is defined on \([0,b]\times C\) (\(C\) is the Banach space of bounded continuous functions \(\varphi: (-\infty,0] \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{n},\) with the supremum norm). System (1) is said to be controllable on the interval \([0,b]\) if for each \(\varphi \in C\) and \(\gamma \in \mathbb{R}^{n}\), there exists a control \(u \in U \) such that the solution \(x(t,\varphi)\) of (1) with initial function \(\varphi\) satisfies \(x(b) = \gamma.\) Here, \(U\) is the space of admissible controls. Under some hypotheses, the authors prove the controllability of (1). The method of the proof uses Schaefer's fixed-point theorem. They rewrite the original problem as an equivalent integral equation and obtain an appropriate a priori bound by means of a Lyapunov functional. Finally, some examples are shown.