On differential equations in ordered Banach spaces with applications to differential systems and random equations (Q2640762)

Given an ordered Banach space E with the order cone K, consider the initial value problem \((1)\quad x'(t)=f(t,x(t))\text{ for } a.e.\quad t\in I,\quad x(0)=c,\) where f: \(I\times K\to E\), \(I=[0,T]\) and \(c\in K\). Applying a generalized iteration method it is shown that if the norm of E is uniformly monotone in K, if f satisfies certain measurability and growth conditions, and if f(\(\cdot,0)\) is K-valued, then the existence of a Lebesgue-integrable function g: \(I\to {\mathbb{R}}_+\) such that \(y\to f(t,y)+q(t)y\) is increasing ensures that the IVP (1) has both the minimal and the maximal solution for each choice of c from K. The dependence of the extremal solutions of (1) on the initial value c and on the function f is also considered, and the obtained results are applied to infinite systems of differential equations and to random differential equations.