\(C^{1+\alpha}\)-strict solutions and wellposedness of abstract differential equations with state dependent delay (Q329253)

The authors study the existence and uniqueness of strict and \(C^{1+\alpha}\)-strict solutions for a general class of abstract functional differential equations with state dependent delay of the form \[ \begin{aligned} & u'(t)=Au(t)+F(t,u_{\sigma(t,u_t)}),\quad t\in[0,a],\\ & u_0=\varphi\in C([-p,0],X),\end{aligned} \] where \(A:D(A)\subset X\to X\) is the infinitesimal generator of an analytic semigroup of bounded linear operator \((T(t))_{t\geq 0}\) defined on a Banach space \((X,\| .\|)\), and \(F(.),\sigma(.)\) are prescribed continuous functions. In particular, by assuming that \(F:[0, a]\times X\to X\) is smooth and that \(F(.)\), \(D2F(.)\) are \(\alpha\)-Hölder, the authors establish the existence and uniqueness of \(C^{1+\alpha}\)-strict solutions and prove that the given abstract functional differential equation is locally well posed (in a suitable sense) on the subspace of \(C^{1+\alpha}([-p,0];X)\) given by \(S_{X,\alpha}=\{\varphi\in C^{1+\alpha}([-p,0];X):\varphi(0)\in D(A),\varphi'(0)=A\varphi(0)+F(0,\varphi)\in D_{\alpha,\infty}\}\), where \(D_{\alpha,\infty}\) is an interpolation space. Several examples including the diffusive Nicholson's blowflies equation and the diffusive model of hematopoiesis are given.