Differentiability with respect to delays for a retarded reaction-diffusion equation (Q4039276)

The authors deal with the following retarded reaction-diffusion equation: \[ \partial_ t u(t,x) = \Delta u(t,x) + f \bigl( u(t,x), u(t - \tau,x) \bigr) \quad \text{in } \Omega, \] \[ u(t, \cdot) = \phi (t) \quad \text{for} \quad t \in [- \tau, 0], \quad \text{Boundary condition on } \partial \Omega, \] \(u = (u_ 1, \dots, u_ N)\), \(f : \mathbb{R}^{2N} \to \mathbb{R}^ N\), where \(\Omega\) is \(\mathbb{R}^ n\) or a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^ n (1 \leq n \leq 3)\) and \(D = \text{diag} (d_ 1, d_ 2, \dots, d_ N)\) is a positive diagonal matrix. The delay \(\tau > 0\) is regarded as a parameter. It is proved that the solution \(u = u(\tau, \phi, t,x)\) continuously depends on \(\tau, \phi\) and moreover, the dependence is \(C^ k\) if the nonlinear term \(f\) is \(C^ k\).