No label defined (Q4359322)

Consider in a Banach space \(E\) an \(n\)th order non-autonomous, linear, non-homogeneous differential equation \((*)\) \(T_nu= f\), where \[ T_n:= (a_nD+ b_nI)\circ\cdots\circ (a_1D+ b_1I)= f \] with \(D\) as differentiation operator, and \(I\) the identity; the coefficients \(a_k,b_k: \mathbb{R}_+\to \mathbb{R}\) are continuous and non-vanishing with \(\int^\infty|a_k(s)/b_k(s)|ds=\infty\), and \(f: \mathbb{R}_+\to E\) is continuous. The author investigates the limit set \({\mathcal L}[u]\) and the weak limit set \({\mathcal L}[u]\) of a solution \(u\) of \((*)\). In case \(n=1\), \(a_1/b_1>0\), \({\mathcal L}[u]\) is contained in a non-empty closed convex set \(K\) with \(\text{dist}(f(t)/b_1(t), K)\to 0\) as \(t\to\infty\). The design problem in machine learning serves as motivating example. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0872.00037].