Basic neutral integral equations of advanced type (Q4370010)

The author discusses exhaustively the neutral integral equation of advanced type having the form \[ x(t)= f\bigl(x(t-h) \bigr)+ \int^\infty_t Q\bigl(s,x(s), x(s-h)\bigr) C(t-s)ds+ p(t).\tag{1} \] A deep analysis of equations of such a type is done. Problems of existence and uniqueness of solutions etc. are studied in connection with a qualitative theory for these equations. The author constructs first a suitable Banach space (depending on the size of the function \(p(t)\) and on the scope of the investigations) and next applies a fixed point theorem (Banach or Krasnosel'skij) in order to obtain the existence of solutions of (1) which have a priori required properties. Many interesting remarks concerning the equation (1) are provided.