No label defined (Q4384844)

The author considers equations of the form \[ \sum_{i=0}^{n} \sum_{j=0}^{m}a_{ij}(x)y^{(i)}(\xi _j(x))=0, \tag{1,\(I,\xi_j\)} \] where \(n,m\) are integers, \(\xi _j:I\to I\), \(I=(a,b)\). Let \(\sum_{j=0}^{m}a_{ij}^2=0\), \(\sum_{i=0}^{n}\sum_{j=0}^{m}a_{ij}^2 \neq 0\). Equation \((1,I,\xi_j)\) is a retarded equation if \(\xi _j(x)<x\), and an equation of mixed type if there exists a pair \((k,l)\), \(k\neq l\), such that \(\xi _k(x)<x\), \(\xi _l(x)>x\) on \(I\) and \(a_{i_1k}\times a_{i_2l} \neq 0\) for some \(i_1, i_2=0,1,2\dots n\). Equation \((1,I,\xi _j)\) is of neutral type if \(\sum_{j=0}^{m}a_{ij}^2\neq 0\). The author derives a form of pointwise transformation \(B\) which converts any differential equation \((1,I,\xi _j)\) of mixed or neutral type into another equation of the same type and form \[ \sum_{i=0}^{n} \sum_{j=0}^{m}b_{ij}(x)u^{(i)}(\eta _j(x))=0, \] defined on an interval \(J\).