Finite-time attractivity for diagonally dominant systems with off-diagonal delays (Q448620)

Consider a finite-time delay differential equation \[ x'(t) = f(t, x_t)\text{ for } t\in [0, T] \] with \(x_0(\theta) = \varphi(\theta)\), \(\theta\in [-r, 0]\) for some \(r>0\). Then the solution \(x_t(\varphi)\) is called finite-time attractive on \([0, T]\) with respect to some norm \(\|\cdot\|_*\) if there are \(\alpha >0\) and \(\eta>0\) such that \(\|x_t(\varphi)-x_t(\psi)\|_* \leq e^{-\alpha(t-s)}\|x_s(\varphi)-x_s(\psi)\|_*\) for \(0\leq s\leq t\leq T\) and all \(\psi\) in the neighbourhood \(B_{\eta}(\varphi)\) of \(\varphi\). This paper deals with a class of linear delay differential systems and a class of delayed Lotka-Volterra systems. Sufficient conditions are obtained for finite-time attractivity of solutions of such systems.