On some properties of degenerate linear systems (Q4940408)

The paper deals with systems of linear differential equations of the following form \[ B(t) {{dx}\over{dt}} = A(t)x + f(t), t \in [a,b], \tag{1} \] where \( A(t), B(t) \) are real or complex \( n \times n \)-matrices, \( f (t) \) is an \(n\)-dimensional vector and \( \det{B(t)}=0 \) for all \( t \in [a,b]. \) First, the author studies the problem of reduction of system (1) to its central canonical form. Then he describes a structure of a general solution to equations (1) and gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of Cauchy problems for system (1). Finally, the author proves two general theorems on existence and uniqueness of a periodic solution to equations (1) in the case of their periodicity.