A note on local center manifolds for differential equations with state-dependent delay. (Q504274)

The paper deals with an equation with state-dependent delay represented in the abstract form \[ x'(t)=f(x_t), \] where \(x_t=\{ x(t+s)\in\mathbb R^n,s\in [-h,0]\},\) the function \(f:U\to\mathbb R^n\) defined on some open neighbourhood \(U\) of zero in the space \(C^1\) of all continuously differentiable functions \([-h,0]\to\mathbb R^n\) is differentiable and \(f(0)=0\). It is assumed that for each \(\varphi\in U\) the derivative \(Df(\varphi):C^1\to\mathbb R^n\) extends to a linear mapping \(D_e(\varphi):C\to\mathbb R^n\) such that \(U\times C\ni (\varphi,\psi)\to D_e(\varphi)\psi\in\mathbb R^n\) is continuous. The author constructs a local center manifold at a stationary point via intersecting local center-unstable and local center-stable manifolds by means of the implicit mapping theorem. This is an alternative proof of the theorem obtained by \textit{F. Hartung} et al. [``Functional differential equations with state-dependent delays: theory and applications'', in: Handbook of differential equations: ordinary differential equations. Vol. III. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North Holland, 435--545 (2006)] and \textit{T. Krisztin} [in: Nonlinear dynamics and evolution equations. Providence: American Mathematical Society. Fields Institute Communications 48, 213--226 (2006; Zbl 1109.34057)].