Generalized Cauchy problem for hyperbolic functional differential systems (Q627381)

It is considered the following system \[ \partial_tz_i(t,x)=f_i(t,x,z_{\psi(t,x)},\partial_xz_i(t,x)), \quad i=1,\dots,k, \] with the initial condition \[ z_i(t,x)=\varphi_i(t,x) \quad\text{on}\quad E_{0.i}, \] where \(E_{0.i}=[-d_0,a_i]\times\mathbb R^n\). The existence of a weak solution of the system is proved by using a method of successive approximation. The theory of bicharacteristics and integral inequalities is applied. The existence results can be applied to differential systems with deviated arguments and differential integral problems.