Linear hyperbolic functional-differential equations with essentially bounded right-hand side (Q638110)

Summary: Theorems on the unique solvability and nonnegativity of solutions to the characteristic initial value problem \(u^{(1,1)}(t, x)= \ell_0 (u)(t, x)+ \ell_1 (u^{(1,0)})(t, x)+ \ell_2 (u^{(0,1)})(t, x)+ q(t, x)\), \(u(t, c) = \alpha(t)\) for \(t \in [a, b]\), \(u(a, x) = \beta(x)\) for \(x \in [c, d]\) given on the rectangle \([a, b] \times [c, d]\) are established, where the linear operators \(\ell_0, \ell_1, \ell_2\) map suitable function spaces into the space of essentially bounded functions. General results are applied to the hyperbolic equations with essentially bounded coefficients and argument deviations.