Global solutions of initial problems for hyperbolic functional differential systems (Q653965)

The author investigates the system of functional differential equations \[ \partial_tz_i(t,x)+f_{[i]}(t,x)\circ\partial_x z_i(t,x)=F_i(t,x,z_{\varphi (t,x)}),\quad i=1,\dots,k,\tag{(1)} \] with the initial conditions \[ z_i(t,x)=\psi_i(t,x),\quad\text{on}\;E_{0,i},\;i=1,\dots ,k,\tag{(2)} \] where \(z:\Sigma\to\mathbb{R}^k\), \(z=(z_1,\dots,z_k)\), \(z=z(t,x)\), \(x=(x_1,\dots,x_n)\), \(\Sigma=[-b_0,a]\times \mathbb{R}^n\), \(b_0\in\mathbb{R}_+\), \(a>0\), \(E_{0,i}=[-b_0,a_i]\times \mathbb{R}^n\), \(0\leq a_i<a\), for \(i=1,\dots,k\), \(f:E\to M_{k,n}\), \(f=[f_{ij}]_{_{\substack{ j=1,\dots,n \\ i=1,\dots,k}}}\), \(E=[0,a]\times\mathbb{R}^n\), \(f_{[i]}=(f_{i1},\dots,f_{in})\), \(1\leq i\leq k\), \(F:E\times C(B,\mathbb{R}^k)\to\mathbb{R}^k\), \(F=(F_1,\dots,F_k)\), \(z_{(t,x)}:B\to\mathbb{R}^k\), \(B=[-b_0,0]\times [-b,b]\), \(b=(b_1,\dots,b_n)\), \(z_{(t,x)}(\tau,y)=z(t+\tau,x+y)\), \((\tau,y)\in B\), \(\varphi(t,x)=(\phi_0(t),\phi(t,x))\), \((t,x)\in E\). Under some assumptions on the given functions, he proves the existence of exactly one classical solution of \((1)-(2)\) and that the solution is defined on \(\Sigma\). A result on the differentiability of solutions with respect to initial functions is also presented.