Stability in functional differential equations established using fixed point theory (Q943744)

The authors follow the approach of T. A. Burton for proving stability results by construction of solutions within a suitable function space. The first sentence of their introduction is identical with the first sentence of the introduction to \textit{T. A. Burton's} book on this topic (see Stability by fixed point theory for functional differential equations. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications. xiv, 348~p. (2006; Zbl 1160.34001). One main tool is Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem. Previous results for scalar delay equations like \[ x'(t)=-a(t)x(t-r_1(t))+b(t)[x(t-r_2(t))]^{1/3} \] are generalized, and some explicit examples are given.