Solution estimates and stability tests for linear neutral differential equations

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Abstract: Explicit exponential stability tests are obtained for the scalar neutral differential equation dot{x}(t)-a(t)dot{x}(g(t))=-sum_{k=1}^m b_k(t)x(h_k(t)), together with exponential estimates for its solutions. Estimates for solutions of a non-homogeneous neutral equation are also obtained, they are valid on every finite segment, thus describing both asymptotic and transient behavior. For neutral differential equations, exponential estimates are obtained here for the first time. Both the coefficients and the delays are assumed to be measurable, not necessarily continuous functions.


The authors consider the class of scalar linear neutral delay-differential equations \[ \dot{x}(t) - a(t) \dot{x}(t - \sigma(t)) + \sum_{k=1}^m b_k(t) x(t - \tau_k(t)) = 0 \] with (time-varying) bounded delays \(\sigma\) and \(\tau_k\). Using the change of variable \(z(t) = \exp(\lambda t) x(t)\) and the corresponding auxiliary delay-differential equation (which belongs to the same class), they derive conditions on equation coefficients that ensure the boundedness of the fundamental solution of this auxiliary problem, leading to an exponential estimate for the solution \(x(t)\) of the original equation. Two corollaries derive simpler conditions in special cases. The applicability of these results are then compared to those in [Czech. Math. J. 69, No. 3, 863--891 (2019; Zbl 07088821); Appl. Math. Lett. 81, 79--85 (2018; Zbl 1390.34211] by the same authors.











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