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The author studies the topological structure of the set of all solutions to the abstract Volterra equation \[ {d x(t) \over dt} = Vx(t) \quad \text{a.e.}\quad t \in [0,T], \qquad x(0) = x_0. \] Here \(V\) maps \(C([0,T],\mathbb R^n)\) continuously into \(L^p([0,T],\mathbb R^n)\) (with \(1 \leq p \leq \infty\)) and \(V\) is an abstract Volterra operator, i.e., for each \(\varepsilon \in [0,T]\), the restriction of \(V x(t)\) to \([0,\varepsilon]\) does not depend on the values of \(x(s)\) for \(s > \varepsilon\). Different conditions are given under which the solution set is an \(R_\delta\) (in particular, it is non-empty, compact and connected). One such set of conditions include the assumptions that the solution sets of both the original equation and a certain truncated equation are bounded a priori. In another set of conditions these boundedness assumptions are replaced by an upper estimate on \(\langle y(t),Vy(t) \rangle\) for all \(y \in C([0,T],\mathbb R^n)\) (which is used to establish the needed a priori boundedness). Partly modified versions of these general results are applied to two special cases, namely to the \(\mathbb R^n\)-valued ordinary differential equation where \(V x(t) = f(t,x(t))\) and to the \(\mathbb R^n\)-valued Volterra integro-differential equation where \(V x(t) = \int_0^tk(t,s)f(s,y(s)) ds\). Extensions to the functional Volterra equation \(y(t) = Vy(t)\), a.e. \(t \in [0,T]\), are indicated.











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