Delay Equations: Functional-, Complex-, and Nonlinear Analysis [Paperback]

The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to the mathematical theory of infinite dimensional dynamical systems by focusing on a relatively simple, yet rich, class of examples, that is, those described by delay differential equations. It is a textbook giving detailed proofs and providing many exercises, which is intended both for self-study and for courses at a graduate level. The book would also be suitable as a reference for basic results. As the subtitle indicates, the book is about concepts, ideas, results and methods from linear functional analysis, complex function theory, the qualitative theory of dynamical systems and nonlinear analysis. After studying this book, the reader should have a working knowledge of applied functional analysis and dynamical systems.0 Introduction and preview.- 0.1 An example of a retarded functional differential equation.- 0.2 Solution operators.- 0.3 Synopsis.- 0.4 A few remarks on history.- I Linear autonomous RFDE.- I.1 Prelude: a motivated introduction to functions of bounded variation.- I.2 Linear autonomous RFDE and renewal equations.- I.3 Solving renewal equations by Laplace transformation.- I.4 Estimates for det ?(z) and related quantities.- I.5 Asymptotic behaviour for t ? ?.- I.6 Comments.- II The shift semigroup.- II.1 Introduction.- II.2 The prototype problem.- II.3 The dual space.- II.4 The adjoint shift semigroup.- II.5 The adjoint generator and the sun subspace.- II.6 The prototype system.- II.7 Comments.- III Linear RFDE as bounded perturbations.- III.1 The basic idea, followed by a digression on weak* integration.- III.2 Bounded perturbations in the sun-reflexive case.- III.3 Perturbations with finite dimensional range.- III.4 Back to RFDE.- III.5 Interpretation of the adjoint semigroup.- III.6 Equivalent description of the dynamics.- III.7 Complexification.- III.8 Remarks about the non-sun-reflexive case.- III.9 Comments.- IV Spectral theory.- IV.1 Introduction.- IV.2 Spectral decomposition for eventually cl#ù