Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to Systems of Differential Equations

Subjects: Ordinary Differential Equations
Links: Existence of Solutions of First Order Differential Equations, Second Order Linear Differential Equations, nth Order Linear Differential Equations, Banach's Fixed Point Theorem

Local Existence

Let f:D = [x_0-a, x_0+a] \times B_b(y_0) \subseteq \Bbb R\times \Bbb C { #n} \to \Bbb C^n, and satisfies a Lipschitz condition on D. If M>0, such that fM on D. Then Picard iteratives (ϕk) on converge on I=[x0α,x0+α] with α=min{a,b/M} to a solution of the initial value problem $$
y' = f(x,y) \quad y(x_0)= y_0

on$I$.Additionally

|\phi -\phi_k | \le \frac{M}{K}\frac{(K\alpha)^{k+1}}{(k+1)!}e^{K\alpha}

### Non-local Existence of Solutions Let $S=[x_0-a, x_0+a] \times \Bbb C^n$, and $f:S \to \Bbb C^n$ be Lipschtiz continuous with constant ${K>0}$. The successive approximations $(\phi_k)$ for the problem

y' = f(x, y) \quad y(x_0) =y_0

existsontheentireinterval$[x0a,x0+a]$,andconvergetheretosolution$ϕ$oftheinitialvalueproblem.Cor:Suppose$f:R×CnCn$beacontinuousfunctionontheplanewhichsatisfiestheLipschitzconditiononthestrip$Sa=[a,a]×R$,where$a>0$.Theneveryinitialvalueproblem

y' = f(x, y) \quad y(x_0) =y_0

has a solution which exists for all $x$ ### Approximations and uniqueness Let $f, g$ be continuous functions on ${R= [x_0-a,x_0+a]\times[y_0-b, y_0+b]}$, and suppose $f$ satisfies the Lipschitz condition with a Lipschitz constant $K$. Let $\phi$ and $\psi$ be solutions of $$y' = f(x, y) \quad y(x_0) =y_1 $$$$y' = g(x, y) \quad y(x_0) =y_2

respectively on an interval I containing x0, with graphs contained in R. Additionally let ε,δ0, such that fgε on R, and |y1y2|δ. Then

ϕ(x)ψ(x)δeK|xx0|+εK(eK|xx0|1)

for all x in I. In particular, the problem

y=f(x,y)y(x0)=y0

has at most one solution any interval containing x0

Linear sytems of equations

Consider the linear system

y=f(x,y)

where the components of f are given by

fj(x,y)=k=1najk(x)yk+bj(x)

and the functions ajk, bj are continuous on an interval I containg x0. If y0 is any vector in Cn there exists one and only one solution ϕ to the problem

y=f(x,y)y(x0)=y0

on I

Equations of order n

Let f:D=[x0a,x0+a]×Bb(y0)R×CnCn , and let N>0 such that fN on D. Suppose there exists L>0 such that

f(x,y)f(x,z)Lyz

for all (x,y),(x,z)D. Then there exists a unique solution to the problem

y(n)=f(x,y,y,,y(n1))

on the interval I=[x0α,x0+α], with α=min{a,b/M} and M=N+b+y0) which satisfies

ϕ(x0)=α1,ϕ(x0)=α2,,ϕ(n1)(x0)=αn$$

y_0 =(\alpha_1,\alpha_2, \dots, \alpha_n)

### Linear $n$th order equations Let $a_1, \dots, a_n, b: I \to \Bbb C$ continuous functions, and $I$ an interval containing $x_0$. If ${\alpha_1, \dots, \alpha_n \in \Bbb C}$ are constants, there exists a unique solution $\phi$ of the equation

y^{(n)}+a_1(x)y^{(n-1)} + \cdots +a_n(x) y = b(x)

on$I$satisfying

\phi(x_0) = \alpha_1, \quad \phi'(x_0)= \alpha_2, \quad \cdots, \phi^{(n-1)}(x_0) = \alpha_n

### Other Version Let $V \subseteq \Bbb R^r$ and $U \subseteq \Bbb R^n$ be open, let $c > 0$, let $f^i \in \mathcal C^\infty((-c, c) \times V \times U)$ for $1 \le i \le n$, and consider the system of ordinary differential equations with parameters $b = (b^1, \dots, b^r) \in V$ $$\frac{dx^i}{dt} = f^i(t, b, x^1(t, b), \dots, x^n(t, b)), \qquad 1 \le i \le n.$$If $a = (a^1, \dots, a^n) \in U$, there are smooth functions $x^i(t, b)$ for $1 \le i \le n$, defined on some nondegenerate interval $[-\delta, \varepsilon]$ about $0$, that satisfy the system above and the initial condition $$x^i(0, b) = a^i, 1 \le i \le n.$$Furthermore, if the functions $\tilde x^i(t, b), 1 \le i \le n$, give another solution defined on $[-\tilde \delta, \tilde \varepsilon]$ and satisfying the same initial conditions then these solutions agree on $[-\tilde \delta, \tilde \varepsilon]\cap [-\delta, \varepsilon]$. Finally, if we write these solution as $x^i = x^i(t, b, a)$, there is a neighbourhood $W$ of $a$ in $U$, a neighbourhood $B$ of $b$ in $V$, and a choice of $\varepsilon >0$ such that the solutions $x^i(t, z, x)$ are dined and smooth on the open set $(-\varepsilon, \varepsilon) \times B \times W\subseteq \Bbb R^{n+r+1}$.