ArticleOriginal scientific text
Title
Existence of solutions and monotone iterative method for infinite systems of parabolic differential-functional equations
Authors 1
Affiliations
- Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
Abstract
We consider the Fourier first boundary value problem for an infinite system of weakly coupled nonlinear differential-functional equations. To prove the existence and uniqueness of solution, we apply a monotone iterative method using J. Szarski's results on differential-functional inequalities and a comparison theorem for infinite systems.
Keywords
method of lower and upper functions, infinite systems of parabolic differential-functional equations, monotone iterative method
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