## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### Study of Solutions to Some Functional Differential Equations with Piecewise Constant Arguments

#### Abstract

We provide optimal conditions for the existence and uniqueness of solutions to a nonlocal boundary value problem for a class of linear homogeneous second-order functional differential equations with piecewise constant arguments. The nonlocal boundary conditions include terms of the state function and the derivative of the state function. A similar nonhomogeneous problem is also discussed.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2012, Special Issue (2012), Article ID 851691, 25 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 1 April 2013

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1364846463

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2012/851691

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2903813

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1244.34088

#### Citation

Nieto, Juan J.; Rodríguez-López, Rosana. Study of Solutions to Some Functional Differential Equations with Piecewise Constant Arguments. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2012, Special Issue (2012), Article ID 851691, 25 pages. doi:10.1155/2012/851691. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1364846463

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