The integral operator is a contraction with constant 1/2 for the weighted uniform distance with weight exp(-2L(t-a)) on the complete space of continuous maps; its unique fixed point is the unique solution. Continuous dependence follows from the integral equation and Gronwall's lemma.
We prove (i) and (ii); the matrix clauses are treated at the end. By Basic Facts about Intervals of the Real Line (v), is an interval containing the two distinct points and ; derivatives of maps are taken relative to , as in Derivative of a Real Function on an Interval (i), and integrals of maps and are as in The Riemann Integral on a Closed Interval via Lower and Upper Integrals (viii) and Riemann Integral of a Vector-Valued or Matrix-Valued Map (ii). is a metric space by with the Euclidean Distance Is a Complete Metric Space with Coordinatewise Convergence (i), with by The Euclidean Distance on (i). Let and be as in (i).
Step 1: comparing integrals from . Let be continuous on with for every , and let . Then and are defined, by Rules for Oriented Riemann Integrals of Real-Valued Maps: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Constants, Continuous Maps, Additivity and Evaluation by an Antiderivative (iv), and . Indeed, if , both integrals are by The Riemann Integral on a Closed Interval via Lower and Upper Integrals (vii). If , then and are integrable on by A Continuous Function on a Closed Interval is Riemann Integrable (ii), that is, by The Riemann Integral on a Closed Interval via Lower and Upper Integrals (vi), the restrictions and are bounded and integrable on , with integrals and ; as for , Rules for the Riemann Integral: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Monotonicity, Bounds and Constants (iii), with in place of and these restrictions in place of and , gives .
Step 2: the integral operator. Let be the set of maps continuous on , as in The Space of Continuous Maps on a Closed Interval and Its Weighted Uniform Distance (i) with in place of . For , let be the map (which exists by Maps Formed Pointwise: Constant Maps, Pairs of Values, Maps Applied to Values, and Families of Maps (iii), with the identity map of of Basic Properties of Functions: Equality, Composition, Identity, Inverse and Restriction (iii) and for its and ); it is continuous on by Solutions of an Initial Value Problem Are the Continuous Solutions of the Integral Equation (i), with in place of . By The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and the Mean Value Inequality for Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (i), with in place of , in place of and in place of , the integral is defined for every and the map (which exists by Maps Given by Integrals of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (i), with for its and , for its and for its ) is differentiable; by Rules for Derivatives of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (i), with in place of , it is continuous at every point of relative to , hence continuous on by Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces (ii). For , the map , , the sum of the constant map with value (Maps Formed Pointwise: Constant Maps, Pairs of Values, Maps Applied to Values, and Families of Maps (i)) and that map (a map by Maps Formed Pointwise: Constant Maps, Pairs of Values, Maps Applied to Values, and Families of Maps (iii), with the addition of , a binary operation by Pointwise Operations on Real-Valued Maps Exist and Are Unique (i), for its ), is therefore continuous on by Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (iv) and Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (v), so by The Space of Continuous Maps on a Closed Interval and Its Weighted Uniform Distance (i). This defines the map , , by Maps and Relations Given by Formulas (i) with for its and . (Here is the set of the pairs for which there are and with , and ; on , , , and , with , and the addition of as further parameters, the condition is expressed by the predicative formula , with as in Predicativity under Renaming of Set Variables by Variables, of Formulas with Ordered Pairs, and of Formulas for Relations, Functions, Maps, Injectivity, Surjectivity and Bijectivity (vii), by Values, Restriction and Equality of a Map, and the Map as a Defined Set Symbol (i) and Values, Restriction and Equality of a Map, and the Map as a Defined Set Symbol (iv); the condition that is defined and equals by the formula of Maps Given by Integrals of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (iii), with for its , for its and , , and for its , , and (the variables renamed as in Predicativity under Renaming of Set Variables by Variables, of Formulas with Ordered Pairs, and of Formulas for Relations, Functions, Maps, Injectivity, Surjectivity and Bijectivity (i)); and by Predicativity under Renaming of Set Variables by Variables, of Formulas with Ordered Pairs, and of Formulas for Relations, Functions, Maps, Injectivity, Surjectivity and Bijectivity (iv); so the set is given by Sets and Maps: Ordinary Notation (iii) from a predicative formula in , by Predicativity of Expressions with Abbreviations, and Symbol-Free Forms of the Basic Defined Set Symbols (i), the guard on being .) By Solutions of an Initial Value Problem Are the Continuous Solutions of the Integral Equation (ii), with in place of , a map is a solution of the initial value problem with right-hand side and initial value if and only if and for every , that is, .
Step 3: the difference estimate. Let , let , and let be the map (which exists by Maps Formed Pointwise: Constant Maps, Pairs of Values, Maps Applied to Values, and Families of Maps (iii), with and for its and and the map of The Summation Map on Real-Valued Maps over a Finite Set, and the Dot Product, Euclidean Norm and Euclidean Distance as Maps (iv) for its ). We show that is continuous on and that, for every , the integral is defined and
The constant map with value is continuous at every point of relative to by Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space (i), with and in place of and , hence continuous on by Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces (ii). Therefore the maps and , , are continuous on by Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (iv) and Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (v), and so are and (the composite of with the map of The Summation Map on Real-Valued Maps over a Finite Set, and the Dot Product, Euclidean Norm and Euclidean Distance as Maps (iii), by Maps Formed Pointwise: Constant Maps, Pairs of Values, Maps Applied to Values, and Families of Maps (iii)), by Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (iii) and Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (v). Let . By Rules for the Riemann Integral of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (iii) and Rules for the Riemann Integral of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (ii), with in place of and and in place of and , is defined and equals , which is . By Rules for the Riemann Integral of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (viii), with , the integral is defined and . By the Lipschitz condition of (i), for every , and the map is continuous on by Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space (iv) and Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space (v); so Step 1 gives . Finally is defined by Rules for Oriented Riemann Integrals of Real-Valued Maps: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Constants, Continuous Maps, Additivity and Evaluation by an Antiderivative (iv), and by Rules for Oriented Riemann Integrals of Real-Valued Maps: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Constants, Continuous Maps, Additivity and Evaluation by an Antiderivative (ii). Combining these gives the estimate.
Step 4: the weight. Let be the map (the map , with the identity map of Basic Properties of Functions: Equality, Composition, Identity, Inverse and Restriction (iii), read as a map into , as its range lies in (Functions, Values of a Function, and Functions from One Class to Another (iii)), the constant map with value of Pointwise Operations on Real-Valued Maps (ii), and the scalar multiple and sum of Pointwise Operations on Real-Valued Maps (i)). By Derivatives of Constants, the Identity, Sums, Scalar Multiples, Products, Reciprocals, Quotients and Powers (ii), Derivatives of Constants, the Identity, Sums, Scalar Multiples, Products, Reciprocals, Quotients and Powers (v), Derivatives of Constants, the Identity, Sums, Scalar Multiples, Products, Reciprocals, Quotients and Powers (i) and Derivatives of Constants, the Identity, Sums, Scalar Multiples, Products, Reciprocals, Quotients and Powers (iv), is differentiable at every with . By Basic Facts about Intervals of the Real Line (i), is an interval containing two distinct points, and by Basic Properties of the Exponential Function (vii), with in place of , is differentiable at every with derivative (that clause is about , which is by Values, Restriction and Equality of a Map, and the Map as a Defined Set Symbol (iii)). By Chain Rule for Real Functions on Intervals (i), with and in place of and , in place of and in place of , the map , , is differentiable at every with . By The Increment Form of the Derivative, and Differentiability Implies Continuity (ii) and Continuous Map Between Metric Spaces (ii), is continuous on ; for every by Basic Properties of the Exponential Function (iii), and by Basic Properties of the Exponential Function (i). Let ; it is continuous on by Continuity of Identity Maps, Compositions and Reciprocals (iii), and for every .
For , let , the scalar multiple of Pointwise Operations on Real-Valued Maps (i). By Derivatives of Constants, the Identity, Sums, Scalar Multiples, Products, Reciprocals, Quotients and Powers (v), is differentiable at every , hence differentiable on , with ; its derivative (Derivative of a Real Function on an Interval (iv)) is the map , continuous on by Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space (iv) and Continuity of Sums and Products of Real-Valued Functions on a Metric Space (v). Hence, for , is defined by Rules for Oriented Riemann Integrals of Real-Valued Maps: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Constants, Continuous Maps, Additivity and Evaluation by an Antiderivative (iv), and by Rules for Oriented Riemann Integrals of Real-Valued Maps: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Constants, Continuous Maps, Additivity and Evaluation by an Antiderivative (vi)
Step 5: proof of (i). Let , and let carry the weighted uniform distance of The Space of Continuous Maps on a Closed Interval and Its Weighted Uniform Distance (ii), with in place of and the weight of Step 4. By The Weighted Uniform Distance Is a Metric, and Is Complete When the Target Is Complete (i), is a metric space; it is nonempty by The Weighted Uniform Distance Is a Metric, and Is Complete When the Target Is Complete (ii), as ; and it is complete by The Weighted Uniform Distance Is a Metric, and Is Complete When the Target Is Complete (iii), as is complete by with the Euclidean Distance Is a Complete Metric Space with Coordinatewise Convergence (iv). Let be the map of Step 2.
is a contraction with constant . Let and , and let , , be the map of Step 3 for and . By The Space of Continuous Maps on a Closed Interval and Its Weighted Uniform Distance (iii), for every ; multiplying by and using gives , hence, as , . Moreover , by The Space of Continuous Maps on a Closed Interval and Its Weighted Uniform Distance (iii) and Properties of the Euclidean Norm on : Square, Distance, Vanishing, Coordinate Bounds, Homogeneity, Triangle Inequalities and Expansion of a Square (i). Let . By Step 3 with , by Rules for Oriented Riemann Integrals of Real-Valued Maps: Sums, Scalar Multiples, Constants, Continuous Maps, Additivity and Evaluation by an Antiderivative (ii), by Step 1 applied to and , and by Step 4,
the last step because . Multiplying by gives . By The Space of Continuous Maps on a Closed Interval and Its Weighted Uniform Distance (iii), applied to and , there is with , so . Since , is a contraction by Contraction of a Metric Space (i).
Existence and uniqueness. By Contraction Mapping Theorem on a Nonempty Complete Metric Space (i), applied to and , there is exactly one with . By Step 2, with in place of , is a solution of the initial value problem with right-hand side and initial value ; and every solution of it lies in and satisfies , so . This proves (i).
Step 6: proof of (ii). Let , and let and be the solutions with initial values and , which exist and are unique by (i). By Step 2, , and . Let , , be the map of Step 3 for , , and ; it is continuous on . For , writing , Properties of the Euclidean Norm on : Square, Distance, Vanishing, Coordinate Bounds, Homogeneity, Triangle Inequalities and Expansion of a Square (vi) and Step 3 give
By Gronwall's Lemma (Integral Form) (i), with in place of , and , for every , which is (ii).
Proof of (iii) and (iv). Steps 1 and 4 do not involve . Steps 2, 3, 5 and 6 apply word for word to the and of (iii), with , , the operator norm, and , the solutions and , the zero matrix , The Initial Value Problem for a First-Order System of Ordinary Differential Equations (ii) and (iii) in place of , , the Euclidean norm, and , and , , The Initial Value Problem for a First-Order System of Ordinary Differential Equations (i) and (i); using that is a metric space by The Real Matrices with the Operator-Norm Distance Form a Complete Metric Space with Entrywise Convergence (i) and complete by The Real Matrices with the Operator-Norm Distance Form a Complete Metric Space with Entrywise Convergence (vii), with by The Distance between Real Matrices (i); that and by Rules for the Operator Norm: Bound, Least Constant, Definiteness, Homogeneity, Triangle Inequality and Products (i) and Rules for the Operator Norm: Bound, Least Constant, Definiteness, Homogeneity, Triangle Inequality and Products (vi), in place of Properties of the Euclidean Norm on : Square, Distance, Vanishing, Coordinate Bounds, Homogeneity, Triangle Inequalities and Expansion of a Square (i) and Properties of the Euclidean Norm on : Square, Distance, Vanishing, Coordinate Bounds, Homogeneity, Triangle Inequalities and Expansion of a Square (vi); and the matrix halves of Solutions of an Initial Value Problem Are the Continuous Solutions of the Integral Equation (i), The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus and the Mean Value Inequality for Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (i), Rules for Derivatives of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (i), Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (iv), Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (iii), Continuity of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps: the Componentwise Criterion, Norms and Algebraic Operations (v), Rules for the Riemann Integral of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (iii), Rules for the Riemann Integral of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (ii) and Rules for the Riemann Integral of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (viii), together with Solutions of an Initial Value Problem Are the Continuous Solutions of the Integral Equation (iii) in place of Solutions of an Initial Value Problem Are the Continuous Solutions of the Integral Equation (ii), Maps Given by Integrals of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (ii) in place of Maps Given by Integrals of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (i), the matrix half of Maps Given by Integrals of Vector- and Matrix-Valued Maps (iii) (with in the formula for ), the operator norm as a map by The Operator Norm of a Real Matrix (i) and the map , , of The Distance between Real Matrices (i) in place of the maps of The Summation Map on Real-Valued Maps over a Finite Set, and the Dot Product, Euclidean Norm and Euclidean Distance as Maps (iii) and The Summation Map on Real-Valued Maps over a Finite Set, and the Dot Product, Euclidean Norm and Euclidean Distance as Maps (iv), the addition of in place of that of , and Riemann Integral of a Vector-Valued or Matrix-Valued Map (iv) in place of Riemann Integral of a Vector-Valued or Matrix-Valued Map (ii).
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