Global flows of time-dependent vector fields #
A time-dependent vector field v : ℝ → E → E can be made autonomous on ℝ × E by
adjoining the clock equation t' = 1. If this suspended vector field is globally Lipschitz,
its global autonomous solution defines the evolution map from an initial time s to a final
time t.
This file carries out that construction. The resulting map starts at the prescribed point,
solves the original time-dependent equation, is jointly continuous in both times and the initial
point, and satisfies the two-time composition law. It is also the unique global solution with a
given value at a given time. These properties are the nonautonomous replacement for the group
law of an ordinary Flow.
Main declarations #
TauCeti.timeDependentSuspension: the autonomous field(t, x) ↦ (1, v t x).TauCeti.timeDependentFlow: the global evolution map of a time-dependent field whose suspension is globally Lipschitz.TauCeti.hasDerivAt_timeDependentFlow: the evolution solvesx' = v(t, x).TauCeti.timeDependentFlow_trans: evolution through an intermediate time composes.TauCeti.timeDependentFlow_eq_integral: the integral equation from timesto timet.TauCeti.eq_timeDependentFlow: uniqueness for global solutions with prescribed initial time.
The construction uses the global autonomous Picard--Lindelöf solution from
TauCeti.Analysis.ODE.GlobalSolution.
The global time-dependent flow of v. The value timeDependentFlow v hv s t x is the
value at time t of the solution which equals x at time s. Global existence follows by
applying the autonomous global-solution theorem to the suspended field on ℝ × E.
Instances For
The suspended global solution consists of the current time and the time-dependent flow.
A time-dependent flow starts at its prescribed initial point.
The time-dependent flow solves the original nonautonomous differential equation.
Time-dependent evolution through an intermediate time is the same as direct evolution.
The evolution from t back to s is a left inverse of the evolution from s to t.
The evolution from t back to s is a right inverse of the evolution from s to t.
Each time map of the time-dependent flow is bijective.
The time-dependent flow is jointly continuous in the initial time, final time, and point.
The construction does not depend on the chosen Lipschitz bound for the suspended field.
The integral equation of the time-dependent flow:
φ(s, t) x = x + ∫ₛᵗ v(u, φ(s, u) x) du.
Uniqueness of the time-dependent flow. A global solution of y' = v(t, y) is the
time-dependent flow through its value at any chosen initial time.