This book deals with linear functional differential equations and
operator theory methods for their investigation.
The main topics are: the equivalence of the input-output stability of
the equation Lx = &mathsf; and the invertibility of the operator L
in the class of casual operators; the equivalence of input-output and
exponential stability; the equivalence of the dichotomy of solutions for
the homogeneous equation Lx = 0 and the invertibility of the operator
L; the properties of Green's function; the independence of the
stability of an equation from the norm on the space of solutions; shift
invariant functional differential equations in Banach space; the
possibility of the reduction of an equation of neutral type to an
equation of retarded type; special full subalgebras of integral and
difference operators, and operators with unbounded memory; and the
analogue of Fredholm's alternative for operators with almost periodic
coefficients where one-sided invertibility implies two-sided
invertibility.
Audience: This monograph will be of interest to students and
researchers working in functional differential equations and operator
theory and is recommended for graduate level courses