Solvable Initial Value Problems Ruled by Discontinuous Ordinary Differential Equations
Computational Complexity
2024-05-03 v2 Logic in Computer Science
Dynamical Systems
Abstract
We study initial value problems having dynamics ruled by discontinuous ordinary differential equations with the property of possessing a unique solution. We identify a precise class of such systems that we call solvable intitial value problems and we prove that for this class of problems the unique solution can always be obtained analytically via transfinite recursion. We present several examples including a nontrivial one whose solution yields, at an integer time, a real encoding of the halting set for Turing machines; therefore showcasing that the behavior of solvable systems is related to ordinal Turing computations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.00165,
title = {Solvable Initial Value Problems Ruled by Discontinuous Ordinary Differential Equations},
author = {Olivier Bournez and Riccardo Gozzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.00165},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
Preliminary version presented at STACS'2024