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Table 10 Notation

From: On linear ODEs with a time singularity of the first kind and unsmooth inhomogeneity

R n

n-dimensional vector space of real-valued vectors

C n

n-dimensional vector space of complex-valued vectors

|x|:= max 1 i n | x i |

maximum norm for a vector x C n

C[0,1]

space of continuous real vector-valued functions on [0,1]

C p [0,1]

space of p-times continuously differentiable real vector-valued functions on [0,1]

y:= max t [ 0 , 1 ] |y(t)|

maximum norm for a function yC[0,1]

y δ := max t [ 0 , δ ] |y(t)|

norm restricted to the interval [0,δ], δ>0

|A|:= max 1 i m j = 1 n | a i j |

induced operator norm for a matrix A C m × n

X +

invariant subspace associated with the eigenvalues with positive real parts

X 0 ( e )

space spanned by eigenvectors associated with eigenvalues λ = 0

X

invariant subspace associated with the eigenvalues with negative real parts

X 0 ( h )

space spanned by principal eigenvectors associated with the eigenvalue λ = 0

S

orthogonal projection onto X +

R

orthogonal projection onto X 0 ( e )

P: = R + S

projection onto X + X 0 ( e )

Q: = I − P

projection onto X X 0 ( h )

Z: = R + H

orthogonal projection onto X 0 ( e ) X 0 ( h )

N

orthogonal projection onto X

H

orthogonal projection onto X 0 ( h )