Title
Lipschitz Continuous Ordinary Differential Equations are Polynomial-Space Complete
Abstract
.  In answer to Ko’s question raised in 1983, we show that an initial value problem given by a polynomial-time computable, Lipschitz continuous function can have a polynomial-space complete solution. The key insight is simple: the Lipschitz condition means that the feedback in the differential equation is weak. We define a class of polynomial-space computation tableaux with equally weak feedback, and show that they are still polynomial-space complete. The same technique also settles Ko’s two later questions on Volterra integral equations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/s00037-010-0286-0
Computational Complexity
Keywords
Field
DocType
lipschitz condition,initial value problem,lipschitz continuity,ordinary differential equation,volterra integral equation,polynomial time,differential equation,computational complexity
Differential equation,Discrete mathematics,Ordinary differential equation,Integral equation,Lipschitz domain,Lipschitz continuity,Initial value problem,Mathematics,Volterra integral equation,Computable analysis
Conference
Volume
Issue
ISSN
19
2
1420-8954
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.96
25
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Akitoshi Kawamura110215.84