Order estimates for the scalar ODE occurring in equation (30) of the proposed Euler packet argument. These are finite-dimensional ODE results only.
Two differentiable functions remain nonnegative if every boundary point of the nonnegative quadrant has a strictly inward derivative.
Positivity for a cooperative pair of differential inequalities. The nonnegative quadrant is invariant; positivity is not an additional hypothesis.
A specialization of cooperative positivity with coefficient bound 2.
The flux system V' = F/D, F' = c V dominates the constant-coefficient
system with D = 2 and c = 1. In particular, its solution is positive and
has a hyperbolic-cosine lower bound, for every nonnegative initial flux.
The precise cosine-hyperbolic growth comparison used after equation (30). The initial derivative is allowed to be arbitrarily large and nonnegative.
Equation (30) gives positivity and a nonnegative derivative from the initial conditions alone, throughout the pre-inversion interval.
At T = 1 / sqrt β, equation (30) amplifies by at least
exp (1 / (4 sqrt β)), uniformly over every nonnegative initial derivative.
Nonnegative initial values give componentwise lower bounds for a cooperative flux system, with no smallness restriction on the coefficients.
The inverted equation preserves positive f and negative f' when it is
integrated from y = 1 towards smaller nonnegative y.
A uniform Riccati upper bound that does not depend on the finite initial
value: a solution of l' ≤ 2 - l² obeys l(t) ≤ 2 + 1/t for t > 0.
The logarithmic derivative in equation (30) is uniformly bounded away from the initial time, independently of the initial nonnegative slope.
Quantitative tracking of the stable positive Riccati branch. This
abstract estimate is applied below with μ = sqrt(2/(1+y^4)); all constants
are explicit and do not involve the initial nonnegative slope.
After time 1/(2ε) the Riccati tracking error is at most 60ε.
Right-hand side of the inverted Riccati equation in the fast coordinate
t = (1-y)/ε, where ε = sqrt β.
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Explicit form of the uniform O(sqrt β) Riccati estimate in (31).
This theorem uses the exact rescaled ODE and an initial bound of 4; the
preceding logarithmic-derivative estimate supplies that bound independently
of the nonnegative initial slope.
The exact Riccati equation after the substitutions
y = 1-εt and z = -ε f'/f.
The uniform Riccati estimate directly for solutions of the inverted scalar equation. Positivity on the interval follows from the endpoint conditions; it is not assumed.
Both differential equations for the rescaled inversion, derived algebraically from equation (30).
At the start of inversion the Riccati variable has an absolute bound, independent of the original initial nonnegative slope.
The full uniform estimate (31) for the scalar equation, including the rescaling, inversion, positivity, and removal of all dependence on the original nonnegative initial slope.
The Wronskian flux of two solutions of (D u')' = c u is conserved.
The derivative of the quotient of two scalar solutions, expressed using their initial Wronskian rather than either exponentially large solution.
The exact reduction-of-order formula on a closed interval. Its integral contains the reciprocal square of the positive reference solution.
Positivity and decrease of the inverted scalar solution for every positive inversion coordinate.
Growth remains at least the value at x=1 divided by x after
inversion. This is the lower bound used in the exponential gain estimate.
A solution with the source's initial conditions stays positive for every nonnegative original time, including beyond the inversion point.
Reduction of order in the source's normalization V₀(0)=1,
V₀'(0)=0, Vλ(0)=1, Vλ'(0)=λ.
A fixed upper bound for the zero-slope reference solution on [0,1].
The reduction-of-order integral at time 1 has a positive absolute
lower bound. No numerical approximations occur in the constant.
The same absolute lower bound holds for the reduction integral at every later time, because its integrand is nonnegative.
The solution with slope lam ≥ 0 dominates the zero-slope reference
solution by a fixed multiple of (1+lam) after time 1.
Before x=1, the original scalar solution is nondecreasing.
In inversion coordinates the scalar solution is nonincreasing.
After x=1, the product t V(t) is nondecreasing.
The reference solution can decrease only by a polynomial factor on a bounded time interval. This is the ratio estimate used in the relative propagator argument.
The exact logarithmic-derivative equation wherever the scalar solution does not vanish.
The derivative of t V(t) is strictly positive after inversion.
A uniform absolute logarithmic-derivative bound for the zero-slope reference solution, valid on the whole forward interval.
Reduction of order normalized by the reference value at the initial time. This is the form used for relative, rather than absolute, stability.
The derivative counterpart of normalized reduction of order.
A polynomial bound for the normalized reduction integral.
A relative propagator estimate with an explicit polynomial loss.
The large reference amplitude enters only through u b / u a.
The ideal scalar propagator has only a polynomial loss relative to the
zero-slope growing solution. This proves the reference propagator estimate
used before (32), with the explicit constant 20.
The coarse upper barrier for the exact inverted Riccati equation.
The inverted logarithmic derivative remains in [0,4], derived
directly from the scalar equation and its endpoint conditions.
The absolute Riccati range for the original scalar initial value problem.
The two exact algebraic identities used for the ideal frame renewal.
Explicit ideal frame-renewal bounds obtained from the Riccati estimate. The constants are deliberately generous absolute constants.
Ideal frame renewal follows from the scalar initial value problem; the Riccati range and approximation are proved upstream in this file.