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b. ϕ(t + τ, u, y) = ϕ(τ, ϕ(t, u, y), σ(t, y)) (t, τ ∈ T
1
, u ∈ W, y ∈ Y ),
is called
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]
a cocycle on (Y, T
2
, σ) with fiber W.
Definition 1.20 Let X := W × Y and we define a mapping π : X × T
1
→ X
as following: π((u, y), t) := (ϕ(t, u, y), σ(t, y)) (i.e. π = (ϕ, σ)). Then it easy
to see that (X, T
1
, π) is a dynamical system on X which is called a skew-product
dynamical system
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2, 292
]
and h = pr
2
: X → Y is a homomorphism from (X, T
1
, π)
on (Y, T
2
, σ) and, consequently, h(X, T
1
, π), (Y, T
2
, σ), hi is a non-autonomous
dynamical system.
Thus, if we have a cocycle hW, ϕ, (Y, T
2
, σ)i on dynamical system (Y, T
2
, σ) with
the fiber W , then it generates a non-autonomous dynamical system h(X, T
1
, π),
(Y, T
2
, σ), hi (X := W × Y ), which is called a non-autonomous dynamical system,
generated by cocycle hW, ϕ, (Y, T
2
, σ)i on (Y, T
2
, σ).
Non-autonomous dynamical systems (cocycles) play a very important role in the
study of non-autonomous evolutionary differential equations. Under appropriate
assumptions every non-autonomous differential equation generates some cocycle
(non-autonomous dynamical system). Below we give an example of this type.
Example 1.5 Let E
n
be an n-dimensional real or complex Euclidean space. Let
us consider a differential equation
u
0
= f(t, u), (1.5)
where f ∈ C(R × E
n
, E
n
). Along with equation (1.5) we consider its H-class
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]
, i.e., the family of equations
v
0
= g(t, v), (1.6)
where g ∈ H(f) =
{f
τ
: τ ∈ R}, f
τ
(t, u) = f(t + τ, u) for all (t, u) ∈ R ×E
n
and by
bar we denote the closure in C(R×E
n
, E
n
). We will suppose also that the function
f is regular, i.e. for every equation (1.6) the conditions of existence, uniqueness and
extendability on R
+
are fulfilled. Denote by ϕ(·, v, g) the solution of equation (1.6),
passing through the point v ∈ E
n
at the initial moment t = 0. Then it is correctly
defined a mapping ϕ : R
+
× E
n
× H(f) → E
n
, verifying the following conditions
(see, for example,
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32, 290, 291
]
):
1) ϕ(0, v, g) = v for all v ∈ E
n
and g ∈ H(f );
2) ϕ(t, ϕ(τ, v, g), g
τ
) = ϕ(t + τ, v, g) for every v ∈ E
n
, g ∈ H(f) and t, τ ∈ R
+
;
3) the mapping ϕ : R
+
×E
n
×H(f) → E
n
is continuous.
Denote by Y := H(f) and (Y, R
+
, σ) a dynamical system of translations
(semigroup system) on Y , induced by dynamical system of translations (C(R ×
E
n
, E
n
), R, σ). The triplet hE
n
, ϕ, (Y, R
+
, σ)i is a cocycle on (Y, R
+
, σ) with the