Lipschitz continuity of $e^{\sin}$

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We want to use the Picard-Lindelöf-Theorem to show that the ODE

$$y'=\mathrm{e}^{\sin(ty)}$$

has a unique solution on $\mathbb{R}$ with the initial value $y(0)=0$. As far as I know, we have to show that the right hand side is Lipschitz-continuous with respect to $y$. So we need to proof

$$\vert \mathrm{e}^{\sin(tx)}-\mathrm{e}^{\sin(ty)}\vert \leq L \vert x-y\vert$$
for all $t,x,y \in \mathbb{R}$. I don't get it, to show this. I heard that because the right hand side is differentiable, that is eventually possible to show this with the mean-value theorem or gradient. But I don't know whether this works because I think the derivative is not bounded. What can one do?

Best Answer

The actual hypothesis required by the Picard-Lindelöf theorem, if I am not mistaken, is: for every pair $(t,y)$, there exists some open intervals $t \ in I$, $y \in J$ and some constant $K > 0$, such that if $t’ \in I$ and $y’,y’’ \in J$, $|e^{\sin(ty’)}-e^{\sin(ty’’)}| \leq K|y’-y’’|$.

(ie the function is locally Lipschitz continuous wrt y).

So here, you take $I=]t-1,t+1[$, $J=\mathbb{R}$, and recall that $u \longmapsto e^{\sin(su)}$ is $e|s|$-Lipschitz continuous.

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