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# On general properties of retarded functional differential equations on manifolds

• We investigate general properties, such as existence and uniqueness, continuous dependence on data and continuation, of solutions to retarded functional differential equations with infinite delay on a differentiable manifold.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 34K05, 34C40.

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