TY - GEN A1 - Reich, Sebastian T1 - On an existence and uniqueness theory for nonlinear differential-algebraic equations N2 - An existence and uniqueness theory is developed for general nonlinear and nonautonomous differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) by exploiting their underlying differential-geometric structure. A DAE is called regular if there is a unique nonautonomous vector field such that the solutions of the DAE and the solutions of the vector field are in one-to-one correspondence. Sufficient conditions for regularity of a DAE are derived in terms of constrained manifolds. Based on this differential-geometric characterization, existence and uniqueness results are stated for regular DAEs. Furthermore, our not ons are compared with techniques frequently used in the literature such as index and solvability. The results are illustrated in detail by means of a simple circuit example. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - paper 158 Y1 - 2010 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4477 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-46706 ER -