Let
�
f be a
�
R-valued continuous function defined on
�
:
=
{
∣
�
−
�
0
∣
≤
�
,
∣
�
−
�
0
∣
≤
R:={∣x−x
0
∣≤a,∣y−y
0
∣≤ b, a, b>0\} and
∣
�
(
�
,
�
)
∣
≤
�
∣f(x,y)∣≤M for all
(
�
,
�
)
∈
�
(x,y)∈R. Further, suppose that
�
f satisfies a Lipschitz condition in
�
y with Lipschitz constant
�
K in
�
R. Show that the successive approximations
�
0
(
�
)
�
�
�
;
=
�
0
�
�
+
1
(
�
)
�
�
�
;
=
�
0
+
(
�
−
�
0
)
�
1
+
∫
�
0
�
(
�
−
�
)
�
(
�
,
�
�
(
�
)
)
�
�
(
�
=
0
,
1
,
2
,
…
)
ϕ
0
(x)
ϕ
k+1
(x)
amp;=y
0
amp;=y
0
+(x−x
0
)y
1
+∫
x
0
x
(x−t)f(t,ϕ
k
(t))dt(k=0,1,2,…)
converges on the interval
�
conv
:
=
{
∣
�
−
�
0
∣
≤
�
:
=
min
{
�
,
�
�
1
}
}
I
conv
:={∣x−x
0
∣≤α:=min{a,
M
1
b
}}, where
�
1
:
=
∣
�
1
∣
+
�
�
2
M
1
:=∣y
1
∣+
2
Ma
, to a solution of the IVP
�
′
′
=
�
(
�
,
�
)
,
�
(
�
0
)
=
�
0
,
�
′
(
�
0
)
=
�
1
y
′′
=f(x,y),y(x
0
)=y
0
,y
′
(x
0
)=y
1