摘要：The conventional subtraction arithmetic on interval numbers makes studies on interval systems difficult because of irreversibility on addition, whereas the gH-difference as a popular concept can ensure interval analysis to be a valuable research branch like real analysis. However, many properties of interval numbers still remain open. This work focuses on developing a complete normed quasi-linear space composed of continuous interval-valued functions, in which some fundamental properties of continuity, differentiability, and integrability are discussed based on the gH-difference, the gH-derivative, and the Hausdorff-Pompeiu metric. Such properties are adopted to investigate semi-linear interval differential equations. While the existence and uniqueness of the (i)- or (ii)-solution are studied, a necessary condition that the (i)- and the (ii)-solutions to be strong solutions is obtained. For such a kind of equation it is demonstrated that there exists at least a strong solution under certain assumptions.
关键词：interval-valued function space ; Hausdorff-Pompeiu metric ; gH-derivative ; semi-linear interval differential equation ; strong solution
