Order properties of the constructed Jurkat--Richert delay functions #
The weighted difference satisfies the Dickman renewal identity. Its positivity gives the order and monotonicity statements in Jurkat--Richert (1965), (5.11)--(5.13).
The weighted upper-minus-lower difference of the actual finite-step solution.
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Strict positivity of the weighted difference, by its renewal identity.
The strict gap (5.11), for the constructed pair and positive normalization.
The unweighted differential equation on the open delay range.
The delayed lower function stays strictly below the current upper function. At a first failure, the upper function is decreasing up to that point, hence the lower one is increasing, contradicting the strict upper/lower gap.
The upper function is decreasing on the entire positive half-line.
The lower function is increasing on the entire positive half-line.
Uniform total variation on the entire unbounded sieve range. In particular, the bound does not depend on either endpoint of a finite subinterval.