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A nonlinear stochastic differential equation with the order of nonlinearity higher than one, with several discrete and distributed delays and time varying coefficients is considered. It is shown that the sufficient conditions for…
We describe a method to model nonlinear dynamical systems using periodic solutions of delay-differential equations. We show that any finite-time trajectory of a nonlinear dynamical system can be loaded approximately into the initial…
We study the dynamics of a piecewise-linear second-order delay differential equation that is representative of feedback systems with relays (switches) that actuate after a fixed delay. The system under study exhibits strong…
In this article we address the question whether it is possible to learn the differential equations describing the physical properties of a dynamical system, subject to non-conservative forces, from observations of its realspace…
A technique is introduced which allows to generate -- starting from any solvable discrete-time dynamical system involving N time-dependent variables -- new, generally nonlinear, generations of discrete-time dynamical systems, also involving…
We study two coupled discrete-time equations with different (asynchronous) periodic time scales. The coupling is of the type sample and hold, i.e., the state of each equation is sampled at its update times and held until it is read as an…
As the motions of nonconservative autonomous systems are typically not periodic, the definition of nonlinear modes as periodic motions cannot be applied in the classical sense. In this paper, it is proposed 'make the motions periodic' by…
Lie's linearizability criteria for scalar second-order ordinary differential equations had been extended to systems of second-order ordinary differential equations by using geometric methods. These methods not only yield the linearizing…
In this work we investigate the dynamics of the nonlinear DDE (delay-differential equation) x''(t)+x(t-T)+x(t)^3=0 where T is the delay. For T=0 this system is conservative and exhibits no limit cycles. For T>0, no matter how small, an…
For discrete autonomous dynamical systems (ADS) $(X, d, f)$, it was found that in the three conditions defining Devaney chaos, topological transitivity and dense periodic points together imply sensitive dependence on initial…
Consider the Lienard system $ u'' + f(u) u' + g(u) = 0$ with a center at the origin 0. In the case where the period function $T$ is monotonic, we examine periodic solutions of the perturbed equation $ u'' + a(u)u' + f(u) = \epsilon h(t)$.…
The dynamics of nonlinear oscillators are investigated. We study the formation of $1:2$ resonance in nonlinear periodically forced oscillators due to period doubling of the primary $1:1$ resonance, or born independently. We compute the…
This paper is dedicated to the unique continuation properties of the solutions to nonlinear variational problems. Our analysis covers the case of nonlinear autonomous functionals depending on the gradient, as well as more general double…
We study, by means of a topological approach, the forced oscillations of second order functional retarded differential equations subject to periodic perturbations. We consider a delay-type functional dependence involving a gamma probability…
We investigate the asymptotic distributions of periodically driven anharmonic Langevin systems. Utilizing the underlying $SL_2$ symmetry of the Langevin dynamics, we develop a perturbative scheme in which the effect of periodic driving can…
For each positive integer n greater than or equal to 2, a new approach to expressing real numbers as sequences of nonnegative integers is given. The n=2 case is equivalent to the standard continued fraction algorithm. For n=3, it reduces to…
A Li\'enard type nonlinear oscillator of the form $\ddot{x}+kx\dot{x}+\frac{k^2}{9}x^3+\lambda_1 x=0$, which may also be considered as a generalized Emden type equation, is shown to possess unusual nonlinear dynamical properties. It is…
For a stochastic difference equation $D_n=A_nD_{n-1}+B_n$ which stabilises upon time we study tail distribution asymptotics of $D_n$ under the assumption that the distribution of $\log(1+|A_1|+|B_1|)$ is heavy-tailed, that is, all its…
We consider a class of discontinuous piecewise linear differential systems in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with two pieces separated by a plane. In this class we show that there exist differential systems having: a unique limit cycle, a unique…
A system of inhomogeneous second-order difference equations with linear parts given by noncommutative matrix coefficients are considered. Closed form of its solution is derived by means of newly defined delayed matrix sine/cosine using the…