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An old conjecture in delay equations states that Wright's equation \[ y'(t)= - \alpha y(t-1) [ 1+y(t)], \alpha \in \mathbb{R} \] has a unique slowly oscillating periodic solution (SOPS) for every parameter value $\alpha>\pi/2$. We…

In this paper, we prove that Wright's equation $y'(t) = - \alpha y(t-1) \{1 + y(t)\}$ has a unique slowly oscillating periodic solution for parameter values $\alpha \in (\tfrac{\pi}{2}, 1.9]$, up to time translation. This result proves…

We study stability of so-called synchronous slowly oscillating periodic solutions (SOPSs) for a system of identical delay differential equations (DDEs) with linear decay and nonlinear delayed negative feedback that are coupled through their…

Wright's conjecture states that the origin is the global attractor for the delay differential equation $y'(t) = - \alpha y(t-1) [ 1 + y(t) ] $ for all $\alpha \in (0,\tfrac{\pi}{2}]$. This has been proven to be true for a subset of…

We consider the prototype equation x'(t) = f(x(t-1)) for delayed negative feedback. We review known results on uniqueness and nonuniqueness of slowly oscillating periodic solutions, and present some new results and examples.

We study the periodic solutions of the delay equation $\dot{x}(t)=f(x(t),x(t-1))$, where $f$ scalar is strictly monotone in the delayed component and has even-odd symmetry. We completely describe the global bifurcation structure of periodic…

In this work we study a nonlinear Volterra equation with non-symmetric feedback that arises as a particular case of the Gurtin-MacCamy model in population dynamics. We are particularly interested in the existence of slowly oscillating…

We investigate the scalar autonomous equation with two discrete delays $$ \dot{x}(t)=f(x(t),x(t-r),x(t-\sigma)), $$ where $f:\mathbb{R}^3\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a continuously differentiable non-linear function such that $f(0,0,0)=0$. It…

We study scalar delay equations $$\dot{x} (t) = \lambda f(x(t-1)) + b^{-1} (x(t) + x(t -p/2))$$ with odd nonlinearity $f$, real nonzero parameters $\lambda, \, b$, and two positive time delays $1,\ p/2$. We assume supercritical…

Motivated by the recent works on the stability of symmetric periodic orbits of the elliptic Sitnikov problem, for time-periodic Newtonian equations with symmetries, we will study symmetric periodic solutions which are emanated from…

In this paper, we study the asymptotic stability of smooth 1-solitons in the Degasperis-Procesi (DP) equation. Such solutions necessarily exist on a non-zero background, and their spectral and orbital stability has previously been verified…

In this paper we prove that the following delay differential equation \[ \frac{d}{dt}x(t)=rx(t)\left(1-\int_{0}^{1}x(t-s)ds\right), \] has a periodic solution of period two for $r>\frac{\pi^{2}}{2}$ (when the steady state, $x=1$, is…

We consider delay differential equations of the form $ y'(t)=-ay(t)+bf(y(t-1)) $ with positive parameters $a,b$ and a unimodal $f:[0,\infty)\to [0,1]$. It is assumed that the nonlinear $f$ is close to a function $g:[0,\infty)\to [0,1]$ with…

We explore stability and instability of rapidly oscillating solutions $x(t)$ for the hard spring delayed Duffing oscillator $$x''(t)+ ax(t)+bx(t-T)+x^3(t)=0.$$ Fix $T>0$. We target periodic solutions $x_n(t)$ of small minimal periods…

We study the existence and stability of periodic travelling-wave solutions for generalized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony and Camassa-Holm equations. To prove stability, we use the abstract results of Grillakis-Shatah-Strauss and the Floquet theory…

We use an averaging approach to prove bifurcation of asymptotically stable periodic solutions in a bi-linear oscillator whose one spring has nearly infinite stiffness. This leads to a singularly perturbed problem where the classical theory…

We apply the synergetic elimination procedure for the stable modes in nonlinear delay systems close to a dynamical instability and derive the normal form for the delay-induced Hopf bifurcation in the Wright equation. The resulting periodic…

Steady states of the Swift--Hohenberg equation are studied. For the associated four--dimensional ODE we prove that on the energy level $E=0$ two smooth branches of even periodic solutions are created through the saddle-node bifurcation. We…

The nonlinear Schroedinger equation has several families of quasi-periodic travelling waves, each of which can be parametrized up to symmetries by two real numbers: the period of the modulus of the wave profile, and the variation of its…

We prove that the well-known 3/2 stability condition established for the Wright equation (WE) still holds if the nonlinearity $p(\exp(-x)-1)$ in WE is replaced by a decreasing or unimodal smooth function f with $f'(0)<0$ satisfying the…