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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 (SOPS) for all parameter values $\alpha \in [ 1.9,6.0]$, up to time translation. Our proof is based on a…

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…

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.

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 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 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…

A solution of the Abel equation $\dot{x}=A(t)x^3+B(t)x^2$ such that $x(0)=x(1)$ is called a periodic orbit of the equation. Our main result proves that if there exist two real numbers $a$ and $b$ such that the function $aA(t)+bB(t)$ is not…

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 prove a special case of a dynamical analogue of the classical Mordell-Lang conjecture. In particular, let $\phi$ be a rational function with no superattracting periodic points other than exceptional points. If the coefficients of $\phi$…

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…

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 present the simplest criterion that determines the direction of the Hopf bifurcations of the delay differential equation $x'(t)=-\mu f(x(t-1))$, as the parameter $\mu$ passes through the critical values $\mu_k$. We give a complete…

We prove the existence of at least one T-periodic solution (T > 0) for differential equations of the form (u'(t)/sqrt{1-u'^2(t)})'=f(u(t))+h(t), in (0,T), where f is a continuous function defined on R that satisfies a strong resonance…

There exists an exponentially decreasing function $f$ such that any singly $2\pi$-periodic positive solution $u$ of $-\Delta u +u-u^p=0$ in $[0,2\pi]\times \R^{N-1}$ verifies $u(x_1,x')\leq f(|x'|)$. We prove that with the same period and…

We prove, under suitable non-resonance and non-degeneracy ``twist'' conditions, a Birkhoff-Lewis type result showing the existence of infinitely many periodic solutions, with larger and larger minimal period, accumulating onto elliptic…

Newton famously showed that a gravitational force inversely proportional to the square of the distance, $F \sim 1/r^2$, formally explains Kepler's three laws of planetary motion. But what happens to the familiar elliptical orbits if the…

In this paper the existence and unicity of a stable periodic orbit is proven, for a class of piecewise affine differential equations in dimension 3 or more, provided their interaction structure is a negative feedback loop. It is also shown…

We prove the existence of periodic orbits of the two fixed centers problem bifurcating from the Kepler problem. We provide the analytical expressions of these periodic orbits when the mass parameter of the system is sufficiently small.

We prove that a Hamilton-Jacobi equation in 1D with periodic forcing has a set of generalized solutions such that each solution is a sum of linear and continuous periodic functions; we also give a condition of uniqueness of this solution in…