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This paper considers a class of delay differential equations with unimodal feedback and describes the structure of certain unstable sets of stationary points and periodic orbits. These unstable sets consist of heteroclinic connections from…
We consider the scalar delay differential equation $$ \dot{x}(t)=-x(t)+f_{K}(x(t-1)) $$ with a nondecreasing feedback function $f_{K}$ depending on a parameter $K$, and we verify that a saddle-node bifurcation of periodic orbits takes place…
Periodic orbits for the classical $\phi^4$ theory on the one dimensional lattice are systematically constructed by extending the normal modes of the harmonic theory, for periodic, fixed and free boundary conditions. Through the process, we…
We consider scalar delay differential equations $x'(t) = -\delta x(t) + f(t,x_t) (*)$ with nonlinear f satisfying a sort of negative feedback condition combined with a boundedness condition. The well known Mackey-Glass type equations,…
We consider functional differential equations(FDEs) which are perturbations of smooth ordinary differential equations(ODEs). The FDE can involve multiple state-dependent delays or distributed delays (forward or backward). We show that,…
We construct stable periodic solutions for a simple form nonlinear delay differential equation (DDE) with a periodic coefficient. The equation involves one underlying nonlinearity with the multiplicative periodic coefficient. The well-known…
We are interested in stable periodic orbits for spacecrafts in the gravitational field of minor celestial bodies. The stable periodic orbits around minor celestial bodies are useful not only for the mission design of the deep space…
By varying a parameter of a one-dimensional piecewise smooth map, stable periodic orbits are observed. In this paper, complete analytic characterization of these stable periodic orbits is obtained. An interesting relationship between the…
The planetary dynamics of $4/3$, $3/2$, $5/2$, $3/1$ and $4/1$ mean motion resonances is studied by using the model of the general three body problem in a rotating frame and by determining families of periodic orbits for each resonance.…
We investigate global continuation of periodic orbits of a differential equation depending on a parameter, assuming that a closed 1-form satisfying certain properties exists. We begin by extending the global continuation theory of…
We obtain new explicit exponential stability conditions for linear scalar equations with positive and negative delayed terms $$ \dot{x}(t)+ \sum_{k=1}^m a_k(t)x(h_k(t))- \sum_{k=1}^l b_k(t)x(g_k(t))=0 $$ and its modifications, and apply…
A special 2D initial conditions' domain of the equal-mass zero angular momentum planar three-body problem, which has been formerly studied, is analyzed to deepen the knowledge of the stability regions in it. The decay times in the domain…
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…
There is a close connection between stability and oscillation of delay differential equations. For the first-order equation $$ x^{\prime}(t)+c(t)x(\tau(t))=0,~~t\geq 0, $$ where $c$ is locally integrable of any sign, $\tau(t)\leq t$ is…
We extend the class of initial conditions for scalar delayed reaction-diffusion equations $u_t (t,x)=u_{xx}(t,x)+f(u(t, x), u(t-h, x))$ which evolve in solutions converging to monostable traveling waves. Our approach allows to compute, in…
For the fractional order systems \[D^\alpha x(t)=f(x),\quad 0<\alpha\leq 1,\] one can have a critical value of $\alpha$ viz $\alpha_*$ such that the system is stable for $0<\alpha<\alpha_*$ and unstable for $\alpha_*<\alpha\leq 1$. In…
In the paper [Large-amplitude periodic solutions for differential equations with delayed monotone positive feedback, JDDE 23 (2011), no. 4, 727--790], we have constructed large-amplitude periodic orbits for an equation with delayed monotone…
Characterizing existence or not of periodic orbit is a classical problem and it has both theoretical importance and many real applications. Here, several new criterions on nonexistence of periodic orbits of the planar dynamical system $\dot…
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…
This article investigates the stability of pantograph delay differential equations, in which the delayed argument is proportional to the present time. We derive analytic criteria that partition the parameter plane into unstable,…