Hopf bifurcation analysis of two neurons with three delays (Q2472911)

The authors study linear stability and give conditions and direction for Hopf bifurcations in the following system of coupled delay differential equations (two neurons with three delays) \[ \begin{aligned} \dot{x}(t) & = - x(t) +a_{11}f(x(t-\tau)) +a_{12}f(y(t-\tau_1)) ,\\ \dot{y}(t) & = - y(t) +a_{21}f(x(t-\tau_2)) +a_{22}f(y(t-\tau)). \end{aligned} \] Here \(x\) and \(y\) are scalar variables corresponding to two neurons, \(\tau_j\) denote the transmission delays, \(a_{ij}\) are synaptic weights. Additionally, \(f(0)=0\) so that the zero solution is the equilibrium, which produces Hopf bifurcations studied.