Analytic solutions of a second-order functional differential equation with a state derivative dependent delay (Q1751394)

Summary: We investigate an analytic solution of the second-order differential equation with a state derivative dependent delay of the form \(x''(z) = x(p(z) + b x'(z))\). Considering a convergent power series \(g(z)\) of an auxiliary equation \(\gamma^2 g''(\gamma z) g'(z) = [g(\gamma^2 z) - p(g(\gamma z))] \gamma g'(\gamma z)(g'(z))^2 + p''(g(z))(g'(z))^3 + \gamma g'(\gamma z) g''(z)\) with the relation \(p(z) + b x'(z) = g(\gamma g^{- 1}(z))\), we obtain an analytic solution \(x(z)\). Furthermore, we characterize a polynomial solution when \(p(z)\) is a polynomial.