On the differences and similarities of the first order delay and ordinary differential equations (Q1765793)

This paper studies differences and similarities of delay differential equations (DDE) and ordinary differential equations (ODE). The aim is to show that neglecting a small time delay may be justifiable in some cases but not in others. Continuous dependence on the time delay parameter, the property of nonnegativity, blow-up of solutions to DDE are studied. In the last section, the case of Banach spaces of type \(L^{p}\) is discussed.