Periodic and almost periodic solutions for differential equations with reflection of the argument (Q1879694)

It is shown that \[ x'(t)+ ax(t)+ bx(-t)= f(t,x(t),x(-t)),\tag{\(*\)} \] \(t\in\mathbb{R}\), has a unique (almost-) periodic solution \(x\) provided \(a^2> b^2\), \(f\) is in \(t\) (almost-) periodic, locally uniformly in \((x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2\), and \(f\) satisfies, independent of \(t\), locally in \(\mathbb{R}^2\) a Lipschitz condition with sufficiently small Lipschitz constant. This is done by using an explicit solution formula for \((*)\) if \(f= g(t)\), which gives a contraction operator for \((*)\).