Stability criteria for the system of delay differential equations and its applications (Q2119670)

This interesting paper deals with a system of linear differential equations of the form \[ \begin{aligned} &u_1'(t)+a_1u_1(t)+b_nu_n(t)+\alpha_1u_1(t-\tau_{11})+\beta_nu_n(t-\tau_{1n})=0,\\ &u_2'(t)+a_2u_2(t)+b_1u_1(t)+\alpha_2u_2(t-\tau_{22})+\beta_2u_2(t-\tau_{21})=0,\cdots, \\ &u_n'(t)+a_nu_n(t)+b_{n-1}u_{n-1}(t)+\alpha_nu_n(t-\tau_{nn})+\beta_{n-1}u_{n-1}(t-\tau_{n(n-1)})=0, \end{aligned} \tag{\(\ast\)} \] where \(u(t)=(u_1(t), u_2(t),\cdots,u_n(t))^T\) is a complex valued function and the coefficients \(a_j, \alpha_j, b_j, \beta_j\) are complex numbers. Applying the standard method on the eigenvalues of the characteristic equation and on known results (as, e.g. in [\textit{J. Hale}, Theory of functional differential equations. 2nd ed. New York - Heidelberg - Berlin: Springer-Verlag (1977; Zbl 0352.34001)], the authors provide sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability (AS) of the zero solution of \((\ast)\). The conditions refer to two cases: (AS) for all positive delays \((\tau_{ij})\) and (AS) for delays being in a prescribed interval of the non-negative real axis. The case of distributed delays is studied separately. In the final section the results are applied to three known differential systems.