Unstable sets of periodic orbits and the global attractor for delayed feedback (Q2738686)

The class of delay differential equations NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \dot x(t)=-\mu x(t)+f(x(t-1)) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE with parameter \(\mu\) and \(C^1\)-smooth nonlinearities \(f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}\) satisfying \(f(0)=0\) and \(f'(\xi)>0\) for all \(\xi\in \mathbb{R}\) is studied. For a set of parameters \(\mu\) and nonlinearities \(f\), which include examples from neural network theory, it is shown that there is a global attractor \(A\). \(A\) contains exactly \(3\) stationary points and \(N\) periodic orbits, and \(A\) is the union of \(2\) stable stationary points and the strong unstable sets of the unstable stationary point \(0\) and of the \(N\) periodic orbits.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0960.00044].