Periodic solutions for \(n\)-th order delay differential equations with damping terms. (Q2897397)

The author proves the existence of periodic solutions of the \(n\)-th order delay differential equations NEWLINE\[NEWLINE x^{(n)}(t)=\sum _{i=1}^s b_i\,[x^{(i)}(t)]^{2k-1}+f(x(t-\tau (t)))+p(t), NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where \(k,n,s\in {\mathbb N}\), \(s\leq n-1\), \(k\geq 2\), \(b_i\in {\mathbb R}\), \(f\) is continuous, \(p\) is continuous and periodic. The method involves a continuation theorem of \textit{J. L. Mawhin}.