Application of asymptotic methods to regularly and singularly perturbed differential-difference equations (Q461495)

The first result proved in this paper is a representation up to second order in the small parameter of the integral manifold of singularly perturbed differential systems with small delay. Other results concern the existence and stability of periodic oscillations in some systems with a small delay. In case these systems are also singularly perturbed the representation of the integral manifold is used. In any case, the systems are transformed in small perturbations of nonlinear oscillators. The averaging method is than applied. The last section investigates the stability of linear delayed systems.