Periodic solutions of some differential delay equations created by Hamiltonian systems (Q4940633)

The authors deal with the existence of periodic solutions to delay equations of the forms \[ x'(t)=\sum^{n-1}_{i=1} f(x(t-r_i)), \tag{1} \] \[ x'(t)=\pm \sum^{n-1}_{i=1}\delta_i f(x(t-r_i)), \tag{2} \] where \(r_i >0 i=1,\cdots, n\) are constants and \(\delta_1=1, \delta_i=\pm 1\) for \(i\geq 2\). The associated coupled Hamiltonian systems to (1) and (2) are studied. Some sufficient conditions are established for the family of periodic solutions to the associated coupled Hamiltonian systems, yield periodic solutions to (1) and (2). This paper is related to [\textit{J. L. Kaplan} and \textit{J. A. Yorke}, J. Math. Anal. Appl. 48, 317-324 (1974; Zbl 0293.34102)].