Oscillatory periodic solutions for two differential-difference equations arising in applications (Q535977)

Summary: We study the existence of oscillatory periodic solutions for two nonautonomous differential-difference equations (which arise in a variety of applications) of the following form: \[ \dot x(t)=-f(t,x(t-r)) \] and \[ \dot x(t)=-f(t,x(t-s))-f(t,x(t-2s), \] where \(f\in C(\mathbb R\times\mathbb R,\mathbb R)\) is odd with respect to \(x\), and \(r,s>0\) are two given constants. By using a symplectic transformation and a result for Hamiltonian systems, the existence of oscillatory periodic solutions of the above-mentioned equations is established.