Chaos proved for a second-order difference differential equation (Q5956095)

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Chaos proved for a second-order difference differential equation
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1708476

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    Chaos proved for a second-order difference differential equation (English)
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    17 December 2002
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    The authors deal with the following second-order delay differential equation \[ x''(t)=f(x(t-\tau))-\alpha x(t). \tag{1} \] Assuming that \(f\) is a piecewise constant nonlinearity, they are able to prove that equation (1) exhibits chaos.
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    delay differential equations
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    difference differential equations
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    chaos
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    nonlinear second-order differential equations
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