scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1302460

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In contrast to linear ordinary differential equations, linear delay equations may have nontrivial small solutions that decay more rapidly than any exponential. The system of autonomous delay equations \(dx/dt=Bx(t-1)\) has nontrivial small solutions if and only if \(\det B=0\). In case of the scalar nonautonomous delay equation \((*)\) \(dx/dt = a(t)x(t)-b(t)x(t-1)\) the situation is still unclear. For the periodic case the author proves that \((*)\) has small solutions if and only if \(b(t)\) has a sign change. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0901.00038].











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