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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Final Defense

David Lipshutz

UCSD

On Slowly Oscillating Periodic Solutions of Delay Differential Equations with Non-negativity Constra

Abstract:

Deterministic dynamical system models with delayed feedback and state constraints arise in a variety of applications in science and engineering. Under certain conditions oscillatory behavior has been observed and it is of interest to know when there are periodic solutions. Here we consider a prototype for such models --- a one-dimensional delay differential equation with non-negativity constraints. We obtain sufficient conditions for the existence of slowly oscillating periodic solutions of such equations when the delay/lag interval is long. Under further restrictions, including longer delay intervals, we prove uniqueness and uniform exponential asymptotic stability of such solutions.

June 13, 2013

2:00 PM

AP&M B412

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