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# Existence of a period two solution of a delay differential equation

• We consider the existence of a symmetric periodic solution for the following distributed delay differential equation

$x^{\prime}(t) = -f\left(\int_{0}^{1}x(t-s)ds\right),$

where $f(x) = r\sin x$ with $r>0$. It is shown that the well studied second order ordinary differential equation, known as the nonlinear pendulum equation, derives a symmetric periodic solution of period $2$, expressed in terms of the Jacobi elliptic functions, for the delay differential equation. We here apply the approach in Kaplan and Yorke (1974) for a differential equation with discrete delay to the distributed delay differential equation.

Mathematics Subject Classification: 34K13.

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• Figure 2.1.  Symmetric periodic solutions of (2.1) and (1.3)

Figure 4.1.  An SSPS attracts two solutions with different initial conditions ($r = 8$)

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