Abstract
For a nonlinear equation with several variable delays x(t)=k=1mfk(t,x(h1(t)),⋯,x(hl(t)))-g(t,x(t)), where the functions fk increase in some variables and decrease in the others, we obtain conditions when a positive solution exists on [0, ∞), as well as explore boundedness and persistence of solutions. Finally, we present sufficient conditions when a solution is unbounded. Examples include the Mackey-Glass equation with non-monotone feedback and two variable delays; its solutions can be neither persistent nor bounded, unlike the well studied case when these two delays coincide.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 154-169 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Applied Mathematics and Computation |
Volume | 279 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 10 Apr 2016 |
Keywords
- A global positive solution
- Mackey-Glass equation
- Nonlinear delay differential equations
- Persistent
- Population dynamics models
- permanent and unbounded solutions
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics