Functional Differential Equations and Bifurcation: Proceedings of a Conference Held at São Carlos, Brazil, July 2–7, 1979

Edited By A. F. Izé. Includes Bibliographies. Liénard equations and control....Pages 1-22 Periodic solutions of semilinear functional differential equations in a Hilbert space....Pages 23-44 Stability of nonconservative linear systems....Pages 45-68 An analysis of the characteristic equation of the scalar linear difference equation with two delays....Pages 69-81 A liapunov functional for a matrix retarded difference-differential equation with several delay....Pages 82-118 A compactness theorem for integral operators and applications....Pages 119-125 Periodic solutions of nonlinear autonomous hyperbolic equations....Pages 126-139 Contact equivalence and bifurcation theory....Pages 140-151 Some recent results on dissipative processes....Pages 152-172 Volterra stieltjes-integral equations....Pages 173-216 Relationship in the neighbourhood of infinity and asymptotic equivalence of neutral functional differential equations....Pages 217-251 Stability in functional differential equations....Pages 252-262 Topological equivalence in bifurcation theory....Pages 263-276 On a Hartree type equation: Existence of regular solutions....Pages 277-288 Approximation - solvability of some nonlinear operator equations with applications....Pages 289-316 The levin-nohel equation on the torus....Pages 317-321 Non-singular structural stable flows on three-dimensional manifolds....Pages 322-333 Qualitative properties of certain ordinary differential systems....Pages 334-347 Applications of the integral averaging bifurcation method to retarded functional differential equations....Pages 348-367 Moduli and bifurcations: Non-transversal intersections of invariant manifolds of vectorfields....Pages 368-384 Stability properties in almost periodic systems of functional differential equations....Pages 385-409