Delay dynamic equations on isolated time scales and the relevance of one‐periodic coefficients
Martin Böhner, Tom Cuchta, Sabrina Streipert · Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences · 2022
We are motivated by the idea that certain properties of delay differential and difference equations with constant coefficients arise as a consequence of their one‐periodic nature. We apply the recently introduced definition of periodicity for arbitrary isolated time scales to linear delay dynamic equations and a class of nonlinear delay dynamic equations. Utilizing a derived identity of higher order delta derivatives and delay terms, we rewrite the considered linear and nonlinear delayed dynamic equations with one‐periodic coefficients as a linear autonomous dynamic system with constant matrix. As the simplification of a constant matrix is only obtained for one‐periodic coefficients, dynamic equations with one‐periodic coefficients are the simplest form compared to the commonly used constant coefficients.