title: Analytical approach for the Floquet theory of delay differential equations.
abstract: We present an analytical approach to deal with nonlinear delay differential equations close to instabilities of time periodic reference states. To this end we start with approximately determining such reference states by extending the Poincaré-Lindstedt and the Shohat expansions, which were originally developed for ordinary differential equations. Then we systematically elaborate a linear stability analysis around a time periodic reference state. This allows us to approximately calculate the Floquet eigenvalues and their corresponding eigensolutions by using matrix valued continued fractions.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Theoretische Physik und Synergetik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57/4, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.
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authors.lastname: Simmendinger
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authors.lastname: Wunderlin
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authors.lastname: Pelster