Functional Differential Equations and Bifurcation [electronic resource] : Proceedings of a Conference Held at São Carlos, Brazil, July 2–7, 1979 / edited by Antonio Fernandes Izé.

Liénard equations and control -- Periodic solutions of semilinear functional differential equations in a Hilbert space -- Stability of nonconservative linear systems -- An analysis of the characteristic equation of the scalar linear difference equation with two delays -- A liapunov functional for a matrix retarded difference-differential equation with several delay -- A compactness theorem for integral operators and applications -- Periodic solutions of nonlinear autonomous hyperbolic equations -- Contact equivalence and bifurcation theory -- Some recent results on dissipative processes -- Volterra stieltjes-integral equations -- Relationship in the neighbourhood of infinity and asymptotic equivalence of neutral functional differential equations -- Stability in functional differential equations -- Topological equivalence in bifurcation theory -- On a Hartree type equation: Existence of regular solutions -- Approximation - solvability of some nonlinear operator equations with applications -- The levin-nohel equation on the torus -- Non-singular structural stable flows on three-dimensional manifolds -- Qualitative properties of certain ordinary differential systems -- Applications of the integral averaging bifurcation method to retarded functional differential equations -- Moduli and bifurcations: Non-transversal intersections of invariant manifolds of vectorfields -- Stability properties in almost periodic systems of functional differential equations.