Delay dynamic equations on isolated time scales and the relevance of one‐periodic coefficients

Abstract

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.