Distributed delays stabilize negative feedback loops

Details Distributed delays stabilize negative feedback loops Distributed delays stabilize negative feedback loops

2009-10-23

arxiv.org/abs/0910.4520v1

Mathematics

Dynamical Systems

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Linear scalar differential equations with distributed delays appear in the study of the local stability of nonlinear differential equations with feedback, which are common in biology and physics. Negative feedback loops tend to promote oscillation around steady states, and their stability depends on the particular shape of the delay distribution. Since in applications the mean delay is often the only reliable information available about the distribution, it is desirable to find conditions for stability that are independent from the shape of the distribution. We show here that the linear equation with distributed delays is asymptotically stable if the associated differential equation with a discrete delay of the same mean is asymptotically stable. Therefore, distributed delays stabilize negative feedback loops.

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