<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AJCM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>American Journal of Computational Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2161-1203</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/ajcm.2016.61003</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AJCM-64761</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Global Existence of Periodic Solutions in a Nonlinear Delay-Coupling Chaos System
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>anqiu</surname><given-names>Li</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Jihua</surname><given-names>Yang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Feng</surname><given-names>Rao</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>College of Sciences, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Ningxia Normal University, Guyuan, China</addr-line></aff><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>23</day><month>02</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>06</volume><issue>01</issue><fpage>23</fpage><lpage>31</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>29</day>	<month>January</month>	<year>2016</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>accepted</day>	<month>18</month>	<year>March</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>21</day>	<month>March</month>	<year>2016</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  The dynamics of a unidirectional nonlinear delayed-coupling chaos system is investigated. Based on the local Hopf bifurcation at the zero equilibrium, we prove the global existence of periodic solutions using a global Hopf bifurcation result due to Wu and a Bendixson’s criterion for higher dimensional ordinary differential equations due to Li &amp; Muldowney.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Unidirectional Delayed-Coupling</kwd><kwd> Chaos System</kwd><kwd> Hopf Bifurcation</kwd><kwd> Periodic Solution</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>In the 19th century, H. Poincar&#233; found that three-body gravitational interactions can produce amazing complex behaviors by studying the celestial mechanics, that is, there may be uncertainty even in the dynamic equations of very simple object interactions. He found that some systems have sensitive dependence on initial values and behavioral unpredictability. It is the first discovery of chaos. In 1963, E.N. Lorenz [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref1">1</xref>] unexpectedly discovered the first chaotic attractor in simulating weather, since then, chaos occurs in many areas and has access to the far- reaching development.</p><p>Since the discovery of chaos, it has been highly regarded in many areas, such as mathematics, mechanics, meteorology, astronomy, and economics. Chaos can be used to achieve the encrypted transmission of infor- mation. If the information is hidden in the chaotic signal, when the receiver has synchronized with the trans- mitter signal, the signal can be obtained, rather than by other people. The important feature of chaos is its highly sensitive to initial values, which makes it difficult to control. In practical applications, we hope to eliminate the negative effects resulting chaos and strengthen its positive effects. This makes the chaos control has become a highly anticipated new field. In particular, we can control the bifurcation of system [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref2">2</xref>] , such as retarding the occurrence of inherent bifurcation, stabling bifurcation solution, changing the shape or type of bifurcation, and controlling multiplicity of the limit cycle, amplitude or frequency. It has formed a number of chaos control methods, such as the OGY method [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref3">3</xref>] , variational parameter control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref4">4</xref>] , state feedback control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref5">5</xref>] , adaptive control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref6">6</xref>] , optimal control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref7">7</xref>] , robust control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref8">8</xref>] and non-feedback control [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref9">9</xref>] . As an important research aspect of chaos control, chaos synchronization has also been widely concerned, resulting in a variety of effective methods: PC synchronization [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref10">10</xref>] , active-passive synchronization [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref11">11</xref>] , chaos synchronization based on mutual coupling [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref12">12</xref>] and adaptive synchronization method [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref13">13</xref>] . Chaos control and chaos synchronization are identical. These methods often make the dimension of original system increases, forming a new coupled system. In order to understand the ultimate effect of chaos control and synchronization, we not only need to know the dynamic behavior of original system, but also need to discuss the one of new coupled system (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref14">14</xref>] - [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref18">18</xref>] ).</p><p>A system with unidirectional nonlinear delayed-coupling scheme is considered in this paper. T. Banerjee et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref19">19</xref>] proposed system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula323"><label>(1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x6.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where x is the state variable, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x7.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>are system parameters, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x8.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the time delay. f is the nonlinear function. When<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref19">19</xref>] has reported that as b or <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> varies, chaos and hyperchaos are observed. Furthermore, [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref20">20</xref>] studied the synchronization of the following coupled system.</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula324"><label>(2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x11.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where x and y are drive and response variables. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is the system delay, and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the coupling delay. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are as usual positive parameters. The value of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> determines the strength of the coupling. Our purpose is to investigate the global existence of periodic solutions for the system.</p><p>The remainder of this paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we employ the preliminary results about the existence of the local Hopf bifurcation. In Section 3, the global Hopf bifurcation is established. An example is given in order to illustrate the results obtained in Section 4.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Preliminary Results</title><p>We present some preliminary results of system (2) about the existence of local periodic solutions. This is the basis of the global Hopf bifurcation.</p><p>Let<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x17.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and denote <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x18.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x19.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Using x and y to represent the variables still, Equation (2) can be written into the following system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula325"><label>(3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x20.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Clearly, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is an equilibrium point. The characteristic equation of its corresponding linear system around <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula326"><label>(4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x23.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>that is,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula327"><label>(5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x24.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>or</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula328"><label>(6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x25.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>When<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the eigenvalues are<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x27.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be a pair of roots of Equation (5). Substitute <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> into Equation (5) and separate the real and imaginary parts</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula329"><label>(7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x30.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Denote (H<sub>1</sub>) <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and (H<sub>2</sub>)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be a root of Equa- tion (4) near <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfying<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x35.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Lemma 1. If (H<sub>1</sub>) or (H<sub>2</sub>) is satisfied, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula330"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x36.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Lemma 2. 1) If (H<sub>1</sub>) and (H<sub>2</sub>) are not satisfied, then all roots of Equation (4) have negative real parts for any<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>2) If (H<sub>1</sub>) is satisfied, then there exists a sequence of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfying <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that Equation (4) has a pair of purely imaginary roots <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and all roots of Equation (4) have negative real parts when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x39.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>3) If (H<sub>2</sub>) is satisfied, then there exists a sequence of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfying <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that Equation (4) has a pair of purely imaginary roots <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and all roots of Equation (4) have negative real parts when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>4) If (H<sub>1</sub>) and (H<sub>2</sub>) are satisfied, then there exists a sequence of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfying <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that Equation (4) has two pairs of purely imaginary roots <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and all roots of Equation (4) have negative real parts when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula331"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x54.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula332"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x55.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Using the lemmas above, we have Theorem 1.</p><p>Theorem 1. Suppose (H<sub>1</sub>) is satisfied.</p><p>1) If (H<sub>1</sub>) and (H<sub>2</sub>) are not satisfied, then the zero equilibrium point of system (3) is asymptotically stable for any<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>2) If (H<sub>1</sub>) is satisfied, then the zero equilibrium point of system (3) is asymptotically stable when <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and unstable when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. System (3) undergoes a Hopf bifurcation at when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>3) If (H<sub>2</sub>) is satisfied, then the zero equilibrium point of system (3) is asymptotically stable when <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and unstable when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. System (3) undergoes a Hopf bifurcation when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x61.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>4) If (H<sub>1</sub>) and (H<sub>2</sub>) are satisfied, then the zero equilibrium point of system (3) is asymptotically stable when</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and unstable when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. System (3) undergoes a Hopf</p><p>bifurcation when<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are defined above.</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Global Existence of Periodic Solutions</title><p>In this section, we study the global continuation of periodic solutions bifurcating from the point<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x70.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Throughout this section, we follow closely the notations in Wu [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref21">21</xref>] and let (H<sub>1</sub>) or (H<sub>2</sub>) be satisfied, namely local Hopf bifurcation occurs. We define</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula333"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x71.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>and let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> denote the connected component of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>are defined in Lemma 2.</p><p>We assume (H<sub>1</sub>) or (H<sub>2</sub>) is satisfied so that the local Hopf bifurcation occurs.</p><p>Lemma 3. If <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is bounded, then all periodic solutions of the system (3) are uniformly bounded.</p><p>Proof. Suppose that there exists <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is a nonconstant peri- odic solution of system (3) and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> have maximums at<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, respectively, then<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We have</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula334"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x84.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula335"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x85.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>This shows that the periodic solutions of (3) are uniformly bounded.</p><p>Lemma 4. System (3) has no nontrivial t-periodic solution.</p><p>Proof. If system (3) has a nontrivial t-periodic solution, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula336"><label>(8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x86.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>has a nontrivial periodic solution.</p><p>However, system (8) only has trivial periodic solutions. In fact,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula337"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x87.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>only has a trivial periodic solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> (i.e., equilibrium). Moreover,</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula338"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x89.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>has no nontrivial periodic solution.</p><p>Thus, system (3) has no nontrivial t-periodic solution.</p><p>Next, we show system (3) has no nontrivial 2t-periodic solution.</p><p>Lemma 5. Assume</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula339"><label>(H3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x90.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>is satisfied, system (3) has no nontrivial 4t-periodic solution. Moreover, system (3) has no nontrivial 2t-periodic solution.</p><p>Proof. Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be a 4t-periodic solution of system (3).</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula340"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x92.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Then <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a periodic solution to the following system of ODE:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula341"><label>(9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x94.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>From Lemma 3, the periodic orbit of the system (9) belongs to the region:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula342"><label>(10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x98.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>If we want to prove there is no nontrivial 4t-periodic solution in (3), it suffices to prove that there is no nonconstant periodic solution for (9). To do this, we apply the general Bendixson’s criterion in higher dimensions developed by Li &amp; Muldowney [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref22">22</xref>] . It is easy to compute the Jacobian matrix <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of the system (9) for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula343"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x101.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Then the second additive compound matrix <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> matrix defined as follows.</p><p>For any integers<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, the element in the i-row and the j-column of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x106.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula344"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x107.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Choose a vector form in <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> as</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula345"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x109.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>With respect to this norm, we can obtain that the <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> measure <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of the matrix <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is given by</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula346"><label>(11)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x113.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>By Corollary 3.5 of Li &amp; Muldowney [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref22">22</xref>] , the system (9) has no periodic orbit in G if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. By</p><p>(11), we have <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> if and only if</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula347"><label>(12)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x116.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>So we get (9) only has trivial periodic solutions when (H<sub>2</sub>) is satisfied.</p><p>Thus, (9) has no nontrivial periodic solution. System (3) has no 4t-periodic solution.</p><p>Theorem 2. Suppose that (H<sub>1</sub>)/(H<sub>2</sub>) and (H<sub>3</sub>) are satisfied, then, for each<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, system (3) has <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>nonconstant periodic solutions with periods in<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, respectively. Here,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>are defined in Lemma 2.</p><p>Proof. We can prove that the projection of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> onto t-space includes<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We have given the characteristic matrix of the system (3) at zero equilibrium.</p><p>By Lemmas 1 and 2, there exist<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x125.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and a smooth curve <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x125.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x126.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x125.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x126.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula348"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x128.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Then<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Denote <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula349"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x131.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Obviously, if <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> such that<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, then<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x134.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x137.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Set</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula350"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x138.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We obtain the crossing number</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula351"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x139.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We conclude that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula352"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x140.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>By Theorem 3.3 of Wu [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref21">21</xref>] , <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is unbounded.</p><p>Lemma 3 implies that the projection of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> onto the z-space is bounded.</p><p>From the definition of<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we know that</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula353"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x144.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Hence</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula354"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x145.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>From Lemmas 4 and 5, we know that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>if<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. So, to make <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> unbo- unded, the projection of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> onto t-space must be unbounded. Obviously, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>are pairwise disjoint. So system (3) has <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> nonconstant periodic solutions for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x147.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x149.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>In this section, we derive the global existences, number and periods of periodic solutions. However, the stability of periodic solutions far away from <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x155.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is unclear.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. An Example</title><p>Choosing <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x156.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x158.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, system (2) can be expressed as follows:</p><disp-formula id="scirp.64761-formula355"><label>(13)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x159.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref19">19</xref>] gave the curves of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> corresponding to different parameters <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and l (see <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref>). It evidences <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is bounded when <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x163.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> (A is any finite constant).</p><p>For system (13), <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. (H<sub>1</sub>) is satisfied and (H<sub>2</sub>) isn’t. Furthermore,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x167.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>System (13) has a periodic solution near<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. As shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref> at<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>(H<sub>3</sub>) is correct, and we now show large amplitude periodic solutions exist for values of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> far away from<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x171.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. This indicates the global existence of periodic solutions. As shown in <xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref> at<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x171.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x172.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><fig-group id="fig1"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig1">Figure 1</xref></label><caption><title> Nonlinearity with the function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with “n1”: <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>“n2”: <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>“n3”:<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x174.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x175.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x176.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x177.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</title></caption><fig id ="fig1_1"><label></label><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x173.png"/></fig></fig-group><fig id="fig2"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig2">Figure 2</xref></label><caption><title> Numerical simulations of a periodic solution to system (13) when <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x179.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is near<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x179.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x180.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x178.png"/></fig><fig id="fig3"  position="float"><label><xref ref-type="fig" rid="fig3">Figure 3</xref></label><caption><title> Numerical simulations of a periodic solution to system (13) when <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is far away from<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x182.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x183.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></title></caption><graphic mimetype="image"   position="float"  xlink:type="simple"  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x181.png"/></fig></sec><sec id="s5"><title>5. Conclusion</title><p>In our paper, the effect of parameters on dynamics of a unidirectional nonlinear delayed-coupling chaos system at the zero fixed point is investigated. There exist the critical values of Hopf bifurcation <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and small amplitude periodic solutions. Furthermore, we derive that the local periodic solutions also exist globally for<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x184.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/3-1100500x185.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. In addition, the results indicate the variation of dynamics of system (2) is owing to the inherent delay, and not owing to the coupled one. Our results are propitious to investigate chaos synchronization using system (2), especially synchronization of periodic solutions. However, it still needs to study further for the dynamics of bidirectional coupled system.</p></sec><sec id="s6"><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>We thank the Editor and the referee for their comments. The research is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11301263), the Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation (No. BK20140927), the Ningxia Natural Science Foundation (No. NZ13213) and the Ningxia Higher Educational Science Program (No. GX2014[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.64761-ref222">222</xref>]17).</p></sec><sec id="s7"><title>Cite this paper</title><p>KrishnaDahiya,JyotiSahu,ArchitDahiya,YanqiuLi,JihuaYang,FengRao, (2016) Global Existence of Periodic Solutions in a Nonlinear Delay-Coupling Chaos System. 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