Lorentz-equivariant flow with four delays of neutral type

Abstract

We generalize electrodynamics with a second interaction in lightcone. The time-reversible equations for two-body motion define a semiflow on $C^2(\mathbb{R})$ with four state-dependent delays of neutral type and nonlinear gyroscopic terms. Furthermore, if the initial segment includes velocity discontinuities, their propagation requires two energetic corner conditions defining boundary layer neighborhoods of large velocities and small denominators. Finally, we discuss a motion restricted to a straight line and a segment pair with vanishing accelerations that iterates to another constant-velocity segment pair.