Periodic Solutions of the Differential Delay Equation (?)(t)=-f(x(t-1))

For an odd function f(x)defined only on a finite interval,this paper deals with the existence of periodic solutions and the number of simple periodic solutions of the differential delay equation(DDE)(?)(t)=-f(x(t-1)).By use of the method of qualitative analysis combined with the constructing of special solutions a series of interesting results are obtained on these problems.