By applying the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, we establish new results on the existence and uniqueness of 2π-periodic solutions for a class of nonlinear nth order differential equations with delays.

This paper is concerned with a class of Nicholson's blowflies models with multiple time-varying delays. By applying the coincidence degree, some criteria are established for the existence and uniqueness of positive periodic solutions of the model. Moreover, a totally new approach to proving the uniqueness of positive periodic solutions is proposed. In particular, an example is employed to illustrate the main results.

The fixed point theorem of Krasnoselskii and the concept of large contractions are employed to show the existence of a periodic solution of a nonlinear integro-differential equation with variable delay $$x^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)=-{\int }_{t-\tau \left(t\right)}^{t}a(t,s)g\left(x\left(s\right)\right)ds+\frac{d}{dt}Q(t,x(t-\tau \left(t\right)))+G(t,x\left(t\right),x(t-\tau \left(t\right))).$$ We transform this equation and then invert it to obtain a sum of two mappings one of which is completely continuous and the other is a large contraction. We choose suitable conditions for $\tau$, $g$, $a$, $Q$ and $G$ to show that this sum of mappings fits into the framework of a modification of Krasnoselskii’s...

We use a modification of Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem due to Burton (see [Liapunov functionals, fixed points and stability by Krasnoselskii’s theorem, Nonlinear Stud. 9 (2002), 181–190], Theorem 3) to show that the totally nonlinear neutral differential equation with variable delay $$x^{\text{'}}\left(t\right)=-a\left(t\right)h\left(x\left(t\right)\right)+c\left(t\right)x^{\text{'}}(t-g\left(t\right))Q^{\text{'}}\left(x(t-g\left(t\right))\right)+G(t,x\left(t\right),x(t-g\left(t\right))),$$ has a periodic solution. We invert this equation to construct a fixed point mapping expressed as a sum of two mappings such that one is compact and the other is a large contraction. We show that the mapping fits...

Let $𝕋$ be a periodic time scale. The purpose of this paper is to use a modification of Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem due to Burton to prove the existence of periodic solutions on time scale of the nonlinear dynamic equation with variable delay $x^{▵}\left(t\right)=-a\left(t\right)h\left(x^{\sigma }\left(t\right)\right)+c\left(t\right)x^{\widetilde{▵}}\left(t-r\left(t\right)\right)+G\left(t,x\left(t\right),x\left(t-r\left(t\right)\right)\right)$, $t\in 𝕋$, where $f^{▵}$ is the $▵$-derivative on $𝕋$ and $f^{\widetilde{▵}}$ is the $▵$-derivative on $(id-r)\left(𝕋\right)$. We invert the given equation to obtain an equivalent integral equation from which we define a fixed point mapping written as a sum of a large contraction and a compact map. We show...