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...

Based on the fixed-point theorem in a cone and some analysis skill, a new sufficient condition is obtained for the existence of positive periodic solutions for a class of higher-order functional difference equations. An example is used to illustrate the applicability of the main result.

The higher order neutral functional differential equation $$\frac{{\mathrm{d}}^n}{\mathrm{d}{t}^n}\left[x\left(t\right)+h\left(t\right)x\left(\tau \right(t\left)\right)\right]+\sigma f\left(t,x\left(g\right(t\left)\right)\right)=0\left(1\right)$$ is considered under the following conditions: $n\ge 2$, $\sigma =\pm 1$, $\tau \left(t\right)$ is strictly increasing in $t\in [t_0,\infty )$, $\tau \left(t\right)<t$ for $t\ge t_0$, ${lim}_{t\to \infty }\tau \left(t\right)=\infty$, ${lim}_{t\to \infty }g\left(t\right)=\infty$, and $f(t,u)$ is nonnegative on $[t_0,\infty )\times (0,\infty )$ and nondecreasing in $u\in (0,\infty )$. A necessary and sufficient condition is derived for the existence of certain positive solutions of (1).