We establish the existence of solutions of an intrinsically nonlinear differential-integral equation that arises from the mathematical modelling of the evolution of an asexual population in a changing environment. The main objective is to pave the way for a rigorous analysis of the linear stability of travelling wave solutions of the corresponding problem.

Our paper deals with the following nonlinear neutral differential equation with variable delay $$\frac{d}{dt}D{u}_t\left(t\right)=p\left(t\right)-a\left(t\right)u\left(t\right)-a\left(t\right)g\left(u(t-\tau \left(t\right))\right)-h(u\left(t\right),u(t-\tau \left(t\right))).$$ By using Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem we obtain the existence of periodic solution and by contraction mapping principle we obtain the uniqueness. A sufficient condition is established for the positivity of the above equation. Stability results of this equation are analyzed. Our results extend and complement some results obtained in the work [Yuan, Y., Guo, Z.: On the existence and stability of...

We consider systems of integral-algebraic and integro-differential equations with weakly singular kernels. Although these problem classes are not in the focus of the main stream literature, they are interesting, not only in their own right, but also because they may arise from the analysis of certain classes of differential-algebraic systems of partial differential equations. In the first part of the paper, we deal with two-dimensional integral-algebraic equations. Next, we analyze Volterra integral...

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...