On a periodic neutral delay Lotka-Volterra system (Q1968661)

The author considers the neutral delay Lotka-Volterra system of the form: \[ \dot N_i(t)= N_i(t)\Biggl[ r_i(t)- \sum^n_{j=1} \alpha_{ij}N_j(t- \tau_{ij})- \sum^n_{j=1} \beta_{ij}\dot N_j(t- \sigma_{ij})\Biggr],\quad i=1,\dots, n, \] together with the initial conditions: \[ N_i(t)= \varphi_i(t),\quad \dot N_i(t)= \dot\varphi_i(t),\quad i= 1,\dots, n,\quad t\in [-\mu,0],\quad \varphi_i(0)> 0,\quad i= 1,\dots, n, \] \[ \varphi_i\in C^1([-\mu, 0],[0,\infty)), \] where \(r_i, \alpha_{ij}, \beta_{ij}\in C(\mathbb{R}, (0,\infty))\) \(i,j= 1,\dots, n\), are functions of period \(\omega> 0\), \(\tau_{ij},\sigma_{ij}\in [0,\infty]\), \((i,j= 1,\dots, n)\) are constants and \(\mu= \max\{\tau_{ij}, \sigma_{ij}, i,j= 1,\dots, n\}\). Using the Mawhin coincidence degree theory, the author finds some conditions on the constants \(\tau_{ij}\), \(\sigma_{ij}\) and the functions \(\alpha_{ij}\) and \(\beta_{ij}\), which guarantee the existence of a positive periodic solution to this system.