Existence of positive periodic solutions for \(n\)-dimensional nonautonomous system (Q2320720)

Summary: In this paper we consider the existence, multiplicity, and nonexistence of positive periodic solutions for \(n\)-dimensional nonautonomous functional differential system \(\mathbf{x}'(t) = \mathbf{H}(t, \mathbf{x}(t)) - \lambda \mathbf{B}(t) \mathbf{F}(\mathbf{x}(t - \tau(t)))\), where \(h_i\) are \(\omega\)-periodic in \(t\) and there exist \(\omega\)-periodic functions \(\alpha_i, \beta_i \in C(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R}_+)\) such that \(\alpha_i(t) \leq(h_i(t, \mathbf{x}) / x_i) \leq \beta_i(t), \int_0^\omega \alpha_i(t) d t > 0\), for \(\mathbf{x} \in\mathbb{R}_+^n\) all with \(x_i > 0\), and \(t \in \mathbb{R}\), \(\lim_{x_i \rightarrow 0^+}(h_i(t, \mathbf{x}) / x_i)\) exist for \(t \in \mathbb{R}\); \(b_i \in C(R, R_+)\) are \(\omega\)-periodic functions and \(\int_0^\omega b_i(t) d t > 0\); \(f_i \in C(R_+^n, R_+)\), \(f_i(\mathbf{x}) > 0\) for \(\|\mathbf{x}\| > 0\); \(\tau \in(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})\) is an \(\omega\)-periodic function. We show that the system has multiple or no positive \(\omega\)-periodic solutions for sufficiently large or small \(\lambda > 0\), respectively.