Periodicity in a nonlinear predator-prey system on time scales with state-dependent delays (Q2474863)

Let \(\mathbb{T}\subseteq \mathbb{R}\) be a nonempty closed subset; for a function \(f:\mathbb{T}\to \mathbb{R},\) the delta derivative \(f^\triangle (t)\) is defined as the number with the property that for any given \(\varepsilon >0,\) there is a neighborhood \(U\) of \(t\) such that \( | [f(\sigma (t))-f(s)]-f^\triangle (t)[\sigma (t)-s]| \leq \varepsilon | \sigma (t)-s| \;for\, all\; s\in U. \) Using the methods of Mawhin's coincidence degree theory the authors prove the global existence of positive periodic solution for nonlinear state-dependent delays predator-prey system on time scales of the following form: \[ \begin{multlined} x_1^{\Delta}(t)=b_1(t)-\sum_{i=1}^n a_i(t)\exp(\alpha_ix_1(t-\tau_i(t,e^{x_1(t)},e^{x_2(t)})))\\ -\sum_{j=1}^m c_j(t)\exp(\beta_jx_2(t-\sigma_j(t,e^{x_1(t)},e^{x_2(t)}))), \end{multlined} \] \[ x_2^{\Delta}(t)=-b_2(t)-\sum_{i=1}^n d_i(t)\exp(\gamma_ix_1(t-\rho_i(t,e^{x_1(t)},e^{x_2(t)}))). \]