Global attractivity of positive periodic solutions for an impulsive delay periodic ''food limited'' population model (Q871410)

Summary: We consider the following nonlinear impulsive delay differential equation: \[ N'(t)=r(t)N(t)\biggl(\bigl(K(t)-N(t-mw)\bigr)/\bigl(K(t)+ \lambda(t)N(t-mw)\bigr)\biggr), \] \[ \text{a.e. }t>0,\;t\neq t_k,\;N(t_k') =(1+b_k)N(t_k),\;k=1,2,\dots, \] where \(m\) is a positive integer, \(r(t), K(t),\lambda(t)\) are positive periodic functions of period \(\omega\). In the nondelay case \((m=0)\), we show that the above equation has a unique positive periodic solution \(N^*(t)\) which is globally asymptotically stable. In the delay case, we present sufficient conditions for the global attractivity of \(N^*(t)\). Our results imply that under appropriate periodic impulsive perturbations, the impulsive delay equation preserves the original periodic property of the nonimpulsive delay equation. In particular, our work extends and improves some known results.