Research Article
A Novel Implementation of Krasnoselskii’s Fixed-Point
Theorem to a Class of Nonlinear Neutral Differential Equations
Ali Rezaiguia,
1,2
Abdelkader Moumen ,
1
Abdelaziz Mennouni ,
3
Mohammad Alshammari,
1
and Taher S. Hassan
1,4
1
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, University of Ha’il, Ha’il 55425, Saudi Arabia
2
Laboratory of Computer Science and Mathematics, Mouhamed Cherif Messadia University, Souk Ahras, Algeria
3
Department of Mathematics, LTM, University of Batna 2, Mostefa Ben Boulaïd, Fesdis, Batna 05078, Algeria
4
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt
Correspondence should be addressed to Abdelaziz Mennouni; a.mennouni@univ-batna2.dz
Received 20 May 2022; Accepted 2 August 2022; Published 2 September 2022
Academic Editor: Serena Matucci
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In this work, we examine a class of nonlinear neutral differential equations. Krasnoselskii’s fixed-point theorem is used to provide
sufficient conditions for the existence of positive periodic solutions to this type of problem.
1. Introduction
In recent years, differential equations have garnered consider-
able interest (cf. [1, 2] and references therein). Important types
of these problems include differential equations with delay.
For instance, in [1, 3–10], the authors employed a variety of
techniques to determine the existence of positive periodic
solutions. The uniqueness and positivity of a first-order non-
linear periodic differential equation are investigated in [11].
The authors of [12] discussed nearly periodic solutions to non-
linear Duffing equations. Among them, the fixed-point princi-
ple has established itself as a critical tool for studying the
existence and periodicity of positive solutions. Numerous
studies, including [4, 6, 11], examined this method.
In this work, we investigate the following fourth-order
nonlinear neutral differential equation:
d
4
dt
4
xt ðÞ − gt , xt − τ t ðÞ ð Þ ð Þ ð Þ = −at ðÞxt ðÞ + ft , xt − τ t ðÞ ð Þ ð Þ:
ð1Þ
Under the assumptions:
(i) a, τ ∈ Cðℝ, ð0,∞ÞÞ
(ii) g ∈ Cðℝ × ½0,∞Þ, ℝÞ and f ∈ Cðℝ × ½0,∞Þ, ½0,∞ÞÞ
(iii) a, τ, gðt , xÞ, f ðt , xÞ are ω-periodic in t , ω is a positive
constant
Krasnoselskii’s fixed-point theorem offers sufficient con-
ditions for the existence of positive periodic solutions to the
aforesaid problem.
Neutral differential equations are employed in various
technological and natural science applications. For example,
they are widely employed to investigate distributed networks
with lossless transmission lines (see [7]). Therefore, their
qualitative qualities are significant.
It is worth noting that Krasnoselskii’s fixed-point theo-
rem was proposed in 2012 in [4] to show the existence of
positive periodic solutions to the nonlinear neutral differen-
tial equation with variable delay of the form
d
dt
xt ðÞ − gt , xt − τ t ðÞ ð Þ ð Þ ð Þ = rt ðÞxt ðÞ − ft , xt − τ t ðÞ ð Þ ð Þ:
ð2Þ
The same researchers evaluated the existence of positive
periodic solutions for two types of second-order nonlinear
Hindawi
Journal of Function Spaces
Volume 2022, Article ID 9242541, 7 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9242541