Abstract

In this paper, we focus on investigating the existence and approximation of periodic solutions for a nonlinear integro-differential system with a piecewise alternately advanced and retarded argument of generalized type, referred to as DEPCAG. The argument is a general step function, and we obtain criteria for the existence of periodic solutions for such equations. Our approach involves converting the given DEPCAG into an equivalent integral equation and using a new approach for periodic solutions. We construct appropriate mappings and employ a numerical-analytic method to investigate periodic solutions of the ordinary differential equation given by A. M. Samoilenko [32]. Additionally, we use the contraction mapping principle to demonstrate the existence of a unique periodic solution. © 2024, Hacettepe University. All rights reserved.