On the existence of periodic solutions of third order delay differential equations

This work deals with the existence of periodic solutions (EPSs) to a third order nonlinear delay differential equation (DDE) with multiple constant delays. For the considered DDE, a theorem is proved, which includes sufficient criteria related to the EPSs. The technique of the proof depends on Lyapunov-Krasovskiˇı functional (LKF) approach. The obtained result extends and improves some results that can be found in the literature. In a particular case of the considered DDE, an example is provided to show the applicability of the main result of this paper.