Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Conference 06 (2001), pp. 101-107. Title: An abstract existence result and its applications. Authors: Sui Sun Cheng (Tsing Hua Univ., Taiwan, China) Bin Liu (Hubei Normal Univ., Huangshi, China) Jian-She Yu (Hunan Univ. Changsha, China) Abstract: By means of Borsuk's theorem and continuation through an admissible homotopy, we establish an existence theorem for operator equation with homogeneous nonlinearity. We illustrate our theorem by considering a perturbed functional differential equation under periodic boundary conditions. Published January 8, 2001. Math Subject Classifications: 34K10, 34C20. Key Words: Borsuk's theorem; Fredholm mapping; perturbed differential equation; periodic solution.