Abstract
This manuscript was built to generalize Ekeland variational principle for mixed monotone functions in the setting of partially ordered complete metric spaces. The results obtained are applied to give different proofs for tripled fixed points of mixed monotone mappings in the mentioned space by using a variational technique. The results presented in our manuscripts generalize and expand many of the findings presented in the earlier period. For the sobriety and enhancement of our paper, two examples are given and the existence and uniqueness of the solution to a periodic boundary value problem are studied as applications.