Positive solutions of \(n\)th-order nonlinear impulsive differential equation with nonlocal boundary conditions (Q610839)

The authors consider the impulsive boundary value problem \[ \begin{aligned} &x^{(n)}(t) + f(t,x(t)) = 0,\quad t \in [0,1]\setminus\{t_1,\dots,t_m\}, \\ &-\Delta x^{(n-1)}|_{t = t_k} = I_k(x(t_k)), \;k = 1,\dots,m,\\ &x(0) = x'(0) = \dots = x^{(n-2)}(0) = 0, \quad x(1) = \int_0^1 h(t)x(t)\, \text{d} t, \end{aligned} \] where \(0 < t_1 < \dots < t_m < 1\), \(f \in C([0,1]\times {\mathbb R}^+,{\mathbb R}^+)\), \(I_k \in C({\mathbb R}^+,{\mathbb R}^+)\) for \(k = 1,\dots,m\), \(h \in L^1[0,1]\) is nonnegative. Sufficient conditions to ensure the existence of positive solution are given. The proofs are based on the fixed-point theorem in cones.