Existence theory for single and multiple solutions to singular boundary value problems for second order impulsive differential equations (Q2475546)

The authors consider the impulsive boundary value problem for ordinary differential equation of second order \[ \begin{aligned} &y'' + q(t)f(t,y) = 0\text{ for } t \in (0,1),\;t \not= t_k, \\ &-\triangle y'| _{t=t_k} = I_k(y(t_k))\text{ for } k = 1,\dots,m, \\ &y(0) = 0,\quad y(1) = 0, \end{aligned} \] where \(0 < t_1 < \dots < t_m < 1\); \(f \in C((0,1)\times(0,\infty),(0,\infty))\) can be singular at \(y = 0\), \(q \in C((0,1))\) may have a singularity at \(t = 0\) and/or \(t = 1\), \(I_k : [0,\infty) \to [0,\infty)\) are continuous and nondecreasing. Sufficient conditions for the existence of at least one and at least two positive solutions to this problem are found.