Note on maximum principles of first order impulsive boundary value problems (Q1031706)

The authors consider the impulsive boundary value problem \[ x'(t) + \lambda x(t) = q(t),\quad t \in [0,T],\;t \neq t_k, \] \[ x(0) = x(T) + \mu,\qquad x(t_k+) = L_k(x(t_k)), \] where \(0 = t_0 < t_1 < \dots < t_m < t_{m+1} = T\); \(\lambda, \mu \in {\mathbb R}\), \(L_k\) is continuous for each \(k = 1,\dots,m\), \(q\) is continuous on subintervals \((t_k,t_{k+1}]\) for \(k = 0,\ldots,m\). A maximum principle to the BVP is presented in order to obtain sufficient conditions ensuring the positiveness/negativeness of the solution to this problem.