Triple positive solutions for \(n\)th-order impulsive differential equations with integral boundary conditions and \(p\)-Laplacian (Q1930338)

The authors consider the impulsive \(p\)-Laplacian boundary value problem with integral boundary condition \[ \begin{aligned} &\left(\phi_p\left(u^{(n-1)}(t)\right)\right)' + w(t)f(t,u(t),\dotsc,u^{(n-2)}(t)) = 0,\quad t \in [0,1], \;t \neq t_k, \;k = 1,\dotsc,m,\\ &u^{(n-2)}(t_k+) - u^{(n-2)}(t_k-) = I_k(u^{(n-2)}(t_k-)), \quad k = 1,\dotsc,m,\\ &u^{(i)}(0) = 0, \quad i= 0,1,\dotsc,n-3,\\ &u^{(n-2)}(0) = \int_0^1g(t)u^{(n-2)}(t)\, \text{d}t, \quad u^{(n-1)}(1) = 0, \end{aligned} \] where \(\phi_p(s) = |s|^{p-2}s\), \(p>1\), \(0 < t_1 < \dotsb < t_m < 1\). Using Leray-Schauder and Avery-Peterson fixed point theorems, existence results for at least one and three positive solutions for this BVP are obtained.