Seminonoscillation intervals and sign-constancy of Green's functions of two-point impulsive boundary-value problems (Q2064355)

In this paper, the authors study a second-order impulsive differential equation with delays \[ \begin{aligned} (Lx)(t)\equiv x''(t)+\sum\limits_{{j=1}^{p}} a_{j}(t)x'(t-\tau_j(t))+\sum\limits_{{j=1}^{p}} b_{j}(t)x'(t-\theta_j(t))=f(t), \quad t\in[0,w] (*) \end{aligned} \] where \(x(t_k)=\gamma_k x(t_k-0)\), \(x'(t_k)=\delta_kx'(t_k-0)\) for \(k = 1, 2, \dots, r\). Also, \(\gamma_k > 0, \delta_k > 0\) for \(k = 1, 2, \dots, r\). The authors establishe conditions of seminonoscillation for the corresponding homogeneous equation on the interval \([0, w]\). By using these results, the authors formulate theorems on the sign-constancy of Green's functions for two-point impulsive boundary-value problems in terms of differential inequalities. The authors formulate a theorem on seminonoscillation of the interval \([0, w]\). The main theorem is as follows: Theorem 3.1. Assume that the following conditions are satisfied: (1) \(a_j (t) \geq 0, b_j (t) \leq 0, j = 1, \dots, p, t \in [0, w]\); (2) the Wronskian \(W(t)\) of the fundamental system of solutions of the homogeneous equation satisfies the inequality \(W(t) \neq 0, t \in [0, w]\); (3) the Cauchy function \(C_1(t, s)\) of the first order equation is positive for \(0 \leq s \leq t \leq w\). Then the interval \([0, w]\) is a seminonoscillation interval of \((*)\).