Nonlinear boundary value problems for first order impulsive functional differential equations (Q2383717)

The authors study nonlinear boundary value problems for first order impulsive functional differential equations. First they introduce a new concept of lower and upper solutions, then they establish a new comparison principle and discuss the existence and uniqueness of the solution for impulsive functional differential equations. By using the method of upper and lower solutions and a monotone iterative technique they obtain the existence of extreme solutions for the periodic boundary value problem considered.