Existence theory for multiple solutions to semipositone Dirichlet boundary value problems with singular dependent nonlinearities for second-order impulsive differential equations (Q2467418)

The authors study the existence of multiple positive solutions for the following singular semipositone Dirichlet boundary value problem for second order impulsive differential equations \[ \left\{\begin{aligned} &y''(t)+\mu q(t)f(y(t))=0, \quad t\neq t_k, \,\, t\in (0,1),\\ &-\Delta y'| _{t=t_{k}}=I_{k}(y(t_{k})), \quad k=1,\ldots, m,\\ &y(0)=0,\quad y(1)=0, \end{aligned} \right. \] where \(\mu>0\) is a constant, \(0<t_1<t_2<\ldots<t_m<1,\) \(f\) may be singular at \(y=0,\) \(I_k:[0,\infty)\to [0,\infty)\) is continuous and nondecreasing, \(\Delta y'| _{t=t_{k}}=y'(t_{k}+0)-y'(t_{k}-0)\) and \(y'(t_{k}+0),\) \(y'(t_{k}-0)\) denote the right and left limits of \(y'(t)\) at \(t=t_k.\) To establish the existence of multiple positive solutions the upper and lower solutions method together with a fixed point theorem in cones are applied. An example illustrating the results is also included.