Multiple positive solutions of a boundary value problem for nth-order impulsive integro-differential equations in Banach spaces (Q2576181)

Let \(E\) be a real Banach space and \(P\) a solid and normal cone in \(E\) and let us consider the boundary value problem \[ -u^{(n)}(t)=f(t,u(t),u'(t),\dots, u^{(n-1)}(t),(Tu)(t),(Su)t))\quad \forall t\in J', \] \[ \Delta u^{(i)}| _{t=t_k}=I_{ik}(u(t_k),u'(t_k),\dots, u^{(n-1)}(t_k)), \] \[ i=1,2,\dots, n-2; \;k=1,2,3,\dots, \] \[ \Delta u^{(n-1)}| _{t=t_k}=-I_{n-1k}(u(t_k),u'(t_k),\dots, u^{(n-1)}(t_k)), \] \[ u^{(i)}(0)=\theta, i=0,1,\dots, n-2, \;u^{(n-1)}(\infty)=\theta. \] Here, \(J=[0,\infty)\), \(0<t_1<t_2<\dots, t_k\to \infty\), \(J'=J\setminus\{t_1,t_2,\dots t_k,\dots\}\), \(f\in C(J\times P^{n+2};P)\), \(I_{ik}\in C(P^{n};P)\), \[ (Tu)(t)=\int_0^tK(t,s)u(s)ds,\;\;(Su)(t)=\int_0^{\infty}H(t,s)u(s)ds, \] where \(K\in C(D,\mathbb{R}_+)\), \(D=\{(t,s)\in J\times J;\;t\geq s\}\), \(H\in C(J\times J;\mathbb{R}_+)\) and \(\Delta u^{(i)}| _{t=t_k}\) is the jump of \(u^{(i)}\) at \(t_k\). Under some natural, but technical conditions, the author proves the existence of at least two positive solutions -- Theorem 1 (one positive solution -- Theorem 2) whose derivatives up to the \((n-2)\)th order satisfy some lower bound with respect to the order induced by the cone \(P\).