Periodic boundary value problems for first order functional differential equations with impulse (Q953367)

Consider the boundary value problem \[ x'(t)= f(t,x_t)\quad\text{a.e. }t\in [0,T],\;t\neq t_i, \] \[ \Delta x|_{t= t_i}= I_i(x(t_i- 0))\quad\text{for }i= 1,2,\dots, k; \] \[ x(t)= \phi(t)\quad\text{for }t\in [-\tau,0], \] \[ x(0)= x(T), \] where \(\Delta x|_{t= t_i}= x(t_i+ 0)- x(t_i- 0)\), \(0= t_0< t_1<\cdots< t_k< t_{k+1}= T\). The author establishes the existence of multiple positive solutions by applying a fixed point theorem of cone expansion and compression. Examples are also given.