简介:Inthispaperthefixedpointindexproblemforaclassofpositiveoperatorswithboundarycontrolconditionsisdiscussed,andsomesufficientconditionsforthefixedpointindextobeequalto1or0aregiven.Moreover,ageneralfixedpointtheoremofexpansionsandcompressionsforconeisobtained,whichgeneralizesandimprovesthecorrespondingresultsof[3,8,9].Asanapplication,weutilizetheresultspresentedabovetostudytheexistenceconditionsofpositivesolutionsofnonlinearintegralequationsmodellinginfectiousdiseases.