TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear eigenvalue problems with positively convex operators
AU - Laetsch, Theodore
N1 - Funding Information:
* This research was accomplished in part while the author held a National Research Council Postdoctoral Resident Research Associateship sponsored by the Air Force System Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
PY - 1975/9
Y1 - 1975/9
N2 - We consider the equation u = λAu (λ > 0), where A is a forced isotone positively convex operator in a partially ordered normed space with a complete positive cone K. Let Λ be the set of positive λ for which the equation has a solution u ε{lunate} K, and let Λ0 be the set of positive λ for which a positive solution-necessarily the minimum one-can be obtained by an iteration un = λAun-1, u0 = 0. We show that if K is normal, and if Λ is nonempty, then Λ0 is nonempty, and each set Λ0, Λ is an interval with inf(Λ0) = inf(Λ) = 0 and sup(Λ0) = sup(Λ) (= λ*, say); but we may have λ* ∉ Λ0 and λ* ε{lunate} Λ. Furthermore, if A is bounded on the intersection of K with a neighborhood of 0, then Λ0 is nonempty. Let u0(λ) = limn→∞(λA)n(0) be the minimum positive fixed point corresponding to λ ε{lunate} Λ0. Then u0(λ) is a continuous isotone convex function of λ on Λ0.
AB - We consider the equation u = λAu (λ > 0), where A is a forced isotone positively convex operator in a partially ordered normed space with a complete positive cone K. Let Λ be the set of positive λ for which the equation has a solution u ε{lunate} K, and let Λ0 be the set of positive λ for which a positive solution-necessarily the minimum one-can be obtained by an iteration un = λAun-1, u0 = 0. We show that if K is normal, and if Λ is nonempty, then Λ0 is nonempty, and each set Λ0, Λ is an interval with inf(Λ0) = inf(Λ) = 0 and sup(Λ0) = sup(Λ) (= λ*, say); but we may have λ* ∉ Λ0 and λ* ε{lunate} Λ. Furthermore, if A is bounded on the intersection of K with a neighborhood of 0, then Λ0 is nonempty. Let u0(λ) = limn→∞(λA)n(0) be the minimum positive fixed point corresponding to λ ε{lunate} Λ0. Then u0(λ) is a continuous isotone convex function of λ on Λ0.
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U2 - 10.1016/0022-247X(75)90116-X
DO - 10.1016/0022-247X(75)90116-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0016557852
SN - 0022-247X
VL - 51
SP - 653
EP - 669
JO - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
JF - Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
IS - 3
ER -