Coupled fixed points of nonlinear operators with applications. (English) Zbl 0635.47045

Guo, Dajun; Lakshmikantham, V.

Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 11, 623-632 (1987).

Let \(D\) be a subset of a real Banach space \(E\), which is partially ordered by a cone \(P\) of \(E\). The operator \(A: D\times D\to E\) is mixed monotone if \(A(x,y)\) is nondecreasing in \(x\) and nonincreasing in \(x\). The point \((x',y')\) in \(D\times D\) is a coupled fixed point of \(A\) if \(A(x',y')=x'\) and \(A(y',x')=y'\). This extends the notion of fixed point \(z\), for which \(A(z,z)=z\). The authors prove existence theorems for coupled fixed points both for continuous and discontinuous \(A\). Applications include the existence of solutions of initial value problems for some systems of ordinary differential equations with discontinuous right hand side.

Reviewer: I. N. Baker (London)

MSC:

47H10	Fixed-point theorems
47H07	Monotone and positive operators on ordered Banach spaces or other ordered topological vector spaces
34G10	Linear differential equations in abstract spaces

Keywords:

cone and partial ordering; mixed monotone operators; monotone iterative technique; coupled fixed point; existence of solutions of initial value problems for some systems of ordinary differential equations with discontinuous right hand side

References:

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