An inverse function theorem in Fréchet spaces (Q631665): Difference between revisions

In this very nice paper, the author presents a local inverse function theorem for equations of the type \(F(x)= y\), where \(F\) maps a graded Fréchet space into another one. Among the permitted Fréchet spaces are, for example, the intersections of scales of \(C^k\)-spaces or of Sobolev spaces. In contrast to the classical hard implicit function theorems, where the solution is found by a Newton iteration, here the solution is found by Ekeland's variational principle. Therefore, the smoothness assumptions on \(F\) are essentially weaker (\(F\) has to be continuous and Gâteaux-differentiable, but the derivative need not to be continuous), and the conclusion is weaker (there is local existence, but no local uniqueness). The possibly multivalued inverse map \(F^{-1}\) is shown to be Lipschitz continuous. Just as in the classical hard implicit function theorems, the main difficulty is to overcome the allowed loss of derivatives.