A generalized topological degree for S-A-proper mappings and its applications (Q1823447)

The class of approximation-proper (A-proper) mappings was introduced by \textit{W. V. Petryshyn} [Math. Ann. 177, 156-164 (1968; Zbl 0162.203)]. \textit{F. E. Browder} and \textit{W. V. Petryshyn} [J. Funct. Anal. 3, 217-245 (1969; Zbl 0177.427)] introduced the topological degree of A-proper mappings. Fitzpatrick gave a generalized degree of uniform limits of A- proper mappings. Also some degrees of monotone operators from a Banach space X to its conjugate space \(X^*\) have been constructed by \textit{F. E. Browder} [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80, 1771-1773 (1983; Zbl 0533.47051)] and others. However, the degree theory of accretive operators from X to X which coincide with monotone operators when X is a Hilbert space has not drawn much attention. In this paper, a topological degree of a class of mappings more general than A-proper mappings, called S-A- proper mappings, has been constructed by approximation method and it has been used for accretive operators defined on \((\pi)_ 1\) [\textit{J. R. L. Webb}, Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 13, 235-238 (1981; Zbl 0476.47039)] spaces. The section 1 deals with the definition of S-A-proper mappings and types of mappings included in this class, section 2 discusses the topological degree of S-A-proper mappings and the concluding section deals with the results concerning accretive operators.