Constant-sign solutions of a system of integral equations with integrable singularities (Q2476467)

The paper is devoted to a study of systems of Fredholm integral equations of the form \[ u_i(t) = \int_0^b g_i(t,s) f_i(s, u_1(s), \dots, u_n(s)) \,ds,\quad t \in [0,b],\;i = 1,2,\dots,n, \] where \(b\) may be a finite positive number or \(\infty\), and to systems of Volterra equations \[ u_i(t) = \int_0^t g_i(t,s) f_i(s, u_1(s), \dots, u_n(s)) \,ds,\quad t \in [0,T],\;i = 1,2,\dots,n. \] In either case, the nonlinearities \(f_i\) may be singular with respect to the first variable and at \(u_j=0\), \(j \in \{1,2,\dots,n\}\). The authors provide sufficient conditions for these systems of equations to have at least one solution all of whose components do not have a change of sign.