On fixed points of weakly concave operators (Q1594014)

The author establishes several fixed point results for weakly concave operators defined on cones. As examples: Theorem 4. Let \(A\) be a weakly concave, \(u_{0}\)-monotone, and completely continuous operator, \(K\) a bodily cone with \(u_{0} \in \text{int} K\). Suppose that \(A\) has nonempty fixed point set. Then function iteration on any \(x_{0}\) yields a fixed point. Theorem 6. Let \(A\) be a weakly concave, \(u_{0}\)-monotone, and monotonically compact operator. Suppose that \(A\) has an eigenvector \(x_{*} \in K, x_{*} \neq 0\). Then the nonzero positive solutions to the equation \(x = \lambda Ax, x \in K\) form a continuous nondecreasing curve \(x(\theta)\) which is unbounded on the cone and is such that \(x(\theta_{1}) \ll x(\theta_{2})\) for \(\theta_{1} \leq \theta_{2}\) and \(x(\theta) \to 0\) as \( \theta \to 0\). Theorem 7. Suppose that \(AK \subset K\), where \(A\) is a monotone operator and \(A^n\) is weakly concave and \(u_{0}\)-monotone for some \(n\). Then the positive solutions of \(x = Ax \) and \(x = A^nx\) coincide.