On nonlinear Volterra equations of convolution type (Q1048387)
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On nonlinear Volterra equations of convolution type (English)
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12 January 2010
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The author proves some results on existence and uniqueness and some results on nonexistence of nontrivial nonnegative solutions of the two nonlinear Volterra integral equations \[ u^\alpha(x) = a(x) \int_0^x k(x-t) b(t) u(t) dt + f(x), \quad 0 < x \leq \ell, \leqno(1) \] and \[ u^\alpha(x) = \int_0^x u(x-t) u(t) dt. \leqno(2) \] All the functions appearing in these equations are real-valued and strictly positive on \((0,\ell)\), where \(0 < \ell \leq \infty\). The analysis of (1) is based on a generalized monotonicity notion, and several different sets of sufficient conditions are given for the existence of a unique positive (and sometimes nondecreasing) solution \(u\) of (1). About equation (2) it is shown that the condition \(\alpha > 2\) is necessary for the existence of a locally bounded nontrivial solution of (2) and sufficient for the existence of a locally integrable nontrivial solution of (2), and that (2) does not have any nontrivial solution which belongs locally to \(L^s(0,\infty)\) for \(s \geq 1/\alpha\) if \(0 \leq \alpha \leq 1\) and for \(s = 1\) if \(1 < \alpha \leq 2\).
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nontrivial nonnegative solutions
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nonlinear Volterra integral equations
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locally bounded nontrivial solution
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locally integrable nontrivial solution
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