Topological degree theories for densely defined mappings involving operators of type \((S_+)\) (Q1575806)

The authors define a topological degree for operators \(A: D(A)(\subset X)\to X^*\) satisfying the condition \((S_+)_{0,L}\). Here \(X\) is a real separable reflexive Banach space with dual spaces \(X^*\) and there is a subspace \(L\subset D(A)\) of \(X\) such that \(\overline L= X\). It is also shown that a topological degree can be defined for operators of the type \(M+A\) where \(M+A: D(M+ A)(\subset X)\to X^*\), \(L\subset D(M+ A)\) and \(\overline L= X\). Here \(X\) is not necessarily separable and \(M\) satisfies a variant of the maximal monotonicity condition. They apply the results obtained to nonlinear Dirichlet elliptic problems of the type \[ \sum^n_{i=1} {\partial\over\partial x_i} \Biggl[\rho^2(u){\partial u\over\partial x_i}+ a_i\Biggl(x, u, {\partial u\over\partial x}\Biggr)\Biggr]= \sum^n_{i=1} {\partial\over\partial x_i} f_i(x) \] as well as to Cauchy-Dirichlet parabolic problems of the type \[ {\partial u\over\partial t}- \sum^n_{i=1} {\partial\over\partial x_i} a_i\Biggl(x,t,u,{\partial u\over\partial x}\Biggr)+ \rho(x, t,u)= \sum^n_{i=1} {\partial\over\partial x_i} f_i(x,t). \]