Existence of mass conserving solution for the coagulation-fragmentation equation with singular kernel (Q1630239)

The existence of weak solutions to the coagulation equation with multiple fragmentation \[ \begin{multlined} \partial_t f(t,x) = \frac{1}{2} \int_0^x K(x-y,y) f(t,x-y) f(t,y)\ dy - f(t,x)\int_0^\infty K(x,y) f(t,y)\ dy \\ + \int_x^\infty b(x,y) S(y) f(t,y)\ dy - S(x) f(t,x), \end{multlined}\] \[ f(0,x) = f_0(x), \] for \((t,x)\in (0,T)\times (0,\infty)\) is investigated in the space \[ \Omega_{\cdot,r_2}(T) := \bigcup_{\lambda>0} L^\infty((0,T),L^1((0,\infty),(e^{\lambda x} + x^{-r_2}) dx)), \] where \(r_2\in (0,1)\). The coagulation kernel \(K\) and the fragmentation rate \(S\) are assumed to satisfy the growth conditions \[ 0 \le K(x,y) = K(y,x) \le k \frac{1+x^\theta+y^\theta}{(xy)^\mu}, \qquad S(x) \le S_1 x^\beta \] with \(k>0\), \(\mu\in [0,1/2]\), \(\theta\in [\mu,\mu+1]\), \(S_1>0\), and \(\beta>0\). The daughter distribution function satisfies \[ \int_0^y x b(x,y)\ dx = y, \qquad \int_0^y b(x,y)\ dx \le N, \qquad \int_0^\infty y^{-\gamma} b(x,y)\ dx \le n_0 y^{-\gamma} \] for some \(N>0\), \(n_0>0\), and \(\gamma\in (0,1)\), as well as a pointwise technical condition. The validity of the existence result (Theorem~1) is unclear, as there is an inconclusive argument in its proof on page~1290. Indeed, the authors use the following dubious argument: the finiteness of each term of a sequence implies the boundedness of the sequence.