Existence of solutions of integral equations defined in unbounded domains via spectral theory (Q2178608)

The authors study the fixed points of a nonlinear integral operator defined on a set of continuous functions. Here such functions are defined on a non-compact set of \(\mathbb{R}\). Therefore, one could not apply the Ascoli-Arzelà theorem, and it is hard to show the compactness of the integral operator. The authors then introduce a new kind of Banach space called the space of continuously \(n\)-differentiable \(\varphi\)-extensions to infinity. Using the new space as well as spectral theory, the authors find the fixed points of the integral operator satisfying a certain asymptotic behavior. Reviewer's remark: Some notation is not properly explained in the paper, and therefore it is somewhat hard to read the paper.