Nonlinear nonlocal Cauchy problems in Banach spaces (Q2484628)

The authors consider the abstract nonlinear problem with nonlocal initial conditions of the form: \[ u'(t)+ Au(t) \ni f(t,u(t)),\;t\in [0,T],\quad u(0) = g(u), \] in a real Banach space \(X\), where \(u: [0,T]\to X\), \(A: D(A)\subseteq X\to 2^X\), \(f: [0, T]\times X\to X\) and \(g: C([0, T]; X)\to \overline{D(A)}\). Existence of an integral solution is proven under the assumptions that \(A\) is a nonlinear, \(m\)-accretive operator such that the semigroup generated by \(-A\) is compact, \(f\) is continuous in \(t\) and satisfies a Lipschitz condition in its second variable, and \(g\) is continuous, among other conditions. The proof is accomplished through an application of Schauder's fixed-point theorem. Two corollaries of this result are also given. The authors note that this extends to the fully nonlinear case a theorem in [\textit{J. Liang}, \textit{J. H. Liu} and \textit{T. Xiao}, Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 57, No. 2(A), 183--189 (2004; Zbl 1051.65036)] and the results also cover examples which cannot be handled by a theorem in [\textit{S Aizicovici} and \textit{M. McKibben}, Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 39, No. 5(A), 649--668 (2000; Zbl 0954.34055)].