On the eigenvalue problem for some nonlinear perturbations of compact selfadjoint operators (Q2746992)

The author considers the nonlinear eigenvalue problem \(F(u)\equiv Tu+N(u)=\lambda u\) in a real Hilbert space \(H\). Here \(T\) is a linear compact selfadjount operator the nonlinear gradient operator \(N\) is supposed to be positively homogeneous and completely continuous. Existence and location of eigenvalues of \(F\) are discussed starting from eigenvalues of the unperturbed operator \(T\). NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe main result is contained in the theorem: Let \(\lambda_0 \not = 0\) be a given eigenvalue of \(T\); then for any \(N\) with \(||N||<\frac{d}{2}\), \(d=\text{dist}(\lambda_0, \sigma(T)\backslash \{\lambda_0 \} T+N\) has an eigenvalue \(\lambda\not= 0, |\lambda-\lambda_0|\leq \|N\|\).