A continuum of solutions in a Fréchet space of a nonlinear functional integral equation in \(N\) variables (Q2832679)

The authors consider integral equations of the form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE u(x)=q(x)+f(x,u(x))+\int_BV(x,y,u(y)) dy+ \int _{B_x} F(x,y,u(y)) dy. NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Here \(x\in \mathbb R^{N}_{+}=\{(x_1,\dots,x_N)\in\mathbb R^N;\, x_i\geq 0,\, i=1,\dots,N\}\), \(q: \mathbb R_{+}^N \to E\); \(f: \mathbb R_+^{N}\times E \to E;\) \(F,V: \Delta \times E \to E\) continuous, \(E\) a Banach space, \(\Delta=\{ (x,y) \in \mathbb R_+^{2N},\, y_i\leq x_i;\, i=1,\dots,N\}\), \(B_x= [ 0,x_1]\times \cdots \times [0,x_N]\). By applying a fixed point theorem of Krasnoselskii type in Fréchet spaces, the authors prove the existence of solutions of the equation above. Using the structure theorem of Krasnoselskii and Perov it is shown that the equation satisfies the Hukuhara-Kneser property. It is then shown that the solution set is a compact \(R_{\delta}\). Analogous results are obtained for a Volterra-Hammerstein integral equation.