Degree theory for the sum of VMO maps and maximal monotone maps (Q2904095)

The authors define a topological degree for maps of the form \(f+T:\Omega\cap D(T)\to \mathbb{R}^n\), where \(\Omega, D(T)\subset \mathbb{R}^n\), \(f:\Omega \to \mathbb{R}^n\) belongs to the class of vanishing mean oscillation functions (\(\mathcal{VMO}\)) and \(T:D(T)\to\mathbb{R}^n\) is a maximal monotone operator. This degree has the existence property and is constant along suitable homotopies of either \(f\) or \(T\).