Fixed point theorems of convex-power 1-set-contraction operators in Banach spaces (Q372543)

In this paper, the authors introduce the notion of convex-power \(1\)-set-contraction operator in Banach spaces and apply it to determine existence of solutions for nonlinear Sturm-Liouville problems. The definition of convex-power \(1\)-set-contraction operator is presented as a combination of convex-power condensing operators and \(1\)-set-contraction operators. Let \(E\) be a Banach space, \(D\subseteq E\) and \(\alpha (\cdot)\) the Kuratowski measure of noncompactness on bounded subsets of \(E\). Then, a continuous and bounded map \(A: D\to E\) is said to be a \textsl{convex-power \(1\)-set-contraction} if there exist \(x_0\in D\) and a positive integer \(n_0\) such that, for any bounded subset \(S\subseteq B\), \[ \alpha (A^{(n_0,x_0)}(S))\leq \alpha (S), \] where \(A^{(1,x_0)}(S)=A(S)\), \(A^{(n,x_0)}(S)= A(\overline{\text{co}}\{ A^{(n-1,x_0)}(S),x_0)\}),\; n=2,3,\ldots\) The following fixed point result is then proved. Theorem. If \(E\) is a Banach space and \(D\subseteq E\) is bounded convex and closed, \(A: D\to D\) is a semi-closed and convex-power \(1\)-set-contraction, then \(A\) has a fixed point in \(D\).