On the hyperbolic equation Zxy = f(x,y,z) in Banach spaces (Q3977005)

Let \(a\), \(b\) be positive real numbers or positive infinity, \(Q= \overline{[0,a)\times [0,b)}\) (here the closure is usual), \((E,\|\cdot\|)\) a Banach space and \(f\) a function from \(\Omega= Q\times E\) into \(E\). We deal with the Darboux problem \[ z_{xy}= f(x,y,z) \quad \text{for }(x,y)\in Q, \qquad z(x,0)= z(0,y)=0 \quad (\text{the zero of }E) \tag{1} \] in the classical sense, i.e. a solution \(z\) and its partial derivatives \(z_ x\), \(z_ y\), \(z_{xy}\) are \(E\)- valued continuous functions of \(x\), \(y\). Let \(\alpha\) denote the Kuratowski measure of noncompactness in \(E\). By the fixed point theorem of Sadovskij we prove the existence of solutions of (1), assuming for \(f\) some regularity conditions expressed in terms of \(\alpha\). Our method is closely patterned on Bielecki's norm changing technique in the theory of differential equations.