No label defined (Q4511073)

In 1998 A. G. Ramm had put to the author the following problem: Let \({\mathcal K}(z), z\in\mathbb{C}\) be an entire operator in a Banach space \(B\) with values in the set of linear compact operators in \(B\) and \({\mathcal A}(z):=I+{\mathcal K}(z).\) Suppose that there are values of \(z\) where \({\mathcal A}(z)\) is invertible. Under which conditions on \({\mathcal K}(z)\) one can guarantee that there exists \(z\) at which \({\mathcal A}(z)\) is not invertible? In the reviewed article the author analyzes the problem of ascertaining whether or not -1 is an eigenvalue of a linear compact strongly positive operator \({\mathcal K}(z)\) in a real Banach space \(B\). He gives two examples from mathematical biology (Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model with diffusion) for which this problem is solved. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0943.00054].