Smallest and greatest fixed points of quasimonotone increasing mappings (Q4804199)

Let \(E\) denote a Banach space preordered by a cone, and let \(v,w\in E\) such that \(v\leq w\). This paper deals with the fixed points of a mapping \(f:[v,w]\to E\) which satisfies \(v\leq f(v)\) and \(f(w)\leq w\). The main result (Theorem 4.1) presented in this paper is the following: In general, \(f\) has a smallest and greatest fixed point if, in essence, it is continuous, quasimonotone and condensing with respect to a measure of noncompactness (under certain conditions). This result has been proved by using a fixed point theorem of \textit{K. Deimling} [``Nonlinear functional analysis'' (Springer Verlag, Berlin) (1985; Zbl 0559.47040)] for weakly inward mappings of closed convex sets. For a recent general survey on quasimonotonicity, one can refer to \textit{G. Herzog} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl. 47, 2213--2224 (2001; Zbl 1042.47056)]. Finally, discontinuities with upward jumps were admitted for \(f\) and the main result has been extended under certain conditions with the help of the fixed point theorem of \textit{R. Lemmert} [Funkc. Ekvacioj, Ser. Int. 32, 243--249 (1989; Zbl 0721.34073)].