Two approximate methods for solving nonlinear Neumann problems (Q581744)

In this paper the following nonlinear Neumann problem in smooth domains is studied: \(Lu=f(x,u,D^{\alpha}u)\) and \(\partial u/\partial \sigma =0\), where \[ Lu=\sum^{N}_{i,j=1}\frac{\partial}{\partial x_ i}(a_{ij}\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_ j}),\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial \sigma}=\sum^{N}_{i,j=1}a_{ij}\frac{\partial u}{\partial x_ i} \cos (n,x_ j), \] n is the unit normal vector, and \(a_{ij}=a_{ji}\) satisfy the usual uniform ellipticity condition; \(\alpha\) is a multi index \(1\leq | \alpha | \leq 2\). The main focus is on an approximation method. The author shows that the equation \(G(x)+H(x)=0\) has a solution, when G and H are certain mappings between Banach spaces with G differentiable and H merely Lipschitz. Approximating the mappings L and f above and using the quoted existence theorem lead to an algorithm from which a solution can be obtained.