Potential operators (Q5903278)

Let Z be a reflexive Banach space, \(D\subset Z\) be a nonempty convex set, y:D\(\to R\) be a nonlinear functional. The operator \(\Phi\) : \(D\subset Z\to Z^*\) is defined by \[ Re<\Phi z,h>=\lim_{0<\epsilon \downarrow 0}\frac{(J(z+\epsilon h)-Jz)}{\epsilon};\quad (z,z+\epsilon h\in D). \] It is proved that if \(\overline{aff}_ RD=Z\) and \(| Re<\Phi w-\Phi z,w-z>| \leq q\| w-z\|^ 2\forall z,w\in D\) then \(\| \Phi w- \Phi z\| \leq \kappa q\| w-z\|\), where \(1\leq \kappa (z)\leq 2\). The analogous result is valid if two-sided estimates \[ A(h,h)\leq Re<\phi (z+h)-\phi z,h>\leq B(h,h) \] are fullfilled and A,B are special bilinear Hermitian functionals. A theorem is proved on solvability of the nonlinear operator equation \(\Phi z=0\).