Extreme solutions of initial value problems for nonlinear second order integrodifferential equations in Banach spaces (Q5949519)

The author studies the existence of maximal and minimal (when the partial ordering is induced by a cone) solutions to the integrodifferential equation \[ u''(t) = F\left (t,u(t),u'(t),\int_0^t k(t,s)u(s) ds\right),\quad t\geq 0, \] in a Banach space \(E\) when \(u(0)=x_0\) and \(u'(0)=x_1\). It is assumed that there are lower and upper solutions, and that the inequality \(F(t,x_1,y_1,z_1) - F(t,x_2,y_2,z_2)\geq M(x_1-x_2)- N(y_1-y_2)\) holds for \(x_1\leq x_2\), \(y_1\leq y_2\) and \(z_1\leq z_2\) where \(M\) and \(N\) are nonnegative numbers, and that \(F\) satisfies a condition of the form \(\alpha(F(t,U_1,U_2,U_3))\leq \sum_{i=1}^3 g_i(t) \alpha(U_i)\) for bounded subsets \(U_i\subset E\) where \(\alpha\) is a measure of noncompactness.