Application of spectral methods to boundary value problems for differential equations (Q642824)

Summary: We try to generalize the concept of a spectrum in the nonlinear case starting from its splitting into several subspectra, not necessarily disjoint, following the classical decomposition of the spectrum. To obtain an extension of spectrum with rich properties, we replace the identity map by a nonlinear operator \(J\) acting between two Banach spaces \(X\) and \(Y\), which takes into account the analytical and topological properties of a given operator \(F\), although the original definitions have been given only in the case \(X = Y\) and \(J = I\). The FMV spectrum reflects only asymptotic properties of \(F\), while Feng's spectrum [\textit{W. Feng}, Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2, No.~1--2, 163--183 (1997; Zbl 0952.47047)] takes into account the global behaviour of \(F\) and gives applications to boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations or for second-order differential equations, which are referred to as three-point boundary value problems with classical or periodic boundary conditions.