On quadratic integral equations in Orlicz spaces (Q645404)

The existence of a nondecreasing solution \(x\) in an Orlicz space of the quadratic integral equation \[ x(t)=g(t)+\lambda x(t)\int_a^bK(t,s)f(s,x(s))ds \] is proved for sufficiently small \(\lambda\). By considering Orlicz spaces instead of \(L_p\) spaces, it is possible to consider functions \(f\) which grow faster than polynomials and rather singular kernels \(K\). For both situations corresponding results are described. The other hypotheses are monotonicity assumptions about \(f\), \(g\), and \(K\). The main tool for the proofs is an application of Darbo's fixed point theorem on a set of monotone functions.