Methods in nonlinear analysis

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As is mentioned in the preface, this book is based on the lecture notes of a course on nonlinear analysis offered by the author to graduate students at various universities during the past two decades. The chapter headings are as follows: Ch.~1: Linearization, Ch.~2: Fixed Point Theorems, Ch.~3: Degree Theory and Applications, Ch.~4: Minimization Methods, Ch.~5: Topological and Variational Methods. The first chapter starts with the differential calculus in Banach spaces, the implicit function theorem, and goes on with the Lyapunov--Schmidt reduction and the Nash--Moser technique. In the second chapter, entitled Fixed Point Theorems, are presented the order method (with, for example, the Bourbaki--Kneser principle, the sub- and super-solutions method, the Caristi theorem), the Schauder fixed point theorem, and results involving nonexpansive maps or monotone ones. Chapter 3 treats the degree theory for finite-dimensional maps (the Brouwer degree) and also for infinite-dimensional maps (the Leray--Schauder degree) with its applications and extensions. The fourth chapter is devoted to the introduction of the minimization method and contains specific topics such as quasi-convexity, the Young measure, compensation compactness or concentration compactness. Chapter 5 is dedicated to Morse theory and Conley index theory with applications to the study of periodic orbits for Hamiltonian systems and the problem of prescribing the Gaussian curvature on \(S^2\). This book contains very rich theoretical material, together with the presentation of interesting problems and examples from various branches of mathematics. It will be useful to both students and researchers.




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