Surjectivity results of Fredholm alternative type are obtained for nonlinear operator equations of the form ${\lambda} T(x)-S(x)=f$, where $T$ is invertible, and $T,S$ satisfy various types of homogeneity conditions. We are able to answer some questions left open by Fu\v{c}'{\i}k, Ne\v{c}as, Sou\v{c}ek, and Sou\v{c}ek. We employ the concept of an $a$-{stably-solvable} operator, related to nonlinear spectral theory methodology. Applications are given to a nonlinear Sturm-Liouville problem and a three point boundary value problem recently studied by Gupta, Ntouyas and Tsamatos.
@article{118899, author = {W. Feng and Jeffrey Ronald Leslie Webb}, title = {Surjectivity results for nonlinear mappings without oddness conditions}, journal = {Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae}, volume = {38}, year = {1997}, pages = {15-28}, zbl = {0886.47034}, mrnumber = {1455467}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/118899} }
Feng, W.; Webb, Jeffrey Ronald Leslie. Surjectivity results for nonlinear mappings without oddness conditions. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 15-28. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/118899/
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