FIXED POINT INDEXES AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO NONLINEAR INTEGRAL EQUATIONS MODELLING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1989-05-15
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Inthispaperthefixedpointindexproblemforaclassofpositiveoperatorswithboundarycontrolconditionsisdiscussed,andsomesufficientconditionsforthefixedpointindextobeequalto1or0aregiven.Moreover,ageneralfixedpointtheoremofexpansionsandcompressionsforconeisobtained,whichgeneralizesandimprovesthecorrespondingresultsof[3,8,9].Asanapplication,weutilizetheresultspresentedabovetostudytheexistenceconditionsofpositivesolutionsofnonlinearintegralequationsmodellinginfectiousdiseases.