ISSN:
1432-1785
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract We study the Volterra-Hammerstein integral equation $$U(t,x) = U_O (t,x) + \mathop \smallint \limits_O^t \mathop \smallint \limits_D f(y, U (t - s,y)) h (x,y,s)dsdy,$$ t≥0, x∈D. We derive sufficient conditions for the boundedness of all non-negative solutions U. We show that, for bounded non-negative solutions U, U(t,.) is positive on D for sufficiently large t〉0, if we impose appropriate positivity assumptions on f and h. If we additionally assume that, for y∈D, rf(y,r) strictly monotone increases and f(y,r)/r strictly monotone decreases as r〉0 increases, the following alternative holds for any bounded non-negative solution U: Either U(t,.) converges toward zero for t→∞, pointwise on D, or U(t,.) converges, for t→∞, toward the unique bounded positive solution of the corresponding Hammerstein integral equation, uniformly on D. We indicate conditions for the occurrence of each of the two cases.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02320701
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