The generalized coincidence index -- application to a boundary value problem

Dorota Gabor

Address. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, N. Copernicus University of Torun, ul. Chopina 12/18, 87-100 Torun, Poland

E-mail: dgabor@mat.uni.torun.pl

Abstract. In this paper we investigate a general boundary value problem, which can be rewritten to the coincidence problem of the form $L(x)= F(x)$, where $L$ is a Fredholm operator of nonnegative index and $F$ is not necessarily compact map. We apply a homotopy invariant called a coincidence index.

AMSclassification. 34G20, 34B15, 47H09, 55M20

Keywords. Fredholm operator, boundary value problem in Banach space, fixed point index.