On fixed point index theory for the sum of operators and applications to a class of ODEs and PDEs

Abstract

The aim of this work is two fold: first  we  extend some results concerning the computation of the fixed point index for the sum of an expansive mapping and a $k$-set contraction  obtained in \cite{DjebaMeb, Svet-Meb}, to  the case of the sum $T+F$, where $T$ is a mapping such that $(I-T)$ is Lipschitz invertible and $F$ is a $k$-set contraction.  Secondly, as  illustration of some our theoretical results,  we study  the existence of positive solutions  for two classes of differential equations, covering a class of first-order ordinary differential equations (ODEs for short) posed on the positive half-line as well as  a class of  partial differential equations (PDEs for short).