Dynamical Systems Method (DSM) for solving nonlinear operator equations in Banach spaces

Abstract

Let $F(u)=h$ be an operator equation in a Banach space $X$, $\Vert F^{\prime }(u)-F^{\prime }(v)\Vert \le \omega (\Vert u-v\Vert )$, where $\omega \in C([0,\infty ))$, $\omega (0)=0$, $\omega (r)>0$ if $r>0$, $\omega (r)$ is strictly growing on $[0,\infty )$. Denote $A(u):=F^{\prime }(u)$, where $F^{\prime }(u)$ is the Fréchet derivative of $F$, and $A_a:=A+aI.$ Assume that (*) $\Vert A_a^{-1}(u)\Vert \le \frac{c_1}{|a{|}^b}$, $|a|>0$, $b>0$, $a\in L$. Here $a$ may be a complex number, and $L$ is a smooth path on the complex $a$-plane, joining the origin and some point on the complex $a-$plane, $0<|a|<{\epsilon }_0$, where ${\epsilon }_0>0$ is a small fixed number, such that for any $a\in L$ estimate (*) holds. It is proved that the DSM (Dynamical Systems Method) \bee \dot{u}(t)=-A^{-1}_{a(t)}(u(t))[F(u(t))+a(t)u(t)-f],\quad u(0)=u_0,\ \dot{u}=\frac{d u}{dt}, \eee converges to $y$ as $t\to +\infty$, where $a(t)\in L,$ $F(y)=f$, $r(t):=|a(t)|$, and $r(t)=c_4(t+c_2{)}^{-c_3}$, where $c_j>0$ are some suitably chosen constants, $j=2,3,4.$ Existence of a solution $y$ to the equation $F(u)=f$ is assumed. It is also assumed that the equation $F(w_a)+a{w}_a-f=0$ is uniquely solvable for any $f\in X$, $a\in L$, and ${\lim }_{|a|\to 0,a\in L}\Vert w_a-y\Vert =0.$