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If f is a mapping from a set E into itself, any element x of E such that f(x) = x is called a fixed point of f. Many problems, including nonlinear partial differential equations problems, may be recast as problems of finding a fixed point of a certain mapping in a certain space. We will see several examples of this a little later on. It is therefore interesting to have fixed point theorems at our disposal that are as general as possible.
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To some extent. In the same vein, there is also a stirred coffee cup example.
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Keeping in mind that this is pretty subjective.
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In fact, a polynomial, hence C ∞ mapping.
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Indeed, if x ∈ S d−1, u(x) is not a tangent vector by construction.
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In the sense that the infimum is not + ∞.
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This is more striking for an inviscid coffee that does not adhere to the side of the cup…
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In fact, this sum is even bounded below on K by some constant δ > 0.
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Or equivalently, the smallest closed convex set containing A.
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Actually, it is compact.
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Actually, here f(v) ∈ L ∞( Ω).
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This is where the hypothesis f bounded is used.
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Le Dret, H. (2018). Fixed Point Theorems and Applications. In: Nonlinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations. Universitext. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78390-1_2
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