External Approximation of Nonlinear Operator Equations

Author: Emmrich Etienne  

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN: 0163-0563

Source: Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization, Vol.30, Iss.5-6, 2009-05, pp. : 486-498

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Abstract

Based on an external approximation scheme for the underlying Banach space, a nonlinear operator equation is approximated by a sequence of coercive problems. The equation is supposed to be governed by the sum of two nonlinear operators acting between a reflexive Banach space and its dual. Under suitable stability assumptions and if the underlying operators can be approximated consistently, weak convergence of a subsequence of approximate solutions is shown. This also proves existence of solutions to the original equation.