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AUTHOR
Khalid Latrach
Schaefer–Krasnoselskii fixed point theorems using a usual measure of weak noncompactness
Abstract We present some extension of a well-known fixed point theorem due to Burton and Kirk [T.A. Burton, C. Kirk, A fixed point theorem of Krasnoselskii–Schaefer type, Math. Nachr. 189 (1998) 423–431] for the sum of two nonlinear operators one of them compact and the other one a strict contraction. The novelty of our results is that the involved operators need not to be weakly continuous. Finally, an example is given to illustrate our results.
Existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear evolution equation arising in growing cell populations
Abstract The present paper is concerned with a nonlinear initial–boundary value problem derived from a model introduced by Rotenberg (1983) describing the growth of a cell population. Each cell of this population is distinguished by two parameters: its degree of maturity μ and its maturation velocity v . At mitosis, the daughter cells and mother cells are related by a general reproduction rule. We prove existence and uniqueness results in the case where the total cross-section and the boundary conditions are depending on the total density of population. Local and nonlocal reproduction rules are discussed.
An existence and uniqueness principle for a nonlinear version of the Lebowitz-Rubinow model with infinite maximum cycle length
The present article deals with existence and uniqueness results for a nonlinear evolution initial-boundary value problem, which originates in an age-structured cell population model introduced by Lebowitz and Rubinow (1974) describing the growth of a cell population. Cells of this population are distinguished by age a and cycle length l. In our framework, daughter and mother cells are related by a general reproduction rule that covers all known biological ones. In this paper, the cycle length l is allowed to be infinite. This hypothesis introduces some mathematical difficulties. We consider both local and nonlocal boundary conditions.