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Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2008(2008), No. 19, pp. 1–8.

ISSN: 1072-6691. URL: http://ejde.math.txstate.edu or http://ejde.math.unt.edu ftp ejde.math.txstate.edu (login: ftp)

QUASILINEAR NONLOCAL INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS IN BANACH SPACES

QIXIANG DONG, GANG LI, JIN ZHANG

Abstract. In this paper, we study the existence of mild solutions for quasi- linear integrodifferential equations with nonlocal conditions in Banach spaces.

The results are established by using Hausdorff’s measure of noncompactness.

1. Introduction

In this paper, we discuss the existence of mild solution of the following nonlinear integrodifferential equation with nonlocal condition

du(t)

dt =A(t, u)u+ Z t

0

f(t, s, u(s))ds, t∈[0, b], (1.1)

u(0) =g(u) +u0, (1.2)

where f : [0, b]×[0, b]×X→X andA : [0, b]×X→ Xare continuous functions, g:C([0, b];X)→X, u0∈XandXis a real Banach space with normk · k.

The notion of “nonlocal condition” has been introduced to extend the study of the classical initial value problems; see, e.g. [4, 8, 10, 11, 19]. It is more precise for describing nature phenomena than the classical condition since more information is taken into account, thereby decreasing the negative effects incurred by a possi- bly erroneous single measurement taken at the initial time. The study of abstract nonlocal initial value problems was initiated by Byszewski,we refer to some of the papers below. Byszewski [6, 7] , Byszewski and Lasmikauthem [9] give the exis- tence and uniqueness of mild solutions and classical solutions whenf andgsatisfy Lipschitz-type conditions. Subsequently, many authors are devoted to studying of nonlocal problems. See [1, 2, 12, 13, 15, 20] for the references and remarks about the advantage of the nonlocal problems over the classical initial value problems.

This article is motivated by the recent paper of Chandrasekaran [10]. We use some hypotheses in [10], and using the method of Hausdorff’s measure of noncom- pactness, we give the existence of mild solutions of quasilinear integrodifferential

2000Mathematics Subject Classification. 34K05, 34K30.

Key words and phrases. Nonlocal conditions; mild solution; integrodifferential equation;

Hausdorff measure of noncompactness.

c

2008 Texas State University - San Marcos.

Submitted October 23, 2007. Published February 5, 2008.

Supported by grant 10571150 from National Natural Science Foundation of China. Q. Dong is also supported by the Ph. D. scientific research innovation project of Jiangsu Province, China.

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equations with nonlocal conditions (1.1)–(1.2). Our results improve and extend some corresponding results in [2, 7, 8, 10, 15].

2. Preliminaries

Throughout this paperXwill represent a Banach space with normk · k. Denoted C([0, b];X) by the space of X-valued continuous functions on [0, b] with the norm kuk= sup{ku(t)k, t∈[0, b]}for u∈ C([0, b];X), and denotedL(0, b;X) by the space ofX-valued Bochner integrable functions on [0, b] with the normkukL=Rb

0ku(t)kdt.

The Hausdroff’s measure of noncompactnessβYis defined by βY(B) = inf{r >

0, B can be covered by finite number of balls with radiir} for bounded setB in a Banach spaceY.

Lemma 2.1 ([3]). Let Y be a real Banach space and B, C ⊆Ybe bounded, with the following properties:

(1) B is pre-compact if and only if βX(B) = 0;

(2) βY(B) =βY(B) =βY(convB), where B and convB mean the closure and convex hull ofB respectively;

(3) βY(B)≤βY(C), where B⊆C;

(4) βY(B+C)≤βY(B) +βY(C), whereB+C={x+y:x∈B, y∈C};

(5) βY(B∪C)≤max{βY(B), βY(C)};

(6) βY(λB)≤ |λ|βY(B)for anyλ∈R;

(7) If the map Q : D(Q) ⊆ Y → Z is Lipschitz continuous with constant k, then βZ(QB)≤kβY(B) for any bounded subset B ⊆D(Q), whereZ be a Banach space;

(8) βY(B) = inf{dY(B, C);C⊆Yis precompact}= inf{dY(B, C);C⊆Y is finite valued}, wheredY(B, C)means the nonsymmetric (or symmetric) Hausdorff distance betweenB andC inY;

(9) If {Wn}+∞n=1 is decreasing sequence of bounded closed nonempty subsets of Yandlimn→∞βY(Wn) = 0, thenT+∞

n=1Wn is nonempty and compact inY. The map Q : W ⊆ Y → Y is said to be a βY-contraction if there exists a positive constant k < 1 such that βY(Q(B)) ≤ kβY(B) for any bounded closed subsetB⊆W, whereYis a Bananch space.

Lemma 2.2 (Darbo-Sadovskii [3]). If W ⊆Y is bounded closed and convex, the continuous mapQ:W →W is aβY-contraction, then the mapQhas at least one fixed point in W.

In this paper we denote by β the Hausdorff’s measure of noncompactness of X and denote βC by the Hausdorff’s measure of noncompactness of C([a, b];X). To discuss the existence, we need the following Lemmas in this paper.

Lemma 2.3 ([3]). If W ⊆ C([0, b];X) is bounded, then β(W(t))≤βC(W)for all t∈[0, b], whereW(t) ={u(t);u∈W} ⊆X. Furthermore ifW is equicontinuous on [a, b], thenβ(W(t))is continuous on[a, b]andβC(W) = sup{β(W(t)), t∈[a, b]}.

Lemma 2.4([14]). If{un}n=1⊂ L1(a, b;X)is uniformly integrable, then the func- tionβ({un(t)}n=1)is measurable and

βnZ t 0

un(s)dso n=1

≤2 Z t

0

β

un(s) n=1

ds. (2.1)

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Lemma 2.5([3]). IfW ⊆ C([0, b];X)is bounded and equicontinuous, thenβ(W(s)) is continuous and

β(

Z t

0

W(s)ds)≤ Z t

0

β(W(s))ds. (2.2)

From [10], we know that for any fixed u∈ C([0, b];X) there exist a unique con- tinuous functionUu: [0, b]×[0, b]→B(X) defined on [0, b]×[0, b] such that

Uu(t, s) =I+ Z t

s

Au(ω)Uu(ω, s)dω, (2.3) whereB(X) denote the Banach space of bounded linear operators fromXtoXwith the norm kQk= sup{kQuk : kuk= 1}, andI stands for the identity operator on X,Au(t) =A(t, u(t)). From (2.3), we have

Uu(t, t) =I, Uu(t, s)Uu(s, r) =Uu(t, r), (t, s, r)∈[0, b]×[0, b]×[0, b],

∂Uu(t, s)

∂t =Au(t)Uu(t, s) for almost allt∈[0, b], ∀s∈[0, b].

Definition 2.6. A continuous functionu(t)∈ C([0, b];X) such that u(t) =Uu(t,0)u0+Uu(t,0)g(u) +

Z t

0

Uu(t, s) Z s

0

f(s, τ, u(τ))dsdτ (2.4) andu(0) =g(u) +u0 is called a mild solution of (1.1)–(1.2).

The evolution family {Uu(t, s)}0≤s≤t≤b is said to be equicontinuous if (t, s)→ {Uu(t, s)x: x∈B}is equicontinuous fort >0 and for all bounded subsetB inX.

The following Lemma is obvious.

Lemma 2.7. If the evolution family {Uu(t, s)}0≤s≤t≤b is equicontinuous andη ∈ L(0, b;R+), then the set{Rt

0Uu(t−s, s)u(s)ds,ku(s)k ≤η(s)for a.e. s∈[0, b]} is equicontinuous for t∈[0, b].

In section 3, we give some existence results when g is compact and f satisfies the conditions with respect to Hauadorff’s measure of noncompactness. In section 4, we use the different method to discuss the case when g is Lipschitz continuous andf satisfies the conditions with the Hauadorff’s measure of noncompactness.

In this paper, we denoteM = sup{kUu(t, s)k: (t, s)∈[0, b]×[0, b]}for allu∈X. Without loss of generality, we letu0= 0.

3. The existence results for compact g

In this section by using the usual techniques of the Hausdorff’s measure of non- compactness and its applications in differential equations in Banach spaces (see, e.g. [3, 5, 14]), we give some existence results of the nonlocal problem (1.1)–(1.2).

Here we list the following hypotheses:

(HA) : The evolution family {Uu(t, s)}0≤s≤t≤b generated byA(t, u) is equicon- tinuous, andkUu(t, s)k ≤M for almost allt, s∈[0, b].

(Hg) (1) g:C([0, b];X)→Xis continuous and compact;

(2) There existN >0 such thatkg(u)k ≤N for allu∈ C([0, b];X).

(Hf) (1) f : [0, b]×[0, b]×X → X satisfies the Carath´eodory-type condition;

i.e.,f(·,·, u) is measurable for allu∈Xandf(t, s,·) is continuous for a.e. t, s∈[a, b];

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(2) There exist two functions h: [0, b]×R+ →R+ andq : [0, b]×R+ → R+such that h(·, r)∈ L(0, b;R+) for everyr≥0,h(t,·) is continuous and increasing,q(s)∈ L(0, b;R+) , andkf(t, s, u)k ≤q(t)h(s,kuk) for a.e. t ∈ [0, b], and all u∈ C([0, b];X), and for all positive constants K1, K2, the scalar equation

m(t) =K1+K2

Z t

0

h(s, m(s))ds, t∈[0, b] (3.1) has at least one solution;

(3) There existη ∈ L(0, b;R+), ζ ∈ L(0, b;R+) such thatβ(f(t, s, D))≤ η(t)ζ(s)β(D) for a.e. t, s ∈ [0, b], and for any bounded subset D ⊂ C([0, b],X). Here we letRt

0η(s)ds≤K

Now, we give an existence result under the above hypotheses.

Theorem 3.1. Assume the hypotheses (HA), (Hf), (Hg) are satisfied, then the nonlocal initial value problem (1.1)–(1.2)has at least one mild solution.

Proof. Letm(t) be a solution of the scalar equation m(t) =M N+RM

Z t

0

h(s, m(s))ds, (3.2)

whereR=Rt

0q(s)ds. Defined a mapQ:C([0, b];X)→ C([0, b];X) by (Qu)(t) =Uu(t,0)g(u) +

Z t

0

Uu(t, s) Z s

0

f(s, τ, u(τ))dτ ds, t∈[0, b] (3.3) for allu∈ C([0, b];X). We can show thatQis continuous by the usual techniques (see, e.g. [16, 17]).

We denote by W0 = {u ∈ C([0, b];X),ku(t)k ≤ m(t) for allt ∈ [0, b]}. Then W0⊆ C([0, b];X) is bounded and convex.

Define W1 = convK(W0), where conv means the closure of the convex hull in C([0, b];X). As Uu(t, s) is equicontinuous, g is compact and W0 ⊆ C([0, b];X) is bounded, due to Lemma 2.7 and hypothesis (Hf)(2),W1 ⊆ C([0, b];X) is bounded closed convex nonempty and equicontinuous on [0, b].

For anyu∈Q(W0), we know ku(t)k ≤M N+M

Z t

0

Z s

0

q(s)h(τ, m(τ))dτ ds

≤M N+M Z t

0

h(τ, m(τ))dτ Z t

0

q(s)ds

≤M N+M R Z t

0

h(s, m(s))ds

=m(t) fort∈[0, b]. It follows thatW1⊂W0.

We define Wn+1 = convQ(Wn), for n = 1,2, . . .. Form above we know that {Wn}n=1 is a decreasing sequence of bounded, closed, convex, equicontinuous on [0,b] and nonempty subsets inC([0, b],X).

Now for n ≥ 1 andt ∈[0, b], Wn(t) and Q(Wn(t)) are bounded subsets of X, hence, for any ε > 0, there is a sequence {uk}k=1 ⊂Wn such that (see, e.g. [5], pp.125)

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β(Wn+1(t) =β(QWn(t))

≤2β( Z t

0

Uu(t, s) Z s

0

f(s, τ,{uk(τ)}k=1)dτ ds) +ε

≤2M Z t

0

β(

Z s

0

f(s, τ,{uk(τ)}k=1)dτ)ds+ε

≤4M Z t

0

Z s

0

β(f(s, τ,{uk(τ)}k=1))dτ ds+ε

≤4M Z t

0

Z s

0

η(s)ζ(τ)β({uk(τ)}k=1)dτ ds+ε

≤4M Z t

0

ζ(τ)β(Wn(τ))dτ Z t

0

η(s)ds+ε

≤4M K Z t

0

ζ(s)β(Wn(s))ds+ε.

Sinceε >0 is arbitrary, it follows from the above inequality that β(QWn+1(t))≤4M K

Z t

0

ζ(s)β(Wn(s))ds (3.4) for allt∈[0, b]. BecauseWn is decreasing for n, we define

α(t) = lim

n→∞β(Wn(t)) for allt∈[0, b]. From (3.4), we have

α(t)≤4M K Z t

0

ζ(s)α(s)ds

for t ∈ [0, b], which implies that α(t) = 0 for all t ∈ [0, b]. By Lemma 2.3, we know that limn→∞βC(Wn) = 0. Using Lemma 2.1, we know that W =T

n=1Wn

is convex compact and nonempty in C([0, b];X) andQ(W) ⊂W. By the famous Schauder’s fixed point theorem, there exists at least one mild solution u of the initial value problem (1.1)–(1.2), where u∈ W is a fixed point of the continuous

mapQ.

Remark 3.2. If the function f is compact or Lipschitz continuous (see, e.g. [6, 16, 18]), then (Hf)(3) is automatically satisfied.

In some of the early related results in references and above result, it is supposed that the mapg is uniformly bounded. We indicate here that this condition can be released. In fact, ifgis compact, then it must be bounded on bounded set. Here we give an existence result under another growth condition off (see, [11, 20]), when g is not uniformly bounded. Precisely, we replace the hypothesis (Hf)(2) by (Hf)(2’) There exists a functionp∈ L(0, b;R+) and a increasing functionψ:R+

R+ such that kf(t, s, u)k ≤ p(t)ψ(kuk), for a.e. t ∈ [0, b], and all u ∈ C([0, b];X).

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Theorem 3.3. Suppose that(HA), (Hf)(1), (Hf)(2’), (Hf)(3), (Hg)(1)are satisfied.

Then the equation (1.1)–(1.2)has at least one mild solution if

k→∞lim supM

k (ϕ(k) +bψ(k) Z b

0

p(s)ds)<1, (3.5) whereϕ(k) = sup{kg(u)k, kuk ≤k}.

Proof. The inequality (3.5) implies that there exists a constantk >0 such that M(ϕ(k) +bψ(k)

Z b

0

p(s)ds)< k.

Just as in the proof of Theorem 3.1, letW0 ={u∈ C([0, b];X) : ku(t)k ≤ k} and W1= convQW0. Then for anyu∈W1, we have

ku(t)k ≤M ϕ(k) +M Z t

0

Z s

0

p(τ)ψ(k)dτ ds

≤M ϕ(k) +bM ψ(k) Z b

0

p(s)ds < k

fort ∈[0, b]. It means thatW1 ⊂W0. So we can complete the proof similarly to

Theorem 3.1

4. Existence results for Lipschitzg

In the previous section, we obtained the existence results when g is compact but without the compactness of{Uu(t, s)}0≤s≤t≤b orf. In this section, we discuss the equation (1.1)–(1.2) wheng is Lipschitz andf is not Lipschitz. Precisely, we replace (Hg)(1) by

(Hg)(1’) There exist a constantL∈(0,M1) such thatkg(u)−g(v)k ≤Lku−vk for everyu, v ∈ C([0, b];X).

Theorem 4.1. Let (HA), (Hg)(1’)(2), (Hf) be satisfied. Then the equation (1.1)–

(1.2)has at least one mild solution provided that M L+ 4M K

Z b

0

ζ(s)ds <1. (4.1)

Proof. We defineQ1, Q2:C([0, B];X)→ C([0, B];X) by (Q1u)(t) =Uu(t,0)g(u), (Q2u)(t) =

Z t

0

Uu(t, s) Z s

0

f(s, τ, u(τ))dτ ds

for u∈ C([0, B];X). Note thatQ1+Q2=Q, as defined in the proof of Theorem 3.1. We define W0 = {u ∈ C([0, B];X) : ku(t)k ≤ m(t) ∀t ∈ [0, b]}, and let W = convQW0. Then from the proof of Theorem 3.1 we know thatW is a bounded closed convex and equicontinuous subset of C([0, B];X) and QW ⊂ W. We shall prove thatQisβC-contraction onW. Then Darbo-Sadovskii’s fixed point theorem can be used to get a fixed point ofQinW, which is a mild solution of (1.1)–(1.2).

First, for every bounded subset B ⊂W, from the (Hg)(1’) and Lemma 2.1 we have

βC(Q1B) =βC(UB(t,0)g(B))≤M βC(g(B))≤M LβC(B). (4.2)

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Next, for every bounded subsetB⊂W, fort∈[0, b] and everyε >0, there is a sequence{uk}k=1⊂B, such that

β(Q2B(t))≤2β({Q2uk(t)}n=1) +ε.

Note thatBandQ2Bare equicontinuous, we can get from Lemma 2.1, Lemma 2.4, Lemma 2.5 and (Hf)(3) that

β(Q2B(t))≤2M Z t

0

β(

Z s

0

f(s, τ,{uk(τ)}k=1)dτ)ds+ε

≤4M Z t

0

Z s

0

β(f(s, τ,{uk(τ)}k=1))dτ ds+ε

≤4M Z t

0

Z s

0

η(s)ζ(τ)β({uk(τ)}k=1)dτ ds+ε

≤4M Z t

0

ζ(τ)β(B(τ))dτ Z t

0

η(s)ds+ε.

≤4M K Z t

0

ζ(τ)β(B(τ))dτ+ε

≤4M KβC(B) Z b

0

ζ(s)ds+ε Taking supremum int∈[0, b], we have

βC(Q2B)≤4M KβC(B) Z b

0

ζ(s)ds+ε.

Sinceε >0 is arbitrary, we have

βC(Q2B)≤4M KβC(B) Z b

0

ζ(s)ds (4.3)

for any boundedB⊂W.

Now, for any subsetB⊂W, due to Lemma 2.1, (4.2) and (4.3) we have βC(QB)≤βC(Q1B) +βC(Q2B)

≤(M L+ 4M K Z b

0

ζ(s)ds)βC(B).

By (4.1) we know thatQis aβC-contraction onW. By Lemma 2.2, there is a fixed pointuofQinW, which is a solution of (1.1)–(1.2). This completes the proof.

Now we give an existence result without the uniform boundedness ofg.

Theorem 4.2. Suppose that (HA), (Hf)(1), (Hf)(2’), (Hf)(3), (Hg)(1’) are satis- fied. Then the equation (1.1)–(1.2)has at least one mild solution if (4.1)and the following condition are satisfied

M L+bM Z b

0

p(s)ds lim

k→∞supψ(k)

k <1. (4.4)

Proof. From (4.4) and the fact thatL <1, there exists a constantk >0 such that M(kL+bM

Z b

0

p(s)dsψ(k) +kg(0)k)< k.

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We defineW0={u∈ C([0, b]);X:ku(t)k ≤k, ∀t∈[0, b]}. Then for everyu∈W0, we have

kQu(t)k ≤M(kg(u)k+ψ(k) Z t

0

Z s

0

p(τ)dτ ds)

≤M(kg(u)−g(0) +g(0)k+bψ(k) Z t

0

p(s)ds)

≤M(kL+kg(0)k+bψ(k) Z t

0

p(τ)dτ)< k

fort∈[0, b]. This means thatQW0⊂W0. DefineW = convQW0. The above proof also implies that QW ⊂W. So we can prove the theorem similar with Theorem

4.1.

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Qixiang Dong

School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China E-mail address:[email protected]

Gang Li

School of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China E-mail address:[email protected]

Jin Zhang (Corresponding Author)

College of Mathematical Science, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225002, China E-mail address:[email protected]

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