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Surjectivity of linear operators from a Banach space into itself

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Dimosthenis Drivaliaris
Affiliation:
Department of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean, 31, Fostini Str., 82100 Chios, Greece, e-mail: d.drivaliaris@fme.aegean.gr
Nikos Yannakakis
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, School of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Iroon Polytexneiou 9, 15780 Zografou, Greece, e-mail: nyian@math.ntua.gr
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We show that linear operators from a Banach space into itself which satisfy some relaxed strong accretivity conditions are invertible. Moreover, we characterise a particular class of such operators in the Hilbert space case. By doing so we manage to answer a problem posed by B. Ricceri, concerning a linear second order partial differential operator.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2007

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