For $p\geq 2$, let $E$ be a 2-uniformly smooth and $p$-uniformly convex real Banach space and let $A:E\rightarrow E^{\ast }$ be a Lipschitz and strongly monotone mapping such that $A^{-1}(0)\neq \emptyset$. For given $x_{1}\in E$, let $\{x_{n}\}$ be generated by the algorithm $x_{n+1}=J^{-1}(Jx_{n}-\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}Ax_{n})$, $n\geq 1$, where $J$ is the normalized duality mapping from $E$ into $E^{\ast }$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D706}$ is a positive real number in $(0,1)$ satisfying suitable conditions. Then it is proved that $\{x_{n}\}$ converges strongly to the unique point $x^{\ast }\in A^{-1}(0)$. Furthermore, our theorems provide an affirmative answer to the Chidume et al. open problem [‘Krasnoselskii-type algorithm for zeros of strongly monotone Lipschitz maps in classical Banach spaces’, SpringerPlus4 (2015), 297]. Finally, applications to convex minimization problems are given.

A basic problem in the theory of partially ordered vector spaces is to characterise those cones on which every order-isomorphism is linear. We show that this is the case for every Archimedean cone that equals the inf-sup hull of the sum of its engaged extreme rays. This condition is milder than existing ones and is satisfied by, for example, the cone of positive operators in the space of bounded self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space. We also give a general form of order-isomorphisms on the inf-sup hull of the sum of all extreme rays of the cone, which extends results of Artstein–Avidan and Slomka to infinite-dimensional partially ordered vector spaces, and prove the linearity of homogeneous order-isomorphisms in a variety of new settings.

In this paper we consider the existence of a positive solution to boundary-value problems with non-local nonlinear boundary conditions, the archetypical example being −y″(t) = λf(t,y(t)), t ∈ (0, 1), y(0) = H(φ(y)), y(1) = 0. Here, H is a nonlinear function, λ > 0 is a parameter and φ is a linear functional that is realized as a Lebesgue—Stieltjes integral with signed measure. By requiring φ to decompose in a certain way, we show that this problem has at least one positive solution for each λ ∈ (0, λ0), for a number λ0 > 0 that is explicitly computable. We also give a separate result that holds for all λ > 0.

In this paper, by using the fixed point index method first we obtain some existence and multiplicity results for sign-changing solutions of an (e1, B)-limit increasing operator equation. The main results can be applied to many non-linear boundary value problems to obtain the existence and multiplicity results for sign-changing solutions. We also give a clear description of locations of these sign-changing solutions through strict lower and upper solutions. As an example, in the last section we obtain some existence and multiplicity results for sign-changing solutions of some Sturm–Liouville differential boundary value problems.

On a large class of post-critically finite (finitely ramified) self-similar fractals with possibly little symmetry, we consider the question of existence and uniqueness of a Laplace operator. By considering positive refinement weights (local scaling factors) which are not necessarily equal, we show that for each such fractal, under a certain condition, there are corresponding refinement weights which support a unique self-similar Dirichlet form. As compared with previous results, our technique allows us to replace symmetry by connectivity arguments.

The omega limit sets of a nonlinear operator $T$ which is defined on a positive cone and satisfies certain ray-contractive type conditions are discussed. Under the assumption that the restriction of $T$ to a compact subset is surjective, the following alternatives are proved: the omega limit set of a point in the cone either consists of a fixed point or forms a 2-cycle. In addition, new proofs and extensions to relevant results are given.

We introduce a framework for a nonlinear potential theory without a kernel on a reflexive, strictly convex and smooth Banach space of functions. Nonlinear potentials are defined as images of nonnegative continuous linear functionals on that space under the duality mapping. We study potentials and reduced functions by using a variant of the Gauss-Frostman quadratic functional. The framework allows a development of other main concepts of nonlinear potential theory such as capacities, equilibrium potentials and measures of finite energy.