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Quadratic equations and applications to Chandrasekhar's and related equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Ioannis K. Argyros
Ioannis K. Argyros
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242., U.S.A.
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Abstract

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A new technique, using the contraction mapping theorem, for solving quadratic equations in Banach space is introduced. The results are then applied to solve Chandrasekhar's integral equation and related equations without the usual positivity assumptions.

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Research Article
Information
Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , October 1985 , pp. 275 - 292
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1985

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