| Let X be a real reflexive locally uniformly convex Banach space with locally uniformly convex dual space X*.: Let G be a bounded open subset of X. Let T : X ⊃ D(T) → 2 X* be maximal monotone and S : X → 2X* be bounded pseudomonotone and such that 0 ∉ . Chapter 1 gives general introduction and mathematical prerequisites. In Chapter 2 we develop a homotopy invariance and uniqueness results for the degree theory constructed by Zhang and Chen for multivalued (S +) perturbations of maximal monotone operators. Chapter 3 is devoted to the construction of a new topological degree theory for the sum T + S with the degree mapping d( T + S, G, 0) defined by dT+S,G,0=lim 3↓0+dS+ T+S+3J,G,0, where is the degree for bounded (S+)-perturbations of maximal monotone operators. The uniqueness and homotopy invariance result of this degree mapping are also included herein. As applications of the theory, we give associated mapping theorems as well as degree theoretic proofs of known results by Figueiredo, Kenmochi and Le. In chapter 4, we consider T : X ⊇ D(T) → 2X* to be maximal monotone and S : D(S) = K → 2 X* at least pseudomonotone, where K is a nonempty, closed and convex subset of X with 0 ∈ K. Let &phis; : X → (−∞, ∞] be a proper, convex and lower-semicontinuous function. Let f* ∈ X* be fixed. New results are given concerning the solvability of perturbed variational inequalities for operators of the type T + S associated with the function &phis;. The associated range results for nonlinear operators are also given, as well as extensions and/or improvements of known results by Kenmochi, Le, Browder, Browder and Hess, Figueiredo, Zhou, and others. |
