Many problems arising in the physical sciences, engineering, biology and
ap- plied mathematics lead to mathematical models described by nonlinear
integral equations in abstract spaces. The theory of nonlinear integral
equations in ab- stract spaces is a fast growing field with important
applications to a number of areas of analysis as well as other branches
of science. This book is devoted to a comprehensive treatment of
nonlinear integral equations in abstract spaces. It is the first book
that is dedicated to a systematic development of this subject, and it
includes the developments during recent years. Chapter 1 introduces some
basic results in analysis, which will be used in later chapters. Chapter
2, which is a main portion of this book, deals with nonlin- ear integral
equations in Banach spaces, including equations of Fredholm type, of
Volterra type and equations of Hammerstein type. Some applica- equations
tions to nonlinear differential equations in Banach spaces are given. We
also discuss an integral equation modelling infectious disease as a
typical applica- tion. In Chapter 3, we investigate the first order and
second order nonlinear integro-differential equations in Banach spaces
including equations of Volterra type and equations of mixed type.
Chapter 4 is devoted to nonlinear impulsive integral equations in Banach
spaces and their applications to nonlinear impul- sive differential
equations in Banach spaces.