Abstract
We establish Fredholm properties for a class of nonlocal differential operators. Using mild convergence and localization conditions on the nonlocal terms, we also show how to compute Fredholm indices via a generalized spectral flow, using crossing numbers of generalized spatial eigenvalues. We illustrate possible applications of the results in a nonlinear and a linear setting. We first prove the existence of small viscous shock waves in nonlocal conservation laws with small spatially localized source terms. We also show how our results can be used to study edge bifurcations in eigenvalue problems using Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction instead of a Gap Lemma.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1311-1348 |
Number of pages | 38 |
Journal | Indiana University Mathematics Journal |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:Indiana University Mathematics Journal © 2014.
Keywords
- Edge bifurcations
- Fredholm index
- Nonlocal conservation law
- Nonlocal operator
- Spectral flow