Abstract:
This paper deals with the operator inclusion $0\in F(x)+N_Q(x)$, where $F$ is a multi-valued map of monotonic type from a reflexive space $V$ to its conjugate $V^*$ and $N_Q$ is the cone normal to the closed set $Q$, which, generally speaking, is not convex. To estimate the number of solutions of this inclusion we introduce topological characteristics of multi-valued maps and Lipschitzian functionals that have the properties of additivity and homotopy invariance. We prove some infinite-dimensional versions of the Poincaré–Hopf theorem.