Existence of solutions of an integral equation of chandrasekhar type in the theory of radiative transfer

Electronic Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-11

  Caballero, Josefa ^a   Mingarelli, Angeld B ^b   Sadarangani, Kishin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Banach algebra; Chandrasekhar H functions; Chandrasekhar integral equation; Fixed point; Functional equation; Integral equation; Measure of noncompactness; Radiative transfer; Volterra

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646399167     PISSN: 10726691     EISSN: 10726691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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