Compact perturbations of linear differential equations in locally convex spaces
Herzog and Lemmert have proven that if E is a Fréchet space and T: E → E is a continuous linear operator, then solvability (in [0,1]) of the Cauchy problem ẋ = Tx, x(0) = x₀ for any x₀ ∈ E implies solvability of the problem ẋ(t) = Tx(t) + f(t,x(t)), x(0) = x₀ for any x₀ ∈ E and any continuous map f: [0,1] × E → E with relatively compact image. We prove the same theorem for a large class of locally convex spaces including: • DFS-spaces, i.e., strong duals of Fréchet-Schwartz spaces,...