Nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory / Bas Lemmens, Roger Nussbaum.

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Includes chapter notes and comments, bibliographical references (pages 307-318), list of symbols, and index.

880-01 Cover; CAMBRIDGE TRACTS IN MATHEMATICS; GENERAL EDITORS; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 What is nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory?; 1.1 Classical Perron-Frobenius theory; 1.2 Cones and partial orderings; 1.3 Order-preserving maps; 1.4 Subhomogeneous maps; 1.5 Topical maps; 1.6 Integral-preserving maps; 2 Non-expansiveness and nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory; 2.1 Hilbert's and Thompson's metrics; 2.2 Polyhedral cones; 2.3 Lorentz cones; 2.4 The cone of positive-semidefinite symmetric matrices; 2.5 Completeness; 2.6 Convexity and geodesics; 2.7 Topical maps and the sup-norm.

In the past several decades the classical Perron-Frobenius theory for nonnegative matrices has been extended to obtain remarkably precise and beautiful results for classes of nonlinear maps. This nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory has found significant uses in computer science, mathematical biology, game theory and the study of dynamical systems. This is the first comprehensive and unified introduction to nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory suitable for graduate students and researchers entering the field for the first time. It acquaints the reader with recent developments and provides a guide to challenging open problems. To enhance accessibility, the focus is on finite dimensional nonlinear Perron-Frobenius theory, but pointers are provided to infinite dimensional results. Prerequisites are little more than basic real analysis and topology.

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