ArticleOriginal scientific text

Title

On the existence of a fuzzy integral equation of Urysohn-Volterra type

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University (Damanhour Branch), 22511 Damanhour, Egypt

Abstract

We present an existence theorem for integral equations of Urysohn-Volterra type involving fuzzy set valued mappings. A fixed point theorem due to Schauder is the main tool in our analysis.

Keywords

fuzzy integral equation, Urysohn-Volterra, Hausdorff metric, Schauder fixed point theorem

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Pages:
75-82
Main language of publication
English
Received
2006-10-23
Published
2008
Exact and natural sciences