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7/23/2019 Fano-An Existence Proof 1968 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/fano-an-existence-proof-1968 1/6 Commun.  m ath. Ph ys.  10,  274—279 (1968) An  Existence  Proof  for the Gap  Equation  in the Superconductivity  Theory P.  BILLARD  and G.  FANO* Centre  de  Physique Theorique  et  Departement de Physique Mathematique d'Universite  d'Aix  Marseille Eeceived May  28, 1968 Abstract.  An  existence theorem  for  the  "gap  equation in  the superconductivity theory  is  given,  as a  consequence  of the  SchauderTychonoff theorem . Sufficient conditions  on  the kernel  ar e  given ,  which insure  the  existence  of a  solution amongst a  particular class  of  continuous functions.  The  case  of a  positive kernel  is  studied in  detail. 1. Introduction For  a no n relativistic many fermion system the existence of a '  'superfluid" or  '  superconducting" state is related to the appearence of non  trivial solutions in a non linear integral equation, called the "gap equation". Various approximation methods for finding the solution of the gap equation  have been devised [1, 2, 3], which  give  rise to a "linearization" of the equation. All these methods produce solutions with the same non analytic behaviour for small values of the interaction strength. A neces sary condition for the appearence of non trivial solutions has been  given a  long time ago by  COOPER, MILLS  and  SESSLEE  [4] (see also ref. 1). The convergence of an iterative procedure has been proved, under certain conditions,  by  KITAMURA  [5]. Fixed point theorems were  first  used by ODEH  [6]. We prove here an existence theorem under entirely different assumptions, which cover many cases of physical interest. We make use of the SchauderTychonoff theorem, which  allows  us to find a solution amongst a particular class of continuous functions. 2. The Existence Theorem Let us consider the gap equation in its simplest form (i.e. the equation for th e spherically symmetrical solutions at zero temperature): oo =  /  K(k, h') .  φ  . dk r  (1) J ]/(&' 2  —  I ) 2  +  φ (k'Y  * Supported  by  contract D. G.  R. S. T.  No.  6700  976.

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C o m m u n

m a t h P h y s 10 274mdash27 9 (1968)

An Existence

Proof

for the

G ap E q u a t i o n

in the Superconductivity

Theory

P B ILLARD and G

F A N O

C e n t r e de P hys iq u e Th eo r iq u e et D e p a r te m e n t

d e P h y siq u e M a t h e m a t iq u e d U n i ve r sit e d Aix M arseille

Eece i ved M ay

28 1968

Abstract An existen ce th eo rem for th e gap e q u a t io n in t h e s u pe rco n d u c t i vit y

t h e o r y is

given

as a consequence of the Schauder 983085 Tychon off th eo rem Suffic ien t

condi t ions on t h e k e rn e l are

given

which in su re the e xis tenc e of a so l u t io n am o n gst

a par t icu lar c lass of co n t i n u o u s fu n c t io n s The case of a pos i t ive kernel is s tudied

in

deta i l

1 Introduction

F o r

a non relativistic many983085fermion system the existence of a

superfluid or superconducting state is related to the appearence of

n o n trivial solutions in a non linear integral equation called the

gap equation

Various approximation methods for finding the solution of the gap

equation

have been devised [1 2 3] which give rise to a linearization

of the equation All these methods produce solutions with the same non983085

analytic behaviour for small values of the interaction strength A neces983085

sary condition for the appearence of non trivial solutions has been

given

a long time ago by

C O O P E R M I L L S

and

SESSLEE983085

[4] (see also ref 1) The

convergence of an iterative procedure has been proved under certain

conditions

by

K I T A M U R A

[5] Fixed point theorems were

first

used by

O D E H

[6] We prove here an existence theorem under entirely different

assumptions which cover many cases of physical interest We make use

of the Schauder983085Tychonoff theorem which

allows

us to find a solution

amongst a particular class of continuous functions

2 The Existence Theorem

Let us consider the gap equation in its simplest form (ie the equation

for the spherically symmetrical solutions at zero temperature)

oo

= K(k h)

φ

dk

r

(1)

J ] (amp

2

mdash I )

2

+ φ (kY

Su ppo r t ed by c o n t ra c t D G R S T N o

6700

976

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G ap

Equ at ion 275

a n d m a k e t h e

following

h y p o t h e s e s o n t h e ke r n e l

K (k k )

K is a m e a s u r a b l e r e a l va l u e d b o u n d e d fu n c t io n o n R + x j β

+

le t

M gt

0 b e a b o u n d su c h t h a t

Kk k )

^

M

fo r

every

x +

( I )

[There

exists a compact interval =

k

ξ

1

^

k lt

f

2

C

R

+

( Π )

jfi lt 1 lt pound2 such

that

K(k k ) ^ 0 for (k k ) ζ l x J

[There

exist

three positive numbers a A ε ( 0 lt a lt A ε gt 0)

|such

that

th e

following

inequalities hold

ϊ) j dk

gt 1 +

ε

for

k ζ I

( I Π

a

) |g(t

gt

fe

) |983085 p= ^ ^ lt 4 g for

J V(^

2

983085 I )

2

+ A

2

~ ~

A

R + 983085 I

n ]

τ

( I Π

8

)

Γ |Z(Jfc ifc)l

1

= d fe

^ 1 for a l l

k ζ R +

j ) ( ^

2

983085 I )

2

+ ^ 4

2

C

( I V ) T h e r e

exists

a n L gt 0 su c h t h a t

f K(k

v

k)

983085 Z ( amp

2

k)983085

7

==ά ===rdk

l K V J

V 2gt I y

(

^

2

_

1 ) 2 +

^

2

fo r every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R + x JR +

F o r

t h e r e m a i n d e r of t h i s se c t io n w e will c o n s i d e r o n l y k e r n e l s v e r i 983085

fying c o n d it io n s ( I ) ( I V)

Definition 1 L e t ^ ( J R

+

) be t h e sp a c e of all c o n t in u o u s n u m e r ic a l

f u n c t i o n s o n R

+

w it h t h e t o p o lo g y of u n ifo r m c o n ve r ge n c e o n c o m p a c t s

$F R

+

) i s a F r e c h e t s p a c e

W e c o n s i d e r n o w t h e

following

s u b s e t o f

J f = ^Γ (li I

2 J

laquo

3

^ L ) = 1 ζ ^ ( B + )

real

valued

= sup|(jfc)| ^ 4inf (i) ^ α λ ( )= su p

I t i s

straightforward

t o

prove

th e

following

proposition

Proposition 1 J Γ is a convex compact

subset

of ^

r

(R+) and 0 $ X

Furthermore we have

Proposition 2

T he application T

X

983085 gt

amp (R

+

) defined for every

(T(f))(k)=

fκ kk)983085=

fk

]

983085 dyen

is a continuous mapping of J f ^ίo J^

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276

P

BILLARD

and G

F A N O

Proof By (I ) (T (f))

(k)

is defined for every

k ζ R

+

because

mdash for every

k ζ R

+

](amp

2

983085 I )

2

983085

and

Tf)

is real valued because of (I )

By (IV) and th e condition foo ^

A

we have

2

T( f ) (h) 983085 T(f) (k

2

) ltZ f K(k

v

V) 983085 K(k

2

k) y^j

^

L k

plusmn

983085 k

2

fo r (k

1

k

2

) ζR+ x

Therefore λ (ίΓ ()) ^ L which implies in particular

T(f)

t h e r m o r e

for every

k ζ R

+

we have by (IΠ

3

)

= j=

k

2

Fur983085

Consequently

||5

r r

( ) | |

0 O

^ ^4

F o r

amp ξ we have by (I I)

inf (amp) α

( I I I

2

) and the inequality

~ L gt

jy I jz(h h

f

tj ) lυ hi

mdash I

J fυ tίgt )

R+983085 I

y = J = = d k gt

α (l + β ) 983085 α β = α so inf

T(f) (k) a

Therefore T (

JΓ ) C Ct

I t still remains to prove the continuity of

T

As Jf

C lt^R

+

)

is a metrizable space in order to prove the continuity

of

T

on Jf it is sufficient to show that from

in

it follows that Γ (

n

) 983085 ^z^r ^( ) in ^

In order to see that this is the case lets

Ά x

an arbitrary number

η gt

0 and write

τ ( f

n

) (k ) 983085 Til)

(k)

)

r f i f

0

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G ap

Equation 277

If k

x

is chosen large enough so that

CO

Γ

l

2

983085

2

3 lts2

~

1

we have J

2

^ 9830854983085 independently of

k ζ R

+

and

n k

x

being fixed by this

c o n d i t i o n

there is uniform convergence of

t o zero on the interval [0 fej when n^oo This follows from the

inequality

bull |

Λ

V)

As Jj ^ M f |^

n

( i ) | ^^ J th^re exists an entire w

0

such that for n ^ w

0

o

J

x

^ 983085 | independently of Therefore w ^

0

=Φ [ Γ (

n

) 983085 ^( )||oo ^

η

which proves Proposition 2

Theorem Eq (1) admits at least one solution φ ζ Jf (Therefore in

particular

φ = 0 j

Proof The theorem follows immediately from Propositions 1 and 2

by applying the Schauder983085 Tychonoff theorem [7]

BemarJc

Condition IV holds if the following condition is verified

[There

exists

N gt 0 such that for every

fixed

h

r

ζ R

+

the function

( V )

K

k

Kvk) = Kh k) k

ζ Λ +) verifies

λ (K

r

)

^

N

This happens in particular if for every fixed k ζ R

+

the function

K

k

gt is continuous on R

+

difFerentiable on jR+ except at most for a de983085

numerable set of points of R

+

and the absolute value of this derivative

is majorized by N

I n general condition

I I I j

can be satisfied with a sufficiently small

a gt 0 and condition I I I

3

can be satisfied with a sufficiently large A gt 0

I n

order to produce a large clase of kernels

fulfilling

all the conditions

it is then sufficient to consider kernels which vanish sufficiently fast

outside of x (in order to

verify

condition I I I

2

) and which are suf983085

ficiently regular (in order to

verify

condition IV)

3

The Case of a

Positive

Kernel

If K(k k

f

) gt 0 for every (k

k

r

) ζR

+

x J+ one is tempted to put

= R

+

because the inequality I I I

2

is then automatically satisfied

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278 P B I L L A R D and G

However since in all reasonable physical cases lim

K (k k

f

)

= 0 it is not

β gtoo

possible in general to find in a such that the inequality 11^ written with

= R

+

is satisfied

I n order to avoid this difficulty we consider in the place of Jf the

following subset of JF (R

+

)

X

==

X

1

(a

A L) = ζ ^(R+) real valued gt 0

IIU = sup () lt A

f(k )

gt aK(k 1) (f) pound iλ

IceuroR+ )

nd we m ke the following hypotheses on the kernel

K(k k )

(Γ ) K is a measurable bounded function gt 0 on R

+

x R

+

let M

be a bound such that Kk k

f

) ^ M for every

(k k) ζR+ x β +

(II) There exists

a n α gt 0

such that the following inequality holds

r K V)KVl)

d yen

gt

ι

forall

k R+

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I )

2

+ aKψ I )

2

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I)

2

+ aKψ I)

2

( I I I ) There exists an L gt 0 such that

[Kk

1

k)983085K(k

2

k)983085=

A

983085dk

r

lt Lk

λ

983085 k

2

J

ι κ x

κ 2 n

V(k

2

983085 I)

2

+ A

2

~

for every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R

+

x R+

where A is a positive number

verifying

the inequalities

M f

l

=rdk

ltgt 1

AgtaK(ll)

I t

is straightforward to prove that propositions 1 and 2 as well as

the existence theorem hold equally well if we replace

Jf

by JΓ and we

take into account the new hypotheses (I )

( I I ) ( I I I )

on the kernel In

particular

if ζ Jf we have making use of the inequality

( I I )

gt f

Kkk

f

)~j983085

α Z (

^

1

gt

^ gt

aK(k)

~ R+ l^

2

983085

1

)

2

+

aK(V

I)

2

~

I

2

Example Let us consider the kernel

oo

k)=983085 ^j983085

dr e983085

ur

sπ ikr sinkr

o

k

2

[ α

2

+ (A + F )

2

] [α

2

+ (k 983085 k

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Gap Equation 279

This kernel arises naturally in physical situations (see ref 2) it

corresponds to an a tt ract ive two body po ten tial of the form

V(r) =

Ve~

ocr

i

r being the interpart icle distance I t is easy to verify tha t

K(kk) ^

2F

dK(kk)

dk

8 7 1

lt sup 1mdash983085

for

every (k k) ζ R+

x

R+

and therefore the kernel verifies the conditions (I) (III) (see the pre983085

ceding Remark) It is also

immediate

to see that the function

= mi

is continuous and strictly positive for

k gt

0

Therefore choosing

a

sufficiently small in order that

fD k )

j(amp

2

983085 I )

2

+

a

2

K(k

9

I )

2

also co ndition (I I ) is verified and the existence theorem applies

Acknowledgements

One of us

G

F)

would like

t o

thank P rofessor

D K A ST L E R

for

the

hospitality received

at the

University

of

Aix983085 Marseille

and

theD GRST

for financial support

References

1 BOGOLIUBOV N N V V TOLMACHEV and D V SHIRKOV A new method in t he

theory of superconductivity Con sultant Bureau In c 1959)

2 FANO G and A TOMASINI NUOVO

Cimento

18 1247

(1960)

FANO G M

SAVOIA

and A TOMASΓ NΊ JNΓ UOVO Cimento 21 854 (1961)

3 E M E R Y V J and A M S E S SL E R Phys Rev 119 43 1960) 248 1960)

4 COOPER L N R L MILLS and A M SESSLER Phys Rev

114

1377 (1959)

5

KITAMTJRA

M

Progr Theor P hys

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6 O D E H

F

IBM Journal Research Development USA)

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7

D U N F O R D

N

and J T

SCH WARTZ Linear operators P ar t

I p 456 New York

Interscience Publishers Inc

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D e p a r t e m e n t

de

Physique Istituto

di

Fisica

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Universite

dAix

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Place Victor Hugo

F

13

Marseille

3

e

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G ap

Equ at ion 275

a n d m a k e t h e

following

h y p o t h e s e s o n t h e ke r n e l

K (k k )

K is a m e a s u r a b l e r e a l va l u e d b o u n d e d fu n c t io n o n R + x j β

+

le t

M gt

0 b e a b o u n d su c h t h a t

Kk k )

^

M

fo r

every

x +

( I )

[There

exists a compact interval =

k

ξ

1

^

k lt

f

2

C

R

+

( Π )

jfi lt 1 lt pound2 such

that

K(k k ) ^ 0 for (k k ) ζ l x J

[There

exist

three positive numbers a A ε ( 0 lt a lt A ε gt 0)

|such

that

th e

following

inequalities hold

ϊ) j dk

gt 1 +

ε

for

k ζ I

( I Π

a

) |g(t

gt

fe

) |983085 p= ^ ^ lt 4 g for

J V(^

2

983085 I )

2

+ A

2

~ ~

A

R + 983085 I

n ]

τ

( I Π

8

)

Γ |Z(Jfc ifc)l

1

= d fe

^ 1 for a l l

k ζ R +

j ) ( ^

2

983085 I )

2

+ ^ 4

2

C

( I V ) T h e r e

exists

a n L gt 0 su c h t h a t

f K(k

v

k)

983085 Z ( amp

2

k)983085

7

==ά ===rdk

l K V J

V 2gt I y

(

^

2

_

1 ) 2 +

^

2

fo r every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R + x JR +

F o r

t h e r e m a i n d e r of t h i s se c t io n w e will c o n s i d e r o n l y k e r n e l s v e r i 983085

fying c o n d it io n s ( I ) ( I V)

Definition 1 L e t ^ ( J R

+

) be t h e sp a c e of all c o n t in u o u s n u m e r ic a l

f u n c t i o n s o n R

+

w it h t h e t o p o lo g y of u n ifo r m c o n ve r ge n c e o n c o m p a c t s

$F R

+

) i s a F r e c h e t s p a c e

W e c o n s i d e r n o w t h e

following

s u b s e t o f

J f = ^Γ (li I

2 J

laquo

3

^ L ) = 1 ζ ^ ( B + )

real

valued

= sup|(jfc)| ^ 4inf (i) ^ α λ ( )= su p

I t i s

straightforward

t o

prove

th e

following

proposition

Proposition 1 J Γ is a convex compact

subset

of ^

r

(R+) and 0 $ X

Furthermore we have

Proposition 2

T he application T

X

983085 gt

amp (R

+

) defined for every

(T(f))(k)=

fκ kk)983085=

fk

]

983085 dyen

is a continuous mapping of J f ^ίo J^

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276

P

BILLARD

and G

F A N O

Proof By (I ) (T (f))

(k)

is defined for every

k ζ R

+

because

mdash for every

k ζ R

+

](amp

2

983085 I )

2

983085

and

Tf)

is real valued because of (I )

By (IV) and th e condition foo ^

A

we have

2

T( f ) (h) 983085 T(f) (k

2

) ltZ f K(k

v

V) 983085 K(k

2

k) y^j

^

L k

plusmn

983085 k

2

fo r (k

1

k

2

) ζR+ x

Therefore λ (ίΓ ()) ^ L which implies in particular

T(f)

t h e r m o r e

for every

k ζ R

+

we have by (IΠ

3

)

= j=

k

2

Fur983085

Consequently

||5

r r

( ) | |

0 O

^ ^4

F o r

amp ξ we have by (I I)

inf (amp) α

( I I I

2

) and the inequality

~ L gt

jy I jz(h h

f

tj ) lυ hi

mdash I

J fυ tίgt )

R+983085 I

y = J = = d k gt

α (l + β ) 983085 α β = α so inf

T(f) (k) a

Therefore T (

JΓ ) C Ct

I t still remains to prove the continuity of

T

As Jf

C lt^R

+

)

is a metrizable space in order to prove the continuity

of

T

on Jf it is sufficient to show that from

in

it follows that Γ (

n

) 983085 ^z^r ^( ) in ^

In order to see that this is the case lets

Ά x

an arbitrary number

η gt

0 and write

τ ( f

n

) (k ) 983085 Til)

(k)

)

r f i f

0

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G ap

Equation 277

If k

x

is chosen large enough so that

CO

Γ

l

2

983085

2

3 lts2

~

1

we have J

2

^ 9830854983085 independently of

k ζ R

+

and

n k

x

being fixed by this

c o n d i t i o n

there is uniform convergence of

t o zero on the interval [0 fej when n^oo This follows from the

inequality

bull |

Λ

V)

As Jj ^ M f |^

n

( i ) | ^^ J th^re exists an entire w

0

such that for n ^ w

0

o

J

x

^ 983085 | independently of Therefore w ^

0

=Φ [ Γ (

n

) 983085 ^( )||oo ^

η

which proves Proposition 2

Theorem Eq (1) admits at least one solution φ ζ Jf (Therefore in

particular

φ = 0 j

Proof The theorem follows immediately from Propositions 1 and 2

by applying the Schauder983085 Tychonoff theorem [7]

BemarJc

Condition IV holds if the following condition is verified

[There

exists

N gt 0 such that for every

fixed

h

r

ζ R

+

the function

( V )

K

k

Kvk) = Kh k) k

ζ Λ +) verifies

λ (K

r

)

^

N

This happens in particular if for every fixed k ζ R

+

the function

K

k

gt is continuous on R

+

difFerentiable on jR+ except at most for a de983085

numerable set of points of R

+

and the absolute value of this derivative

is majorized by N

I n general condition

I I I j

can be satisfied with a sufficiently small

a gt 0 and condition I I I

3

can be satisfied with a sufficiently large A gt 0

I n

order to produce a large clase of kernels

fulfilling

all the conditions

it is then sufficient to consider kernels which vanish sufficiently fast

outside of x (in order to

verify

condition I I I

2

) and which are suf983085

ficiently regular (in order to

verify

condition IV)

3

The Case of a

Positive

Kernel

If K(k k

f

) gt 0 for every (k

k

r

) ζR

+

x J+ one is tempted to put

= R

+

because the inequality I I I

2

is then automatically satisfied

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278 P B I L L A R D and G

However since in all reasonable physical cases lim

K (k k

f

)

= 0 it is not

β gtoo

possible in general to find in a such that the inequality 11^ written with

= R

+

is satisfied

I n order to avoid this difficulty we consider in the place of Jf the

following subset of JF (R

+

)

X

==

X

1

(a

A L) = ζ ^(R+) real valued gt 0

IIU = sup () lt A

f(k )

gt aK(k 1) (f) pound iλ

IceuroR+ )

nd we m ke the following hypotheses on the kernel

K(k k )

(Γ ) K is a measurable bounded function gt 0 on R

+

x R

+

let M

be a bound such that Kk k

f

) ^ M for every

(k k) ζR+ x β +

(II) There exists

a n α gt 0

such that the following inequality holds

r K V)KVl)

d yen

gt

ι

forall

k R+

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I )

2

+ aKψ I )

2

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I)

2

+ aKψ I)

2

( I I I ) There exists an L gt 0 such that

[Kk

1

k)983085K(k

2

k)983085=

A

983085dk

r

lt Lk

λ

983085 k

2

J

ι κ x

κ 2 n

V(k

2

983085 I)

2

+ A

2

~

for every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R

+

x R+

where A is a positive number

verifying

the inequalities

M f

l

=rdk

ltgt 1

AgtaK(ll)

I t

is straightforward to prove that propositions 1 and 2 as well as

the existence theorem hold equally well if we replace

Jf

by JΓ and we

take into account the new hypotheses (I )

( I I ) ( I I I )

on the kernel In

particular

if ζ Jf we have making use of the inequality

( I I )

gt f

Kkk

f

)~j983085

α Z (

^

1

gt

^ gt

aK(k)

~ R+ l^

2

983085

1

)

2

+

aK(V

I)

2

~

I

2

Example Let us consider the kernel

oo

k)=983085 ^j983085

dr e983085

ur

sπ ikr sinkr

o

k

2

[ α

2

+ (A + F )

2

] [α

2

+ (k 983085 k

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Gap Equation 279

This kernel arises naturally in physical situations (see ref 2) it

corresponds to an a tt ract ive two body po ten tial of the form

V(r) =

Ve~

ocr

i

r being the interpart icle distance I t is easy to verify tha t

K(kk) ^

2F

dK(kk)

dk

8 7 1

lt sup 1mdash983085

for

every (k k) ζ R+

x

R+

and therefore the kernel verifies the conditions (I) (III) (see the pre983085

ceding Remark) It is also

immediate

to see that the function

= mi

is continuous and strictly positive for

k gt

0

Therefore choosing

a

sufficiently small in order that

fD k )

j(amp

2

983085 I )

2

+

a

2

K(k

9

I )

2

also co ndition (I I ) is verified and the existence theorem applies

Acknowledgements

One of us

G

F)

would like

t o

thank P rofessor

D K A ST L E R

for

the

hospitality received

at the

University

of

Aix983085 Marseille

and

theD GRST

for financial support

References

1 BOGOLIUBOV N N V V TOLMACHEV and D V SHIRKOV A new method in t he

theory of superconductivity Con sultant Bureau In c 1959)

2 FANO G and A TOMASINI NUOVO

Cimento

18 1247

(1960)

FANO G M

SAVOIA

and A TOMASΓ NΊ JNΓ UOVO Cimento 21 854 (1961)

3 E M E R Y V J and A M S E S SL E R Phys Rev 119 43 1960) 248 1960)

4 COOPER L N R L MILLS and A M SESSLER Phys Rev

114

1377 (1959)

5

KITAMTJRA

M

Progr Theor P hys

30 435

1963)

6 O D E H

F

IBM Journal Research Development USA)

8 187

1964)

7

D U N F O R D

N

and J T

SCH WARTZ Linear operators P ar t

I p 456 New York

Interscience Publishers Inc

P BILLARD G FANO

D e p a r t e m e n t

de

Physique Istituto

di

Fisica

Mathematique F aculte des Sciences delΓ Universita

Universite

dAix

Marseille Bologna I ta lia

Place Victor Hugo

F

13

Marseille

3

e

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276

P

BILLARD

and G

F A N O

Proof By (I ) (T (f))

(k)

is defined for every

k ζ R

+

because

mdash for every

k ζ R

+

](amp

2

983085 I )

2

983085

and

Tf)

is real valued because of (I )

By (IV) and th e condition foo ^

A

we have

2

T( f ) (h) 983085 T(f) (k

2

) ltZ f K(k

v

V) 983085 K(k

2

k) y^j

^

L k

plusmn

983085 k

2

fo r (k

1

k

2

) ζR+ x

Therefore λ (ίΓ ()) ^ L which implies in particular

T(f)

t h e r m o r e

for every

k ζ R

+

we have by (IΠ

3

)

= j=

k

2

Fur983085

Consequently

||5

r r

( ) | |

0 O

^ ^4

F o r

amp ξ we have by (I I)

inf (amp) α

( I I I

2

) and the inequality

~ L gt

jy I jz(h h

f

tj ) lυ hi

mdash I

J fυ tίgt )

R+983085 I

y = J = = d k gt

α (l + β ) 983085 α β = α so inf

T(f) (k) a

Therefore T (

JΓ ) C Ct

I t still remains to prove the continuity of

T

As Jf

C lt^R

+

)

is a metrizable space in order to prove the continuity

of

T

on Jf it is sufficient to show that from

in

it follows that Γ (

n

) 983085 ^z^r ^( ) in ^

In order to see that this is the case lets

Ά x

an arbitrary number

η gt

0 and write

τ ( f

n

) (k ) 983085 Til)

(k)

)

r f i f

0

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G ap

Equation 277

If k

x

is chosen large enough so that

CO

Γ

l

2

983085

2

3 lts2

~

1

we have J

2

^ 9830854983085 independently of

k ζ R

+

and

n k

x

being fixed by this

c o n d i t i o n

there is uniform convergence of

t o zero on the interval [0 fej when n^oo This follows from the

inequality

bull |

Λ

V)

As Jj ^ M f |^

n

( i ) | ^^ J th^re exists an entire w

0

such that for n ^ w

0

o

J

x

^ 983085 | independently of Therefore w ^

0

=Φ [ Γ (

n

) 983085 ^( )||oo ^

η

which proves Proposition 2

Theorem Eq (1) admits at least one solution φ ζ Jf (Therefore in

particular

φ = 0 j

Proof The theorem follows immediately from Propositions 1 and 2

by applying the Schauder983085 Tychonoff theorem [7]

BemarJc

Condition IV holds if the following condition is verified

[There

exists

N gt 0 such that for every

fixed

h

r

ζ R

+

the function

( V )

K

k

Kvk) = Kh k) k

ζ Λ +) verifies

λ (K

r

)

^

N

This happens in particular if for every fixed k ζ R

+

the function

K

k

gt is continuous on R

+

difFerentiable on jR+ except at most for a de983085

numerable set of points of R

+

and the absolute value of this derivative

is majorized by N

I n general condition

I I I j

can be satisfied with a sufficiently small

a gt 0 and condition I I I

3

can be satisfied with a sufficiently large A gt 0

I n

order to produce a large clase of kernels

fulfilling

all the conditions

it is then sufficient to consider kernels which vanish sufficiently fast

outside of x (in order to

verify

condition I I I

2

) and which are suf983085

ficiently regular (in order to

verify

condition IV)

3

The Case of a

Positive

Kernel

If K(k k

f

) gt 0 for every (k

k

r

) ζR

+

x J+ one is tempted to put

= R

+

because the inequality I I I

2

is then automatically satisfied

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278 P B I L L A R D and G

However since in all reasonable physical cases lim

K (k k

f

)

= 0 it is not

β gtoo

possible in general to find in a such that the inequality 11^ written with

= R

+

is satisfied

I n order to avoid this difficulty we consider in the place of Jf the

following subset of JF (R

+

)

X

==

X

1

(a

A L) = ζ ^(R+) real valued gt 0

IIU = sup () lt A

f(k )

gt aK(k 1) (f) pound iλ

IceuroR+ )

nd we m ke the following hypotheses on the kernel

K(k k )

(Γ ) K is a measurable bounded function gt 0 on R

+

x R

+

let M

be a bound such that Kk k

f

) ^ M for every

(k k) ζR+ x β +

(II) There exists

a n α gt 0

such that the following inequality holds

r K V)KVl)

d yen

gt

ι

forall

k R+

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I )

2

+ aKψ I )

2

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I)

2

+ aKψ I)

2

( I I I ) There exists an L gt 0 such that

[Kk

1

k)983085K(k

2

k)983085=

A

983085dk

r

lt Lk

λ

983085 k

2

J

ι κ x

κ 2 n

V(k

2

983085 I)

2

+ A

2

~

for every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R

+

x R+

where A is a positive number

verifying

the inequalities

M f

l

=rdk

ltgt 1

AgtaK(ll)

I t

is straightforward to prove that propositions 1 and 2 as well as

the existence theorem hold equally well if we replace

Jf

by JΓ and we

take into account the new hypotheses (I )

( I I ) ( I I I )

on the kernel In

particular

if ζ Jf we have making use of the inequality

( I I )

gt f

Kkk

f

)~j983085

α Z (

^

1

gt

^ gt

aK(k)

~ R+ l^

2

983085

1

)

2

+

aK(V

I)

2

~

I

2

Example Let us consider the kernel

oo

k)=983085 ^j983085

dr e983085

ur

sπ ikr sinkr

o

k

2

[ α

2

+ (A + F )

2

] [α

2

+ (k 983085 k

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Gap Equation 279

This kernel arises naturally in physical situations (see ref 2) it

corresponds to an a tt ract ive two body po ten tial of the form

V(r) =

Ve~

ocr

i

r being the interpart icle distance I t is easy to verify tha t

K(kk) ^

2F

dK(kk)

dk

8 7 1

lt sup 1mdash983085

for

every (k k) ζ R+

x

R+

and therefore the kernel verifies the conditions (I) (III) (see the pre983085

ceding Remark) It is also

immediate

to see that the function

= mi

is continuous and strictly positive for

k gt

0

Therefore choosing

a

sufficiently small in order that

fD k )

j(amp

2

983085 I )

2

+

a

2

K(k

9

I )

2

also co ndition (I I ) is verified and the existence theorem applies

Acknowledgements

One of us

G

F)

would like

t o

thank P rofessor

D K A ST L E R

for

the

hospitality received

at the

University

of

Aix983085 Marseille

and

theD GRST

for financial support

References

1 BOGOLIUBOV N N V V TOLMACHEV and D V SHIRKOV A new method in t he

theory of superconductivity Con sultant Bureau In c 1959)

2 FANO G and A TOMASINI NUOVO

Cimento

18 1247

(1960)

FANO G M

SAVOIA

and A TOMASΓ NΊ JNΓ UOVO Cimento 21 854 (1961)

3 E M E R Y V J and A M S E S SL E R Phys Rev 119 43 1960) 248 1960)

4 COOPER L N R L MILLS and A M SESSLER Phys Rev

114

1377 (1959)

5

KITAMTJRA

M

Progr Theor P hys

30 435

1963)

6 O D E H

F

IBM Journal Research Development USA)

8 187

1964)

7

D U N F O R D

N

and J T

SCH WARTZ Linear operators P ar t

I p 456 New York

Interscience Publishers Inc

P BILLARD G FANO

D e p a r t e m e n t

de

Physique Istituto

di

Fisica

Mathematique F aculte des Sciences delΓ Universita

Universite

dAix

Marseille Bologna I ta lia

Place Victor Hugo

F

13

Marseille

3

e

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G ap

Equation 277

If k

x

is chosen large enough so that

CO

Γ

l

2

983085

2

3 lts2

~

1

we have J

2

^ 9830854983085 independently of

k ζ R

+

and

n k

x

being fixed by this

c o n d i t i o n

there is uniform convergence of

t o zero on the interval [0 fej when n^oo This follows from the

inequality

bull |

Λ

V)

As Jj ^ M f |^

n

( i ) | ^^ J th^re exists an entire w

0

such that for n ^ w

0

o

J

x

^ 983085 | independently of Therefore w ^

0

=Φ [ Γ (

n

) 983085 ^( )||oo ^

η

which proves Proposition 2

Theorem Eq (1) admits at least one solution φ ζ Jf (Therefore in

particular

φ = 0 j

Proof The theorem follows immediately from Propositions 1 and 2

by applying the Schauder983085 Tychonoff theorem [7]

BemarJc

Condition IV holds if the following condition is verified

[There

exists

N gt 0 such that for every

fixed

h

r

ζ R

+

the function

( V )

K

k

Kvk) = Kh k) k

ζ Λ +) verifies

λ (K

r

)

^

N

This happens in particular if for every fixed k ζ R

+

the function

K

k

gt is continuous on R

+

difFerentiable on jR+ except at most for a de983085

numerable set of points of R

+

and the absolute value of this derivative

is majorized by N

I n general condition

I I I j

can be satisfied with a sufficiently small

a gt 0 and condition I I I

3

can be satisfied with a sufficiently large A gt 0

I n

order to produce a large clase of kernels

fulfilling

all the conditions

it is then sufficient to consider kernels which vanish sufficiently fast

outside of x (in order to

verify

condition I I I

2

) and which are suf983085

ficiently regular (in order to

verify

condition IV)

3

The Case of a

Positive

Kernel

If K(k k

f

) gt 0 for every (k

k

r

) ζR

+

x J+ one is tempted to put

= R

+

because the inequality I I I

2

is then automatically satisfied

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278 P B I L L A R D and G

However since in all reasonable physical cases lim

K (k k

f

)

= 0 it is not

β gtoo

possible in general to find in a such that the inequality 11^ written with

= R

+

is satisfied

I n order to avoid this difficulty we consider in the place of Jf the

following subset of JF (R

+

)

X

==

X

1

(a

A L) = ζ ^(R+) real valued gt 0

IIU = sup () lt A

f(k )

gt aK(k 1) (f) pound iλ

IceuroR+ )

nd we m ke the following hypotheses on the kernel

K(k k )

(Γ ) K is a measurable bounded function gt 0 on R

+

x R

+

let M

be a bound such that Kk k

f

) ^ M for every

(k k) ζR+ x β +

(II) There exists

a n α gt 0

such that the following inequality holds

r K V)KVl)

d yen

gt

ι

forall

k R+

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I )

2

+ aKψ I )

2

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I)

2

+ aKψ I)

2

( I I I ) There exists an L gt 0 such that

[Kk

1

k)983085K(k

2

k)983085=

A

983085dk

r

lt Lk

λ

983085 k

2

J

ι κ x

κ 2 n

V(k

2

983085 I)

2

+ A

2

~

for every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R

+

x R+

where A is a positive number

verifying

the inequalities

M f

l

=rdk

ltgt 1

AgtaK(ll)

I t

is straightforward to prove that propositions 1 and 2 as well as

the existence theorem hold equally well if we replace

Jf

by JΓ and we

take into account the new hypotheses (I )

( I I ) ( I I I )

on the kernel In

particular

if ζ Jf we have making use of the inequality

( I I )

gt f

Kkk

f

)~j983085

α Z (

^

1

gt

^ gt

aK(k)

~ R+ l^

2

983085

1

)

2

+

aK(V

I)

2

~

I

2

Example Let us consider the kernel

oo

k)=983085 ^j983085

dr e983085

ur

sπ ikr sinkr

o

k

2

[ α

2

+ (A + F )

2

] [α

2

+ (k 983085 k

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Gap Equation 279

This kernel arises naturally in physical situations (see ref 2) it

corresponds to an a tt ract ive two body po ten tial of the form

V(r) =

Ve~

ocr

i

r being the interpart icle distance I t is easy to verify tha t

K(kk) ^

2F

dK(kk)

dk

8 7 1

lt sup 1mdash983085

for

every (k k) ζ R+

x

R+

and therefore the kernel verifies the conditions (I) (III) (see the pre983085

ceding Remark) It is also

immediate

to see that the function

= mi

is continuous and strictly positive for

k gt

0

Therefore choosing

a

sufficiently small in order that

fD k )

j(amp

2

983085 I )

2

+

a

2

K(k

9

I )

2

also co ndition (I I ) is verified and the existence theorem applies

Acknowledgements

One of us

G

F)

would like

t o

thank P rofessor

D K A ST L E R

for

the

hospitality received

at the

University

of

Aix983085 Marseille

and

theD GRST

for financial support

References

1 BOGOLIUBOV N N V V TOLMACHEV and D V SHIRKOV A new method in t he

theory of superconductivity Con sultant Bureau In c 1959)

2 FANO G and A TOMASINI NUOVO

Cimento

18 1247

(1960)

FANO G M

SAVOIA

and A TOMASΓ NΊ JNΓ UOVO Cimento 21 854 (1961)

3 E M E R Y V J and A M S E S SL E R Phys Rev 119 43 1960) 248 1960)

4 COOPER L N R L MILLS and A M SESSLER Phys Rev

114

1377 (1959)

5

KITAMTJRA

M

Progr Theor P hys

30 435

1963)

6 O D E H

F

IBM Journal Research Development USA)

8 187

1964)

7

D U N F O R D

N

and J T

SCH WARTZ Linear operators P ar t

I p 456 New York

Interscience Publishers Inc

P BILLARD G FANO

D e p a r t e m e n t

de

Physique Istituto

di

Fisica

Mathematique F aculte des Sciences delΓ Universita

Universite

dAix

Marseille Bologna I ta lia

Place Victor Hugo

F

13

Marseille

3

e

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278 P B I L L A R D and G

However since in all reasonable physical cases lim

K (k k

f

)

= 0 it is not

β gtoo

possible in general to find in a such that the inequality 11^ written with

= R

+

is satisfied

I n order to avoid this difficulty we consider in the place of Jf the

following subset of JF (R

+

)

X

==

X

1

(a

A L) = ζ ^(R+) real valued gt 0

IIU = sup () lt A

f(k )

gt aK(k 1) (f) pound iλ

IceuroR+ )

nd we m ke the following hypotheses on the kernel

K(k k )

(Γ ) K is a measurable bounded function gt 0 on R

+

x R

+

let M

be a bound such that Kk k

f

) ^ M for every

(k k) ζR+ x β +

(II) There exists

a n α gt 0

such that the following inequality holds

r K V)KVl)

d yen

gt

ι

forall

k R+

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I )

2

+ aKψ I )

2

K(h

9

1)

](A

2

983085 I)

2

+ aKψ I)

2

( I I I ) There exists an L gt 0 such that

[Kk

1

k)983085K(k

2

k)983085=

A

983085dk

r

lt Lk

λ

983085 k

2

J

ι κ x

κ 2 n

V(k

2

983085 I)

2

+ A

2

~

for every (k

v

k

2

) ζ R

+

x R+

where A is a positive number

verifying

the inequalities

M f

l

=rdk

ltgt 1

AgtaK(ll)

I t

is straightforward to prove that propositions 1 and 2 as well as

the existence theorem hold equally well if we replace

Jf

by JΓ and we

take into account the new hypotheses (I )

( I I ) ( I I I )

on the kernel In

particular

if ζ Jf we have making use of the inequality

( I I )

gt f

Kkk

f

)~j983085

α Z (

^

1

gt

^ gt

aK(k)

~ R+ l^

2

983085

1

)

2

+

aK(V

I)

2

~

I

2

Example Let us consider the kernel

oo

k)=983085 ^j983085

dr e983085

ur

sπ ikr sinkr

o

k

2

[ α

2

+ (A + F )

2

] [α

2

+ (k 983085 k

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Gap Equation 279

This kernel arises naturally in physical situations (see ref 2) it

corresponds to an a tt ract ive two body po ten tial of the form

V(r) =

Ve~

ocr

i

r being the interpart icle distance I t is easy to verify tha t

K(kk) ^

2F

dK(kk)

dk

8 7 1

lt sup 1mdash983085

for

every (k k) ζ R+

x

R+

and therefore the kernel verifies the conditions (I) (III) (see the pre983085

ceding Remark) It is also

immediate

to see that the function

= mi

is continuous and strictly positive for

k gt

0

Therefore choosing

a

sufficiently small in order that

fD k )

j(amp

2

983085 I )

2

+

a

2

K(k

9

I )

2

also co ndition (I I ) is verified and the existence theorem applies

Acknowledgements

One of us

G

F)

would like

t o

thank P rofessor

D K A ST L E R

for

the

hospitality received

at the

University

of

Aix983085 Marseille

and

theD GRST

for financial support

References

1 BOGOLIUBOV N N V V TOLMACHEV and D V SHIRKOV A new method in t he

theory of superconductivity Con sultant Bureau In c 1959)

2 FANO G and A TOMASINI NUOVO

Cimento

18 1247

(1960)

FANO G M

SAVOIA

and A TOMASΓ NΊ JNΓ UOVO Cimento 21 854 (1961)

3 E M E R Y V J and A M S E S SL E R Phys Rev 119 43 1960) 248 1960)

4 COOPER L N R L MILLS and A M SESSLER Phys Rev

114

1377 (1959)

5

KITAMTJRA

M

Progr Theor P hys

30 435

1963)

6 O D E H

F

IBM Journal Research Development USA)

8 187

1964)

7

D U N F O R D

N

and J T

SCH WARTZ Linear operators P ar t

I p 456 New York

Interscience Publishers Inc

P BILLARD G FANO

D e p a r t e m e n t

de

Physique Istituto

di

Fisica

Mathematique F aculte des Sciences delΓ Universita

Universite

dAix

Marseille Bologna I ta lia

Place Victor Hugo

F

13

Marseille

3

e

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Gap Equation 279

This kernel arises naturally in physical situations (see ref 2) it

corresponds to an a tt ract ive two body po ten tial of the form

V(r) =

Ve~

ocr

i

r being the interpart icle distance I t is easy to verify tha t

K(kk) ^

2F

dK(kk)

dk

8 7 1

lt sup 1mdash983085

for

every (k k) ζ R+

x

R+

and therefore the kernel verifies the conditions (I) (III) (see the pre983085

ceding Remark) It is also

immediate

to see that the function

= mi

is continuous and strictly positive for

k gt

0

Therefore choosing

a

sufficiently small in order that

fD k )

j(amp

2

983085 I )

2

+

a

2

K(k

9

I )

2

also co ndition (I I ) is verified and the existence theorem applies

Acknowledgements

One of us

G

F)

would like

t o

thank P rofessor

D K A ST L E R

for

the

hospitality received

at the

University

of

Aix983085 Marseille

and

theD GRST

for financial support

References

1 BOGOLIUBOV N N V V TOLMACHEV and D V SHIRKOV A new method in t he

theory of superconductivity Con sultant Bureau In c 1959)

2 FANO G and A TOMASINI NUOVO

Cimento

18 1247

(1960)

FANO G M

SAVOIA

and A TOMASΓ NΊ JNΓ UOVO Cimento 21 854 (1961)

3 E M E R Y V J and A M S E S SL E R Phys Rev 119 43 1960) 248 1960)

4 COOPER L N R L MILLS and A M SESSLER Phys Rev

114

1377 (1959)

5

KITAMTJRA

M

Progr Theor P hys

30 435

1963)

6 O D E H

F

IBM Journal Research Development USA)

8 187

1964)

7

D U N F O R D

N

and J T

SCH WARTZ Linear operators P ar t

I p 456 New York

Interscience Publishers Inc

P BILLARD G FANO

D e p a r t e m e n t

de

Physique Istituto

di

Fisica

Mathematique F aculte des Sciences delΓ Universita

Universite

dAix

Marseille Bologna I ta lia

Place Victor Hugo

F

13

Marseille

3

e