TY - JOUR ID - FernándezPardo2026 LB - FernándezPardo2026 AU - Fernández-Pardo, Laura M. AU - Rodríguez-López, Jorge TI - On a fixed point theorem for operator systems and eigenvalue criteria for existence of positive solutions ST - On a fixed point theorem for operator systems and eigenvalue criteria for existence of positive solutions JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2026 VL - 46 IS - 2 SP - 219 EP - 234 DO - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.202602271 UR - https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.202602271 AB - We provide an alternative approach, based on the Leray-Schauder fixed point index in cones, to a fixed point theorem for operator systems due to Precup. Our focus is on the case of operators whose components are entirely of compressive type. The abstract technique is applied to a system of second-order differential equations providing a coexistence positive solution by means of an eigenvalue type criterion. KW - coexistence fixed point KW - fixed point index KW - positive solution KW - nonlinear systems SN - 1232-9274 ER -