On a generalization of the method of monotone operators

For a family of operator equations of the first kind with nonlinear nonmonotone hemicontinuous operators in a reflexive Banach space, we prove a theorem on the solvability and a uniform estimate of the solution in the norm of the space. Our approach is related to the method of semimonotone operators but has some essential differences from the latter. In a specific example, we show that our theorem can be used to prove the total (with respect to the set of admissible controls) preservation of solvability for distributed control systems.