On the solvability of the matrix equation $(1+ae^{-\frac{\|X\|}{b}})X=Y$

Abstract

The treated matrix equation $(1+ae^{-\frac{\|X\|}{b}})X=Y$ in this short note has its origin in a modelling approach to describe the nonlinear time-dependent mechanical behaviour of rubber. We classify the solvability of $(1+ae^{-\frac{\|X\|}{b}})X=Y$ in general normed spaces $(E,\|\cdot\|)$ w.r.t. the parameters $a,b\in\mathbb{R}$, $b\neq 0$, and give an algorithm to numerically compute its solutions in $E=\mathbb{R}^{m\times n}$, $m,n\in\mathbb{N}$, $m,n\geq 2$, equipped with the Frobenius norm.