On continuity and compactness of some nonlinear operators in the spaces of functions of bounded variation

In this paper, we deal with one of the basic problems of the theory of autonomous superposition operators acting in the spaces of functions of bounded variation, namely the problem concerning their continuity. We basically consider autonomous superposition operators generated by analytic functions or functions of C1\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$C^1$$\end{document}-class. We also investigate the problem of compactness of some classical linear and nonlinear operators acting in the space of functions of bounded variation in the sense of Jordan. We apply our results to the examination of the existence and the topological properties of solutions to nonlinear equations in those spaces.