Dynamics of sets defined by differential inclusions (Q1089485)

Let \(K(R^ n)\) be the set of all compact subsets in \(R^ n\) endowed with the Hausdorff-Pompeiu metric \(\alpha\), let \(G: R^ n\to K(R^ n)\) be a locally Lipschitz mapping and let us consider the differential inclusion (1) \(\dot x\in G(x)\), \(x\in R^ n\), \(\dot x=dx/dt\). For each \(X\in K(R^ n)\) and \(\sigma\geq 0\) let us denote by \(X_{\sigma}=\cup_{x\in X}[x+\sigma G(x)]\) and let us consider the ''differential'' equation (2) \(\lim_{\sigma \to 0_+}\sigma^{-1}\alpha (R(t+\sigma),R_{\sigma}(t))=0.\) The author shows that for each \(R_ 0\in K(R^ n)\) the solution \(t\mapsto R(t,R_ 0)\) of (2) with \(R(0,R_ 0)=R_ 0\) satisfies \(R(t,R_ 0)=A(t,R_ 0)\) for \(t\geq 0\), where \(A(t,R_ 0)\) is the accessibility set of (1) at \(t\geq 0\) corresponding to \(R_ 0\). Some qualitative properties of the solutions to (2) such as boundedness, periodicity, stability, etc. are also studied.