Remarks on strongly flow-invariant sets (Q1110703)

The authors obtain conditions which guarantee the strong flow-invariance property for a compact set M with respect to the differential system \(x'=f(t,x)\). For an autonomous system, their main result gives a variant of Bony's theorem which resolves the problem of \textit{T. C. Gard} [Appl. Anal. 10, 285-293 (1980; Zbl 0438.34039)]. Examples are given to show the sharpness of the conditions.