On minimal upper semicontinuous compact-valued maps (Q1174330)

A compact-valued, usc multifunction \(F: X\to Y\) is called minimal, if it does not exist any compact-valued usc \(G: X\to Y\) such that \[ \emptyset \neq G(x) \subseteq F(x) \] for all \(x\in X\) and \(F\neq G\). Many interesting characterizations of such multifunctions are given using the cluster set technique.