Existence and relaxation theorems for nonlinear multivalued boundary value problems (Q1283976)

The paper concerns a finite-dimensional, nonlinear boundary value problem for the second-order differential inclusion: \[ x''(t)\in F(t,x(t),x'(t)), (x'(0),-x'(b))\in\xi(x(0),x(b)). \] Here, \(F\) has nonempty values and \(\xi\) is maximal monotone. Existence theorems are proved in convex and nonconvex \(F\)-cases. In the latter case, it is considered the differential inclusion in which the orientor field \(F(t,x,y)\) is replaced by its convexification \(\overline{\text{conv}} F(t,x,y)\) and it is proved a relaxation theorem. For the particular case of the Dirichlet boundary conditions, it is considered the differential inclusion in which the orientor field \(F(t,x,y)\) is replaced by its extreme points \(\text{ ext}F(t,x,y)\) and it is proved a strong relaxation theorem.