Existence and properties of solutions to ordinary differential equations with discontinuous right-hand sides (Q1363840)

A theory of Cauchy problems is developed that can, in particular, be applied to the equation \(x''+ f(x)x'+ h(t,x)= 0\), where the function \(h\) satisfies the standard Carathéodory conditions, and the function \(f\) is measurable and locally bounded. Let \(U\) be an open subset of the product \(\mathbb{R}\times \mathbb{R}^n\). I will consider differential equations of the form \(y'= f(t, y)\) and differential inclusions \(y'\in f(t,y)\) that generalize them [\textit{J. L. Davy}, Bull. Aust. Math. Soc. 6, 379-398 (1972; Zbl 0239.49022)] with right-hand sides that are defined on the set \(U\).