Multiple solutions of the Dirichlet problem in multidimensional billiard spaces (Q2103493)

In this paper the authors proved existence and multiplicity of solutions for the following two-point problem \[ \begin{cases} \ddot x(t)=f(t,x(t)), & t\in [0,T], \ x(t)\in \operatorname{int}K,\\ \dot x(s+)=\dot x(s)+I(x(s),\dot x(s)), &x(s)\in \partial K,\\ x(0)=A\in \operatorname{int}K,\quad x(T)\in \operatorname{int}K, \end{cases}\tag{1} \] where \(K\subset \mathbb{R}^n\), \(f: [0,T]\times K \to \mathbb{R}^n\) is a Carathéodory integrably bounded map and \(I(x,v)\) is the impulse map. The results are obtained by a transformation of problem (1) into a non-impulsive second-order differential problem in \(\mathbb{R}^n\) and using Schauder's fixed point theorem.