Compact almost automorphic weak solutions for some monotone differential inclusions: applications to parabolic and hyperbolic equations (Q2304315)

The authors consider the differential inclusions \[ u^{\prime }(t)+Au(t)\ni f(t),\tag{1} \] \[ u^{\prime }(t)+Au(t)\ni g(t,u(t))\tag{2} \] in a real Hilbert space, where \(A\) is multivalued, and \(f\) and \(g\) are continuous. The goal is to prove the existence of almost automorphic solutions for (1) and (2). Almost automorphicity was introduced by \textit{S. Bochner} [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 47, 582--585 (1961; Zbl 0103.05304)] as a generalization of almost periodicity. In Theorem 3.1, using Amerio's minmax principle [\textit{L. Amerio}, Ann. Mat. Pura Appl. (4) 39, 97--119 (1955; Zbl 0066.07202)], the existence of a compact, almost automorphic weak solution to (1) is proven under the assumptions that \(A\) is maximal monotone, \(f\) is compact almost automorphic and there exists a uniformly continuous weak solution with a relatively compact range. In Theorem 4.1, the existence of a unique compact almost automorphic weak solution to (1) that is globally attractive is proven under the assumptions that \(A\) is strongly maximal monotone and \(f\) is compact almost automorphic. In Theorem 4.2, the contraction principle is used to prove the existence of a unique compact almost automorphic weak solution to (2) under the assumptions that \(A\) is strongly maximal monotone and \(g\) is compact almost automorphic in its first variable and Lipschitz in its second variable. These theorems are applied to problems with partial derivatives, one with a dissipative nonlinear wave inclusion and the other with a dissipative nonlinear parabolic inclusion. Efficient use is made of results from the literature.