On two-parameter global bifurcation of periodic solutions to a class of differential variational inequalities (Q2349031)

In this paper, a multiparameter global bifurcation theorem for differential inclusions with periodic conditions is proved. The abstract result is applied to the study of the two-parameter global bifurcation of periodic solutions for a class of differential variational inequalities of the form \[ x'(t)=A(\mu)x(t)+f(t,x(t),u(t),\mu) \text{ for a.e. } t \in [0,T], \] \[ \left\langle \tilde u-u(t),G(t,x(t),\mu)+F(u(t))\right\rangle \geq 0\text{ for a.e. } t \in [0,T], \forall \tilde u \in K, \] \[ x(0)=x(T), u(t) \in K, \] where \(K\subset \mathbb{R}^m\) is a closed, convex cone, \(f:[0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^2 \times \mathbb{R}^m \times \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^2\), \(G:[0,T] \times \mathbb{R}^2 \times \mathbb{R}^2 \to\mathbb{R}^m\) and \(F: \mathbb{R}^m \to \mathbb{R}^m\) are given continuous functions while \(A: \mathbb{R}^2 \to \mathbb{R}^{2\times 2}\) is a suitable map.