Differential inclusion approach for mixed constrained problems revisited (Q494866)

The paper studies control systems of the form \[ x'(t)=f(t,x(t),u(t))\quad \text{ for } a.e.\; t\in [a,b] \] with mixed constraints of the form \[ (x(t),u(t))\in S(t)\quad \text{ for }a.e.\; t\in [a,b] \] and with boundary conditions \[ (x(a),x(b))\in E, \] where \(E\subset {\mathbb R}^n\times {\mathbb R}^n\), \(f:[a,b]\times {\mathbb R}^n\times {\mathbb R}^k\to {\mathbb R}^n\) is a given map and \(S:[a,b]\to {\mathcal P}({\mathbb R}^n\times {\mathbb R}^k)\) is a given set-valued map. An appropriate differential inclusion is considered and the equivalence between the solutions of the control system and the solutions of the differential inclusion is proved. Under certain assumptions, several sufficient conditions for the convexity of the set-valued map that defines the differential inclusion is proved. A result concerning the compactness of solutions of the differential inclusion is also provided.