A generalization of the weak convergence theorem in Sobolev spaces with application to differential inclusions in a Banach space (Q5938536)

Let \(E\) be a real reflexive separable Banach space, \(F:[0,T]\times E\to 2^{E}\) a multivalued map satisfying some assumptions that will be specified later and \(u:[0,T]\times E\times E\to \overline {\mathbb{R}}\) a given map. In the first part of the paper, the author considers the multivalued differential equation (1) \(\dot x(t)\in F(t,x(t))\), \(x(0)=a\). It is proved under the conditions \(F(t,x)\) is nonempty compact convex-valued, measurable in \(t\), upper hemi-continuous in \(x\) and \(L^{p}\)-integrably bounded, that problem (1) has a solution \(x\in W^{1,p}([0,T],E)\). Also, if \(A\) is a nonempty compact convex subset of \(E\), the correspondence \(S:A\to W^{1,p}([0,T],E)\) is compact-valued and upper hemi-continuous on \(A\) in the weak topology for \(W^{1,p}\). In the second part, the author studies the following variational problem (2) \(\text{minimize}_{S(a)} \int_{0}^{T}u(t,x(t),\dot x(t)) dt,\) where \(S(a)\) represents the solution set to problem (1). This paper is a continuation of problems (1) and (2) examinated by the author in [Proc. Japan Acad., Ser. A 60, 161-164 (1984; Zbl 0549.49006), ibid. 60, 212-214 (1984; Zbl 0549.49007), ibid. 66, 217-221 (1990; Zbl 0728.49004)].