On the solution sets of constrained differential inclusions with applications (Q5949144)

Here, the authors study the existence and the structure of the solutions to the following initial value problem (IVP) \[ u'\in\varphi (t,u), \quad t\in J:=[0,T], \;u\in K,\qquad u(0)=x_{0}\in K, \] where \(\varphi: J\times K\to \mathbb{R}^{N}\) is a multivalued map with nonempty, compact and convex values, and \(K\) is a closed subset of the \(N\)-dimensional Euclidean space \(\mathbb{R}^{N}\), \(N\geq 1\). It is proved that if the multivalued map \(\varphi\) satisfies the following conditions \((\varphi_{1})\) for almost all (a.a.) \(t\in J\), the map \(K\ni x\to \varphi(t,x)\) is upper semicontinuous and for all \(x\in K\), the map \(\varphi(\cdot,x)\) has a measurable selection, i.e. there is a measurable function \(w_{x}(t)\in\varphi(t,x)\) for a.a. \(t\in J\); \((\varphi_{2})\) \ \(\varphi\) is (uniformly) bounded, i.e. there is \(c>0\) such that, for a.a. \(t\in J\) and all \(x\in K \;Sup_{y\in\varphi(t,x)} |y|\leq c\), then the set of all solutions to the above IVP is an \(\mathbb{R}_{\delta}\)-set in \(C(J,\mathbb{R}^{N})\). Some applications to the existence of periodic solutions as well as equilibria are given.