Existence and global bifurcation of solutions for a class of operator-differential inclusions (Q691341)

The authors consider some first order differential inclusions. The problem of existence of periodic solutions is transformed into the abstract form \(Ax\in Q(x)\), where \(A\) is a linear Fredholm operator of index zero (operator of differentiation) and \(Q\) is a set-valued map satisfying several conditions. Then the method of integral (non-smooth) guiding functions is applied to give sufficient conditions for the existence of solutions. A global bifurcation problem is also addressed with the aid of the results of \textit{D. Gabor} and \textit{W. Kryszewski} [Nonlinear Anal., Theory Methods Appl., Ser. A, Theory Methods 73, No. 8, 2714--2736 (2010; Zbl 1223.47058)] for a class of abstract \(CJ\)-inclusions.