Contingent Derivatives of Set-Valued Maps and Existence of Solutions to Nonlinear Inclusions and Differential Inclusions.

Abstract

We use the Bouligand contingent cone to a subset K of a Hilbert space at x an element of K for defining contingent derivatives of a set-valued map, whose graphs are the contingent cones to the graph of this map, as well as the upper contingent derivatives of a real valued function. We develop a calculus of these concepts and show how they are involved in optimization problems and in solving equations f(x)=0 and/or inclusions 0 an element of F(x). They also play a fundamental role for generalizing the Nagumo theorem on flow invariance and for generalizing the concept of Liapunov functions for differential equations and/or differential inclusions. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA083826

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  • Jean Pierre Aubin

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  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • C4I
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Calculus
  • Control Theory
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Hilbert Space
  • Inequalities
  • Mathematics
  • Numbers
  • Optimization
  • Point Theorem
  • Real Variables
  • Sequences
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