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On the Cauchy problem for implicit differential equations with discontinuous right-hand side. (English) Zbl 1460.34020

Summary: Given \(T>0\), a set \(Y\subseteq\mathbb{R}^n\), a point \(\xi\in\mathbb{R}^n\) and two functions \(f:[0,T]\times\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}\) and \(g:Y\to\mathbb{R}\), we are interested in the Cauchy problem \(g(u')=f(t,u)\) in \([0,T]\), \(u(0)=\xi\). We prove an existence result for generalized solutions of the above problem, where the continuity of \(f\) with respect to the second variable is not assumed. As a matter of fact, a function \(f(t,x)\) satisfying our assumptions could be discontinuous (with respect to \(x\)) even at all points \(x\in\mathbb{R}^n\). As regards \(g\), we only require that it is continuous and locally nonconstant.
We also investigate the dependence of the solution set from the initial point \(\xi\). In particular, we give conditions under which the solution multifunction \(\mathcal{S}(\xi)\) admits an upper semicontinuous and compact-valued multivalued selection.

MSC:

34A09 Implicit ordinary differential equations, differential-algebraic equations
28B20 Set-valued set functions and measures; integration of set-valued functions; measurable selections
34A36 Discontinuous ordinary differential equations
54C60 Set-valued maps in general topology