Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2003 (2003), Issue 9, Pages 547-571
doi:10.1155/S108533750321006X
Bounded solutions of Carathéodory differential inclusions: a bound sets approach
1Department of Mathematical Analysis, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Tomkova 40, Olomouc 779 00, Czech Republic
2Department of Engineering Sciences and Methods, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Fogliani 1, Reggio Emilia 42100, Italy
3Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Udine, Viadelle Scienze 206, Udine 33100, Italy
Received 9 March 2002
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Abstract
A bound sets technique is developed for Floquet problems of Carathéodory differential inclusions. It relies on the construction of either continuous or locally ipschitzian Lyapunov-like bounding functions. Proceeding sequentially, the existence of bounded trajectories is then obtained. Nontrivial examples are supplied to illustrate our approach.