Solutions of evolution inclusions generated by a difference of subdifferentials

An evolution inclusion with the right-hand side containing the difference of subdifferentials of proper convex lower semicontinuous functions and a multivalued perturbation whose values are nonconvex closed sets is considered in a separable Hilbert space. In addition to the original inclusion, we consider an inclusion with convexified perturbation and a perturbation whose values are extremal points of the convexified perturbation that also belong to the values of the original perturbation. Questions of the existence of solutions under various perturbations are studied and relations between solutions are established. The primary focus is on the weakening of assumptions on the perturbation as compared to the known assumptions under which existence and relaxation theorems are valid. All our assumptions, in contrast to the known assumptions, concern the convexified rather than original perturbation.     

Bogolyubov-type theorem with constraints induced by a control system with hysteresis effect

We consider the problem of minimization of an integral functional with nonconvex with respect to the control integrand. We minimize our functional over the solution set of a control system described by two ordinary differential equations subject to a control constraint given by a multivalued mapping with closed nonconvex values. The coefficients of the equations and the constraint depend on the phase variables. One of the equations contains the subdifferential of the indicator function of a closed convex set depending on the unknown phase variable. The equation containing the subdifferential describes an input–output relation of hysteresis type.     

Existence and relaxation of solutions to differential inclusions with unbounded right-hand side in a Banach space

In a separable Banach space we consider a differential inclusion whose values are nonconvex, closed, but not necessarily bounded sets. Along with the original inclusion, we consider the inclusion with convexified right-hand side. We prove existence theorems and establish relations between solutions to the original and convexified differential inclusions. In contrast to assuming that the right-hand side of the inclusion is Lipschitz with respect to the phase variable in the Hausdorff metric, which is traditional in studying this type of questions, we use the (ρ–H) Lipschitz property. Some example is given.     

Differential inclusions with unbounded right-hand side: Existence and relaxation theorems

For a conflict-controlled dynamical system whose motion is described by neutraltype functional differential equations in Hale’s form and for a quality index that evaluates the motion history realized up to the terminal instant of time, we consider a differential game in the class of control-with-guide strategies. We construct an approximating differential game in the class of pure positional strategies in which the motion of a conflict-controlled system is described by ordinary differential equations and the quality index is terminal. We show that the value of the approximating game gives the value of the original game in the limit, and that the optimal strategies in the original game can be constructed by using the optimal motions of the approximating game as guides.     

Properties of the set of “trajectory-control” pairs of a control systemwith subdifferential operators

We consider a control system described by an evolution equation with control constraint which is a multivalued mapping of a phase variable with closed nonconvex values. One of the evolution operators of the system is the subdifferential of a time-dependent proper, convex, and lower semicontinuous function. The other operator, acting on the derivative of the required functions, is the subdifferential of a convex continuous function. We also consider systems with the following control constraints: multivalued mappings whose values are the closed convex hulls of the values of the original constraint and multivalued mapping whose values are the extreme points of the convexified constraint that belong to the original one. We study topological properties of the sets of admissible “trajectory–control” pairs of the system with various control constraints and clarify the relations between them. An example of a parabolic system with hysteresis and diffusion phenomena is considered in detail. Bibliography: 19 titles.     

On the “bang-bang” principle for nonlinear evolution inclusions

We establish the existence of extreme solutions for a class of nonlinear evolution inclusions with non-convex right-hand side defined on an evolution triple of Banach spaces. Then we show that extreme solutions which belong to the solution set of the original system are in fact dense in the solutions of the system with convexified right-hand side. Subsequently we use this density result to derive nonlinear and infinite-dimensional version of the “bang-bang” principle for control systems. An example of a nonlinear parabolic distributed parameter system is also worked out in detail. Received November 21, 1997     

Properties of Solutions to Second Order Evolution Control Systems. I

We consider a control system described by a nonlinear second order evolution equation defined on an evolution triple of Banach spaces (Gelfand triple) with a mixed multivalued control constraint whose values are nonconvex closed sets. Alongside the original system we consider a system with the following control constraints: a constraint whose values are the closed convex hull of the values of the original constraint and a constraint whose values are extreme points of the constraint which belong simultaneously to the original constraint. By a solution to the system we mean an admissible trajectory-control pair. In this part of the article we study existence questions for solutions to the control system with various constraints and density of the solution set with nonconvex constraints in the solution set with convexified constraints.