Special Session 60: 

Strictly localized bounding functions for impulsive Dirichlet problems

Valentina Taddei
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Italy
Co-Author(s):    Martina Pavlackova
Abstract:
The existence of solutions in a given set of an impulsive Dirichlet boundary value problem is investigated for second order differential inclusions. Both the possible cases will be discussed: problems with an upper semicontinuous r.h.s. and with an upper-Carath\`eodory r.h.s. We use a combination of a fixed point index technique with a bound sets approach and a Scorza-Dragoni type result. Since the related bounding (Liapunov-like) functions are strictly localized on the boundary of a parameter set of candidate solutions, some trajectories are allowed to escape from these sets. The talk includes an application to the forced pendulum equation with viscous damping term and dry friction coefficient.