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A reinterpretation of set differential equations as differential equations in a Banach space

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2015-08-14 v1

Abstract

Set differential equations are usually formulated in terms of the Hukuhara differential, which implies heavy restrictions for the nature of a solution. We propose to reformulate set differential equations as ordinary differential equations in a Banach space by identifying the convex and compact subsets of Rd\R^d with their support functions. Using this representation, we demonstrate how existence and uniqueness results can be applied to set differential equations. We provide a simple example, which can be treated in support function representation, but not in the Hukuhara setting.

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@article{arxiv.1508.03206,
  title  = {A reinterpretation of set differential equations as differential equations in a Banach space},
  author = {Martin Rasmussen and Janosch Rieger and Kevin Webster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03206},
  year   = {2015}
}