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Characterization of Filippov representable maps and Clarke subdifferentials

Optimization and Control 2020-03-03 v1

Abstract

The ordinary differential equation x˙(t)=f(x(t)),  t0\dot{x}(t)=f(x(t)), \; t \geq 0 , for ff measurable, is not sufficiently regular to guarantee existence of solutions. To remedy this we may relax the problem by replacing the function ff with its Filippov regularization FfF_{f} and consider the differential inclusion x˙(t)Ff(x(t))\dot{x}(t)\in F_{f}(x(t)) which always has a solution. It is interesting to know, inversely, when a set-valued map Φ\Phi can be obtained as the Filippov regularization of a (single-valued, measurable) function. In this work we give a full characterization of such set-valued maps, hereby called Filippov representable. This characterization also yields an elegant description of those maps that are Clarke subdifferentials of a Lipschitz function.

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@article{arxiv.2003.00436,
  title  = {Characterization of Filippov representable maps and Clarke subdifferentials},
  author = {Mira Bivas and Aris Daniilidis and Marc Quincampoix},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.00436},
  year   = {2020}
}
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