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A lower closure theorem for autonomous orientor fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Luigi Ambrosio
Affiliation:
Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza Cavalieri 7, 56100 Pisa, Italy

Synopsis

Given a set valued mapping ∑: ℝ → ∑n, we prove a closure property with respect to -convergence for the differential inclusion

under very mild assumptions on ∑.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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