Abstract and Applied Analysis
Volume 2003 (2003), Issue 10, Pages 591-600
doi:10.1155/S1085337503209027

On a two-point boundary value problem for second-order differential inclusions on Riemannian manifolds

Abstract

We consider second-order differential inclusions on a Riemannian manifold with lower semicontinuous right-hand sides. Several existence theorems for solutions of two-point boundary value problem are proved to be interpreted as controllability of special mechanical systems with control on nonlinear configuration spaces. As an application, a statement of controllability under extreme values of controlling force is obtained.