Multivalued Maps And Differential Inclusions: Elements Of Theory And Applications. Valeri Obukhovskii
rel="nofollow" href="#ulink_fb40e556-4739-5b8a-9b9f-075727ad5b12">1.1.5; 1.1.7 are u.s.c. The subdifferential multimap from Example 1.1.17 is also u.s.c. (see, e.g., [104]).
Definition 1.2.17. A multimap F is called lower semicontinuous at a point x ∈ X if for every open set V ⊂ Y such that F(x) ∩ V ≠
there exists a neighborhood U(x) of x such that F(x′) ∩ V ≠ for all x′ ∈ U(x).Definition 1.2.18. A multimap F is said to be lower semicontinuous (l.s.c.) if it is lower semicontinuous at every point x ∈ X.
The lower semicontinuity also admits tantamount definitions.
Theorem 1.2.19. The following conditions are equivalent:
(a)the multimap F is l.s.c.;
(b)for every open set V ⊂ Y, the set
(c)for every closed set W ⊂ Y, the set
(d)if a system of open sets {Vj}j∈J forms a base for the topology of the space Y then for each Vj, the set
(e)if D ⊂ Y is an arbitrary set then
(f)if A ⊂ X is an arbitrary set then
Proof. 1) the equivalence (a) ⇔ (b) is evident;
2) the equivalences (b) ⇔ (c) and (c) ⇔ (e) can be proved similarly to the corresponding statements of Theorem 1.2.15;
3) the equivalence (b) ⇔ (d) follows from the fact that each set Vj is open and from Lemma 1.2.4 (d);
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In the case of metric spaces we may obtain the following convenient sequential characterization of the lower and upper semicontinuity.
Theorem 1.2.20. Let X and Y be metric spaces.
(a)For the lower semicontinuity of a multimap F : X → P(Y) at a point x0 ∈ X it is necessary and sufficient that:
(*) for every sequence
(b)For the upper semicontinuity of a multimap F : X → P(Y) at a point x0 ∈ X it is necessary, and in the case of the compactness of the set F(x0) it is also sufficient that:
(**) for every sequences
Proof. (a)(i) Let condition (*) holds. If the multimap F is not l.s.c. at the point x0 then there exist an open set V ⊂ Y such that F(x0) ∩ V ≠
and a sequence for all n = 1, 2, ... But these relations are in contradiction to the fact that we can, choosing a point y0 ∈ F(x0) ∩ V, to find a sequence yn ∈ F(xn) which converges to it. (a)(ii) Let a multimap F be l.s.c. at a point x0 and a certain sequence