Multivalued maps as a tool in modeling and rigorous numerics

Abstract.

Applications of the fixed point theory of multivalued maps can be classified into several areas: (1) Game theory and mathematical economics; (2) Discontinuous differential equations, differential inclusions, and optimal control; (3) Computing homology of maps; (4) Computer assisted proofs in dynamics; (5) Digital imaging. We give an overview of the most classical and well developed areas of applications (1) and (2), where a multivalued map is used as a generalization of a single-valued continuous map, and we survey more recent applications (3), (4), and (5), where multivalued maps play the role of a numerical tool.