An alternative approach to well-posedness of a class of differential inclusions in Hilbert spaces

We show the well-posedness of initial value problems for differential inclusions of a certain type using abstract perturbation results for maximal monotone operators in Hilbert spaces. For this purpose the time derivative is established in an exponentially weighted L-2 space. The problem of well-posedness then reduces to show that the sum of two maximal monotone operators in time and space is again maximal monotone. The theory is exemplified by three inclusions describing phenomena in mathematical physics involving hysteresis. (c) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.