We consider a Cauchy problem associated to a nonconvex differential inclusion with "maxima" and we prove a Filippov type existence result. This result allows to obtain a relaxation theorem for the problem considered.
IndroductionDifferential equations with maximum have proved to be strong tools in the modelling of many physical problems: systems with automatic regulation, problems in control theory that correspond to the maximal deviation of the regulated quantity etc.. As a consequence there was an intensive development of the theory of differential equations with "maxima" [2,5,6,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14] etc..A classical example is the one of an electric generator ([2]). In this case the mechanism becomes active when the maximum voltage variation is reached in an interval of time. The equation describing the action of the regulator has the form x (t) = ax(t) + b maxwhere a, b are constants given by the system, x(.) is the voltage and f (.) is a perturbation given by the change of voltage. In this paper we study the following problem x (t) ∈ F (t, x(t), max