On the stability of time-varying differential equations *

This paper deals with stability of time-varying differential equations. New asymptotic stability conditions for time-varying continuous systems with more general assumptions are given. The Gronwall's inequality and its discrete-time versions play a crucial role in our investigation.     

On the stability of invariant sets of systems with impulse effect

A system of differential equations with impulse effect is considered. It is assumed that this system has an invariant set M$M$. By means of the direct Lyapunov method, the necessary and sufficient conditions of its uniform asymptotic stability are obtained. The conditions on the perturbations of right hand sides of differential equations and impulse effects, under which the uniform asymptotic stability of the invariant set M$M$ of the “nonperturbed” system implies the uniform asymptotic stability of the invariant set of the “perturbed” system, are obtained. The stability properties of invariant sets of periodic systems are also studied.     

On the stability of elastic-plastic systems with hardening

This paper discusses the stability of quasi-static paths for a continuous elastic-plastic system with hardening in a one-dimensional (bar) domain. Mathematical formulations, as well as existence and uniqueness results for dynamic and quasi-static problems involving elastic-plastic systems with linear kinematic hardening are recalled in the paper. The concept of stability of quasi-static paths used here is essentially a continuity property of the system dynamic solutions relatively to the quasi-static ones, when (as in Lyapunov stability) the size of initial perturbations is decreased and the rate of application of the forces (which plays the role of the small parameter in singular perturbation problems) is also decreased to 0. The stability of the quasi-static paths of these elastic-plastic systems is the main result proved in the paper.     

On stability crossing curves for general systems with two delays

For the general linear scalar time-delay systems of arbitrary order with two delays, this article provides a detailed study on the stability crossing curves consisting of all the delays such that the characteristic quasipolynomial has at least one imaginary zero. The crossing set, consisting of all the frequencies corresponding to all the points in the stability crossing curves, are expressed in terms of simple inequality constraints and can be easily identified from the gain response curves of the coefficient transfer functions of the delay terms. This crossing set forms a finite number of intervals of finite length. The corresponding stability crossing curves form a series of smooth curves except at the points corresponding to multiple zeros and a number of other degenerate cases. These curves may be closed curves, open ended curves, and spiral-like curves oriented horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The category of curves are determined by which constraints are violated at the two ends of the corresponding intervals of the crossing set. The directions in which the zeros cross the imaginary axis are explicitly expressed. An algorithm may be devised to calculate the maximum delay deviation without changing the number of right half plane zeros of the characteristic quasipolynomial (and preservation of stability as a special case).     

Eigenvalue and stability of singular differential delay systems

The eigenvalue and the stability of singular differential systems with delay are considered. Firstly we investigate some properties of the eigenvalue, then give the exact exponential estimation for the fundamental solution, and finally discuss the necessary and sufficient condition of uniform asymptotic stability.     

Existence and stability of periodic solutions for parabolic systems with time delays

This paper is concerned with the existence and stability time-periodic solutions for a class of coupled parabolic equations with time delay, and time delays may appear in the nonlinear reaction functions. The existence of time-periodic solutions is for a class of locally Lipschitz continuous reaction functions without any quasimonotone requirement. Our approach to the problem is by the method of upper and lower solution and using Schauder fixed point theorem. Some methods for proving the stability of the periodic solution are also given. The results for the general system can be applied to the standard parabolic equations without time delay and corresponding ordinary differential system. Finally, a model arising from chemistry is used to illustrate the obtained results.     

New results for global stability of a class of neutral-type neural systems with time delays

This paper studies the global convergence properties of a class of neutral-type neural networks with discrete time delays. This class of neutral systems includes Cohen–Grossberg neural networks, Hopfield neural networks and cellular neural networks. Based on the Lyapunov stability theorems, some delay independent sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the equilibrium point for this class of neutral-type systems are derived. It is shown that the results presented in this paper for neutral-type delayed neural networks are the generalization of a recently reported stability result. A numerical example is also given to demonstrate the applicability of our proposed stability criteria.     

On the stability of limit cycles for planar differential systems

We consider a planar differential system , , where P and Q are C¹ functions in some open set U⊆R², and . Let γ be a periodic orbit of the system in U. Let f(x,y):U⊆R²→R be a C¹ function such that

     

On stability of linear and weakly nonlinear switched systems with time delay

This paper studies time-delayed switched systems that include both stable and unstable modes. By using multiple Lyapunov-functions technique and a dwell-time approach, several criteria on exponential stability for both linear and nonlinear systems are established. It is shown that by suitably controlling the switching between the stable and unstable modes, exponential stabilization of the switched system can be achieved. Some examples and numerical simulations are provided to illustrate our results.     

On the comparison of the stability and control problem of differential systems

This paper deals with notions which allow us to compare the degree of developments of dynamic systems. The classical definition of stability can be obtained by comparing the considered system with the trivial equation [Xdot] ¦ 0. In the linear cases, this definition leads to the comparison of the top essup - exponents of these systems. We are also concerned with the control problem of Lyapunov exponents for choosing “a stablest system”. The existence of optimal controls is proved     

Absolute exponential stability of nonlinear systems of differential equations with lag

Constructive sufficient conditions of absolute exponential stability for a class of nonlinear systems of differential equations with lag are found.     

On the fractional differential equations with uncertainty

This paper is based on the concept of fuzzy differential equations of fractional order introduced by Agarwal et al. [R.P. Agarwal, V. Lakshmikantham, J.J. Nieto, On the concept of solution for fractional differential equations with uncertainty, Nonlinear Anal. 72 (2010) 2859-2862]. Using this concept, we prove some results on the existence and uniqueness of solutions of fuzzy fractional differential equations.     

Numerical stability analysis of an acceleration scheme for step size constrained time integrators

Time integration schemes with a fixed time step, much smaller than the dominant slow time scales of the dynamics of the system, arise in the context of stiff ordinary differential equations or in multiscale computations, where a microscopic time-stepper is used to compute macroscopic behaviour. We discuss a method to accelerate such a time integrator by using extrapolation. This method extends the scheme developed by Sommeijer [Increasing the real stability boundary of explicit methods, Comput. Math. Appl. 19(6) (1990) 37–49], and uses similar ideas as the projective integration method. We analyse the stability properties of the method, and we illustrate its performance for a convection–diffusion problem.     

Stability analysis of impulsive switched systems with time delays

In this paper, exponential stability criteria of impulsive switched systems with variable delays are introduced. Based on some impulsive delay differential inequalities, some general criteria for the exponential stability are obtained. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the theory.     

Impulsive delay differential inequality and stability of neural networks

In this article, a generalized model of neural networks involving time-varying delays and impulses is considered. By establishing the delay differential inequality with impulsive initial conditions and using the properties of M-cone and eigenspace of the spectral radius of nonnegative matrices, some new sufficient conditions for global exponential stability of impulsive delay model are obtained. The results extend and improve the earlier publications. An example is given to illustrate the theory.     

On the oscillation of nonlinear two-dimensional differential systems

An oscillation criterion is given for a certain form of nonlinear two-dimensional differential systems. This criterion originated in a well-known oscillation result due to Coles (as extended and improved by Wong) concerning second order nonlinear differential equations with alternating coefficients.

     

On the Hyers-Ulam stability of the linear differential equation

We obtain some results on generalized Hyers-Ulam stability of the linear differential equation in a Banach space. As a consequence we improve some known estimates of the difference between the perturbed and the exact solutions.     

Discontinuous differential games and control systems with supremum cost

This paper concerns with the existence of a value for a zero sum two-player differential game with supremum cost of the form C_t0,x0(u,v)=sup_τ[t0,T]h(x(τ;t₀,x_0,u,v)) under Isaacs' condition. We characterize the value function as the unique solution—in a suitable sense—to a PDE, namely the Hamilton–Jacobi–Isaacs equation. As a byproduct, we obtain a PDE characterization of the value function for control system.     

Exponential stability and periodicity of impulsive cellular neural networks with time delays

This paper is concerned with the stability and periodicity for a class of impulsive neural networks with delays. By means of the Fixed point theory, Lyapunov functional and analysis technique, some sufficient conditions of exponential stability and periodicity are obtained. We can see that impulses do contribution to the stability and periodicity. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.