Asymptotic equilibrium of ordinary differential systems |
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Authors: | G Ladas V Lakshmikanthan |
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Institution: | Department of Mathematics , University of Rhode Island , Kingston, Rhode island, 02881, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | A theorem on asymptotic equilibrium is proved for the solutions of the system(1)X n=f(t,X), x t 0=xo where f(t,x) is majorized by a funciton g(t,u) which is non-increasing in u. It is of interest to notice that the funcitons f(t,x) and g(t,u) need not be defined for x=0 and u=0 respectively. Such majorant functions occur in gravitational problems and therefore the result is of pracitcal interest.Using this, the asymptotic relatiohship between the solutions of(2)y=A(t)y, y t o=yoand its nonlinear perturbation(3) X=A(t)x+f(t,x), Xt o is investigated. This last result includes as a special case two theorems of Hallam2] |
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Keywords: | Nos 32A 30G and 75 |
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