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Stability of Euler discretization

I am looking at the discretization of an ODE: $$x_{n+1} = x_n + \alpha f(x_n),$$ where $x_n\in R^d$ and $f$ is continuously differentiable and such that $f(0)=0$ and $f'(0)$ is Hurwitz (i.e., the real ...
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Floquet coefficients under time change

Let's consider two ODEs $\tag{1}\label{1}\frac{du}{dt}=\gamma(u(t))\ F(u(t))$ and $\tag{2}\label{2}\frac{dv}{d\tau}=F(v(\tau))$ where $f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R^n,\mathbb R^n)$ and $\gamma\in C^\infty(\...
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Does gravity constant affect boundedness of solution?

Consider a second order gradient-like system with linear damping $$\ddot{x}+\dot{x}+\nabla f(x)=0, \quad x(0)=x_0,\quad\dot{x}(0)=0$$ Suppose $f\in C^2(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and $\inf_{x\in\mathbb{R}^n}f(x)&...
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Unbounded solution but bounded Euler discretization

Is there an ordinary differential equation in $\mathbb{R}^d$ induced by a gradient vector field with unbounded solutions, for which the difference equations obtained by using the forward Euler method ...
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Stability of certain second order ODE

I am having a hard time determining the motion of $X$ in the ODE $X''+\nabla f(X)=0$ with initial conditions arbitrary $X(0)$ and zero velocity, i.e. $X'(0) = 0$. $X$ is in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, and $f$ ...
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Stability test for LTV systems by differential Lyapunov inequalities

Consider a linear time-varying system: \begin{equation} \dot x(t) = A(t) x(t), \tag{$*$} \end{equation} where $A(t)$ is a time-varying block matrix defined as $$ A(t) = \begin{bmatrix} 0 & I\\ -\...
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Selecting a suitable Lyapunov function for the following systems?

i) SI MODEL Consider \begin{align} \frac{dS}{dt} &= \mu N -\frac{\beta S I}{N} - \nu S\\[2ex] \frac{dI}{dt} &= \frac{\beta S I}{N} -\nu I \end{align} Where $N=S+I$ is the total population. If ...
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Subset of the domain of attraction

Let $x \in R^n$ and $f : R^n \to R^n$, $f\in C^1$ $$ \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}t} x(t) = f(x(t)) $$ be such that $f(0) = 0$ is asymptotically stable. The domain of attraction is the set of initial ...
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almost linear ODE

Let $A,B$ be $n\times n$ matrices. I am interested in the following ODE in $\mathbb{R}^n$ $$ \frac{dx_t}{dt}=Ax_t+Bx^+_t $$ where $x_t^+=(x^+_{1,t},...,x^+_{n,t})$ and $(\cdot)^+$ is the rectifier: $...
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conditions for asymptotic comparison to hold

I have the following simple dynamical system: \begin{align} x_1' &= a - f(x_2)x_1\\ x_2' &= bx_1 - cx_2, \end{align} where all parameters and initial conditions are positive. $f(x_2)$ is a ...
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Is the convergence of $\dot{x}=2A(t)x$ faster than that of $\dot{x}=A(t)x$?

Let $x \in \mathbb{R}^{n}$ and $A(t) \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$. If $\dot{x}=A(t)x$ and $\dot{x}=cA(t)x$ with $c>1$ are exponentially stable. Is the convergence rate of $x$ to zero of $\dot{x}=cA(...
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Center manifold theorem and case of all zero eigenvalues

Is the center manifold theorem applicable if say for a planar (2D) system of non-linear ODE, the stability matrix has both eigenvalues zero? Of course, there is only one eigenvector. If not, what is ...
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(In)stability of a two-dimensional dynamical system

Consider the following system of coupled differential equations \begin{eqnarray*} \dot{x}_1(t) & = & -x_1(t) - \cos(\omega t)x_1(t) + \cos(\omega t)x_2(t), \ x_1(0)\in\mathbb{R},\\ \dot{x}_2(t)...
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On local attractivity of a coupled non-linear differential equation

Consider a dynamical system described by the following coupled non-linear differential equation \begin{align} \dot{x}_1(t) &= v + a_{12}\sin(x_2(t)-x_1(t)) + a_{13}\sin(x_3(t)-x_1(t))\\ \dot{x}_2(...
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Exponential Convergence Under a Lyapunov-Like Assumption

Consider $V=\mathbb{R}^d\times\mathbb{R}^n$ with coordinate $x^T=[\theta^T,\sigma^T]$. I have an ODE of the form: $\dot{x}=F(x)$, where $F$ is assumed to be sufficiently smooth. Suppose that there's ...
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Stability of nonsmooth, Lipschitz continuous, autonomous system of differential equations

Consider the following autonomous system of differential equations: $$\frac{\mathrm d\mathbf x}{\mathrm dt} = \mathbf v(\mathbf x)$$ where $\mathbf x, \mathbf v \in \mathbb R^n$. Assume that $\...
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Conditions for convergence to non-isolated fixed points

Consider a dynamical system of the form $$ \dot{x}=f(x), \quad x\in X, $$ and assume that the system possesses a set of non-isolated fixed points. Suppose moreover that there exists a Lyapunov $V(x)$ ...
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How to derive explicit bound for the solution of following equation?

Let's have equation $$ y''(t) + \left(\frac{3}{16t^{2}} + \frac{a}{t} -\frac{b}{t^{\frac{5}{4}}}cos(2t)\right)y(t) = 0, \quad t \in (1, \infty), \quad a, b > 0 $$ How to derive explicit upper bound ...
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A Statement from Brauer and Nohel's book on stability of time-depending linear systems

On page 158 (The qualitative theory of differential equations; an introduction) the authors cite a $2 \times 2$ counterexample by Vinograd to the system $y'=A(t)y$, where $$ A(t) = \left( \begin{...
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Quadratic stability of linear time varying system

(This question was originally asked at Math.SE, where it didn't receive any answers.) Consider the linear time-varying system $$ \dot{x} = A(t) x, $$ where $x \in \mathbb{R}^n$ and $A: [0,+\infty) \...
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Lyapunov stability, nonlinear system

Please, is there any reference for proposition below or does it perhaps follow from a standard fact? I've got it for some other problem but I actually do not know how to comment it in my article. ...
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Lyapunov stability of linear system

Consider a linear ODE system $$\dot x_k=\sum_{j=1}^ma_{kj}(t)x_j,\qquad k=1,\ldots, m,\quad a_{kj}(t)\in C[0,\infty).\quad (1)$$ Proposition. Suppose that $$\sup_{t\ge 0}\Big\{\int_0^t\Big(a_{kk}(...
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