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- From: fengxi@prancer.eche.ualberta.ca (Fengxi Zhou)
- Subject: Asymp. stability of differential inequality
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- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 20:38:33 GMT
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- Hi, netters. I have a "simple" problem of asymptotic stability of a
- differential inequality. Suppose a differential equation
- y_dotdot+a*y_dot+b*y=0 (y_dot=dy/dt, etc)
- is asym. stable, i.e., y(t)->0 as t->infinity. Is the solution of
- y(y_dotdot+a*y_dot+b*y)<0
- which is equivalent to
- y_dotdot+a*y_dot+b*y<0 if y>0
- y_dotdot+a*y_dot+b*y>0 if y<0
- also asym. stable? My hunch is that it is and the solution of the
- aforementioned diff. equation actually "envelops" the solution of the
- diff. inequality. But how to prove it or is it all wrong? Any help is greatly
- appreaciated. Please e-mail me. Thanx.
-
- Fengxi Zhou
-