Weight functions for a class of Liapunov functions in the plane

Autor: Larry R. Anderson, Sarah E. Ducich
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Quarterly of Applied Mathematics. 38:497-504
ISSN: 1552-4485
0033-569X
DOI: 10.1090/qam/614556
Popis: In this paper we give a class of weight functions which generate Liapunov functions for a general second-order differential system. In the special case of a Lienard equation we give conditions under which these weight functions may be chosen so as to improve certain known estimates of regions of asymptotic stability. The procedure is applied to a well-known equation and new estimates are obtained.
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