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Asymptotic condition numbers for linear ordinary differential equations: the generic real case

Numerical Analysis 2026-05-18 v2 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

The paper \cite{M0} studied, for a \emph{complex} linear ordinary differential equation y(t)=Ay(t)y^\prime(t)=Ay(t), the long-time propagation to the solution y(t)y(t) of a perturbation of the initial value. By measuring the perturbations with relative errors, this paper introduced a directional pointwise condition number, defined for a specific initial value and for a specific direction of perturbation of this initial value, and a pointwise condition number, defined for a specific initial value and the worst-case scenario for the direction of perturbation. The asymptotic (long-time) behaviors of these two condition numbers were determined. The present paper analyzes such asymptotic behaviors in depth, for a \emph{real} linear ordinary differential equation in a generic case.

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@article{arxiv.2601.02079,
  title  = {Asymptotic condition numbers for linear ordinary differential equations: the generic real case},
  author = {Stefano Maset},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.02079},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This manuscript is the second half of the first version of arXiv 2507.08762. It includes in Section 5.5 a numerical example from the first version of arXiv 2507.08752

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