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Construction of time-varying ISS-Lyapunov Functions for Impulsive Systems

Systems and Control 2026-03-06 v2 Systems and Control

Abstract

Time-varying ISS-Lyapunov functions for impulsive systems provide a necessary and sufficient condition for ISS. This property makes them a more powerful tool for stability analysis than classical candidate ISS-Lyapunov functions providing only a sufficient ISS condition. Moreover, time-varying ISS-Lyapunov functions cover systems with simultaneous instability in continuous and discrete dynamics for which candidate ISS-Lyapunov functions remain inconclusive. The present paper links these two concepts by suggesting a method of constructing time-varying ISS-Lyapunov functions from candidate ISS-Lyapunov functions, thereby effectively combining the ease of construction of candidate ISS-Lyapunov functions with the guaranteed existence of time-varying ISS-Lyapunov functions.

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@article{arxiv.2203.08651,
  title  = {Construction of time-varying ISS-Lyapunov Functions for Impulsive Systems},
  author = {Patrick Bachmann and Saeed Ahmed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.08651},
  year   = {2026}
}