On the Lyapunov function for complex-balanced mass-action systems
Dynamical Systems
2014-05-01 v3 Molecular Networks
Abstract
We present a new proof, using the log-sum inequality, that the pseudo-Helmholtz free energy function is a Lyapunov function for complex-balanced mass-action systems. This proof is shorter and simpler than previous proofs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.3043,
title = {On the Lyapunov function for complex-balanced mass-action systems},
author = {Manoj Gopalkrishnan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3043},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
v3: minor expositional improvements; v2: 4 pages, no figures. Corrected a mistake in the argument following Lemma 2.1; v1: 4 pages, no figures