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First-order methods are often analyzed via their continuous-time models, where their worst-case convergence properties are usually approached via Lyapunov functions. In this work, we provide a systematic and principled approach to find and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Céline Moucer , Adrien Taylor , Francis Bach

The goal of this paper is twofold. In the first part we discuss a general approach to determine Lyapunov exponents from ensemble- rather than time-averages. The approach passes through the identification of locally stable and unstable…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Antonio Politi , Francesco Ginelli , Serhiy Yanchuk , Yuri Maistrenko

A Lyapunov design method is used to analyze the nonlinear stability of a generic reservoir computer for both the cases of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamics. Using this method, for a given nonlinear reservoir computer, a radial…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-08 Afroza Shirin , Isaac S. Klickstein , Francesco Sorrentino

An approach for computing Lyapunov functions for nonlinear continuous-time differential equations is developed via a new, Massera-type construction. This construction is enabled by imposing a finite-time criterion on the integrated…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-09-16 Alina I. Doban , Mircea Lazar

We consider a stochastic partial differential equation close to bifurcation of pitchfork type, where a one-dimensional space changes its stability. For finite-time Lyapunov exponents we characterize regions depending on the distance from…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Dirk Blömker , Alexandra Neamtu

We study the convergence analysis of continuous-time dynamical systems associated with optimization methods for strongly convex functions. Recent works have proposed systematic constructions of Lyapunov functions for such analysis, while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-01 Atsushi Tabei , Ken'ichiro Tanaka

The backbone of nonequilibrium thermodynamics is the stability structure, where entropy is related to a Lyapunov function of thermodynamic equilibrium. Stability is the background of natural selection: unstable systems are temporary, and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-10-01 Peter Ván

In this paper nonstandard finite difference (NSFD) schemes of two metapopulation models are constructed. The stability properties of the discrete models are investigated by the use of a generalization of Lyapunov stability theorem. Due to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-23 Quang A Dang , Manh Tuan Hoang

We study singularly perturbed systems that exhibit input-to-state stability (ISS) with fixed-time properties in the presence of bounded disturbances. In these systems, solutions converge to the origin within a time frame independent of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Michael Tang , Miroslav Krstic , Jorge Poveda

This note is devoted to the linear stability of the Couette flow for the non-isentropic compressible Euler equations in a domain $\mathbb{T}\times \mathbb{R}$. Exploiting the several conservation laws originated from the special structure…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Xiaoping Zhai

Contraction analysis is a stability theory for nonlinear systems where stability is defined incrementally between two arbitrary trajectories. It provides an alternative framework in which to study uncertain interconnections or systems with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-02-24 Erin M. Aylward , Pablo A. Parrilo , Jean-Jacques E. Slotine

We provide Lyapunov-like characterizations of boundedness and convergence of non-trivial solutions for a class of systems with unstable invariant sets. Examples of systems to which the results may apply include interconnections of stable…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-06-12 A. Gorban , I. Tyukin , E. Steur , H. Nijmeijer

Title: Global stabilization of control nonlinear system "inverted pendulum on a cart" using method of two Lyapunov functions Authors: B. L. Mazov (Nizhny Novgorod Technical University) Comments: 10 pages Subj-class: Dynamical Systems…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 B. L. Mazov

In this paper, we study the stability problem of a stochastic, nonlinear, discrete-time system. We introduce a linear transfer operator-based Lyapunov measure as a new tool for stability verification of stochastic systems. Weaker…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-02-20 Umesh Vaidya

In this paper, we propose a new convex approach to stability analysis of nonlinear systems with polynomial vector fields. First, we consider an arbitrary convex polytope that contains the equilibrium in its interior. Then, we decompose the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-24 Reza Kamyar , Chaitanya Murti , Matthew Peet

Stability analysis and control of linear impulsive systems is addressed in a hybrid framework, through the use of continuous-time time-varying discontinuous Lyapunov functions. Necessary and sufficient conditions for stability of impulsive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-15 Corentin Briat

We consider the problem of robust diffusive stability (RDS) for a pair of coupled stable discrete-time positive linear-time invariant (LTI) systems. We first show that the existence of a common diagonal Lyapunov function is sufficient for…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Blake McGrane-Corrigan , Rafael de Andrade Moral , Oliver Mason

We analyze the two-point motions of iterated function systems on the unit interval generated by expanding and contracting affine maps, where the expansion and contraction rates are determined by a pair $(M,N)$ of integers. This dynamics…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Ale Jan Homburg , Charlene Kalle

A system of partial differential equations describing the spatial oscillations of an Euler-Bernoulli beam with a tip mass is considered. The linear system considered is actuated by two independent controls and separated into a pair of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-13 Alexander L. Zuyev

This contribution presents two exponential stability criteria for linear systems with multiple pointwise and distributed delays. These results (necessary and sufficient conditions) are given in terms of the delay Lyapunov matrix and the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-09-15 Alejandro Castaño , Carlos Cuvas , Alexey Egorov , Sabine Mondié