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This paper proposes several Converse Lyapunov Theorems for nonlinear dynamical systems defined on smooth connected Riemannian manifolds and characterizes properties of corresponding Lyapunov functions in a normal neighborhood of an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-25 Farzin Taringoo , Peter M. Dower , Dragan Nešić , Ying Tan

This paper proposes a novel Generalized Non-Standard Finite Difference (GNSFD) scheme for the numerical solution of a class of fractional partial differential equations (FrPDEs). The formulation of the method is grounded in optimization and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Devank Mishra , Sheerin Kayenat , Amit K. Verma

In this paper, a novel continuous non-smooth control strategy is proposed to achieve finite-time stabilization of ladder quantum systems. We first design a universal fractional-order control law for a ladder n-level quantum system using a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Zeping Su , Sen Kuang , Daoyi Dong

In this paper, a class of abstract dynamical systems is considered which encompasses a wide range of nonlinear finite- and infinite-dimensional systems. We show that the existence of a non-coercive Lyapunov function without any further…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-18 Andrii Mironchenko , Fabian Wirth

The focus of this work is on local stability of a class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODE) that describe limits of empirical measures associated with finite-state weakly interacting N-particle systems. Local Lyapunov…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-02-16 Amarjit Budhiraja , Paul Dupuis , Markus Fischer , Kavita Ramanan

We describe a family of descent algorithms which generalizes common existing schemes used in applications such as neural network training and more broadly for optimization of smooth functions--potentially for global optimization, or as a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-21 Aikaterini Karoni , Benedict Leimkuhler , Gabriel Stoltz

In this paper we deal with infinite-dimensional nonlinear forward complete dynamical systems which are subject to external disturbances. We first extend the well-known Datko lemma to the framework of the considered class of systems. Thanks…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-18 Ihab Haidar , Yacine Chitour , Paolo Mason , Mario Sigalotti

This paper studies finite-time stability of a class of hybrid systems. We present sufficient conditions in terms of multiple generalized Lyapunov functions for the origin of the hybrid system to be finite-time stable. More specifically, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-24 Kunal Garg , Dimitra Panagou

Invariant manifolds are fundamental tools for describing and understanding nonlinear dynamics. In this paper, we present a theory of stable and unstable manifolds for infinite dimensional random dynamical systems generated by a class of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-08-15 Jinqiao Duan , Kening Lu , Bjorn Schmalfuss

The paper is concerned with the development of Lyapunov methods for the analysis of equilibrium stability in a dynamical system on the space of probability measures driven by a non-local continuity equation. We derive sufficient conditions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-14 Yurii Aveboukh , Aleksei Volkov

This paper introduces a novel approach to evaluating the asymptotic stability of equilibrium points in both continuous-time (CT) and discrete-time (DT) nonlinear autonomous systems. By utilizing indirect Lyapunov methods and linearizing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-08 Sadredin Hokmi , Mohammad Khajenejad

We construct a family of globally defined dynamical systems for a nonlinear programming problem, such that: (a) the equilibrium points are the unknown (and sought) critical points of the problem, (b) for every initial condition, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-23 Iasson Karafyllis , Miroslav Krstic

Lyapunov's indirect method is an attractive method for analyzing stability of non-linear systems since only the stability of the corresponding linearized system needs to be determined. Unfortunately, the proof for finite-dimensional systems…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-09-22 Rasha Al Jamal , Amenda Chow , Kirsten Morris

We prove closed-form equations for the exact high-dimensional asymptotics of a family of first order gradient-based methods, learning an estimator (e.g. M-estimator, shallow neural network, ...) from observations on Gaussian data with…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Cedric Gerbelot , Emanuele Troiani , Francesca Mignacco , Florent Krzakala , Lenka Zdeborova

In this paper, we present new results on finite- and fixed-time convergence for dynamical systems using LaSalle-like invariance principles. In particular, we provide first and second-order non-smooth Lyapunov-like results for finite- and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Kunal Garg

The main purpose of this work is to characterize the almost sure local structure stability of solutions to a class of linear stochastic partial functional differential equations (SPFDEs) by investigating the Lyapunov exponents and invariant…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-10-20 Wenjie Hu , Tomás Caraballo

We introduce the concept of sos-convex Lyapunov functions for stability analysis of both linear and nonlinear difference inclusions (also known as discrete-time switched systems). These are polynomial Lyapunov functions that have an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-07 Amir Ali Ahmadi , Raphael M. Jungers

Novel criteria for global asymptotic stability of nonlinear uncertain finite-dimensional systems are presented. The results are obtained by a combination of the "discretization approach" and the ideas contained in the proof of the original…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-07-24 Iasson Karafyllis

We consider polynomial differential equations and make a number of contributions to the questions of (i) complexity of deciding stability, (ii) existence of polynomial Lyapunov functions, and (iii) existence of sum of squares (sos) Lyapunov…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-03 Amir Ali Ahmadi , Pablo A. Parrilo

In this work characterizations of notions of output stability for uncertain time-varying systems described by retarded functional differential equations are provided. Particularly, characterizations by means of Lyapunov and Razumikhin…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Iasson Karafyllis , Pierdomenico Pepe , Zhong-Ping Jiang