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A new example on Lyapunov stability

Dynamical Systems 2020-11-10 v2

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to present an example of an Ordinary Differential Equation x=F(x)x'=F(x) in the infinite-dimensional Hilbert space 2\ell^2 with FF being of class C1\mathcal{C}^1 in the Fr\'{e}chet sense, such that the origin is an asymptotically stable equilibrium point but the spectrum of the linearized operator DF(0)DF(0) intersects the half-plane (z)>0\Re(z)>0. The possible existence or not of an example of this kind has been an open question until now, to our knowledge. An analogous example, but of a non-invertible map instead of a flow defined by an ODE was recently constructed by the authors in a recent paper. The two examples use different techniques, but both are based on a classical example in Operator Theory due to S. Kakutani.

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@article{arxiv.2011.02936,
  title  = {A new example on Lyapunov stability},
  author = {Hildebrando M. Rodrigues and J. Solà-Morales},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.02936},
  year   = {2020}
}
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