Generalization of the Floquet theory (Q1026071): Difference between revisions

Two systems of differential equations \(\omega\)-periodic in time are called topologically equivalent if there exists a mapping \(H(t,x)\) such that (i) \(H(t+\omega,x)=H(t,x)\); (ii) for any \(t\), \(H(t,. )\) is a homeomorphism; (iii) if \(x(t)\) is a solution of the first system, then \(H(t,x(t))\) is a solution of the second system. The classical Floquet theorem states, in fact, that a time-periodic linear system of differential equations is topologically equivalent to a system with constant coefficients. The authors prove several simple theorems concerning topological equivalence of time-periodic systems of differential equations.