Shape Lyapunov functions and stabilization of reachable tubes of control problems (Q1332198)

The following differential equation is considered: \[ \dot x(t)= \varphi(x(t)), \qquad \forall t\geq 0;\quad x(0)=x, \tag{1} \] where \(\varphi: \mathbb{R}^ n\to \mathbb{R}^ n\) is Lipschitz. The solution map is denoted \(v_ \varphi(t,\cdot)\). If \(K\subset \mathbb{R}^ n\), is a given set, its deformation is \(K(t)= v_ \varphi (t,K)\). The asymptotic behavior of a ``measure'' \(V(K(t))\) of the deformation of \(K\) is studied; the author is looking for assumptions that guarantee the convergence to 0 of \(V(K(t))\). The control problem \(\dot x(t)= \varphi (x(t), u(t))\), \(u(t)\in \mathbb{R}^ m\) is considered with state constraints \(x(t)\in \mathbb{D}\) where \(D\) is a closed subset of \(\mathbb{R}^ n\). The author looks for a feedback control \(u= u(x)\) which ensures the exponential convergence of a shape index \(V\) defined on \({\mathcal P} (D)\) by \(V(K)= \int-K c(x)dx\).