Exponential stability of a state-dependent delay system (Q2470852)

This paper deals with the exponential stability of the trivial solution to the state-dependent delayed system \[ x'(t)= \sum_{i=1}^m A_i(t) x(t-\tau _i (t, x_t)). \tag{1} \] It is shown that, under mild assumptions, the trivial solution to (1) is exponentially stable if and only if the trivial solution to the associated linearized time-dependent delayed system \[ y'(t)= \sum_{i=1}^m A_i(t) y(t-\tau _i (t,0)) \] is exponentially stable. The order of both exponential stabilities is compared. As an application, a necessary and sufficient condition for the exponential stability of the trivial solution to a class of threshold-type delayed systems is formulated.