On the decomposition problem of stability for Volterra integrodifferential equations (Q1207196)

The paper discusses the decomposition problem of stability of Volterra integro-differential equations (1) \(x' = A(t)x + \int^ t_ 0 C(t,s)x(s)ds\) and (2) \(x' = A(t)x + \int^ t_ 0 C(t,s)x(s)ds + f(t)\). According to the decomposition theory of large scale systems and with the help of Lyapunov functionals, the authors give a criterion for concluding that the zero solution of (1) is uniformly asymptotically stable. A criterion for determining that the solutions of (2) are uniformly bounded and uniformly ultimately bounded are also given.