Asymptotic stability of solutions to systems of nonstationary differential equations with homogeneous right-hand sides (Q1385933)

The system of first-order differential equations \[ \dot x_k= \sum^n_{j= 1} (a_{kj}+ b_{kj}(t)) x^{1+ 2\mu}_j\quad (k= 1,\dots, n), \] where \(\mu\) is a positive integer, is considered as a perturbation of the system with \(b_{jk}(t)\equiv 0\). Using the method of Lyapunov functions, it is proved that if the nonzero solution of the unperturbed system is asymptotically stable and if the functions \(b_{jk}\) are continuous and bounded for \(t\geq 0\), as well as the integrals \(\int^t_0 b_{jk}(s)ds\), then the nonzero solution of the perturbed system is asymptotically stable too. (It is known that this conclusion fails to hold when \(\mu= 0\)).