On the attraction and stability of sets with respect to solutions of ordinary differential equations (Q1386868)

The author considers attraction and stability of sets with respect to solutions to a family of differential equations. The analysis is carried out within the framework of an axiomatic theory of the space of solutions to ordinary differential equations and inclusions suggested by \textit{V. V. Filippov} [Russ. Math. Surv. 48, No. 1, 101-154 (1993); translation from Usp. Mat. Nauk 48, No. 1(289), 103-154 (1993; Zbl 0808.34002)]. This theory is based on singling out as axioms some basic properties of the solutions to ordinary differential equations and studying sets of continuous functions having these properties. The results on the properties of attraction and stability of sets with respect to solutions to ordinary differential equations can be divided into two groups. The first contains theorems in which these properties are studied with regard to a certain family of solution spaces of differential equations. This family is assumed to be compact (with respect to the convergence introduced in the framework of the axiomatic theory). The other group is concerned with the study of these properties for the space of solutions to a differential equation via the asymptotic behavior of the family of its limiting spaces of solutions. Since the analysis of the limiting equations is often simpler than that of the original equation, these results are useful in the study of perturbed equations, with the perturbing term vanishing as time increases. The topological structures introduced in the theory of solution spaces have allowed one to approach the study of the concept of a limiting equation in a new way.