Nonmonotone functionals in the Lyapunov direct method for equations of the neutral type (Q1935403)

In the framework of Lyapunov's direct method, the author presents twelve theorems on sufficient conditions for stability and asymptotic stability of the zero solution to the neutral-type equation in general form \[ \frac{d}{dt}D(t,x_t)=f(t,x_t),\;f(t,0)=0. \] The main feature of the approach is to use the so-called nonmonotone Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and Lyapunov-Razumikhin functions (see also [\textit{L. B. Knyazhishche}, Dokl. Nats. Akad. Nauk Belarusi 50, No. 5, 25--27 (2006; Zbl 1210.34102)]).