The existence and properties of the solution of a class of nonlinear differential equations with switching at variable times (Q2169020)

In this paper, the authors deal with the qualitative properties of a class of nonlinear differential equations with switching at variable times (SSVT for short). More precisely, let \(\mathcal{P}=\{1, 2, \dots, l\}\) (\(l\in \mathbb{N}^+\)), \(y_i: [t_0, +\infty]\to \mathbb{R}^n\) (\(i\in \mathcal{P}\)) is a switching line, \(Y=\{ y_i(\cdot) | i\in \mathcal{P}\}\) is the set of switching lines and the operating region is given by \(\tau_i(t)=\mathbb{R}^n \setminus \{ y_j(t) | i, j\in \mathcal{P}, i\neq j\}\). Consider a class of SSVT of the following form: \[ \dot{x}(t)=f_{\omega(t, x(t))}(t, x(t)), \quad t\geq t_0, \] where \(\omega: [t_0, +\infty]\times\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathcal{P}\) is the switching law given by \[ \omega(t, x(t))=i, \text{ if } x(\bar{t})=y_i(\bar{t}), \quad x(t)\in\tau_i(t), \quad t\geq \bar{t}\geq t_0, \quad i\in \mathcal{P}. \] For this kind of switching systems, the authors investigate the following problems: (1) the existence and uniqueness of the global solution; (2) the continuous dependence and differentiability of the solution with respect to the parameters of the system; (3) the global exponential stability of the solution of the system.