On the Aizerman problem for systems of two differential equations (Q2313630)

This paper is devoted to the Aizerman problem for two-dimensional linear systems of differential equations. It is known that for the study of stability of linear constant-coefficient systems, the well-known Routh-Hurwitz criterion can be used. Thus, intervals in which the coefficients should take value to ensure the asymptotic stability can be determined. The Aizerman problem asks the question: whether these intervals can be used in the stability analysis of linear time-varying systems. In this paper, the authors aims to give a positive answer to the Aizerman problem for two-dimensional linear systems under certain assumptions. First, the author reduces the system to a second-order scalar differential equation. Then, by using the Lyapunov function method, the asymptotic stability is investigated under additional assumptions on the roots of the associated characteristic equation.