Stability of autoresonance models (Q354519)

From the authors' summary: We consider systems of two nonlinear non-autonomous differential equations on the real line which arise when averaging rapid nonlinear vibrations. We study the Lyapunov stability of solutions with infinitely increasing amplitude. Such solutions are related to the description of the initial stage of auto-resonance or resonance trapping in oscillating nonlinear systems with a small perturbation. We obtain conditions on the coefficients of the equations under which the increasing solutions are stable or unstable. The problem is reduced to the analysis of an equilibrium. The stability of the equilibrium is studied by the Lyapunov second method. The construction of Lyapunov functions is based on the presence of dissipative terms with coefficients moderately decaying in time.