A unified approach to finite-time hyperbolicity which extends finite-time Lyapunov exponents (Q414823)

This interesting paper suggests a finite-time hyperbolicity concept for linear ordinary differential equations NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \dot x=A(t)x NEWLINE\]NEWLINE on compact intervals \([t_-,t_+]\). This new concept unifies various previous notions like, for instance, finite-time Lyapunov exponents, uniform or \(M\)-hyperbolicity (see the paper for precise references). The authors investigate its relation to the Sacker-Sell spectrum, the notion of \(D\)-hyperbolicity and in the constant \(A\) case, to eigenvalue real parts. A spectral theorem is shown as well as an approximation result for the spectral intervals. Several examples illustrate the results.