Stability caused by impulses for delay differential equations (Q4344845)

The author considers the following impulsive delay differential equation \[ x'(t)= f(t,x(t-\tau)),\;t\neq t_k,\;t\geq t_0,\;x(t^+_k)- x(t_k)= I_k(x(t_k)),\;k\in\mathbb{N},\tag{1} \] where \(\tau>0\), \(I_k:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}\), \(f\in C([t_0,\infty)\times \mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})\) and \(t_0\leq t_1<t_2<\cdots< t_k<\cdots\) with \(t_k\to\infty\) as \(k\to\infty\). Also \(f(t,0)\equiv 0\) and \(I_k(0)=0\). Sufficient conditions are obtained for the zero solution to be stable (asymptotically stable, uniformly stable). If the impulses disappear \((I_k(x)\equiv 0)\), (1) becomes the unstable type delay equation \[ x'(t)= f(t,x(t-\tau)),\quad t\geq t_0, \] when \(xf(t,x)\geq 0\) for \(t\geq t_0\), \(x\in\mathbb{R}\). Thus the stability of the zero solution is caused by the presence of impulses.