New results for delay-dependent stability of linear systems with time-varying delay (Q4784552)

Known versions of the generalized 2nd method of Lyapunov are adapted to the computer analysis of linear ODEs with \(t\)-varying delays and coefficients. The unavoidable discretization (no symbolic method is contemplated) is supplemented by piecewise linear interpolations. The variable delays are assumed to be represented by bounded functions, with no further constraints on their structures. -- Particular illustrative examples are provided to show the superiority of the `new' approach over `current' ones. No mention is made of the well-known fact that non-autonomous ODEs, with or without delays, may differ essentially from autonomous ones. Internal and parametric resonances become possible. No conditions are given to exclude them. Moreover, piecewise linear interpolations are not necessarily consistent with the inherent space of initial functions, the resulting solutions, and the utilized \(V\)-functionals.