Investigation of smoothness conditions on the boundary for the strong linear convexity of a domain (Q4939735)

This paper deals with the variable structure system \[ \dot x_i=x_{i+1},\quad i=1,\ldots,n-1,\qquad \dot x_n=-\sum_{i=2}^{n}a_ix_i-\psi(x)x_1,\tag{1} \] where \(\psi(x)=\alpha\) if \(x_1\sum_{i=1}^{n}c_ix_i>0\) and \(\psi(x)=\beta\) if \(x_1\sum_{i=1}^{n}c_ix_i<0\). Here \(\alpha,\beta,a_i,c_i=\text{const}\), \(c_n=1\). It is assumed that the roots of the equation \(\lambda^{n-1}+a_1\lambda^{n-2}+\cdots +a_{n-1}=0\) have negative real parts. For the system (1), using the function \(V(t,x)=g(t)W(x)\), where \(W(x)\) is a positively definite quadratic form with maximal eigenvalue \(\mu\) and \(g\in C^1(T \mapsto(0,1/\mu))\), the author formulates the definition of technical stability and technical asymptotic stability on the time interval \(T\). After calculating the derivative of \(V\) along solutions to (1), he arrives at a linear comparison equation which is then used to obtain sufficient conditions for the above types of system's stability. See also the author's paper [Ukr. Mat. Zh. 50, No. 10, 1352-1358 (1998)].