Stability condition for a delay differential system (Q5287934)

Using an instability criterion together with the \(D\)-decomposition method the authors give the following stability conditions for the system (1) \(\dot x(t)=a_ 0 x(t)+a_ 1 x(t-h)+ a_ 2 x(t-2h)\), where \(a_ 0\), \(a_ 1\) and \(a_ 2\) are constant coefficients and \(h>0\): The time-delay system (1) with \(| a_ 2| <\pi/2h\) is asymptotically stable if and only if the following three conditions hold for some \(y\in [0,\pi/h)\): \[ a_ 0 + a_ 1 + a_ 2< 0,\;a_ 0={y \cos(yh)\over \sin (yh)} + a_ 2,\;a_ 1>{y\over\sin (yh)}- 2a_ 2 \cos (yh). \] {}.