Uniform asymptotic stability of impulsive delay differential equations (Q5948760)

The paper has been written by famous scientists in the area of differental equations with impulsive effect. The system \[ \frac{dx(t)}{dt}=f(t,x_t), \qquad t\neq\tau_k,\tag{a} \] \[ \Delta x(t)=I(t,x_{t^-}),\qquad t=\tau_k,\tag{b} \] is considered. Here, \(t\in \mathbb{R}_+\), \(0=\tau_0<\tau_1<\tau_2<\dots\), \(\lim_{k\to\infty}\tau_k=+\infty\), \(\Delta x(t)=x(t)-x(t^-)\), \(x(t^-)=\lim_{s\to t^-}x(s)\); (a) is a system of functional-differential equations with delay. It is assumed that \(f(t,0)\equiv 0\), \(I(\tau_k,0)=0\) for all \(\tau_k\in \mathbb{R}_+\), and the system (a), (b) possesses a trivial (zero) solution \(x(t)\equiv 0\). Two theorems on the uniform asymptotic stability of the trivial solution to (a), (b) are proved by means of Lyapunov functions and Razumikhin techniques. It is shown that impulses do contribute to yield stability properties even when the system (a) does not enjoy any stability behavior. The theorems are illustrated by some examples.