Stability of Planar Switched Systems: The Linear Single Input Case

The authors study the stability of the origin for the dynamical system \[ \dot x(t)=u(t)Ax(t)+(1-u(t))Bx(t), \] where \(A\) and \(B\) are two \(2\times 2\) matrices with eigenvalues having strictly negative real part, \(x\in{\mathbb R}^2\), and \(u(\cdot): [0,\infty)\to[0,1]\) is a completely random measurable function. More precisely, they find a (coordinates invariant) necessary and sufficient condition on \(A\) and \(B\) for the origin to be asymptotically stable for each function \(u(\cdot)\). The result is obtained without looking for a common Lyapunov function but by studying the locus in which the two vector fields \(Ax\) and \(Bx\) are colinear. There are only three relevant parameters: the first one depends only on the eigenvalues of \(A\), the second one depends only on the eigenvalues of \(B\), and the third one contains the interrelation among the two systems, and it is the cross ratio of the four eigenvectors \(A\) and \(B\) in the projective line \(CP^1\). In the space of these parameters, the shape and the convexity of the region of stability are studied. This bidimensional problem assumes particular interest since linear systems of higher dimensions can be reduced to the situation under consideration.

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