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Lyapunov’s Stability Theory

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Lyapunov’s theory for characterizing and studying the stability of equilibrium points is presented for time-invariant and time-varying systems modeled by ordinary differential equations.

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Khalil, H.K. (2013). Lyapunov’s Stability Theory. In: Baillieul, J., Samad, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Systems and Control. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_77-1

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