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Discrete Liapunov functions with Δ2V>0

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Phil Diamond
Phil Diamond
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia, 4067
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Abstract

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Consideration of functions whose second difference along the trajectories of a difference equation is positive gives a stability theorem for autonomous discrete-time systems. Such functions can be used to estimate domains of nonglobal stability.

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Research Article
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The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , June 1978, pp. 280 - 284
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1978

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