On the stability of convex symmetric polytopes of matrices.
This paper is concerned with the structure of asymptotically stabilizing feedbacks for a nonlinear control system on . We first introduce a family of discontinuous, piecewise smooth vector fields and derive a number of properties enjoyed by solutions of the corresponding O.D.E's. We then define a class of “patchy feedbacks” which are obtained by patching together a locally finite family of smooth controls. Our main result shows that, if a system is asymptotically controllable at the origin,...
Strata of bifurcation sets related to the nature of the singular points or to connections between hyperbolic saddles in smooth families of planar vector fields, are smoothly equivalent to subanalytic sets. But it is no longer true when the bifurcation is related to transition near singular points, for instance for a line of double limit cycles in a generic 2-parameter family at its end point which is a codimension 2 saddle connection bifurcation point. This line has a flat contact with the line...
The Lyapunov exponents (LE) provide a simple numerical measure of the sensitive dependence of the dynamical system on initial conditions. The positive LE in dissipative systems is often regarded as an indicator of the occurrence of deterministic chaos. However, the values of LE can also help to assess stability of particular solution branches of dynamical systems. The contribution brings a short review of two methods for estimation of the largest LE from discrete data series. Two methods are analysed...
En rapport avec le problème du retard a la bifurcation, la notion de solution surstable est définie pour une famille d’équations différentielles analytiques avec un petit paramètre. Un théorème d’existence des solutions surstables est démontré pour des valeurs exceptionnelles d’un paramètre de contrôle. L’outil principal de la démonstration est un théorème de sommation qui constitue une généralisation d’un résultat de A. I. Neishtadt.
We study the dynamical properties of a plane engine vibrations modelled by a system of ODE.