External Stability and Continuous Liapunov Functions
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چکیده
It is well known that external stability of nonlinear input systems can be investigated by means of a suitable extension of the Liapunov functions method. We prove that a complete characterization by means of continuous Liapunov functions is actually possible, provided that the de nition of external stability is appropriately strengthened.
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