This paper deals with the stability of continuous-time multidimensional nonlinear systems in the Roesser form. The concepts from 1D Lyapunov stability theory are first extended to 2D nonlinear systems and then to general continuous-time multidimensional nonlinear systems. To check the stability, a direct Lyapunov method is developed. While the direct Lyapunov method has been recently proposed f...

At the 2014 International Congress of Mathematicians in Seoul, South Korea, Franco-Brazilian mathematician Artur Avila was awarded the Fields Medal for “his profound contributions to dynamical systems theory, which have changed the face of the field, using the powerful idea of renormalization as a unifying principle.” Although it is not explicitly mentioned in this citation, there is a second u...

We examine semilinear Neumann problems driven by the Laplacian plus an unbounded and indefinite potential. The reaction is a Carathéodory function which exhibits linear growth near ±∞. We allow for resonance to occur with respect to a nonprincipal nonnegative eigenvalue, and we prove several multiplicity results. Our approach uses critical point theory, Morse theory and the reduction method (th...

this paper undertakes the synthesis of a logic-based switching h2/h∞ state-feedback controller for continuous-time lti singular perturbation systems. our solution achieves a minimum bound on the h2 performance level, while also satisfying the h∞ performance requirements. the proposed hybrid control scheme is based on a fuzzy supervisor managing the combination of two controllers. a convex lmi-b...

This paper is concerned with fuzzy cellular neural networks with distributed delays. Sufficient conditions on the existence, uniqueness and global exponential stability of equilibrium point are established by using the Homeomorphism theory and applying elementary inequality 2ab ≤ a2 + b2. Moreover an example is given to illustrate results obtained. Key–Words: Fuzzy cellular neural networks, Glo...

We develop a method for calculating the Lyapunov characteristic exponents of lattice gauge theories. The complete Lyapunov spectrum of SU(2) gauge theory is obtained and Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy is calculated. Rapid convergence with lattice size is found. In Ref.1, we have studied chaos in lattice gauge systems by obtaining the largest Lyapunov exponents. The method used there, though straightf...