Numerical Analysis of Asymptotic Stability of Equilibrium Points

Abstract

The aim of this study is to numerically analyze an asymptotic stability of the equilibrium points of autonomous systems of ordinary differential equations on the basis of the asymptotic stability criterion given in the article and the functional localization method of invariant compact sets. The article formulates the necessary and sufficient conditions for an asymptotic stability in terms of invariant compact sets and positively invariant sets and describes a functional localization method. Presents appropriate localization theorems for invariant compact sets of dynamical systems.To investigate the asymptotic stability is proposed an algorithm for a numerical iteration procedure to construct the localizing bounds for invariant compact sets contained in a given initial set. Application of the asymptotic stability criterion is based on the results of this procedure. The author of the article verifies the conditions of the appropriate theorem and confirms the use of this criterion.The examples of two- and three-dimensional systems of differential equations demonstrate a principle of the iteration procedure. The article also gives an example of the system with a limit cycle and it shows that the developed numerical algorithm and the functional localization method of invariant compact sets can be used to analyze stability of the limit cycles.Thanks to the method described in the article, when analyzing an asymptotic stability of equilibrium points, finding a Lyapunov function and calculating eigenvalues of a matrix of linear approximation are non-essential. Thus, it is possible to avoid labour-intensive work with complex analytical structures.The numerical iteration procedure can be used in systems of different dimensions and makes the presented algorithm of asymptotic stability analysis universal.

Keywords

• dynamical system
• asymptotic stability
• localization
• localizing set
• invariant compact set