NonlinearBook10pt November 20, 2007
ADVANCED STABILITY THEORY 319
α(kxk) ≤ V (t, x), x ∈ M, t ∈ [0, ∞), (4.408)
˙
V (t, x) ≤ −c(t)(V (t, x))
λ
, x ∈ M, t ∈ [0, ∞), (4.409)
then the zero solution x(t) ≡ 0 to (4.57) is finite-time stable.
ii) If there exist a continuously differentiable function V : [0, ∞)×D → R,
class K functions α(·) and β(·), a continuous function c : [0, ∞) → R
+
with c(t) > 0 for almost all t ∈ [0, ∞), a real number λ ∈ (0, 1), and an
open neighborhood M ⊆ D of the origin such that (4.408) and (4.409)
hold, and
V (t, x) ≤ β(kxk), x ∈ M, t ∈ [0, ∞), (4.410)
then the zero solution x(t) ≡ 0 to (4.57) is uniformly finite-time stable.
iii) If D = M = R
n
and there exist a continuously differentiable function
V : [0, ∞) × D → R, class K
∞
functions α(·) and β(·), a continuous
function c : [0, ∞) → R
+
with c(t) > 0 for almost all t ∈ [0, ∞), a
real number λ ∈ (0, 1), and an open n eighborhood M ⊆ D of the
origin su ch that (4.408)–(4.410) hold, then the zero solution x(t) ≡ 0
to (4.57) is globally uniformly finite-time stable.
Problem 4. 28. Consider th e nonlinear time-varying dynamical system
(4.57). Assume that the zero solution x(t) ≡ 0 to (4.57) is finite-time
stable and let N ⊆ D and T : [0, ∞) × N\{0} → (0, ∞) be defined
as in Problem 4.27. Show that, for every t
0
∈ [0, ∞) and x
0
∈ N,
there exists a unique solution s(t, t
0
, x
0
), t ≥ t
0
, to (4.57) such that
s(t, t
0
, x
0
) ∈ N, t ∈ [t
0
, T (t
0
, x
0
)), and s(t, t
0
, x
0
) = 0 for all t ≥ T (t
0
, x
0
),
where T (t
0
, 0)
△
= t
0
.
Problem 4. 29. Consider th e nonlinear time-varying dynamical system
(4.57). Assume that the zero solution x(t) ≡ 0 to (4.57) is finite-time s table
and let N ⊆ D and T : [0, ∞) × N\{0} → (0, ∞) be defined as in Problem
4.27. S how that the following statements hold:
i) I f t
0
∈ [0, ∞), t ≥ t
0
, and x ∈ N, then the settling-time function
T (t, s(t, t
0
, x
0
)) = max{T (t
0
, x), t}.
ii) T (·, ·) is jointly continuous on [0, ∞) × N if and only if T (·, ·) is
continuous at (t, 0) for all t ≥ 0.
Problem 4. 30. Consider th e nonlinear time-varying dynamical system
(4.57). Let λ ∈ (0, 1), let N be as in P roblem 4.27, and assume th at there
exists a class K function µ : [0, r] → [0, ∞), where r > 0, such that B
r
(0) ⊆
N and
kf(t, x)k ≤ µ(kxk), t ∈ [0, ∞), x ∈ B
r
(0). (4.411)