NonlinearBook10pt November 20, 2007
STABILITY OF FEEDBACK SYSTEMS 415
corresponding Lyapunov derivative is given by
˙
V (x, x
c
) =
˙
V
s
(x) + σ
˙
V
sc
(x
c
)
≤ r(u, y) + σr
c
(u
c
, y
c
)
= y
T
Qy + 2y
T
Su + u
T
Ru + σ(y
T
c
Q
c
y
c
+ 2y
T
c
S
c
u
c
+ u
T
c
R
c
u
c
)
=
y
y
c
T
ˆ
Q
y
y
c
≤ 0, (x, x
c
) ∈ R
n
×R
n
c
,
which implies that the negative feedback interconnection of G and G
c
is
Lyapunov stable. Next, let R
△
= {(x, x
c
) ∈ R
n
× R
n
c
:
˙
V (x, x
c
) = 0} and
note that
˙
V (x, x
c
) = 0 if and only if (y, y
c
) = (0, 0). Now, since G and G
c
are zero-state observable it follows that M = {(0, 0)} is the largest invariant
set contained in R. Hence, it follows fr om Theorem 3.5 that (x(t), x
c
(t)) →
M = {(0, 0)} as t → ∞. Finally, global asymptotic stability follows from
the fact that V
s
(·) and V
sc
(·) are, by assumption, r adially unbounded, and
hence, V (x, x
c
) → ∞ as k(x, x
c
)k → ∞.
The following two corollaries are a direct consequence of Theorem
6.2. For both results note that if a nonlinear dynamical system G is
dissipative (respectively, exponentially dissipative) with respect to a supply
rate r(u, y) = u
T
y − εu
T
u − ˆεy
T
y, where ε, ˆε ≥ 0, then with κ(y) = ky,
where k ∈ R is su ch that k(1 − εk) < ˆε, r(u, y) = [k(1 − εk) − ˆε]y
T
y < 0,
y 6= 0. Hence, if G is zero-state observable it follows from Theorem 5.6 that
all storage functions (respectively, exponential storage functions) of G are
positive definite. For the next result, we assume that all storage functions
of G and G
c
are continuously differentiable.
Corollary 6.1. Consider the closed-loop system consisting of the
nonlinear dynamical systems G given by (6.1) and (6.2) and G
c
given by
(6.3) and (6.4), and assume G and G
c
are zero-state observable. Then the
following statements hold:
i) I f G is passive, G
c
is exponentially passive, and rank[G
c
(u
c
, 0)] = m,
u
c
∈ R
l
, th en the negative feedback interconnection of G and G
c
is
asymptotically stable.
ii) If G and G
c
are exponentially passive with storage functions V
s
(·) and
V
sc
(·), respectively, such that (6.5) and (6.6) hold, then the n egative
feedback interconnection of G and G
c
is exponentially stable.
iii) If G is nonexpansive w ith gain γ > 0, G
c
is exponentially nonexpansive
with gain γ
c
> 0, rank[G
c
(u
c
, 0)] = m, u
c
∈ R
l
, and γγ
c
≤ 1, then
the negative feedback interconnection of G and G
c
is asymptotically
stable.