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On stability of linear time-varying second-order differential equations

Author(s): Luu Hoang Duc; Achim Ilchmann; Stefan Siegmund; Peter Taraba
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 64 (2006), 137-151.
MSC (2000): Primary 34A30, 34D20, 35B40
Posted: January 24, 2006
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Abstract: We derive sufficient conditions for stability and asymptotic stability of second order, scalar differential equations with differentiable coefficients.


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Additional Information:

Luu Hoang Duc
Affiliation: Fachbereich Mathematik, J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
Email: lhduc@math.uni-frankfurt.de

Achim Ilchmann
Affiliation: Institut für Mathematik, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
Email: achim.ilchmann@tu-ilmenau.de

Stefan Siegmund
Affiliation: Fachbereich Mathematik, J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
Email: siegmund@math.uni-frankfurt.de

Peter Taraba
Affiliation: Fachbereich Mathematik, J.W. Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany
Email: taraba@math.uni-frankfurt.de

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Received by editor(s): April 11, 2005
Posted: January 24, 2006
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