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A Liapunov function for four-dimensional positive feedback systems


Author: Ji Fa Jiang
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 52 (1994), 601-614
MSC: Primary 34C11; Secondary 92C40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1306039
MathSciNet review: MR1306039
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Abstract: In this paper, we use elementary symmetric polynomials in parameters to construct a Liapunov function for four-dimensional positive feedback systems. By applying it, we give a sufficient condition for every positive-time trajectory to converge to an equilibrium.


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