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Roger Bagula
From:Roger Bagula
Subject:[Fwd: Lyapunov Function]
Date:Thu, 02 Dec 2004 15:16:17 GMT


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Lyapunov Function
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:03:31 +0000 (UTC)
From: donpost2000@hotmail.com (Mike Dartnall)
Organization: The Math Forum
Newsgroups: sci.math



Hi, can anyone figure out a Lyapunov function (non-strict)for the following system of equations?

x' = y - 2*x*(y^2)

y' = -(x^3) + (x^4)*y

I have tried V(x,y) of the form:

a(x^2) + b(y^2)

a(x^2) + b(y^2) + c(x^4)

a(x^2) + b(y^2) + c(y^4)

a(x^2) + c*x*y + b(y^2) -1


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