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Bounds for the characteristic exponents of linear systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. A. Smith
R. A. Smith
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Mathematics Department, University of Durham
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For an n-vector x = (xi) and n × n matrix A = (aij) with complex elements, let |x|2 = Σi|xi|2,|A|2 = ΣiΣj|aij|2. Also, M(A), m(A) denoteℜλ1,ℜλn, respectively, where λ1,…,λA are the eigenvalues of A arranged so that ℜλ1 ≥ … ≥ ℜλn. Throughout this paper A(t) denotes a matrix whose elements aij(t) are complex valued Lebesgue integrable functions of t in (0, T) for all T > 0. Then M(A(t)), m(A(t)) are also Lebesgue integrable in (0, T) for all T > 0. The characteristic exponent μ of a non-zero solution x(t) of the n × n system of differential equations

can be defined, following Perron ((12)), as

where ℒ denotes lim sup as t → + ∞. When |A(t)| is bounded in (0,∞), μ is finite; in other cases it could be ± ∞.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , October 1965 , pp. 889 - 894
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1965

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