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When is a Matrix Sign Stable?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Clark Jeffries
Affiliation:
University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
Victor Klee
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Pauline Van Den Driessche
Affiliation:
University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
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Abstract

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An n X n real matrix A = (aij) is called stable (resp. semistable) if each of its eigenvalues has negative (resp. nonpositive) real part. These notions are important because of their close connection with the stability of motion, which can be described especially simply for a system

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1977

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