On the Robustness of $\mathcalKL$-stability for Difference Inclusions: Smooth Discrete-Time Lyapunov Functions

  • Authors:
  • Christopher M. Kellett;Andrew R. Teel

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

We consider stability with respect to two measures of a difference inclusion, i.e., of a discrete-time dynamical system with the push-forward map being set-valued. We demonstrate that robust stability is equivalent to the existence of a smooth Lyapunov function and that, in fact, a continuous Lyapunov function implies robust stability. We also present a sufficient condition for robust stability that is independent of a Lyapunov function. Toward this end, we develop several new results on the behavior of solutions of difference inclusions. In addition, we provide a novel result for generating a smooth function from one that is merely upper semicontinuous.