In responds to invitations from Rafal Goebel and Tim Hughes/Malcom Smith I have submitted the following two extended abstracts to the MTNS 2020:
Iervolino, Raffaele; Vasca, Francesco; Trenn, Stephan Discontinuous Lyapunov functions for discontinous piecewise-affine systems Unpublished 2020, (extended abstract, submitted to MTNS). @unpublished{IervTren20pp, title = {Discontinuous Lyapunov functions for discontinous piecewise-affine systems}, author = {Raffaele Iervolino and Francesco Vasca and Stephan Trenn}, url = {https://stephantrenn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Preprint-ITV200122.pdf, Preprint}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-22}, abstract = {Asymptotic stability of continuous-time piecewise affine systems defined over a polyhedral partition of the state space, with possible discontinuous vector field on the boundaries, is considered. We first introduce the feasible Filippov solution concept by characterizing single-mode Caratheodory, sliding mode and forward Zeno behaviors. Then, a global asymptotic stability result through a (possibly discontinuous) piecewise Lyapunov function is presented. The sufficient conditions are based on pointwise classifications of the trajectories which allow the identification of crossing, unreachable and Caratheodory boundaries. It is highlighted that the sign and jump conditions of the stability theorem can be expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities by particularizing to piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions and using the cone-copositivity approach. }, note = {extended abstract, submitted to MTNS}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {unpublished} } Asymptotic stability of continuous-time piecewise affine systems defined over a polyhedral partition of the state space, with possible discontinuous vector field on the boundaries, is considered. We first introduce the feasible Filippov solution concept by characterizing single-mode Caratheodory, sliding mode and forward Zeno behaviors. Then, a global asymptotic stability result through a (possibly discontinuous) piecewise Lyapunov function is presented. The sufficient conditions are based on pointwise classifications of the trajectories which allow the identification of crossing, unreachable and Caratheodory boundaries. It is highlighted that the sign and jump conditions of the stability theorem can be expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities by particularizing to piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions and using the cone-copositivity approach. |
Trenn, Stephan The Laplace transform and inconsistent initial values Unpublished 2020, (extended abstract, submitted to MTNS). @unpublished{Tren20b, title = {The Laplace transform and inconsistent initial values}, author = {Stephan Trenn}, url = {https://stephantrenn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Preprint-Tre200122.pdf, Preprint}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-01-22}, abstract = {Switches in electrical circuits may lead to Dirac impulses in the solution; a real word example utilizing this effect is the spark plug. Treating these Dirac impulses in a mathematically rigorous way is surprisingly challenging. This is in particular true for arguments made in the frequency domain in connection with the Laplace transform. A survey will be given on how inconsistent initials values have been treated in the past and how these approaches can be justified in view of the now available solution theory based on piecewise-smooth distributions.}, note = {extended abstract, submitted to MTNS}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {unpublished} } Switches in electrical circuits may lead to Dirac impulses in the solution; a real word example utilizing this effect is the spark plug. Treating these Dirac impulses in a mathematically rigorous way is surprisingly challenging. This is in particular true for arguments made in the frequency domain in connection with the Laplace transform. A survey will be given on how inconsistent initials values have been treated in the past and how these approaches can be justified in view of the now available solution theory based on piecewise-smooth distributions. |
[Update 04-02-2020] My postdoc Yahao Chen was able to finish a nice result about the index of nonlinear DAEs just on time to submit it also to the MTNS (as a full paper):
Chen, Yahao; Trenn, Stephan On geometric and differentiation index of nonlinear differential-algebraic equations Unpublished 2020, (submitted for publication). @unpublished{ChenTren20pp, title = {On geometric and differentiation index of nonlinear differential-algebraic equations}, author = {Yahao Chen and Stephan Trenn}, url = {https://stephantrenn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Preprint-CT200204.pdf, Preprint}, year = {2020}, date = {2020-02-04}, abstract = {In this paper, we discuss two notions of index (the geometric index and the differentiation index), which appear in the studies of the solvability of nonlinear differential-algebraic equations DAEs. First, we analyze the solutions of nonlinear DAEs via a geometric method, then depending on the analysis of solutions, we show that although both of the two indices serve as a measure of the difficulties of solving DAEs, they are actually related to the existence and uniqueness of solutions in a different manner. We also show that the two DAE indices have close relations with each other when some assumptions of smoothness and constant rankness are satisfied. An example of a pendulum system is used to illustrate our geometric method of solving DAEs and also our results of the relations of the two DAE indices.}, note = {submitted for publication}, keywords = {}, pubstate = {published}, tppubtype = {unpublished} } In this paper, we discuss two notions of index (the geometric index and the differentiation index), which appear in the studies of the solvability of nonlinear differential-algebraic equations DAEs. First, we analyze the solutions of nonlinear DAEs via a geometric method, then depending on the analysis of solutions, we show that although both of the two indices serve as a measure of the difficulties of solving DAEs, they are actually related to the existence and uniqueness of solutions in a different manner. We also show that the two DAE indices have close relations with each other when some assumptions of smoothness and constant rankness are satisfied. An example of a pendulum system is used to illustrate our geometric method of solving DAEs and also our results of the relations of the two DAE indices. |