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The Convergence Problem for Dissipative Autonomous Systems

Classical Methods and Recent Advances

  • A rigorous and self-contained exposition of all the tools needed to develop the theory
  • A unified treatment of some results usually scattered in specialised research papers
  • A concrete approach to the important examples without ever sacrificing the beauty of the general theory behind them
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematics (BRIEFSMATH)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 1-3
  3. Some Basic Tools

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 5-17
  4. Background Results on Evolution Equations

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 19-28
  5. Uniformly Damped Linear Semi-groups

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 29-35
  6. Generalities on Dynamical Systems

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 37-44
  7. The Linearization Method in Stability Analysis

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 45-65
  8. Gradient-Like Systems

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 67-76
  9. Liapunov’s Second Method and the Invariance Principle

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 77-90
  10. Some Basic Examples

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 91-99
  11. The Convergence Problem in Finite Dimensions

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 101-114
  12. The Infinite Dimensional Case

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 115-132
  13. Variants and Additional Results

    • Alain Haraux, Mohamed Ali Jendoubi
    Pages 133-139
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 141-142

About this book

The book investigates classical and more recent methods of study for the asymptotic behavior of dissipative continuous dynamical systems with applications to ordinary and partial differential equations, the main question being convergence (or not) of the solutions to an equilibrium. After reviewing the basic concepts of topological dynamics and the definition of gradient-like systems on a metric space, the authors present a comprehensive exposition of stability theory relying on the so-called linearization method. For the convergence problem itself, when the set of equilibria is infinite, the only general results that do not require very special features of the non-linearities are presently consequences of a gradient inequality discovered by S. Lojasiewicz. The application of this inequality jointly with the so-called Liapunov-Schmidt reduction requires a rigorous exposition of Semi-Fredholm operator theory and the theory of real analytic maps on infinite dimensional Banach spaces,which cannot be found anywhere in a readily applicable form. The applications covered in this short text are the simplest, but more complicated cases are mentioned in the final chapter, together with references to the corresponding specialized papers.

Reviews

“The book … is ‘a snapshot of a hot or emerging topic’ and ‘a presentation of core concepts that students must understand in order to make independent contributions’. … it is a very pleasant and reader-friendly text with small surprises in different sections.” (Alp O. Eden, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 7598, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Paris , France

    Alain Haraux

  • Université de Carthage, Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques, La Marsa, Tunisia

    Mohamed Ali Jendoubi

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