The stability of saturated linear dynamical systems is undecidable

Vincent D. Blondel, Olivier Bournez, Pascal Koiran, John N. Tsitsiklis

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

Abstract

We prove that several global properties (global convergence, global asymptotic stability, mortality, and nilpotence) of particular classes of discrete time dynamical systems are undecidable. Such results had been known only for point-to-point properties. We prove these proper- ties undecidable for saturated linear dynamical systems, and for con- tinuous piecewise a fine dynamical systems in dimension three. We also describe some consequences of our results on the possible dynamics of such systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSTACS 2000 - 17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000, Proceedings
EditorsHorst Reichel, Sophie Tison
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages479-490
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783540671411
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2000
Externally publishedYes
Event17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000 - Lille, France
Duration: 17 Feb 200019 Feb 2000

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1770
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference17th Annual Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science, STACS 2000
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityLille
Period17/02/0019/02/00

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'The stability of saturated linear dynamical systems is undecidable'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this