The stability of saturated linear dynamical systems is undecidable

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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 properties undecidable for saturated linear dynamical systems, and for continuous piecewise affine dynamical systems in dimension 3. We also describe some consequences of our results on the possible dynamics of such systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)442-462
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Computer and System Sciences
Volume62
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Decidability
  • Dynamical systems
  • Hybrid systems
  • Mortality
  • Piecewise affine systems
  • Saturated linear systems
  • Stability

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