Stability of Difference Approximations to Differential Equations

Abstract

Consider the diferential equation (1) x dor = f(x) in a Banach space and let x* be an equilibrium. The basic question treated is the following: if x* is asymptotically stable and if (2) x sub(K + 1) = (x sub K) +h phi (x sub k, h) is a one-step method, with fixed step size h, for integrating (1), then does the sequence x sub K converge to x*. It is shown that uniform asymptotic stability of (1) implies stability of (2) and that exponential asymptotic stability of (1) implies asymptotic stability of (2).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0735403

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  • George M. Groome Jr
  • Peter L. Falb

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  • Brown University

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  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Banach Space
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Inequalities
  • Lyapunov Functions
  • Mathematics
  • Numerical Integration
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  • Sequences

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