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SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol.44, No.3, 777-800, 2005
On the robustness of KL-stability for difference inclusions: Smooth discrete-time Lyapunov functions
We consider stability with respect to two measures of a difference inclusion, i.e., of a discrete-time dynamical system with the push-forward map being set-valued. We demonstrate that robust stability is equivalent to the existence of a smooth Lyapunov function and that, in fact, a continuous Lyapunov function implies robust stability. We also present a sufficient condition for robust stability that is independent of a Lyapunov function. Toward this end, we develop several new results on the behavior of solutions of difference inclusions. In addition, we provide a novel result for generating a smooth function from one that is merely upper semicontinuous.
Keywords:difference inclusions;stability with respect to two measures;Lyapunov functions;robustness;smoothing upper-semicontinuous functions