In this article, we address the question of relating the stability properties of an operator with the stability properties of its associate symmetric operator. The linear-algebra results of Bendixson and Hirsch indicate that the symmetric part of a matrix is always less stable than the matrix itself. We show that in a variety of cases, including infinite dimen- sional cases associated to systems of PDEs, the same result is valid. We also discuss the applicability to non-autonomous systems, and we show that, in general, this result is not valid. We also review some of the literature that in these years has appeared on the subject.
Titolo: | Does symmetry of the operator of a dynamical system help stability? | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 | |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11769/14678 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |