A novel criterion for global incremental stability of dynamical systems

Abstract: In this paper, we establish the sufficient conditions guaranteeing global uniform exponential stability, or at least global asymptotic stability, of all solutions for nonlinear dynamical systems, also known as global incremental stability (GIS) of the systems. We provide here an alternative approach for assessment of GIS in terms of logarithmic norm under which the stability becomes a topological notion and also generalize both horizontally and vertically the well-known Demidovich criterion for GIS of dynamical systems. Convergence of all solutions to the origin x=0, which is not assumed to be an equilibrium state of system, is also analyzed. Theory is illustrated by a simulation experiment.