2006/01/05 by Nicolas Tabareau, Jean-Jacques Slotine, Tabareau, Nicolas +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO) #FOS: Physical sciences #nlin.AO
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.nlin/0601011
arxiv created 2006/01/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
These notes derive a number of technical results on nonlinear contraction theory, a comparatively recent tool for system stability analysis. In particular, they provide new results on the preservation of contraction through system combinations, a property of interest in modelling biological systems.