Opuscula Mathematica
Opuscula Math. 41, no. 1 (2021), 145-155

Exponential stability results for variable delay difference equations

Ernest Yankson
Abstract. Sufficient conditions that guarantee exponential decay to zero of the variable delay difference equation \[x(n+1)=a(n)x(n)+b(n)x(n-g(n))\] are obtained. These sufficient conditions are deduced via inequalities by employing Lyapunov functionals. In addition, a criterion for the instability of the zero solution is established. The results in the paper generalizes some results in the literature.
Keywords: exponential stability, Lyapunov functional, instability.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 34D20, 34D40, 34K20.
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Ernest Yankson
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5621-1048
Department of Mathematics, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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Communicated by Josef Diblík.
Received: 2020-10-19.
Revised: 2020-11-13.
Accepted: 2020-12-14.
Published online: 2021-02-08.
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Ernest Yankson, Exponential stability results for variable delay difference equations, Opuscula Math. 41, no. 1 (2021), 145-155, https://doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2021.41.1.145.
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