<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Applied Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2152-7385</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/am.2014.521323</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AM-52238</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Computer Science&amp;Communications</subject><subject> Engineering</subject><subject> Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Combining Methods of Lyapunov for Exponential Stability of Linear Dynamic Systems on Time Scales
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>guyen</surname><given-names>Ngoc Huy</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Dang</surname><given-names>Dinh Chau</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>Department of Mathematics, Vietnam Water Resource University, Hanoi, Vietnam</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>Department of Mathematics, Vietnam National University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>huynn@wru.edu.vn(GNH)</email>;<email>chaudida@gmail.com(DDC)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>12</month><year>2014</year></pub-date><volume>05</volume><issue>21</issue><fpage>3452</fpage><lpage>3459</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>27</day>	<month>September</month>	<year>2014</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>20</day>	<month>October</month>	<year>2014</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>2</day>	<month>November</month>	<year>2014</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p><html>
 <head></head>
 
  Consider the linear dynamic equation on time scales
  <img src="Edit_a3d7f194-42a3-4909-ab87-1c1d4d639c3a.bmp" alt="" /> (1) where
  <img src="Edit_d5cb792d-c9aa-4a08-8305-b0bd3efd002a.bmp" alt="" /> ,
  <img src="Edit_f2ad2106-b019-4454-92a3-27315b6f2cff.bmp" alt="" /> ,
  <img src="Edit_66cfe72b-714e-4899-8fe6-4c59ccb302c6.bmp" alt="" /> is a rd-continuous function, 
  <em>T</em> is a time scales. In this paper, we shall investigate some results for the exponential stability of the dynamic Equation (1) by combinating the first approximate method and the second method of Lyapunov.
 
</html></p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Time Scales</kwd><kwd> Exponential Stability</kwd><kwd> Linear Dynamic Equation</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x9.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> be a n-dimension Euclidean space, T be a time scales (a nonempty closed subset of R). We denote<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x10.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. For convenience, we shall use the notions which appear in the book by Bohner and Peterson (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref2">2</xref>] ). The notions related to the Lyapunov function that we use follow the results of B. Kaymakcalan (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref3">3</xref>] ). For necessary, we recall them in this process.</p><p>We consider a dynamic equation</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula375"><label>, (2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x11.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x12.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x13.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We suppose that F satisfies all conditions such that (2) has a unique solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x14.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x15.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. In this paper, we define the stable notions of the trivial solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x16.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of (2) as the followings:</p><p>Definition 1. The trivial solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x17.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of (2) is stable on <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x18.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> forall<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x19.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, there exists <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> that satisfies <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> then<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x20.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x21.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x22.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x23.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Definition 2. The trivial solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of (2) is asymptotically stable if it is stable and there exists <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x24.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x25.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x26.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula376"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x27.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In these definitions, if the numbers <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> do not depend on<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x28.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x29.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x30.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we say that the trivial solution of (2) is uniformly stable (uniformly asymptotically stable).</p><p>Definition 3. The trivial solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of (2) is exponential stable on <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> if there exists <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x31.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x32.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x33.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x34.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with −q is positively regressive which satisfies</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula377"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x35.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In the simple case (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref2">2</xref>] ), consider the dynamic equation</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula378"><label>(3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x36.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>The solution of (3) is exponential function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x37.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We recall some properties of the exponential function which are used later.</p><p>Assume<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x38.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we denote</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula379"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x39.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x40.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>We have the following equalities</p><p>1)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x41.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;</p><p>2)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x42.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;</p><p>3)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x43.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;</p><p>4)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x44.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;</p><p>5)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x45.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;</p><p>6)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x46.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>;</p><p>7)<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x47.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>In the special case<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x48.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we have</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x49.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Using the notations</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x50.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x51.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x52.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>is set of exponential stability of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x53.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x54.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref4">4</xref>] ).</p><p>Theory of stability of dynamic equation on time scales is an area of mathematics that has recently received a lot of attention (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref1">1</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref2">2</xref>] [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref4">4</xref>] -[<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref7">7</xref>] ). And almost of the results which involve the methods of Lyapunov to investigate the stability, have been developed and obtained the interesting results to expand for dynamic equation on time scales. Besides that the criterions and sufficient conditions were given, there were short of some particular examples. We know that the calculus for functions on general time scales is complex and difficult to implement. In order to overcome obstacles, in some cases we can combine the different methods of Lyapunov to investigate the stability of the solution. The content of this paper contains two parts: the first part presents the sufficient conditions following the first approximate method for the exponential stability of the solution of the linear dynamic Equation (1) on time scales. The second one gives some specific examples for applications. Besides the part two we add a theorem about the stability of the solution following the second method of Lyapunov. This theorem can be seen as a corollary of the stable criterion which was presented in [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref3">3</xref>] .</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. Main Results</title><sec id="s2_1"><title>2.1. The Stability of Linear Dynamic Equation under Perturbation on Time Scales</title><p>Consider the dynamic equation</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula380"><label>, (4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x55.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> on<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x56.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x57.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x58.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x59.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x60.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>In proportion to the system (4), we consider</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula381"><label>, (5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x61.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x62.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x63.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>We assume that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is regressive<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We denote <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is exponential matrix of (5) with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x64.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x65.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x66.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x67.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>We easily verify that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x68.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x69.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Theorem 4. We assume that the trivial solution of (5) is exponentially stable, there exists<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x70.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x70.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x71.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>to satisfy</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x72.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>then the trivial solution of (4) is exponentially stable if one of these conditions is satisfied</p><p>i)</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x73.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>ii) There exists a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x74.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to satisfy</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x75.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x76.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Proof. We assume that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the solution of (4) with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x77.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x78.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x79.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By taking the norms of two sides, combinating the condition of the theorem, we obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x80.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x81.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x82.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x83.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Following the assumption i), for all<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, there exists <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x84.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x85.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x86.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x87.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x88.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. We obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x89.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a positive satisfies<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, put<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x90.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x91.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x92.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, then</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x93.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By using the Gronwall inequality (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref7">7</xref>] ), we obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x94.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Equivalent</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x95.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x96.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By the assumption<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, put<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x97.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x98.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>We obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x99.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Therefore</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x100.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>With<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we can choose<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, which is sufficiently small and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. So that the trivial solution of (4) is exponentially stable on<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x101.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x102.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x103.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x104.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>For ii), by argument similarly as in i), the proof is completed. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x105.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p></sec><sec id="s2_2"><title>2.2. The Stability of Scalar Dynamic Equation on Time Scales</title><p>For convenience, the first we consider the scalar dynamic equation</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula382"><label>, (6)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x106.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>where<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x107.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x108.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Theorem 5. We assume that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x109.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies the condition</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x110.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Then the trivial solution of (6) is exponentially stable if one of these conditions is satisfied</p><p>i)</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x111.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>ii) There exists a function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x112.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> to satisfy</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x113.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x114.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Proof. Let <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the solution of (6) with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x115.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x116.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we have</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x117.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By taking two sides</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x118.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By argument similarly as the proof in theorem 4, we obtain results. <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x119.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula></p><p>In the next part, for convenience to investigate the stability in specific examples, we represent a theorem about the sufficient condition for the exponential stability of the trivial solution of system (2). This result can be seen as a corollary of the stable criterion B. Kaymakcalan (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref3">3</xref>] ).</p><p>We assume <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is Delta differential of t, continuous differential of x and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is the solution of (2) with<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. Then derivative of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> following the trajectory of <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is defined by <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x120.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x121.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x122.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x123.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x124.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x125.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula383"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x126.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x127.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> with above properties is a Lyapunov function.</p><p>Theorem 6. We assume that there exists function <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x128.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> is a Lyapunov function which satisfies the following conditions</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x129.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x130.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are positive real numbers,<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x131.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x132.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x133.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>If the trivial solution of</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula384"><label>, (7)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x134.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>is exponentially stable then the trivial solution of (2) is also exponentially stable.</p><p>Proof. By the assumption the trivial solution of (7) is exponentially stable, then the maximal solution <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> of (7) with <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x135.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x136.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> satisfies</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x137.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>where <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> and<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x138.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x139.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>. By theorem 2.1 (see [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.52238-ref3">3</xref>] ) we obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x140.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Using the assumption, we have</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x141.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Therefore</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x142.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By the assumption <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x143.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> implies the trivial solution of (2) is exponentially stable.</p></sec></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Applications</title><p>In this part, we represent some examples of applications.</p><p>Example 1. Assume that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> are positive constants. These functions<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x145.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>; <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x144.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x145.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x146.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>satis- fy one of the conditions i) or ii) of theorem 4. Consider system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula385"><label>. (8)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x147.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We assume that <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x148.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> in order that system (8) has the trivial solution. We consider</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula386"><label>. (9)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x149.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In order to investigate the stability of (9), we choose Lyapunov function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x150.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Taking Delta derivative, we obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x151.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Therefore the derivative of right-hand side of (9) is</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x152.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>which implies if <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x153.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> then the trivial solution of scalar dynamic equation</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x154.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>is exponentially stable.</p><p>By using the results of theorem 6, the trivial solution of (9) is exponentially stable.</p><p>Therefore following theorem 4, the trivial solution of (8) is exponentially stable.</p><p>Example 2. Consider system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula387"><label>. (10)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x155.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>In proportion to system (10), we investigate the stability of the trivial solution of system</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula388"><label>. (11)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x156.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>We choose Lyapunov function<inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x157.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>, we obtain</p><disp-formula id="scirp.52238-formula389"><graphic  xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x158.png"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Therefore</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x159.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>which implies if <inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x160.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula> then the trivial solution of scalar dynamic equation</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x161.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>is exponentially stable.</p><p>By using the results of theorem 6, the trivial solution of (11) is exponentially stable.</p><p>Consider function</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x162.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x163.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By taking the right-hand side, we obtain</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x164.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>By argument similarly as the above inequality</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x165.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x166.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>which implies</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x167.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x168.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x169.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>.</p><p>Therefore</p><p><inline-formula><inline-graphic xlink:href="http://html.scirp.org/file/17-7402533x170.png" xlink:type="simple"/></inline-formula>,</p><p>by using theorem 4, which implies the trivial solution of system (10) is exponentially stable.</p></sec></body><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="scirp.52238-ref1"><label>1</label><mixed-citation publication-type="other" xlink:type="simple">Hilger, S. 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