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On the existence of nonsmooth control-Lyapunov functions in the sense of generalized gradients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2002

Ludovic Rifford
Ludovic Rifford*
Affiliation:
Institut Girard Desargues, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 69622 Villeurbanne, France; [email protected].
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Abstract

Let $\dot{x}=f(x,u)$ be a general control system; the existence of a smooth control-Lyapunov function does not imply the existence of a continuous stabilizing feedback. However, we show that it allows us to design a stabilizing feedback in the Krasovskii (or Filippov) sense. Moreover, we recall a definition of a control-Lyapunov function in the case of a nonsmooth function; it is based on Clarke's generalized gradient. Finally, with an inedite proof we prove that the existence of this type of control-Lyapunov function is equivalent to the existence of a classical control-Lyapunov function. This property leads to a generalization of a result on the systems with integrator.

Keywords

Asymptotic stabilizabilityconverse Lyapunov theoremnonsmooth analysisdifferential inclusionand Krasovskii solutionsfeedback.
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Research Article
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ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations , Volume 6 , 2001 , pp. 593 - 611
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2001

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