Integrating the enveloping technique with the expansion strategy to establish stability
Ziyad AlSharawi, Jose S. Cánovas
TL;DR
This paper addresses establishing global stability for multidimensional maps by reducing to a one-dimensional enveloping map using the expansion strategy and enveloping technique. It introduces strong local asymptotic stability (SLAS) and shows how expansions $F_j$ with $ig\| abla F_jig\\_1<1$ enable constructing a one-dimensional $g$ that inherits LAS from $F$, facilitating GAS for the original system. The authors develop a geometric enveloping framework in two dimensions, integrate it with embedding approaches, and provide case analyses for maps with mixed monotonicity ($F(,)$, $F(,)$, etc.), including criteria for no $2$-cycles and region-based envelopes. The work yields practical, verifiable global stability criteria in 2D with explicit constructions of $g$ and $$ maps, supported by illustrative examples and a conceptual mind map linking expansion, enveloping, and embedding. Overall, the approach broadens the applicability of enveloping to higher dimensions and offers a geometric toolkit for GAS verification in discrete-time dynamical systems.
Abstract
In this paper, we focus on finding one-dimensional maps that detect global stability in multidimensional maps. We consider various local and global stability techniques in discrete-time dynamical systems and discuss their advantages and limitations. Specifically, we navigate through the embedding technique, the expansion strategy, the dominance condition technique, and the enveloping technique to establish a unifying approach to global stability. We introduce the concept of strong local asymptotic stability (SLAS), then integrate what we call the expansion strategy with the enveloping technique to develop the enveloping technique for two-dimensional maps, which allows to give novel global stability results. Our results make it possible to verify global stability geometrically for two-dimensional maps. We provide several illustrative examples to elucidate our concepts, bolster our theory, and demonstrate its application.
