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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2015
The notion of an exponential contraction is only one among many possible rates of contraction of a nonautonomous system, while for an autonomous system all contractions are exponential. We consider the notion of an L1 contraction that includes exponential contractions as a very particular case and that is naturally adapted to the variation-of-parameters formula. Both for discrete and continuous time, we show that under very general assumptions the notion of an L1 contraction persists under sufficiently small linear and nonlinear perturbations, also maintaining the type of stability. As a natural development, we establish a version of the Grobman–Hartman theorem for nonlinear perturbations of an L1 contraction.
Supported by Portuguese funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: project PEst-OE/EEI/LA0009/2013 (CAMGSD)