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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 L 1 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 L 1 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 L 1 contraction.
Supported by Portuguese funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia: project PEst-OE/EEI/LA0009/2013 (CAMGSD)