Abstract
The present paper introduces a new definition of local approximation for ordinary differential equations locally around an equilibrium point. This definition generalizes the well-known linear and homogeneous approximations. The approach is based on approximating trajectories near the origin. This concept of local approximation is applied to the study of local uniform asymptotic stability, leading to alternative proofs for and extensions of several existing stability results.

This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit: