On the asymptotic stability of switched homogeneous systems

The stability of switched systems generated by the family of autonomous subsystems with homogeneous right-hand sides is investigated. It is assumed that for each subsystem the proper homogeneous Lyapunov function is constructed. The sufficient conditions of the existence of the common Lyapunov function providing global asymptotic stability of the zero solution for any admissible switching law are obtained. In the case where we can not guarantee the existence of a common Lyapunov function, the classes of switching signals are determined under which the zero solution is locally or globally asymptotically stable. It is proved that, for any given neighborhood of the origin, one can choose a number L>0 (dwell time) such that if intervals between consecutive switching times are not smaller than L then any solution of the considered system enters this neighborhood in finite time and remains within it thereafter.