Abstract: | We study the robustness of boundedness of solutions of nonlinear dynamical systems. A sufficient coordinate-free technical condition on the characterization of unmodelled effects is given. This characterization with some analogy with the input to state stability of 16] has the potential to encompass most classical uncertainties. In this context, we establish Lagrange stability results which look very much like a small gain theorem. We illustrate the use of these technical results in the robust stabilization problem by a class of interconnected systems. |