On singularly perturbed systems that are monotone with respect to a matrix cone of rank $k$

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2303.11970
• Publication Date: 2023-01-01
• Authors: Ofir, Ron; Lorenzetti, Pietro; Margaliot, Michael
• Keywords: Optimization and Control (math.OC); FOS: Mathematics; FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; Systems and Control (eess.SY); Mathematics - Optimization and Control; Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control

We derive a sufficient condition guaranteeing that a singularly perturbed linear time-varying system is strongly monotone with respect to a matrix cone $C$ of rank $k$. This implies that the singularly perturbed system inherits the asymptotic properties of systems that are strongly monotone with respect to $C$, which include convergence to the set of equilibria when $k=1$, and a Poincaré-Bendixson property when $k=2$. We extend this result to singularly perturbed nonlinear systems with a compact and convex state-space. We demonstrate our theoretical results using a simple numerical example.