How do I check stability for a state space model by using Lyaponov function?

938 Views Asked by At

I have a nonlinear state space model:

$$\dot{x} = f(x, u)$$

And I have linearize that with a Jacobian matrix.

Now I got a linear state space model:

$$\delta\dot{x} = A\delta x + B\delta u$$

But the problem is that some of the eigenvalues:

$$ det(sI - A) = 0 $$

are positive.

So then I solve $P$ from:

$$ AP + PA^T + B = 0$$

And put $P$ in:

$$V(x) = x^T P x $$

So, what is next step? I want to check if the system is stable in just some state position. How can I do that?