I have the following problem:
Suppose a function $f\in C(\mathbb{R}^{n+1}\to\mathbb{R}^n)$ is such that $f(t,\textbf0)=0$ and $$\textbf x^*f(t,\textbf x)\le0\quad\text{for all }(t,\textbf x)\in\mathbb{R}^{n+1}, $$ where $\textbf x^*$ stands for the conjugate transposition of the vector $\textbf x$.
I am asked to prove that the equilibrium solution $\textbf x(t)=0$ of $\dot{\textbf x}=f(t,\textbf x)$ is uniformly stable, that is,
$$\forall\epsilon>0,\ \exists\delta>0\quad\text{such that}\quad |x(t_0)|<\delta\implies|x(t)|<\epsilon\quad\forall t\ge t_0. $$ I have no idea how to start. Thanks in advance!
$$ (|\mathbf{x}(t)|^2)'=2\,\mathbf{x}^*(t)\ \mathbf{x}'(t)=2\,\mathbf{x}^*(t)\ f(t,\mathbf{x}(t))\le0. $$ This shows that $|\mathbf{x}(t)|$ is decreasing.