... w.r.t. x n+1:V (x) =x TPx.We x l =(n 0, ,0,−ρ)T,thendVdt(4.34)= x T(AT P + PA )x +(lTPx + x TPl) f (x n+1),= x T(AT P + PA )x 2ρ p n+1,n+1 x n+1f (x n+1),≤−2ρ p n+1,n+1 x n+1f ... (x n+1)dxn+1> 0forxn+1= 0,and V (x) → +∞ as |x n+1|→+∞. Moreover, we havedVdt(4.34)= ˙xPx + x T P x +[ATn+1 x ρf (x n+1)] f (x n+1),= x T(AT P + PA )x +[lTPx + x TPl ... derivedVdt(4.26)= − 2x 21+ 2x 1 x 2− 2x 22+ 2x 1f (x 2)− 2x 2f (x 2)−12f2 (x 2),=⎛⎝ x 1 x 2f (x 2)⎞⎠T⎡⎣−21 11 −2 −1 +α1 −1 +α−1/2⎤⎦⎛⎝ x 1 x 2f (x 2)⎞⎠− 2α x 2f (x 2).Choosingα=...