A Small-Gain-Like Framework for Large-Signal Stability Evaluation of Multi-Converter Systems
arXiv:2608.29570
2026
Dynamics
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What the math gives to ML
The paper provides a small-gain-like construction for large-signal stability of interconnected nonlinear subsystems: individual dissipation or gain bounds are assembled into a global stability certificate. Its most transferable asset is a computable interaction-gain matrix whose spectral radius predicts whether coupled modules remain stable, together with a Lyapunov function and ellipsoidal forward-invariant region. A neural implementation should treat residual blocks, recurrent cells, or mixture-of-experts routes as interconnected subsystems, estimate their finite-region gains, and constrain the interaction matrix below the small-gain boundary.
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2026
Partition a neural network into interacting modules and constrain the product of their local finite-region gains and coupling strengths so that the resulting gain matrix has spectral radius below one. This transfers the paper's small-gain-like mechanism and gives a quantitative large-signal boundary: instability or exploding activations should emerge as the spectral radius approaches one, while a weighted Lyapunov function should contract below that boundary.
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