One-Sided Capture in Nonlinear Differential Games

Abstract

A differential game described by a nonlinear system of differential equations is considered in a finite-dimensional Euclidean space. The value set of the pursuer control is a finite set. The value set of the evader control is a compact set. The purpose of the pursuer is a translation of the system in a finite time to any given neighborhood of zero. The pursuer uses a piecewise open-loop strategy constructed only by using information on the state coordinates and the velocity in the partition points of a time interval. In the past work, sufficient conditions were obtained for existence of a neighborhood of zero from which the capture occurs. The statement of the capture theorem contains such a condition that some vectors set up a positive basis. In this research, we consider the case when these vectors set up a one-sided set. For this case, sufficient conditions are obtained for existence of a set of initial position, from which the capture occurs.