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TermThis exampleWhy
lyapunov stable ✓
attractive ✓
asymptotically stable ✓
globally asymptotically stable ✓ The origin of $\dot{x} = -x^3$ is globally asymptotically stable, and so Lyapunov stable and attractive, because every solution decreases in size to $0$.
exponentially stable ✗
finite time stable ✗ The origin of $\dot{x} = -x^3$ is not exponentially or finite-time stable, because solutions converge like $1 / \sqrt{2t}$, slower than every exponential.

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