52 at atn mL(t-t ) eai'iix(t) ii < me 0 nxQlie or nx(t)n < m iixQlie (mL-a)(t-t ) (4-15) (4-16) If L is sufficiently small so that (mL-a) < 0 (4-17) then we have the desired result. Consider again the linearization of NCT given by (4-3). This can be written as xA(t) FxA(t) + FA^xA^^ (4-18) The matrix F is defined as follows F = hA F GK1 -GK2 -BH A where (4-19) Fo = lf(x,.u>w) 3X G0 = i.f(x,_u,wl 9U x = 0 u = 0 w = 0 9 x = 0 u = 0 w = 0 (4-20)