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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 77 | Number 3 | March 1981 | Pages 354-359
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A19844
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Asymptotic stability of a general form of coupled-core reactor models is discussed. The method presented is based on the concept of stability introduced by Driver for integro-differential equations. A Liapunov functional is applied to the investigation of asymptotic stability “in the small.” Next, conditions for global asymptotic stability are established using a modified form of the previously given functional. As an illustration of the general results, an example is discussed in more detail.