Equivalent embeddings of the dynamics on an invariant manifold

A dynamical system admitting an invariant manifold can be interpreted as a single element of an infinite class of dynamical systems that all exhibit the same behaviour on the invariant manifold. This observation is used in the context of autonomous ordinary differential equations to generalize a global stability result of Li and Muldowney. The new result is demonstrated on an epidemiological model.  2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved