A Note on Marginal Stability of Switched Systems

In this note, we present criteria for marginal stability and marginal instability of switched systems. For switched nonlinear systems, we prove that uniform stability is equivalent to the existence of a common weak Lyapunov function (CWLF) that is generally not continuous. For switched linear systems, we present a unified treatment for marginal stability and marginal instability for both continuous-time and discrete-time switched systems. In particular, we prove that any marginally stable system admits a norm as a CWLF. By exploiting the largest invariant set contained in a polyhedron, several insightful algebraic characteristics are revealed for marginal stability and marginal instability.