Title :
Sufficient conditions for global homeomorphism of piecewise linear functions
Author :
Prasad, V.C. ; Gaur, P.B.L.
Author_Institution :
Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Agra, India
Abstract :
Sufficient conditions for the existence of unique solutions of piecewise linear functions are derived. They require that a certain set of cofactors of each region around a corner point should have the same sign.
Keywords :
nonlinear network analysis; piecewise-linear techniques; cofactors; corner point; global homeomorphism; nonlinear network analysis; piecewise linear functions; resistive networks;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800241