Finite-time stabilization in the large for uncertain nonlinear systems

We consider the problem of finite-time stabilization for nonlinear systems. In the previous work, it was proved that global finite-time stabilizability of uncertain nonlinear systems that are dominated by a lower-triangular system could be achieved by non-Lipschitz continuous state feedback. The proof was based on the finite-time Lyapunov stability theorem and the nonsmooth feedback design method proposed in, for the control of nonlinear systems that are impossible to be dealt with by any smooth feedback. A simpler design algorithm is given for the construction of a non-Lipschitz continuous, global finite-time stabilizer as well as a C/sup 1/ positive definite and proper Lyapunov function that guarantees finite-time stability.