Pugh's global linearization for the nonautonomous unbounded system with $\mu$-dichotomy via Lyapunov theory

Abstract

The classical global linearization theorem for autonomous system given in [C. Pugh, Amer. J. Math., 91 (1969) 363-367] requires that nonlinear system with hyperbolicity satisfies boundedness and Lipschitz continuity.In this paper, we establish an {\em unbounded} global linearization theorem for nonautonomous systems subject to unbounded Lipschitz perturbations, under the assumption that the linear system admits a nonuniform $\mu$-dichotomy (more general than classical exponential dichotomy). To this end, we first develop a comprehensive Lyapunov function framework for systems exhibiting nonuniform $\mu$-dichotomy. Subsequently, we establish a characterization of nonuniform $\mu$-dichotomy in terms of strict quadratic Lyapunov functions. Building upon these theoretical foundations, we then employ these Lyapunov functions to derive a linearization result under the nonuniform $\mu$-dichotomy assumption. In the proof, we give a splitting lemma for nonuniform $\mu$-dichotomy to decouple hyperbolic system into a contractive system and an expansive system. Then we construct a transformation to linearize contractive/expansive system, which is defined by the crossing time with respect to the unit sphere.