摘要

In this paper, we mainly discuss relations between the asymptotic stability of the zero solution for retarded differential equations and real parts of all characteristic roots of characteristic equations, We obtain a necessary and Sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of the zero solution. We point out the mistake of [W.E. Brumley, On the asymptotic behavior Of Solutions of differential-difference equations of neutral type, Journal of Differential Equations 7 (1) (1970) 175-188], generalize the result of [H. Ren, Z. Zhen, Algebraic criteria of asymptotic stability of zero solution of neutral-type equation (x) over dot(t) c(x) over dot(t - tau) ax(t) bx(t - tau) = 0, Acta Mathematica Sinica 42 (6) (1999) 1-11] and solve a problem posed in [Z-X. Zheng, Introduction to Functional Differential Equations, Anhui Educational Press, 1992].