Relative-entropy Lyapunov function for resource prices Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07
For a complementary-slackness optimum , define
interpreting a zero-reference summand as . This is a nonnegative generalized reverse-relative-entropy expression for positive resource prices. Along multiplicative resource-price dynamics, with and ,
Its sublevel bounds keep all route prices away from zero and permit the LaSalle invariance principle, including optima with some zero individual prices.