PageHeader : Funkcialaj Ekvacioj, 24 (1981) 47-65 Title : Absolute Stability of Ceneral Systems AuthorInfo : By AuthorInfo : Pablo M. SALZBERG AuthorInfo : (Universidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela) section : Introduction section : §1. Prolongations and absolute stability section : §3. The class $B(X, \phi)$ section : §4. A sufficient condition for absolute stability in terms of Liapunov functions section : §5. An extension of Nachbin's Normality Theorem to $\sigma$ -compact preordered spaces section : §6. A necessary and sufficient condition for absolute stability in $\sigma$ -compact preordered spaces section : §7. An extension of Nachbin's normality theorem to paracompact locally compact spaces endowed with a connected preorder section : §8. A necessary and sufficient condition for absolute stability in paracompact spaces endowed with a connected preorder section : §9. On the relationship between positive and negative absolute stability section : Acknowledgment. section : References