Consider some linear control system. If x(t)→0 as t→∞, ∀x0∈Rnthen we say the system is globally asymptotically stable.
For some LTIC system x˙(t)x(0)=Ax(t)+Bu(t)=x0with control u(t)=Fx(t) where F∈Mm×n we have that A+BF is Hurwitz if and only if A+BF is globally asymptotically stable i.e. Re(eig(A+BF))<0⟺x(t)→0 as t→→∞, ∀x0∈Rn