“…Using the nonlinear variation of constants formula of Alekseev [1], the solutions of (2.1) and (2.2) with the same initial value are related by y(t, t 0 , y 0 ) = x(t, t 0 , y 0 ) + Since x = 0 of (2.1) is ULSV, it is ULS( [8],Theorem 3.3). Using the ULSV condition of x = 0 of (2.1), together with (3.1) and (3.2), we have Thus, by (3.3), we have |y(t)| ≤ M (t 0 )|y 0 | for some M (t 0 ) > 0 whenever |y 0 | < δ.…”