The Theory of Linear Systems

PrefaceAcknowledgments1. The Search for an Internal Structure 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The State of a System: An Example 1.3 Transfer Functions and State 1.4 Some Conclusions and a Program Supplementary Notes and References References2. An Introduction to the Theory of Linear Spaces 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Set and Operations on Sets 2.3 Functions 2.4 Linear Spaces 2.5 Basis and Dimension 2.6 Linear Transformations and Matrices 2.7 Inverse Operators and Inverse Matrices 2.8 Metric Properties of Linear Spaces. Norms 2.9 Inner Products. Adjoint Operators 2.10 An Introduction to Matrix Algebra Supplementary Notes and References References3. Differential Systems, I 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Homogeneous System 3.3 Fundamental Matrices 3.4 The Transition Matrix 3.5 The Adjoint System 3.6 The General Solution of Nonhomogeneous Systems 3.7 A Summary and Some Conclusions Supplementary Notes and References References4. Differential Systems, II 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Similarity, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors 4.3 Reduction 4.4 Diagonalization 4.5 More on Reduction 4.6 Functions of Matrices Supplementary Notes and References References5. Controllability, Observability 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Controllability 5.3 A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Controllability 5.4 A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for the Controllability of Constant Systems 5.5 Transformations and Controllability 5.6 Controllability and Transfer Functions 5.7 A Condition for the Controllability of Time-Varying Systems 5.8 Observability 5.9 The Controllability and Observability of Composite Systems 5.10 Normal Systems 5.11 Output Controllability 5.12 Total Controllability. Total Observability 5.13 The Attainable Set 5.14 The Phase-Canonical Form Supplementary Notes and References References6. Synthesis 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Some Results on the Synthesis of Weighting Patterns 6.3 Introduction to Synthesis 6.4 A Method of Synthesis 6.5 Analytic Systems 6.6 The Reduction to Minimal Order in the General Case 6.7 The Observer Supplementary Notes and References References7. Difference Systems 7.1 Introduction 7.2 The Homogeneous System 7.3 The Nonhomogeneous System 7.4 A Summary 7.5 Controllability, Observability Supplementary Notes and References References8. Stability 8.1 Introduction 8.2 The Stability of Constant Systems 8.3 Exponential Stability 8.4 External Stability, Controllability, Observability and Exponential Stability 8.5 The Stability of Difference Systems Supplementary Notes and References References9. Infinite Dimensions 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Some Further Mathematical Topics 9.3 Dynamical Systems 9.4 Semigroups and Infinitesimal Generators 9.5 Infinitesimal Generators and Resolvents 9.6 Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Systems 9.7 Systems with Boundary Controls 9.8 Hilbert Spaces 9.9 Controllability 9.10 Conclusion Supplementary Notes and References ReferencesAppendix. An Introduction to Computational Methods A.1 Elementary Row and Column Operations A.2 The Computation of Eigenvalues, Eigenvectors and of the Matrix (¿In - ¿)-1 A.3 The Computation of the Transition Matrices of Constant Systems A.4 Positive Definite Matrices ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index