Unsolved problems in mathematical systems and control theory /

This book provides clear presentations of more than sixty important unsolved problems in mathematical systems and control theory. Each of the problems included here is proposed by a leading expert and set forth in an accessible manner. Covering a wide range of areas, the book will be an ideal refere...

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Corporate Authors: De Gruyter.
Group Author: Blondel, Vincent D. (Editor); Megretski, Alexandre (Editor)
Published: Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: Princeton, N.J. :
Publication Dates: [2004]
©2004
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Course Book.
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400826155
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Summary: This book provides clear presentations of more than sixty important unsolved problems in mathematical systems and control theory. Each of the problems included here is proposed by a leading expert and set forth in an accessible manner. Covering a wide range of areas, the book will be an ideal reference for anyone interested in the latest developments in the field, including specialists in applied mathematics, engineering, and computer science. The book consists of ten parts representing various problem areas, and each chapter sets forth a different problem presented by a researcher in the particular area and in the same way: description of the problem, motivation and history, available results, and bibliography. It aims not only to encourage work on the included problems but also to suggest new ones and generate fresh research. The reader will be able to submit solutions for possible inclusion on an online version of the book to be updated quarterly on the Princeton University Press website, and thus also be able to access solutions, updated information, and partial solutions as they are developed.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations
ISBN: 9781400826155
Index Number: QA402
CLC: N94
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Problem 1.1 Stability and composition of transfer functions /
Problem 1.2 The realization problem for Herglotz-Nevanlinna functions /
Problem 1.3 Does any analytic contractive operator function on the polydisk have a dissipative scattering nD realization? /
Problem 1.4 Partial disturbance decoupling with stability /
Problem 1.5 Is Monopoli s model reference adaptive controller correct? /
Problem 1.6 Model reduction of delay systems /
Problem 1.7 Schur extremal problems /
Problem 1.8 The elusive iff test for time-controllability of behaviours /
Problem 1.9 A Farkas lemma for behavioral inequalities /
Problem 1.10 Regular feedback implementability of linear differential behaviors /
Problem 1.11 Riccati stability /
Problem 1.12 State and first order representations /
Problem 1.13 Projection of state space realizations /
Problem 2.1 On error of estimation and minimum of cost for wide band noise driven systems /
Problem 2.2 On the stability of random matrices /
Problem 2.3 Aspects of Fisher geometry for stochastic linear systems /
Problem 2.4 On the convergence of normal forms for analytic control systems /
Problem 3.1 Minimum time control of the Kepler equation /
Problem 3.2 Linearization of linearly controllable systems /
Problem 3.3 Bases for Lie algebras and a continuous CBH formula /
Problem 3.4 An extended gradient conjecture /
Problem 3.5 Optimal transaction costs from a Stackelberg perspective /
Problem 3.6 Does cheap control solve a singular nonlinear quadratic problem? /
Problem 3.7 Delta-Sigma modulator synthesis /
Problem 3.8 Determining of various asymptotics of solutions of nonlinear time-optimal problems via right ideals in the moment algebra /
Problem 3.9 Dynamics of principal and minor component flows /
Problem 4.1 L2-induced gains of switched linear systems /
Problem 4.2 The state partitioning problem of quantised systems /
Problem 4.3 Feedback control in flowshops /
Problem 4.4 Decentralized control with communication between controllers /
Problem 5.1 Infinite dimensional backstepping for nonlinear parabolic PDEs /
Problem 5.2 The dynamical Lame system with boundary control: on the structure of reachable sets /
Problem 5.3 Null-controllability of the heat equation in unbounded domains /
Problem 5.4 Is the conservative wave equation regular? /
Problem 5.5 Exact controllability of the semi-linear wave equation /
Problem 5.6 Some control problems in electromagnetics and fluid dynamics /
Problem 6.1 Copositive Lyapunov functions /
Problem 6.2 The strong stabilization problem for linear time-varying systems /
Problem 6.3 Robustness of transient behavior /
Problem 6.4 Lie algebras and stability of switched nonlinear systems /
Daniel Liberzon /
Problem 6.6 Delay independent and delay dependent Aizerman problem /
Problem 6.7 Open problems in control of linear discrete multidimensional systems /
Problem 6.8 An open problem in adaptative nonlinear control theory /
Problem 6.9 Generalized Lyapunov theory and its omega-transformable regions /
Problem 6.10 Smooth Lyapunov characterization of measurement to error stability /
Problem 7.1 Time for local controllability of a 1-D tank containing a fluid modeled by the shallow water equations /
Problem 7.2 A Hautus test for infinite-dimensional systems /