Ruth F. Curtain

An introduction to infinite-dimensional linear systems theory

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Motivation.- 1.2 Systems theory concepts in finite dimensions.- 1.3 Aims of this book.- 2 Semigroup Theory.- 2.1 Strongly continuous semigroups.- 2.2 Contraction and dual semigroups.- 2.3 Riesz-spectral operators.- 2.4 Delay equations.- 2.5 Invariant subspaces.- 2.6 Exercises.- 2.7 Notes and references.- 3 The Cauchy Problem.- 3.1 The abstract Cauchy problem.- 3.2 Perturbations and composite systems.- 3.3 Boundary control systems.- 3.4 Exercises.- 3.5 Notes and references.- 4 Inputs and Outputs.- 4.1 Controllability and observability.- 4.2 Tests for approximate controllability and observability.- 4.3 Input-output maps.- 4.4 Exercises.- 4.5 Notes and references.- 5 Stability, Stabilizability, and Detectability.- 5.1 Exponential stability.- 5.2 Exponential stabilizability and detectability.- 5.3 Compensator design.- 5.4 Exercises.- 5.5 Notes and references.- 6 Linear Quadratic Optimal Control.- 6.1 The problem on a finite-time interval.- 6.2 The problem on the infinite-time interval.- 6.3 Exercises.- 6.4 Notes and references.- 7 Frequency-Domain Descriptions.- 7.1 The Callier-Desoer class of scalar transfer functions.- 7.2 The multivariable extension.- 7.3 State-space interpretations.- 7.4 Exercises.- 7.5 Notes and references.- 8 Hankel Operators and the Nehari Problem.- 8.1 Frequency-domain formulation.- 8.2 Hankel operators in the time domain.- 8.3The Nehari extension problem for state linear systems.- 8.4 Exercises.- 8.5 Notes and references.- 9 Robust Finite-Dimensional Controller Synthesis.- 9.1 Closed-loop stability and coprime factorizations.- 9.2 Robust stabilization of uncertain systems.- 9.3 Robust stabilization under additive uncertainty.- 9.4 Robust stabilization under normalized left-coprime-factor uncertainty.- 9.5 Robustness in the presence of small delays.- 9.6 Exercises.- 9.7 Notes and references.- A. Mathematical Background.- A.1 Complex analysis.- A.2 Normed linear spaces.- A.2.1 General theory.- A.2.2 Hilbert spaces.- A.3 Operators on normed linear spaces.- A.3.1 General theory.- A.3.2 Operators on Hilbert spaces.- A.4 Spectral theory.- A.4.1 General spectral theory.- A.4.2 Spectral theory for compact normal operators.- A.5 Integration and differentiation theory.- A.5.1 Integration theory.- A.5.2 Differentiation theory.- A.6 Frequency-domain spaces.- A.6.1 Laplace and Fourier transforms.- A.6.2 Frequency-domain spaces.- A.6.3 The Hardy spaces.- A.7 Algebraic concepts.- A.7.1 General definitions.- A.7.2 Coprime factorizations over principal ideal domains.- A.7.3 Coprime factorizations over commutative integral domains.- References.- Notation.

Realisation and approximation of linear infinite-dimensional systems with error bounds

The class of linear infinite-dimensional systems with finite-dimensional inputs and outputs whose impulse response h satisfies

Survey paper: Transfer functions of distributed parameter systems: A tutorial

h \in L_1 \cap L_2 (0,\infty ;\mathbb{C}^{p \times m} )

Robust stabilization of infinite dimensional systems by finite dimensional controllers

and induces a nuclear Hankel operator is said to be of nuclear type. For this class of systems it is shown that balanced or output normal realisations always exist and their truncations converge to the original system in various topologies. Furthermore, explicit

Dynamic stabilization of regular linear systems

L_\infty

Finite Dimensional Compensators for Parabolic Distributed Systems with Unbounded Control and Observation

bounds on the transfer function errors,

EQUIVALENCE OF INPUT OUTPUT STABILITY AND EXPONENTIAL STABILITY FOR INFINITE-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS

L_1

Invariance concepts in infinite dimensions

and

Robust stabilizability of normalized coprime factors: the infinite-dimensional case

L_2

Robust control of flexible structures: a case study

bounds on the impulse response errors, and Hilbert-Schmidt and nuclear bounds on the Hankel operator errors are obtained. These truncations also generate an approximating sequence to the optimal Hankel-norm approximations to the original system, and various error bounds of these approximants are deduced.