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Stability of Linear Systems and Positive Semigroups of Symmetric Matrices

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Control and Information Science ((LNCIS,volume 294))

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The role of Lyapunov operators in stability theory is well-known. In this paper we present an interesting characterization of Lyapunov operators. We show that an operator generates a positive group on the real space of real or complex Hermitian matrices, if and only if it is a Lyapunov operator.

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Luca Benvenuti Alberto De Santis Lorenzo Farina

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Damm, T. Stability of Linear Systems and Positive Semigroups of Symmetric Matrices. In: Benvenuti, L., De Santis, A., Farina, L. (eds) Positive Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Science, vol 294. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44928-7_28

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