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Graphs, causality, and stabilizability: Linear, shift-invariant systems on ℒ2[0, ∞)

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This paper presents a number of basic elements for a system theory of linear, shift-invariant systems on ℒ2[0, ∞). The framework is developed from first principles and considers a linear system to be a linear (possibly unbounded) operator on ℒ2[0, ∞). The properties of causality and stabilizability are studied in detail, and necessary and sufficient conditions for each are obtained. The idea of causal extendibility is discussed and related to operators defined on extended spaces. Conditions for w-stabilizability and w-stability are presented. The graph of the system (operator) plays a unifying role in the definitions and results. We discuss the natural partial order on graphs (viewed as subspaces) and its relevance to systems theory.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Tryphon T. Georgiou

  2. Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, Cambridge, England

    Malcolm C. Smith

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Supported in part by the NSF and the AFOSR, U.S.A. and the Nuffield Foundation, U.K.

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Georgiou, T.T., Smith, M.C. Graphs, causality, and stabilizability: Linear, shift-invariant systems on ℒ2[0, ∞). Math. Control Signal Systems 6, 195–223 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01211620

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