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Some Open Problems on Simultaneous Stabilization of Linear Systems

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Simultaneous stabilization of linear systems is a fundamental issue in the system and control theory, and is of theoretical and practical significance. In this paper, the authors review the recent research progress and the state-of-art results on simultaneous stabilization of single-input single-output linear time-invariant systems. Especially, the authors list the ever best results on the parameters involved in the well known “French Champagne Problem” and “Belgian Chocolate Problem” from the point of view of mathematical theoretical analysis and numerical calculation. And the authors observed that Boston claimed the lower bound of δ can be enlarged to 0.976461 in 2012 is not accurate. The authors hope it will inspire further study on simultaneous stabilization of several linear systems.

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  1. Shanghai Key Laboratory of Trustworthy Computing, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China

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  2. Intelligent Control Laboratory, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Long Wang

  3. College of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, 100876, China

    Wensheng Yu

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This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 61370176 and 61571064.

This paper was recommended for publication by Editor ZHOU Kemin.

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Li, W., Wang, L. & Yu, W. Some Open Problems on Simultaneous Stabilization of Linear Systems. J Syst Sci Complex 29, 289–299 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11424-015-4182-1

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