Input-output decoupling of Hamiltonian systems: The linear case (Q1061062)

Linear Hamiltonian control systems are dealt with of the form \[ (*)\quad \dot x=Ax+Bu,\quad y=Cx,\quad x\in {\mathbb{R}}^{2n},\quad u,y\in {\mathbb{R}}^ m, \] \[ A^ TJ+JA=0,\quad B^ TJ=C,\quad J=\left[ \begin{matrix} 0\\ I_ n\end{matrix} \begin{matrix} -I_ n\\ 0\end{matrix} \right]. \] Necessary and sufficient conditions are proved for a system (*) to be input-output decoupable by a static Hamiltonian feedback, provided that the supremal (A,B)-invariant subspace of \({\mathbb{R}}^{2n}\) contained in \(Ker C\) is zero. A generalization of this result to affine Hamiltonian systems using a more algebraic approach is obtained in a paper by the authors [Input- output decoupling of Hamiltonian systems: The nonlinear case, Enschede: Memorandum 541, Technische Hogeschool Twente (1985)].