Connection of multiplicative/relative perturbation in coprime factors and gap metric uncertainty (Q1298264)

In the gap or \(\nu\)-gap based robust control theory, normalized coprime factorizations have been playing a crucial role. But in some situations like infinite-dimensional systems, or systems with Banach input and output spaces, the normalized coprime factorizations are not desirable. In this paper, by connecting the gap or the \(\nu\)-gap with perturbations on coprime factors that are not necessarily normalized, a way for an extension of the theory is open. Necessary and sufficient conditions for robust stability of a feedback system with coprime factors of both the plant and the controller subject to simultaneous \({\mathcal H}_\infty\) multiplicative or relative perturbations are obtained.