Structural properties and poles assignability of LTI singular systems under output feedback. (Q1868085)

The following three problems for singular systems are considered: (1) the algebraic structures of both finite poles and the infinite pole, (2) the assignability of finite poles and the elimination of the infinite pole by output feedback and (3) the controllability and observability of the system with a minimal number of inputs and outputs. New concepts for the finite and impulsive output feedback cycle indices that characterize the ability of output feedback to reduce the multiplicities and indices of the open-loop system are defined. It is shown that under almost any output feedback all the closed-loop finite poles can be assigned to be distinct and shifted away from any given finite set. The minimal number of inputs and outputs that guarantee controllability and observability are shown to be the output feedback cycle indices.