Birth of the shape of a reachable set (Q393878)

Consider a controllable linear autonomous control system \[ \dot x=Ax+Bu,\,\, x\in{\mathcal{V}} ={\mathbb R}^n, u\in U\subset{\mathcal{U}} ={\mathbb R}^m, \] where \(U\) is a central symmetric convex body in \({\mathbb R}^m\). Given \(T>0\), a reachable set \(D(T)\) is a set of the ends \(\{x(T)\}\) at time \(T\) of all admissible trajectories of the system such that \(x(0) = 0\). The existence of a limit shape of reachable sets as the terminal time tends to zero is proved. The shape of a reachable set is considered up to an invertible linear transformation. An estimate for the rate of convergence is given. An extension to non-autonomous systems is included.