On Quadratic Differential Forms (Q4210185)

The authors develop a theory for linear time-invariant differential systems and quadratic functionals. It is shown that for systems described by one-variable polynomial matrices, the appropriate tool to express quadratic functionals of the system variables are two-variable polynomial matrices. The authors present a description of the interaction of one- and two-variable polynomial matrices for the analysis of functionals and for the application of higher order Lyapunov functionals. Mainly, the authors deal with systems of the form \[ R\left( {d\over dt}\right) w= 0 \] in the real variables \(w_1, \dots, w_q\), for which they define the behavior as \[ B= \left\{w\in C^\infty (\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R}^2) \mid R\left( {d\over dt} \right) w=0 \right\}, \] \(R\) being a real polynomial matrix. Generally the models used are in kernel or in image representation.