Ein Vorschlag für eine Normalform von Deskriptorsystemen (Q4268633)

The authors consider ordinary differential equations \(E(w)w'= f(w,v)\), \(w\in\mathbb{R}^n\), \(v\in \mathbb{R}^m\), \(E\) being a singular quadratic matrix, and finally assume local existence of solutions after having talked about ``hidden algebraic restrictions''. (Consulting the neighbouring institute of mathematics would have been helpful!) Then they add other differential equations in order to obtain a complete system of ordinary differential equations. This is done by making use of differential forms but -- in parts -- arbitrarily. Observability and accessibility of the initial system are then defined by these properties being fulfilled for the extended system. Because of the arbitrariness mentioned above, the reader cannot see whether these definitions make sense or not.