On local structural stability of differential 1-forms and nonlinear hypersurface systems on a manifold with boundary (Q5959637)

This paper is concerned with smooth, affine control systems \[ \dot q= f(q)+ \sum^m_{i=1} g_i(q)u_i\tag{\(*\)} \] defined on an \(n\)-dimensional smooth manifold \(M\) with a smooth boundary \(\partial M\), acted on by a feedback group. It is assumed that \(m=n- 1\). The feedback group consists of a diffeomorphism germ \(\Phi:(M,\partial M, p_1)\to (M,\partial M, p_2)\) together with a feedback germ \(u= A(q)+ B(q)v\) and acts on germs \((f, g)\), \((f', g')\) of systems \((*)\) at \(p_1,p_2\in \partial M\) in a standard way. A corresponding 1-form \(\alpha\) has been associated with the system \((*)\) in such a way that \(\alpha(g_i)= 0\) and \(\alpha(f)= 1\). It is shown that two germs of control systems are feedback-equivalent if their corresponding 1-forms are diffeomorphically equivalent, i.e. \(\Phi^*\alpha'=\alpha\). A control system is regarded as structurally stable, if its associated 1-form is. The main result of the paper provides the following normal forms of structurally stable 1-forms on a manifold with boundary: \[ \begin{alignedat}{3} n &= 2k, \quad &&w= (x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^{2k}, \quad &&x_1\geq 0: (1\pm x_1) dy_1+ \sum^k_{i=2} x_i \,dy_i, \\ n &= 2k+ 1, \quad &&w= (z,x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^{2k+1}, \quad &&x_1\geq 0: \pm dz+ dy+ \sum^k_{i=1} x_i \,dy_i.\end{alignedat} \] From these normal forms a list of normal forms under feedback of structurally stable systems \((*)\) on a manifold with boundary is derived.