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Material Type: Notes; Class: Robust Control Systems I; Subject: Mechanical Engr & Mechanics; University: Drexel University; Term: Spring 2001;
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:^ functionLet^ X
and
be arbitrary nonempty sets and let
be a nonempty subset of
.^ A function
f^
from
into
is a rule that to each
x^
in^
assigns a
unique element
f(x)
in
Def
: domain, rangeThe domain of
f^
is the set
on which the function
f^ is defined, often written as
(f). The range of
f
is the set
R (f)
f(x)
:^ x
in
Def
: linear operator X ,^ Y
are linear spaces over
F. A function
is
said to be a linear operator if and only if
( c^1
(^1) x + c
(^2) x 2
c^1
1 + c
(^2) x
for any vectors
(^1) x ,^ x
2
in^
and any scalars
c^1
, c
2
in^ F
Example
Consider
the
operator
that
rotates
a
vector
in
a
geometric plane counterclockwise 90° with respectto the origin.
y
x (^1) x (^2) x
(^3) x
This operator is a linear operator. (Why?) Matrix Representation of aLinear Operator
X^ and
are
n - and
m
-dimensional vector spaces
over the same field
F. Let {
(^1) x, x
, x
n^ } be a basis
for
and {
(^1) y, y
, y
m } a basis for
Y. Suppose the
→
is defined by
Tx
i^ = a
y 1i 1 + a
y 2i
+ a
mi^
m y
i=1,2,...,n
where
a
1i^
,^ a
2i^
,a
mi^
are
scalars
in
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Then the operator
can be represented by a matrix
x
y = Ax
with
aij
i=1,2,...,m; j=1,2,...,n.
Example: Consider
the
rotation
operator
in
the
previous
example again. If we choose {
(^1) x, x
2 } as the basis of
both
and
, then the matrix representation of
is
0
1 1
−^0 ⎡^
⎤ ⎢^
⎥ ⎣^
⎦
If we choose {
(^1) x , x
2 } as the basis of
and the
basis {
(^2) x , x
3 } of
Y , then the matrix representation of
is
1
0 0
1 ⎡^
⎤ ⎢^
⎥ ⎣^
⎦
Consider the set of linear equations
a^11
x^1
+ a
x 12
+ a
x1n = yn^
1
a^21
x^1
+ a
x 22
+ ... + a 2
x2n
= yn^
2
Am
x^1
+ a
m
x^2
+ ... + a
mn
x^ n^
= y
m
where the given
aij
's and
yi
's are assumed to be
elements of a field
F , the unknown
x^ j
' s
are also
required to be in the same field.
This set of equations can be written in matrix form as
Ax = y
where
is an
mxn
matrix [
aij^
],^ x
is an
nx
vector
and
y^
is an
mx
vector. We can consider the matrix
A^ as a linear operator which maps
n F into
m F
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Def:
null space The null space of a linear operator
is the set
defined by^ N
x
in
n F :^ Ax=
i.e.,
)^ is the set of all solutions of
Ax=
Example:
Consider the matrix
which maps
(^5) into
(^3)
. Let
x^
x^1
x^2
... x
, then
Ax
= x
a 1
1 + x
(^2) a _2
(^3) a _3
a 4
4 + x
(^5) a 5
= x
a 1
1 + x
a 2
2 + x
( a 3
1 + a
+ x
( a 4
(^2) a ) + x
( a 5
(^2) a )
= (x
+x 1
+x^3
+x 4
(^1) a + (x
+x 2
+2x 3
+3x 4
)^ a 5
2
The
vectors
a
1 and
a
2 are
linearly
independent,
hence
Ax = 0
if and only if x+x 1
+x^3
+x 4
x+x^2
+2x^3
+3x 4
It is clear that the set of the three vectors
and
form a basis of
Theorem:^ Let
be an
mxn
matrix, then
dim
n.
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: eigenvalue and eigenvectorLet^ A
be a linear operator that maps
n into itself
and
x^
a vector in
n
. Then
x^
is an eigenvector of
A^ corresponding to the eigenvalue
if^ x
and
Ax
x. To find an eigenvalue of
A , we write
Ax=
as
-^ λΙ
)^ x
This equation has a nontrivial solution if and only ifdet
= 0. det
is a polynomial of degree
n
and is called the characteristic polynomial of
Example:
The eigenvalues of
are
= 2 and
= 4 and
their corresponding eigenvectors are
(^1) x
and
x
Example:
Suppose
that
an
nxn
matrix
has
n
linearly
independent eigenvectors
(^1) x , x
, x
n^
correspond-
ing to eigenvalues
. Then any vector
y
can be written in the form
y^ = a
(^1) x _1
(^2) x 2
+ a
x n n
where [
a^1
a^2
an^
´ ]is called the representation of
y
with respect to the basis {
(^1) x ,^ x
,^ x
n^ }. From the
fact that
A x
i =
i x
it follows that^ A
k y^
k^ ) a
(^1) x 1
k^ ) a
(^2) x 2
k^ ) a
n x n
If^
|,^ i
2,3,...,n
and
a^1
then
k A y
will tend to lie along the vector
(^1) x when
k^
is large.
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Def:
operator norm The norm of a linear operator
is defined as
0
1
:^ sup
sup
x^
x Ax
A^
Ax
x ≠^
=
where "sup" stands for supremum, the least upperbound.The operator norm
is defined through the
vector norm
x
Therefore, for different
x^ , we
have different
Theorem:
Let
be an
mxn
matrix. Then
1
1 max(
m
ij
j^
i
=^
∑
and
1 max(
n
ij
i^
j
a
∞^
=
=^
∑
Theorem:^ Let
be in
mxn
and the maximum eigenvalue of
is
. Then A^2
Def:
inner product The inner product of
x^
and
y^
in^
is a function of
x^
and
y , denoted by
< x
, y^
> , which satisfies the
following axioms:(1)
x^ y
y x
x^
y z
x z
y z
cx y
c^
x y
>^ for all scalars
c.
x^ x <
and
x^ x <
if^
x^ ≠
.
Example:
In^
n , the inner product is defined as
1
n
i^ i i
x y
x y
x y =
=^ ∑
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Theorem:
(Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality)
1/ 2^
1/ 2
x y
x x
y y
The equality holds if and only if
x^
and
y
are
linearly dependent. Theorem:
, x x <^
has the property of a norm.
Def
normed linear spaces A linear space on which a norm is defined is calleda normed linear space. Example
The space
n equipped with the norm
||^ x
||^ p
= ( |x
p | (^1)
p | n 1/p)
≥p
is a normed linear space. The space is denoted by^ ( ) p^
n l^
Example
l^ spaces p
Let
p <
. The space
l^ p
consists of all infinite
sequences of scalars { x
, x
..... , n
} such that
p | i i
x ∞ =
∑
The norm in
l^ is defined by p
1/ 1 :^
p pi
p^
i x^
x ∞ ⎧ =
∑
The space
l^ ∞
is defined to consist of the bounded
sequences { x
, x^ n
}, with the norm
:^ sup |
| i i x^
x =∞
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Def
:^ orthogonal complementTwo
vectors
x
y^
in^
a^
Hilbert
space
are
orthogonal if
x
,^ y
If^
is a closed
subspace
of
then
the
orthogonal
complement of
, is the set of all vectors in
which are orthogonal to every vector in
. That is,
⊥ =^
Time-domain spaces
Consider a signal vector
x (t) = [ x
(t) x 1
(t) 2
x^ (t) ]n
where x
(t), i = 1,2,i^
...n, is a complex-valued function
defined for all time, -
< t <
. Assume that the
signals under consideration satisfy
2 1
n
i i
x t
dt
∞
= −∞
∑∫
The
space
of
all
such
signals
is
denoted
by
n)(-
∞), or simply by
). This space is
a Hilbert space with inner-product
x^ y
x t^
y t dt ∞ −∞
∫
Then the norm of x is
1/ 2 2
2
1
n
i i
x^
x t
dt
∑∫
Frequency-domain space
Consider a function
[^
]
1
2
n
x j
x^
j^
x^
j^
x^
j
Where
i^ =
...n,
is
a
complex-valued
function defined for all frequencies, -
ω^
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Assume
that
the
functions
under
consideration
satisfy
2
1
n
i i
x^
j^
d
∞ =−∞
The
space
of
all
such
functions
is
denoted
by
n ) , or simply by
. This space is a Hilbert space
with inner-product
1
,^
x^ y
x j
y j
d
ω^
ω^
ω
∞ π−∞
The norm on
is 2
1/ 2 2
2
1 1
n
i i
x^
x^
j^
d
= −∞ ⎛^
space
the set of rational functions in
with real coeffi-
cients.
These
functions
are
strictly
proper
and
have no poles on the imaginary axis. ( H )^2
n , H
space 2
a^
closed
subspace
of
with
functions
x(s)
analytic in Re(s) > 0.
space
the orthogonal complement of
in^
nxm)
space
the space of nxm complex-valued matrix functionswhose
largest
singular
values
are
essentially
bounded. The
-norm of a matrix function∞
Φ(s)
in^
is
sup
ess
j
∞ Φ^
space
Φ(s)
iff^
Φ(s) is proper rational with real
coefficients and has no poles on the imaginaryaxis. ( H ∞
nxm)
space
a^
closed
subspace
of
with
functions
(s)
analytic in Re(s) > 0. RH ∞
space
the set of proper stable rational matrices with realcoefficients.