Institut für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
Lehrstuhl für Regelungs- und Automatisierungstechnik (RAT)
Advanced System Theory
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Exercise 4: Solving Ordinary Differential Equations
Task 1
Calculate the matrix exponential function exp(At) for
0 0
a) A = ,
2 0
0 −1
b) A = .
4 0
Task 2
Consider a linear homogeneous ordinary differential equation (ODE) ẋ = Ax for which the following
trajectories are known:
4e−t − 3e−2t
1
x(t) = for x(0) = ,
−2e−t + 3e−2t 1
−2t
e 1
x(t) = for x(0) = .
−e−2t −1
Determine A and the state-transition matrix Φ(t, 0).
Task 3
Determine the solution to the linear inhomogeneous ODE
0 −2 1 1
ẋ = x+ u with x(0) =
1 −3 1 0
and
a) u(t) = σ(t),
b) u(t) = tσ(t).
Task 4
Consider the system ẋ = Ax and y = Cx with
−1 1 0
A = 0 −1 0 and C= 1 1 1 .
0 0 2
Find an initial value x(0) such that the system response is y(t) = te−t for t ≥ 0.
1
Task 5
Consider the system
−6 −1 1
ẋ = x+ u
5 0 0
y = 1 1 x,
|
with x(t0 ) = 1 2 , u(t) = σ(t − t0 ), and t0 > 0. Find the system response y(t) for t ≥ 0.
Hint: For suitable αk (t), Cayley-Hamilton theorem implies
n−1
X
exp(At) = αk (t)Ak .
k=0