EE472 – Control Theory II – Summer 2018

Homework #2

Question 1:

a) Show that if A MDM 1 then A k MD k M 1

b) Show that if A MDM 1 then e A t Me Dt M 1
c) Check that the solution of the differential equation x (t ) A x (t ) is x(t ) e At x(0) .

Question 2: Let the matrices Ai (i=1,2,3,4) be such that:

59 -96 54 105 -61 -20

-53 14 19 -4
A1 , A2 , A3 100 -173 100 A4 102 -58 -20
-196 52 56 -11
123 -219 128 129 -79 -26

a) Find the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors of Ai (i=1- 4). Check your answer using MATLAB.
b) Diagonalize the matrices Ai (i=1,2,3,4).
c) Compute Ai k , e Ai t (i=1,2,3,4).
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d) Let v 2 3 5 , compute A3200 v .

Question3: For each of the matrices given below,

a) Find the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors of A i Check your answer using MATLAB.
b) Determine whether or not the matrix A i is defective
1 1
c) Write the matrix A i either as A i M i Di M i or A i M i Ji M i

2 -5 10/3 2 2 3 0 3 -1
A1 0 27 -20 , A2 2 2 3 , A3 74 -38 12 ,
0 22.5 -18 2 2 7 247 -144 46
1 3 2 -5 3 -1
2 0
A4 27 19 6 , A5 -82 48 -14 , A6
1 2
3 1 10 -221 129 -37

Question 4: Solve the system of differential equations:

x1 (t ) 2 x1 (t )
x2 (t ) 6 x1 (t ) 8 x2 (t ) with x(0) [1 2 5]T
x3 (t ) 25 x1 (t ) 24 x2 (t ) 2 x3 (t )
Question 5: Using the Caley-Hamilton Theorem, compute the inverse, Ak and e At for each the following
matrices.

-28 18 -6
15 -9 -18
6 0 0 1
A1 , A2 , A3 -78 48 -14 , A4 -90 42 90
1 5 12 7
-69 39 -7 54 -27 -57

Question 6: Given the following matrices:

-3.5 1.5 -1 -1 -26 5 -6 -1 1

A1 0.5 -6.5 1 , A2 1 -11 1 , A3 0 -9 1 .
1 -5 -2 2 -12 -3 0 -20 0

Using the Caley-Hamilton Theorem, find A1k , A2k , A3k , e A1t , e A2t and e A3t for k 0 and t 0.

-28 18 -6
10 -1
Question 7: Using three methods, evaluate eAt when A1 , A2 -78 48 -14 . 
16 2
-69 39 -7