Course web address: http://flyingv.ucsd.edu/krstic/teaching/281a/281a.html
Instructor: Prof. Miroslav Krstic, 1808 EBUI, 822-1374, krstic@ucsd.edu
Texts:
• Khalil, Nonlinear Systems, Prentice Hall, 2001.
• (supplemental) Krstic, Kanellakopoulos, and Kokotovic, Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Design, Wiley, 1995.
Prerequisites: Linear Systems (MAE 280A) or consent of instructor
Time and Place: TuTh, 8:00-9:20 am, WLH 2209
Office Hours: M, 1-2 pm
Final Exam: Thursday, March 22, 8:00-11:00
Grading:
Homework (pdf) 30%
Final 70%
Course Objective: The course will give the students an in-depth introduction to stability and other analysis techniques for nonlinear systems and prepare them for courses on nonlinear control design (MAE 281B, alternate years) and adaptive control (MAE 282, alternate years). Students from all departments are welcome.
Topics: Existence and uniqueness of solutions of ODEs, sensitivity equations. Stability, direct and converse Lyapunov theorems, LaSalle's theorem, linearization, invariance theorems. Center manifold theorem. Stability of perturbed systems with vanishing and non-vanishing perturbations, input-to-state ability, comparison method. Input-output stability. Perturbation theory and averaging. Singular perturbations. Circle and Popov criteria.
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