Algebraic and Differential Methods for Nonlinear Control Theory Elements of Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry /

• Main Authors: Martínez-Guerra, Rafael (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Martínez-Fuentes, Oscar (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Montesinos-García, Juan Javier (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Mathematical and Analytical Techniques with Applications to Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering mathematics.; Statistical physics.; Control engineering.; System theory.; Engineering Mathematics.; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.; Control and Systems Theory.; Systems Theory, Control.

 This book is a short primer in engineering mathematics with a view on applications in nonlinear control theory. In particular, it introduces some elementary concepts of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry which offer a set of tools quite different from the traditional approaches to the subject matter. This text begins with the study of elementary set and map theory. Chapters 2 and 3 on group theory and rings, respectively, are included because of their important relation to linear algebra, the group of invertible linear maps (or matrices) and the ring of linear maps of a vector space. Homomorphisms and Ideals are dealt with as well at this stage. Chapter 4 is devoted to the theory of matrices and systems of linear equations. Chapter 5 gives some information on permutations, determinants and the inverse of a matrix. Chapter 6 tackles vector spaces over a field, Chapter 7 treats linear maps resp. linear transformations, and in addition the application in linear control theory of some abstract theorems such as the concept of a kernel, the image and dimension of vector spaces are illustrated. Chapter 8 considers the diagonalization of a matrix and their canonical forms. Chapter 9 provides a brief introduction to elementary methods for solving differential equations and, finally, in Chapter 10, nonlinear control theory is introduced from the point of view of differential algebra. 

 Mathematical Background -- Group Theory -- Rings -- Matrices and linear equations systems -- Permutations and Determinants -- Vector and Euclidean Spaces -- Linear Transformations -- Matrix Diagonalization and Jordan Canonical Form -- Differential Equations -- Differential Algebra for Nonlinear Control Theory -- Appendix -- Index.