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springer.com Diederich Hinrichsen, Anthony J. Pritchard Mathematical Systems Theory I Modelling, State Space Analysis, Stability and Robustness Series: Texts in Applied Mathematics Comprehensive coverage of an important field in applied mathematics The origins of this book go back more than twenty years when, funded by small grants from the European Union, the control theory groups from the universities of Bremen and Warwick set out to develop a course in ?nite dimensional systems t- ory suitable for students with a mathematical background, who had taken courses in Analysis, Linear Algebra and Di?erential Equations. Various versions of the course were given to undergraduates at Bremen and Warwick and a set of lecture notes was produced entitled “Introduction to Mathematical Systems Theory”. As well as ourselves, the main contributors to these notes were Peter Crouch 2005, XVI, 804 p. 180 illus. and Dietmar Salamon. Some years later we decided to expand the lecture notes into a textbook on mathematical systems theory. When we made this decision we were not very Printed book realistic about how long it would take us to complete the project. Mathematical control theory Hardcover is a rather young discipline and its foundations are not as settled as those of more mature 96,95 € | £87.50 | $139.00 mathematical ?elds. Its basic principles and what is c- sidered to be its core are still changing [1]103,74 € (D) | 106,65 € (A) | CHF under the in?uence of new problems, new approaches and new currents of research. This 139,14 complicated our decisions about the basic outline and the orientation of the book. During the Softcover period of our writing, problems of uncertainty and robustness, which had been forgotten for 76,99 € | £64.99 | $99.99 some time in ’modern control’, gradually re-emerged and came to the foreground of control [1]82,38 € (D) | 84,69 € (A) | CHF theory. 91,00 eBook 64,19 € | £51.99 | $79.99 [2]64,19 € (D) | 64,19 € (A) | CHF 72,50 Available from your library or springer.com/shop MyCopy [3] Printed eBook for just € | $ 24.99 springer.com/mycopy Order online at springer.com / or for the Americas call (toll free) 1-800-SPRINGER / or email us at: [email protected]. / For outside the Americas call +49 (0) 6221-345-4301 / or email us at: [email protected]. The first € price and the £ and $ price are net prices, subject to local VAT. Prices indicated with [1] include VAT for books; the €(D) includes 7% for Germany, the €(A) includes 10% for Austria. Prices indicated with [2] include VAT for electronic products; 19% for Germany, 20% for Austria. All prices exclusive of carriage charges. Prices and other details are subject to change without notice. All errors and omissions excepted. [3] No discount for MyCopy. Part of .

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