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Re: Lyapunov Equation

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  • Subject: [mg729] Re: Lyapunov Equation
  • From: rubin at msu.edu (Paul A. Rubin)
  • Date: 11 Apr 1995 21:28:58 GMT
  • Organization: Michigan State University

In article <3md5uo$9fp at news0.cybernetics.net>,
   ggb at bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Gene Bergmeier) wrote:
->Pardon the silly question, but my roommate and I are just beginning to
->use Mathematica.  We are attempting to solve the Lyapunov equation (from
->nonlinear controls).  The equation is
->
->	PA+Trans(A)P=-Q where
->
->	Q=I
->	P is symmetric
->	and A is general.
->
->We have tried the following procedure.  Set Q equal to a 2D identity
->matrix, P as a matrix of p11, p12 and p22 and A as a matrix of known
->coefficients.  Then we stated the Lyapunov eq and asked Mathematica to
->solve it for p11, p12 and p22.
->
->Any thoughts or suggestions? 
->
->Thanks for the help.
->
->Gene :)
->
->---------------------------------------------------------------------
->Gene Bergmeier
->ggb at bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
->---------------------------------------------------------------------

That works (assuming that you remember to use Dot (.) for the matrix 
multiplications and Equal (==) for the equation):

In[1]:=  p = {{p11, p12}, {p12, p22}};
In[2]:=  q = IdentityMatrix[ 2 ];
In[3]:=  a = Table[ 2 Random[] - .5, {i, 2}, {j, 2} ]
Out[3]=  {{-0.243847, 1.20228}, {0.504195, -0.312064}}
In[4]:=  p0 = 
           Flatten[ p /. 
                      Solve[ p . a + Transpose[ a ] . p == q, 
                             Union[ Flatten[ p ] ] 
                      ],
                    1
           ]
Out[4]=  {{-0.302853, 0.845209}, {0.845209, 1.65407}}
In[5]:=  p0 . a + Transpose[ a ] . p0  (* checking the answer *)
Out[5]=  {{1., 0.}, {0., 1.}}

Paul

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