Consider the ÿ + 3y + 2y = following differential equation
To represent the given second-order homogeneous differential equation,
in state-space form, we need to introduce two first-order differential equations.
The state-space representation is a common way to describe a system of linear differential equations. Here's how you can do it:
Let's define two state variables, x1 and x2, which represent y and y', respectively:
Now, we'll express the derivatives of these state variables in terms of the original equation,
Now, we can rewrite the original differential equation in terms of x₁ and x₂:
These two first-order equations, along with the initial conditions, form the state-space representation of the given second-order differential equation.
This system of first-order differential equations can be represented in matrix form as follows:
Where:
x is the state vector [x₁, x₂]
dx/dt is the derivative of the state vector with respect to time
A is the coefficient matrix:
This is the state-space description of the given differential equation y'' + 3y' + 2y = 0.
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