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54 The transfer function of (A,B,C,D) (see also 92)

Definition (Transfer function)

The transfer function of (A,B,C,D) is

T⁢(s)=D+C⁢(s⁢I-A)-1⁢B.

Lemma

If s⁢I-A is invertible, then the following block matrices are row equivalent over 𝐂⁢(s):

[A-s⁢IBCD]≅[-I(s⁢I-A)-1⁢B0T⁢(s)].

We observe that T⁢(s) can be computed exactly by matrix multiplication and elementary row operations. The next results tell us about T⁢(s).