Geometric control theory

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  1. Some open problems in geometric control theory
    Reference: Fundamental problems of geometric control theory
  2. Necessary and sufficient conditions for controllability of homogeneous systems
    Reference: Small-time local controllability of homogeneous systems
  3. A beautiful geometric formulation of stabilisation using linearisation
    Reference: Geometric Jacobian linearization and LQR theory
  4. A feedback-invariant formulation for control-affine systems, and a manner, using jet bundle geometry, for generating variations of trajectories
    Reference: Jet bundles and algebro-geometric characterisations for controllability of affine systems
  5. An example where the geometry of the system plays an interesting part in stabilisation
    Reference: An example with interesting controllability and stabilisation properties
  6. The geometry of Jacobian linearisation and controllability of linearisation along a trajectory
    Reference: Jacobian linearisation in a geometric setting
  7. Have you ever wondered what sliding mode control is? I did
    Reference: Geometric sliding mode control: The linear and linearised theory
  8. A method, based on the Campbell-Baker-Hausdorff formula, for generating a large class of control variations
    Reference: Local controllability of families of vector fields
  9. A general setting for control, and second-order controllability conditions within this framework
    Reference: Geometric local controllability: second-order conditions

Andrew D. Lewis (andrew at mast.queensu.ca)