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Jordan canonical form of (2z³+6z+5)/((z+2)²(z+3))

Short answer

For Y(z)/U(z)=(2z³+6z+5)/((z+2)²(z+3)), separate direct term D=2. Partial fractions of remainder: -23/(z+2)² + 53/(z+2) - 67/(z+3). Jordan form: G=[[-2,1,0],[0,-2,0],[0,0,-3]], H=[0;1;1], C=[-23,53,-67], D=2. Repeated pole at -2 gives Jordan block.

Obtain the state space representation of the system shown below in Jordan canonical form: Y(z)/U(z)=(2z³+6z+5)/((z+2)²(z+3)).

The pole z=−2z=-2 is repeated, so the Jordan canonical form is used. The numerator and denominator have the same degree, so there is a direct term D=b0D = b_0.

Separate the direct term

Denominator: (z+2)2(z+3)=z3+7z2+16z+12(z+2)^2(z+3) = z^3 + 7z^2 + 16z + 12.

2z3+6z+5z3+7z2+16z+12=2+−14z2−26z−19(z+2)2(z+3)\frac{2z^3+6z+5}{z^3+7z^2+16z+12} = 2 + \frac{-14z^2 - 26z - 19}{(z+2)^2(z+3)}

So D=b0=2D = b_0 = 2.

Partial fractions

Y(z)U(z)=2+c1(z+2)2+c2z+2+c3z+3\frac{Y(z)}{U(z)} = 2 + \frac{c_1}{(z+2)^2} + \frac{c_2}{z+2} + \frac{c_3}{z+3}

Let N(z)=2z3+6z+5N(z) = 2z^3 + 6z + 5, so N(−2)=−16−12+5=−23N(-2) = -16 - 12 + 5 = -23 and N(−3)=−54−18+5=−67N(-3) = -54 - 18 + 5 = -67.

c1=[N(z)z+3]z=−2=−231=−23c2=ddz[N(z)z+3]z=−2=[(6z2+6)(z+3)−N(z)(z+3)2]z=−2=30+231=53c3=[N(z)(z+2)2]z=−3=−671=−67\begin{aligned} c_1 &= \left[\frac{N(z)}{z+3}\right]_{z=-2} = \frac{-23}{1} = -23\\ c_2 &= \frac{d}{dz}\left[\frac{N(z)}{z+3}\right]_{z=-2} = \left[\frac{(6z^2+6)(z+3) - N(z)}{(z+3)^2}\right]_{z=-2} = \frac{30 + 23}{1} = 53\\ c_3 &= \left[\frac{N(z)}{(z+2)^2}\right]_{z=-3} = \frac{-67}{1} = -67 \end{aligned} Y(z)U(z)=2−23(z+2)2+53z+2−67z+3\frac{Y(z)}{U(z)} = 2 - \frac{23}{(z+2)^2} + \frac{53}{z+2} - \frac{67}{z+3}

States

X2=Uz+2X_2 = \dfrac{U}{z+2}, X1=X2z+2X_1 = \dfrac{X_2}{z+2}, X3=Uz+3X_3 = \dfrac{U}{z+3}:

x1(k+1)=−2x1(k)+x2(k)x2(k+1)=−2x2(k)+u(k)x3(k+1)=−3x3(k)+u(k)y(k)=−23x1(k)+53x2(k)−67x3(k)+2u(k)\begin{aligned} x_1(k+1) &= -2x_1(k) + x_2(k)\\ x_2(k+1) &= -2x_2(k) + u(k)\\ x_3(k+1) &= -3x_3(k) + u(k)\\ y(k) &= -23x_1(k) + 53x_2(k) - 67x_3(k) + 2u(k) \end{aligned}

Jordan canonical form

x(k+1)=[−2100−2000−3]x(k)+[011]u(k)\mathbf{x}(k+1) = \begin{bmatrix} -2 & 1 & 0 \\ 0 & -2 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -3 \end{bmatrix}\mathbf{x}(k) + \begin{bmatrix} 0 \\ 1 \\ 1 \end{bmatrix}u(k) y(k)=[−2353−67]x(k)+2u(k)y(k) = \begin{bmatrix} -23 & 53 & -67 \end{bmatrix}\mathbf{x}(k) + 2u(k)

Check: C(zI−G)−1H+2\mathbf{C}(z\mathbf{I}-\mathbf{G})^{-1}\mathbf{H} + 2 gives back 2z3+6z+5(z+2)2(z+3)\dfrac{2z^3+6z+5}{(z+2)^2(z+3)}.

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