Asymptotic stabilization of minimum phase nonlinear systems

How a class of multivariable nonlinear systems can be stabilized about an equilibrium via smooth state feedback is shown. More precisely, conditions under which, for every compact set of initial states, it is possible to design a feedback law which drives to the equilibrium all initial states in this compact set are described. The theory includes the development of globally defined transformations of the system equations to their global normal form.<
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