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Poles, zeros and system stability

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Control Engineering

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When we represent systems in terms of transfer functions, the numerator and denominator of the transfer function contain key information on the system parameters which inform us about the performance of the system. We find that the denominator and numerator polynomials also give us the poles and zeros of the system.

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© 2002 Jacqueline Wilkie, Michael Johnson and Reza Katebi

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Wilkie, J., Johnson, M., Katebi, R. (2002). Poles, zeros and system stability. In: Control Engineering. Red Globe Press, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-1457-6_10

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