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In this chapter we provide an introduction to the field of mathematical systems theory. Besides examples we discuss the notion of feedback and we answer the question why feedback is useful. However, before we start with the examples we discuss the following picture, which can be seen as the essence of systems theory.
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Jacob, B., Zwart, H.J. (2012). Introduction. In: Linear Port-Hamiltonian Systems on Infinite-dimensional Spaces. Operator Theory: Advances and Applications(), vol 223. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0399-1_1
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