LINEARIZATION AND DECOUPLING OF DESCRIPTOR SYSTEMS

In this paper we present an approach for linearization and decoupling of nonlinear descriptor systems. This approach is based on differentia l geometric methods and on the semi-explicit form of a descriptor syst em. Therefore it is not necessary to calculate a normal form of the sy stem. Within the derivation of the procedure, special characteristics of descriptor systems are considered which are unknown using different ial geometric methods in the state space form without algebraic equati ons.