In this note, a lower bound is derived on the order of stabilizers for
an all-pole plant and is related to the number and locations of the p
lant's unstable and lightly damped poles. Trivially, the minimal order
of stabilizers is (n - 1) if all n poles of the plant are real and un
stable. Several examples are included to illustrate the results. (C) 1
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