A new perspective on Willems' fundamental lemma: Universality of persistently exciting inputs

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Main Authors: Shakouri, Amir, van Waarde, Henk J., Camlibel, M. Kanat
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author Shakouri, Amir
van Waarde, Henk J.
Camlibel, M. Kanat
author_facet Shakouri, Amir
van Waarde, Henk J.
Camlibel, M. Kanat
contents In this letter, we provide new insight into Willems et al.'s fundamental lemma by studying the concept of universal inputs. An input is called universal if, when applied to any controllable system, it leads to input-output data that parametrizes all finite trajectories of the system. By the fundamental lemma, inputs that are persistently exciting of sufficiently high order are universal. The main contribution of this work is to prove the converse. Therefore, universality and persistency of excitation are equivalent.
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spellingShingle A new perspective on Willems' fundamental lemma: Universality of persistently exciting inputs
Shakouri, Amir
van Waarde, Henk J.
Camlibel, M. Kanat
Optimization and Control
In this letter, we provide new insight into Willems et al.'s fundamental lemma by studying the concept of universal inputs. An input is called universal if, when applied to any controllable system, it leads to input-output data that parametrizes all finite trajectories of the system. By the fundamental lemma, inputs that are persistently exciting of sufficiently high order are universal. The main contribution of this work is to prove the converse. Therefore, universality and persistency of excitation are equivalent.
title A new perspective on Willems' fundamental lemma: Universality of persistently exciting inputs
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.12489