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One of the noticeable aspects of the theory of dynamics is the prevalence, since the work of Lyapunov and Poincaré, of first order differential equations. Of course, there are good conceptual and theoretical reasons for this, connected with the notion of state and the specification of initial conditions. Since the late fifties also areas as control theory have relented to this point of view. This introduction of state models in fact brought with it a renaissance in this field.
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Willems, J.C. (1999). Lyapunov theory for high order differential systems. In: Blondel, V., Sontag, E.D., Vidyasagar, M., Willems, J.C. (eds) Open Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory. Communications and Control Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0807-8_50
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