Control sets of linear control systems on $$\mathbb {R}^2$$ . The real case

Abstract

In this paper, we study the dynamical behavior of a linear control system on \(\mathbb {R}^2\) when the associated matrix has real eigenvalues. Different from the complex case, we show that the position of the control zero relative to the control range can have a strong interference in such dynamics if the matrix is not invertible. In the invertible case, we explicitly construct the unique control set with a nonempty interior.