MATH319 Slides

50 Proof by checking

so again by frame 28

X(w)-exp(wA)X0=0wexp((w-t)A)U(t)𝑑t.

To check the solution works, let t=0 to get X(0)=X0. Then we apply standard results of calculus, and work on one entry of the matrix at a time. So by the fundamental theorem of calculus, X is a differentiable function of t, with derivative

ddtX=Aexp(tA)X0+e0U(t)+0tAexp(t-s)AU(s)𝑑s
=AX+U.