Port-Hamiltonian descriptor systems are relative generically controllable and stabilizable

Abstract

The present work is a successor of [Ilchmann, Kirchhoff 2022] on generic controllability and of [Ilchmann, Kirchhoff 2023] on relative generic controllability of linear differential-algebraic equations. We extend the result from general, unstructured differential-algebraic equations to differential-algebraic equations of port-Hamiltonian type. We derive new results on relative genericity. These findings are the basis for characterizing relative generic controllability of port-Hamiltonian systems in terms of dimensions. A similar result is proved for relative generic stabilizability.