1 Dynamical Systems. - 2 Systems Defined by Linear Differential Equations. - 3 Time Domain Description of Linear Systems. - 4 State Space Models. - 5 Controllability and Observability. - 6 Elimination of Latent Variables and State Space Representations. - 7 Stability Theory. - 8 Time- and Frequency-Domain Characteristics of Linear Time-Invariant Systems. - 9 Pole Placement by State Feedback. - 10 Observers and Dynamic Compensators. - A Simulation Exercises. - A. 1 Stabilization of a Cart. - A. 2 Temperature Control of a Container. - A. 3 Autonomous Dynamics of Coupled Masses. - A. 4 Satellite Dynamics. - A. 4. 1 Motivation. - A. 4. 2 Mathematical modeling. - A. 4. 3 Equilibrium Analysis. - A. 4. 4 Linearization. - A. 4. 5 Analysis of the model. - A. 4. 6 Simulation. - A. 5 Dynamics of a Motorbike. - A. 6 Stabilization of a Double Pendulum. - A. 6. 1 Modeling. - A. 6. 2 Linearization. - A. 6. 3 Analysis. - A. 6. 4 Stabilization. - A. 7 Notes and References. - B Background Material. - B. 1 Polynomial Matrices. - B. 2 Partial Fraction Expansion. - B. 3 Fourier and Laplace Transforms. - B. 3. 1 Fourier transform. - B. 3. 2 Laplace transform. - B. 4 Notes and References. - B. 5 Exercises. - Notation. - References. Language: English