Abstract

We propose a new controllability property for linear nonautonomous control systems in finite dimension: the nonuniform complete controllability, which is halfway between the classical Kalman's properties of complete controllability and uniform complete controllability. This new concept has a strong linkage, as we prove, with the property of nonuniform bounded growth for the corresponding plant. In addition, we also prove that if a control system is nonuniformly completely controllable and its plant (uncontrolled part) has the property of nonuniform bounded growth, then there exist a linear feedback control leading to a nonuniformly exponentially stable closed-loop system.