# we-solve research prompt: Math-1934, Generic static-output stabilizability

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/generic-static-output-stabilizability/).

## Rules
- The archive includes some of the hardest research problems. Submit only significant contributions to challenging problems. Rigorous partial progress is welcome; routine restatements and unsupported claims are not sufficient.
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 3700044; source catalogue code AMR-036-0044
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\section*{Generic static-output stabilizability}\label{3700044}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 3700044 · AMR-036-0044 · Dynamical Systems · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Fix positive integers $m,p$ and put $n=mp$.
Consider real matrices
$A\in\mathbb R^{n\times n}$,
$B\in\mathbb R^{n\times p}$, and
$C\in\mathbb R^{m\times n}$ defining
\[
                  \dot x=Ax+Bu,\qquad y=Cx.
\]
Here $x\in\mathbb R^n$ is the state,
$u\in\mathbb R^p$ the input, and
$y\in\mathbb R^m$ the measured output.
A static output feedback is a constant real
matrix $K\in\mathbb R^{p\times m}$ with
$u=Ky$, producing the closed-loop matrix
$A+BKC$.

The system is stabilizable by this feedback if
some such $K$ makes every eigenvalue of
$A+BKC$ have strictly negative real part.
Equivalently, all roots of
$\det(zI-A-BKC)$ lie in the open left
half-plane. There is no bound on the size
of $K$, but dynamic or time-dependent feedback
is not permitted.

Determine for which pairs $(m,p)$ this
stabilizability property holds generically for
triples $(A,B,C)$ of the indicated sizes.
Here generically means on an open dense
subset of their real Euclidean parameter
space. A single unstabilizable exceptional
triple does not refute generic stabilizability;
an open set of such triples does.
The target is existence of some stable
closed-loop spectrum, not assignment of
arbitrary prescribed poles. The equality
$n=mp$ is fixed throughout and is the
critical dimension condition in this problem.
\subsection{Short English statement}
At the critical state dimension, which input and output dimensions make a generic real system stabilizable by static output feedback?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 3700044 (AMR-036-0044), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Eremenko - My favorite unsolved problems, Static output feedback question. Original source indexed by AMR-036-0044.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/uns1.html}.
\item[S3] A. Eremenko, Stabilizability by static output feedback. Author-maintained primary problem note.
\url{https://www.math.purdue.edu/~eremenko/dvi/gpolep.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-036-0044

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-3700044
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
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Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)