Mathematics – Optimization and Control
Scientific paper
2000-05-30
Mathematics
Optimization and Control
28 pages, to appear in IMA volume on Codes, Systems and Graphical Models
Scientific paper
The article reviews different definitions for a convolutional code which can be found in the literature. The algebraic differences between the definitions are worked out in detail. It is shown that bi-infinite support systems are dual to finite-support systems under Pontryagin duality. In this duality the dual of a controllable system is observable and vice versa. Uncontrollability can occur only if there are bi-infinite support trajectories in the behavior, so finite and half-infinite-support systems must be controllable. Unobservability can occur only if there are finite support trajectories in the behavior, so bi-infinite and half-infinite-support systems must be observable. It is shown that the different definitions for convolutional codes are equivalent if one restricts attention to controllable and observable codes.
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