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In this paper, we study approximate and exact controllability of the linear difference equation $x(t) = \sum\_{j=1}^N A\_j x(t - \Lambda\_j) + B u(t)$ in $L^2$, with $x(t) \in \mathbb C^d$ and $u(t) \in \mathbb C^m$, using as a basic tool a…
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