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A beginning graduate course in multi-input multi-output, linear, time-invariant systems. Topics include state-space and input-output representations; solutions and their properties; multivariable poles and zeros; reachability, observability and minimal realizations; stability; system norms and their computation; linearization techniques. Students cannot take EN.530.616 if they have already taken the equivalent course EN.520.601. No audit option, but contact the instructor if you want to informally sit in on the course. Recommended course background are undergraduate courses in linear algebra, differential equations, and an undergraduate level course in control systems. Students cannot take EN.530.616 if they have already taken EN.520.601.