This paper studies the periodic feedback stabilization of the controlled linear
time-periodic ordinary differential equation:
ẏ(t) = A(t)y(t) + B(t)u(t),
t ≥ 0, where [A(·), B(·)] is a
T-periodic pair, i.e.,
A(·) ∈ L∞(ℝ+;
ℝn×n) and
B(·) ∈ L∞(ℝ+;
ℝn×m) satisfy respectively
A(t + T) = A(t)
for a.e. t ≥ 0 and
B(t + T) = B(t)
for a.e. t ≥ 0. Two periodic stablization criteria for a
T-period pair [A(·), B(·)] are
established. One is an analytic criterion which is related to the transformation over time
T associated with A(·); while another is a geometric
criterion which is connected with the null-controllable subspace of
[A(·), B(·)]. Two kinds of periodic feedback laws
for a T-periodically stabilizable pair [ A(·),
B(·) ] are constructed. They are accordingly connected with two Cauchy problems
of linear ordinary differential equations. Besides, with the aid of the geometric
criterion, we find a way to determine, for a given T-periodic
A(·), the minimal column number m, as well as a
time-invariant n×m matrix B, such
that the pair [A(·), B] is
T-periodically stabilizable.