81 where and xA(t) F*(t)xA(t) xA(t) x(t) x*(t) n(t) n*(t) F*A(t) F*(t) G*(t)K1(t) -BH -G*(t)K2(t) A (5-6) (5-7) (5-8) The Jacobian matrices F*(t) and G*(t) are evaluated at the signals x (t), u (t), and w (t). More precisely, we may write F*(t) x = x (t) u = u*(t) * w = w (t) G*(t) 3f(X,U,W) 3U X = X (t) U = U*(t) * w = w (t) (5-9) if Usually these Jacobian matrices cannot be evaluated apriori since x (t), fa ^ u (t), and w (t) are not known. Consequently, to show stability of the linearized system we shall use a technique already presented in Chapter Four; namely, the Poincare-Liapunov theorem. Let us write the linearized equation given by (5-6) as xA(t) FA(t)xA(t) + CFA(t) FA(t)]xA(t) (5-10)