Abstract:
Linear immersions (or Koopman eigenmappings) of a nonlinear system have wide applications in prediction and control. In this work, we study the non-existence of one-to-one linear immersions for nonlinear systems with multiple omega-limit sets. While previous research has indicated the possibility of discontinuous one-to-one linear immersions for such systems, it remained uncertain whether continuous one-to-one linear immersions are attainable. Under mild conditions, we prove that any continuous one-to-one immersion to a class of systems including linear systems cannot distinguish different omega-limit sets, and thus cannot be one-to-one. Furthermore, we show that this property is also shared by approximate linear immersions learned from data as sample size increases and sampling interval decreases. Multiple examples are studied to illustrate our results. |