New Riccati equations for well-posed linear systems

We consider the classic problem of minimizing a quadratic cost functional for well-posed linear systems over the class of inputs that are square integrable and that produce a square integrable output. As is well-known, the minimum cost can be expressed in terms of a bounded nonnegative self-adjoint operator X that in the finite-dimensional case satisfies a Riccati equation. Unfortunately, the infinite-dimensional generalization of this Riccati equation is not always well-defined. We show that X always satisfies alternative Riccati equations, which are more suitable for algebraic and numerical computations. (C) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.