When is a control system mechanical?
Pages: 265 - 302, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2010

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Sandra Ricardo - Department of Mathematics, School of Sciences and Technology, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal (email)
Witold Respondek - INSA-Rouen, Laboratoire de Mathématiques, 76801 Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France (email)

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