Title : 
Positive realness is not equivalent to external positivity
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., IIDP, Bilbao, Spain
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper proves that external positivity and positive realness are not equivalent properties as it is claimed in some relevant previous bibliography.
         
        
            Keywords : 
transfer functions; external positivity; positive real systems; positive realness; transfer functions; Automatic control; Automation; Bibliographies; Government; Paper technology; Polynomials; Research and development; Stability; Sufficient conditions; Transfer functions;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Control and Automation, 2009. ICCA 2009. IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Christchurch
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4706-0
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4707-7
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICCA.2009.5410195