Negative imaginary (NI) systems theory was introduced by Lanzon and Petersen in. A generalization of the theory was presented in  In the single-input single-output (SISO) case, such systems are defined by considering the properties of the imaginary part of the frequency response G(jω) and requiring the condition                    
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Negative Imaginary Definition
A square transfer function matrix                     
-                     G ( s ) has no pole inR e [ s ] > 0 .
- For all                     ω ≥ 0 such thatj ω is not a pole ofG ( s ) andj ( G ( j ω ) − G ( j ω ) ∗ ) ≥ 0 .
- If                     s = j ω 0 , ω 0 > 0 is a pole ofG ( s ) , then it is a simple pole and furthermore, the residual matrixK = lim s ⟶ j ω 0 ( s − j ω 0 ) j G ( s ) is Hermitian and positive semidefinite.
- If                     s = 0 is a pole ofG ( s ) , thenlim s ⟶ 0 s k G ( s ) = 0 for allk ≥ 3 andlim s ⟶ 0 s 2 G ( s ) is Hermitian and positive semidefinite.
Negative Imaginary Lemma
Let                                           
                    
                                          
