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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File } { @var{m} =} gram (@var{a}, @var{b})
##  Return controllability grammian @var{m} of the continuous time system
## @math{ dx/dt = a x + b u}.  
## 
## @var{m} satisfies @math{ a m + m a' + b b' = 0 }.
## @end deftypefn

## Written by A. S. Hodel 

function m = gram (a, b)

  ## let lyap do the error checking...
  m = lyap(a,b*b');

endfunction