A note on Poisson stability and controllability

The connection between Poisson stability and controllability is revisited. For the controllability criterion based on weakly positive Poisson stability (WPPS) and Lie algebra rank condition (LARC), it is shown that two natural assumptions about the set of input values are necessary for strictness. By using the relationship between conservative property and WPPS, sufficient conditions for controllability of affine nonlinear systems are further discussed. At last, for systems defined on compact Riemannian manifold, the WPPS is proved to be equivalent to Poisson stability.