“…The systems considered here arise when there is a lumped element in an otherwise distributed system such as heavy chain systems [19] or the Rijke tube [12]. Stabilizing controllers in particular instances of such systems have been designed in, e.g., [10], [12]. Most generally, these systems exist in situations where long continuous structures act as conduits for mass, energy, or signal transport constrained under some speed of propagation and acted on by a distributed source, or non-linear damping, term and a single point of actuation or control.…”