“…Jung et al (2013), Kim, Jeong, Nam, Yang, and Hwang (2015), Preindl and Bolognani (2013b), Preindl and Bolognani (2015), Schoonhoven and Uddin (2016), Zhang et al (2016); and for maximum torque per voltage (MTPV), see e.g. Ahn et al (2007), Horlbeck and Hackl (2016), Jung et al (2013), Preindl and Bolognani (2013b), Tursini, Chiricozzi, and Petrella (2010), to name a few. Nevertheless, to the best knowledge of the authors, a unified theory, which covers (a) all operation strategies (such as MTPC, maximum current (MC), FW, MTPV or maximum torque per flux (MTPF)) and (b) allows for an analytical computation of all respective optimal reference currents, (c) while stator resistance and mutual/cross-coupling inductance (magnetic cross-coupling) are explicitly considered,…”