Differential-algebraic systems are generically controllable and stabilizable

We investigate genericity of various controllability and stabilizability concepts of linear, time-invariant differential-algebraic systems. Based on well-known algebraic characterizations of these concepts (see the survey article by Berger and Reis (in: Ilchmann A, Reis T (eds) Surveys in differential-algebraic equations I, Differential-Algebraic Equations Forum, Springer, Berlin, pp 1–61. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34928-7_1 )), we use tools from algebraic geometry to characterize genericity of controllability and stabilizability in terms of matrix formats.