Rank of the Lyapunov equation

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Consider the Lyapunov equation $A^TP+PA=Q$. I know the matrix $P$ has the integral form $$P=\int_{0}^{\infty} \exp(A^Tt) Q \exp(At) dt$$ if the eigenvalues of matrix $A$ have negative real-part.

I would like to know whether the rank of $P$ and $Q$ is same or not?

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Not necessarily. Assume that $A\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ is Hurwitz stable and let $C\in\mathbb{R}^{p\times n}$ be full row rank with $p<n$. Assume further that the pair $(A,C)$ is observable.

Let $Q=C^TC$ and, clearly, the rank of $Q$ is that of $C$ and is equal to $p$. However, the matrix $P$ given by

$$P=\int_{0}^{\infty} \exp(A^Tt) C^TC \exp(At) dt$$

is full rank, i.e. its rank is $n$. This is due to the fact that the pair $(A,C)$ is observable and that $P$ is the observability Gramian in that case.

Edit. In fact, it can be shown that if $Q$ is positive semidefinite, then $\mathrm{rank}(P)\ge\mathrm{rank}(Q)$.