Uwe Helmke - Böcker

This work focuses on the contemporary developments and results in mathematical systems theory and control. The book is written in honour of Diederich Hinrichsen, for his fundamental contributions and achievements in the fields of linear systems theory and control theory, and for his long-term achievements in estabilshing mathematical systems theory in Germany. A key theme of the book is the stability and robustness of linear and nonlinear systems using the concepts of stability radii and spectral value sets. Chapters survey advances in linear and nonlinear systems theory, including parametrizations, problems and behaviours of linear systems, convolutional codes, and complementary and hybrid systems. In addition, the volume examines controllability and stabilization of infinite dimensional systems (allowing for hysteresis nonlinearities) with functional analytic and algebraic approaches.

This work is aimed at mathematics and engineering graduate students and researchers in the areas of optimization, dynamical systems, control sys­ tems, signal processing, and linear algebra. The motivation for the results developed here arises from advanced engineering applications and the emer­ gence of highly parallel computing machines for tackling such applications. The problems solved are those of linear algebra and linear systems the­ ory, and include such topics as diagonalizing a symmetric matrix, singular value decomposition, balanced realizations, linear programming, sensitivity minimization, and eigenvalue assignment by feedback control. The tools are those, not only of linear algebra and systems theory, but also of differential geometry. The problems are solved via dynamical sys­ tems implementation, either in continuous time or discrete time , which is ideally suited to distributed parallel processing. The problems tackled are indirectly or directly concerned with dynamical systems themselves, so there is feedback in that dynamical systems are used to understand and optimize dynamical systems. One key to the new research results has been the recent discovery of rather deep existence and uniqueness results for the solution of certain matrix least squares optimization problems in geomet­ ric invariant theory. These problems, as well as many other optimization problems arising in linear algebra and systems theory, do not always admit solutions which can be found by algebraic methods.

This volume contains the lectures presented at the workshop on "Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory," held on the island of Borkum, Germany (April 20-23, 1999). The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers interested in control theory and mathematical systems theory, who will find in-depth analysis and presentations from diverse perspectives interacting in this lively area. The editors are proud to dedicate this volume to Diederich Hinrichsen on the occasion of his 60th birthday in acknowl- edgment of his major contributions to linear systems theory and control theory and his long-term achievements in establishing mathematical sys- tems theory in Germany. We all owe much to him as a teacher, colleague, and friend. The editors thank the Graduiertenkolleg "Komplexe Dynamische Sys- teme" at the University of Bremen as well as the European "Nonlinear Control Network" for providing financial support that enabled this work- shop.Augsburg, Germany Fritz Colonius Wiirzburg, Germany Uwe Helmke Kaiserslautern, Germany Dieter Pratzel-Wolters Bremen, Germany Fabian Wirth Introduction The workshop "Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory" took place in honor of Diederich Hinrichsen on the occasion of his 60th birthday. The following chapters are based on invited lectures and cover a wide range of topics in linear and nonlinear systems theory including parameteriza- tion problems, behaviors of linear systems and convolutional codes, as well as complementarity systems and hybrid systems.