Diederich Hinrichsen
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Diederich Hinrichsen (born 17. February 1939 in Nürnberg), is a German mathematician.
[edit] Life
He studied mathematics, physics, literature, philosophy, and economics from 1958 to 1965 in Hamburg.
In 1966 he got his PhD at the University of Erlangen under the supervision of Heinz Bauer.[1] His main research area at that time was abstract potential theory, with special focus on extensions of the Cauchy-Weil theorem to the Choquet boundary. After research visits in Paris and Hamburg, he went to Havana where he helped to reestablish mathematics in Cuba. After an appointment to Bielefeld, he became professor of mathematics at the University of Bremen.
Hinrichsen, together with Hans W. Knobloch, established the field of dynamical systems theory and control theory in Germany. He was the founding director of the Research Center for Dynamical Systems [2], concentrating on finite- and infinite-dimensional linear systems, stochastic dynamical systems, nonlinear dynamics and stability analysis.
He focused on algebraic systems theory, parameterization problems in control and linear algebra, infinite-dimensional systems, and stability analysis, developing a comprehensive theory of linear systems. In a different direction, with Anthony J. Pritchard (Warwick University), he worked on concepts of stability radii and spectral value sets, building up a robustness theory covering deterministic and stochastic aspects of dynamical systems.
After retiring in Germany, he is now a professor at Carlos III[3] in Madrid.
[edit] Selected publications
- Mathematical Systems Theory, Springer, Heidelberg, 2005 (with A. J. Pritchard). (ISBN 978-3-540-44125-0)
- Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory. In Honor of Diederich Hinrichsen, Birkhäuser, Boston, 1999. (ISBN 0817641629)
- Control of Uncertain Systems. Progress in Systems & Control Theory, Birkhäuser, Boston, 1990 (with Bengt Martensson). (ISBN 0817634959)
- Feedback Control of Linear and Nonlinear Systems, Springer, Heidelberg, 1982 (with Alberto Isidori). (ISBN 3540117490)
[edit] External links
- Extended list of selected publications by Diederich Hinrichsen
- Literature from and about Diederich Hinrichsen at the German National Library [4]
- Institute for Dynamical Systems
- PhD-students and antecedents of Diederich Hinrichsen
- Spectral value sets: a graphical tool for robustness analysis (Post-script file; ~8 MB)
