Contact information
André Ran
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Department of Mathematics
De Boelelaan 1081a
1081 HV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
phone: +31 (0)20 598 7691
fax: +31 (0)20 598 7653
email: ACM.Ran@few.vu.nl
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Additional position
As of April 1 2011, I have an additional position as extraordinary professor
at Eenheid vir Bedryfswiskunde en Informatika of the North-West University,
Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Books
Chr. Heij, A.C.M. Ran and F. van Schagen:
Introduction to Mathematical Systems Theory: Linear Systems,
Identification and Control.
Birkhäuser, Basel, 2006. ISBN 3-7643-7548-5
Click here for more information.
H. Bart, I. Gohberg, M.A. Kaashoek and A.C.M. Ran:
Factorization of Matrix and Operator Functions: The State Space
Method.
Series: Operator Theory: Advances and Applications
Subseries: Linear Operators and Linear Systems , Vol. 178
Birkhäuser, Basel, 2007. ISBN: 978-3-7643-8267-4
Click here for
more information.
A Maple worksheets for section 11.6 is available here ,
a Maple worksheet for Section 12.5 is available here.
H. Bart, I. Gohberg, M.A. Kaashoek and A.C.M. Ran:
A State Space
Approach to Canonical Factorization with Applications.
Series: Operator Theory: Advances and Applications
Subseries: Linear Operators and Linear Systems , Vol. 200
Birkhäuser, Basel, 2010. ISBN: 978-3-7643-8752-5
Click here for more information.
Operators and Matrices
Check out the journal Operators and Matrices:
The first number appeared in March 2007. The journal aims at top quality papers
in the area of operator theory and matrix analysis and applications. Mainly aiming
at pure mathematics, the journal will publish good papers of a more applied nature.
For more information visit the webiste of
Operators and Matrices.
Presentaties voor algemeen publiek
Voor diegenen die mijn verhaal bij de alumnidag van 28 Mei 2005 willen nalezen
dat kan hier. Dit verhaal was bedoeld
voor alumni van wiskunde en informatica, en gaat dus wel iets
verder dan wat voor een algemeen publiek geschikt is.
Hetzelfde onderwerp, maar dan wat eenvoudiger gepresenteerd, is
gedaan op de ouderdag in 2006. De presentatie kan
hier worden bekeken. Het verhaal
van de ouderdag in 2008 is niet wezenlijk anders.
Voor de Brainstorm in Maart 2008 heb ik een verhaal gehouden over
gevoeligheid van eigenwaarden onder kleine storingen van de matrix.
De slides zijn hier te vinden .
Voor wie mijn verhaal bij de alumnidag van 28 Mei 2011 wil nalezen:
dat kan.
5ECM: Fifth European Congress of Mathematics
In 2008 the main European congress of mathematics was held
for the fifth time. This time it was in Amsterdam, the local organizers were
Herman te Riele, Jan Wiegerinck and myself.
13th ILAS conference
In 2006 the thirteenth conference of ILAS (International Linear Algebra Society) was
held at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. The dates were 18-21 July 2006. The local
organizers were Jan Brandts, Andre Klein and Peter Spreij, all from
the University of Amsterdam, and myself. For more
information see the website
of the conference.
Onderwijs/Teaching:
Mathematische Methoden 1 voor tweedejaars MNW 2010
Wiskundige Analyse II 2010
Basiswiskunde, najaar 2007
Functional Analysis
Fall 2011
Lineaire Algebra voor S/F/MNW
Applied
Analysis: Financial Mathematics 2011
Mathematical System Theory
Lesgeven is leuk en kan soms heel gezellig worden. Dat kun je wel zien
aan de volgende foto
genomen door William Bakker tijdens een werkcollege Lineaire Algebra voor
eerstejaars Scheikunde, Farmacologie en Medische Natuurwetenschappen.
Duidelijk is dat op het werkcollege de studenten in ieder geval moeten werken.
Dat de docent dat ook doet wordt hiermee niet echt duidelijk, al is het wel het
geval. Overigens, het portretje naast de foto bij de contact informatie hierboven
dat mij zo treffend gelijkt, is ook door een van de eerstejaars van 06/07
gemaakt, waarvoor hartelijk dank!
Research interests
Research interests: Operator Theory, Linear Systems and Control
Theory, and Matrix Analysis.
Current projects
Matrices and operators in the context of an
indefinite inner product space. This project has several subprojects
carried out in cooperation
with
Leiba Rodman
(College of William and Mary) and
Cornelis
van der Mee (Universita di Cagliari),
Christian Mehl and Volker Mehrmann
(TU Berlin) , Michal Wojtylak (VU and Jagiellonian University Krakow), and
Gilbert Groenewald, Jan Fourie and Dawie Janse van Rensburg(Potchefstroom University).
Spectral and J-spectral factorization of rational matrix functions,
and the connection with algebraic matrix Riccati equations. This
project is a cooperation with
Mark Petersen (Potchefstroom
University), Leiba Rodman (College of William and Mary) and
Leonid Lerer
(Technion, Haifa).
Nonlinear matrix equations of the type
X+A*F(X)A =Q, where Q is positive definite and
A an arbitrary matrix, while F(.) is some nonlinear
function defined on (a subset of) the hermitian
matrices. This project was carried out in
cooperation with my former PhD-student Martine Reurings.
Click
here for her thesis.
Inertia theory for invertible hermitian block Toeplitz matrices.
This project is a cooperation with Leonid Lerer (Technion, Haifa).
Coordination for control. This research topic is carried out
in cooperation with Jan H. van Schuppen (CWI and VU) and Pia Kempker,
PhD student at the VU.
Finite section methods in control problems are studied with Art Frazho and
Rien Kaashoek.
Publications
For recent publications see:
Publications
For a complete overview, listed according to
topic go to
this list
Lectures
Lectures held at some conferences can be found here
Curriculum Vitae
Place and date of birth: Den Burg Texel, 1-4-1956.
Highschool: Rijksscholengemeenschap Texel, 1968-1974
University education: Mathematics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1974-1979.
PhD-research: Vrije Universiteit 1979-1984,
advisor M.A. Kaashoek,
referenten I. Gohberg and L. Rodman,
thesis
"Semidefinite invariant subspaces: Stability and Applications".
Postdoc: with a grant from the Niels Stensen Stichting
I visited the University of California at San Diego (september
and october of 1984), Virginia Tech (october 1984-july 1985) and
University of Alberta (Calgary, may 1985).
Researcher (UD/UHD/Professor) at the Vrije Universiteit as of august
1985.
Visiting professor at College of William and
Mary, spring 1990.
Extra-ordinary professor at Unit for Business Mathematics and Informatics,
Faculty of Natural Sciences, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa,
as of April 2011.
Memberships:
Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap KWG
American Mathematical Society AMS
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
SIAM
International Linear Algebra Society
ILAS
European Mathematical Society
EMS
Some links
Math sites,
ICT and math,
Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde,
SIAM J. Matrix Analysis and Appl.,
SIAM J. Control and Optimization.
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