Cheng 2018
Cheng 2018
Abstract: Motivated by the semi‐tensor product of matrices, which is now called the M‐product, a system‐
atic dimension‐free matrix theory is proposed. It consists of M‐product, V‐product of matrices; M‐addition, V‐addition of
matrices/vectors; and M‐equivalence, V‐equivalence of matrices/vectors. All these operators with newly developed
properties form the dimension‐free matrix theory. Under this new framework, all the matrices with arbitrary dimensions
form a vector space M, and all the vectors with arbitrary dimensions also form a vector space V. Certain further geometric
structures are explored. For instance, the fiber bundle structure of M and V over equivalence classes is obtained.
Because both M and V are dimension‐free, the action of M on V becomes a cross‐dimensional linear system. The trajectory
of the system is calculated and certain properties are revealed. The system is naturally de‐ veloped to
(discrete/continuous) cross‐dimensional control systems. Finally, the cross‐dimensional nonlin‐ ear (control) systems are
also investigated. Cross‐dimensional system theory may be used to investigate dimension‐varying systems such as
internets, genetic networks; uncertain‐dimensional systems such as superstring in theoretical physics; or engineering
systems such as power generators.
Dr. Daizhan Cheng graduated from Tsinghua University in 1970, received M.S. from
Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1981, and
Ph.D. from Washington University, St. Louis, in 1985. Since 1990, he is a
professor with Institute of Systems Science, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His
research interests include nonlinear control systems,
switched systems, Hamiltonian systems, Boolean control networks, and
game theory. He is the author/coauthor of 14 Books, over 250 Journal Papers and over
150 Conference Papers. He was Chairman of Technical Committee on Control Theory,
Chinese Association of Automation (2003‐
2010), member of IEEE CSS Board of Governors (2009, 2015), and IFAC Council
Member (2011‐2014).
Dr. Cheng is IEEE Fellow (2006‐), IFAC Fellow (2008‐). He received Sec‐
ond National Natural Science Award twice (in 2008 and 1014), Outstand‐
ing Science and Technology Achievement Price of CAS (2015), and the Automatica
Best Methodology/Theory Paper Award (2008‐2010), bestowed by IFAC.