The Fixed-Point Theory of Strictly Causal Functions
Eleftherios Matsikoudis and Edward A. Lee
EECS Department
University of California, Berkeley
Technical Report No. UCB/EECS-2013-122
June 9, 2013
http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-122.pdf
We ask whether strictly causal components form well defined systems when arranged in feedback configurations. The standard interpretation for such configurations induces a fixed-point constraint on the function modelling the component involved. We define strictly causal functions formally, and show that the corresponding fixed-point problem does not always have a well defined solution. We examine the relationship between these functions and the functions that are strictly contracting with respect to a generalized distance function on signals, and argue that these strictly contracting functions are actually the functions that one ought to be interested in. We prove a constructive fixed-point theorem for these functions, introduce a corresponding induction principle, and study the related convergence process.
BibTeX citation:
@techreport{Matsikoudis:EECS-2013-122,
Author = {Matsikoudis, Eleftherios and Lee, Edward A.},
Title = {The Fixed-Point Theory of Strictly Causal Functions},
Institution = {EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley},
Year = {2013},
Month = {Jun},
URL = {http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/2013/EECS-2013-122.html},
Number = {UCB/EECS-2013-122},
Abstract = {We ask whether strictly causal components form well defined systems when arranged in feedback configurations. The standard interpretation for such configurations induces a fixed-point constraint on the function modelling the component involved. We define strictly causal functions formally, and show that the corresponding fixed-point problem does not always have a well defined solution. We examine the relationship between these functions and the functions that are strictly contracting with respect to a generalized distance function on signals, and argue that these strictly contracting functions are actually the functions that one ought to be interested in. We prove a constructive fixed-point theorem for these functions, introduce a corresponding induction principle, and study the related convergence process.}
}
EndNote citation:
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