The authors address both classical and previously unsolved optimization tasks in algebra, linear systems theory, control theory and signal processing. Exploiting a dynamical systems approach for tackling a wide class of constrained optimization tasks. This publication will be of interest to engineers and mathematicians. Engineers will learn the mathematics and the technical approach necessary to solve a wide class of constrained optimization tasks. Mathematicians will see how techniques from global analysis and differential geometry can be developed to achieve useful construction procedures for optimization on manifolds.