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Many applications give rise to matrix polynomials whose coefficients have
a kind of reversal symmetry, a structure we call palindromic.
Several properties of scalar palindromic polynomials are derived,
and together with properties of compound matrices, used to
establish the Smith form of regular and singular T-palindromic matrix polynomials,
over arbitrary fields.
The invariant polynomials are shown to
inherit palindromicity,
and their structure is described in detail.
Jordan structures of palindromic matrix polynomials are characterized,
and necessary conditions for the
existence of structured linearizations established.
In the odd degree case, a constructive procedure for building
palindromic linearizations shows that the necessary conditions are sufficient as well.
The Smith form for *-palindromic polynomials is also analyzed. Finally, results for palindromic matrix polynomials over fields of
characteristic two are presented.
Alternating matrix polynomials, that is, polynomials whose coefficients
alternate between symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices,
generalize the notions of even and odd scalar polynomials.
We investigate the Smith forms of alternating matrix polynomials,
showing that each invariant factor is an even or odd scalar polynomial.
Necessary and sufficient conditions
are derived for a given Smith form to be that of an alternating matrix polynomial.
These conditions allow a characterization of the possible Jordan structures
of alternating matrix polynomials,
and also lead to necessary and sufficient conditions
for the existence of structure-preserving strong linearizations.
Most of the results are applicable to singular as well
as regular matrix polynomials.
We characterize the Smith form of skew-symmetric matrix polynomials
over an arbitrary field $\F$,
showing that all elementary divisors occur with even multiplicity.
Restricting the class of equivalence transformations to unimodular congruences,
a Smith-like skew-symmetric canonical form
for skew-symmetric matrix polynomials is also obtained.
These results are used to analyze the eigenvalue and elementary divisor structure
of matrices expressible as products of two skew-symmetric matrices,
as well as the existence of structured linearizations
for skew-symmetric matrix polynomials.
By contrast with other classes of structured matrix polynomials
(e.g., alternating or palindromic polynomials),
every regular skew-symmetric matrix polynomial
is shown to have a structured strong linearization.
While there are singular skew-symmetric polynomials of even degree
for which a structured linearization is impossible,
for each odd degree we develop a skew-symmetric companion form
that uniformly provides a structured linearization
for every regular and singular skew-symmetric polynomial
of that degree.
Finally, the results are applied to the construction of minimal
symmetric factorizations of skew-symmetric rational matrices.
The classical approach to investigating polynomial eigenvalue problems is linearization, where the
polynomial is converted into a larger matrix pencil with the same eigenvalues. For any polynomial there are infinitely
many linearizations with widely varying properties, but in practice the companion forms are typically used. However,
these companion forms are not always entirely satisfactory, and linearizations with special properties may sometimes
be required.
In this paper we develop a systematic approach to generating large classes of linearizations for matrix polynomials.
Given a polynomial P, we show how to simply construct two vector spaces of pencils that generalize the companion
forms of P, and prove that almost all of these pencils are linearizations for P. Eigenvectors of these pencils are
shown to be closely related to those of P. A distinguished subspace is then isolated, and the special properties of
these pencils are investigated. These spaces of pencils provide a convenient arena in which to look for structured
linearizations of structured polynomials, as well as to try to optimize the conditioning of linearizations, issues to be
addressed in further work.
Palindromic polynomial eigenvalue problems and related classes of structured eigenvalue problems are
considered. These structures generalize the concepts of symplectic and Hamiltonian matrices to matrix polynomials.
We discuss several applications where these matrix polynomials arise, and show how linearizations can be derived that
re
ect the structure of all these structured matrix polynomials and therefore preserve symmetries in the spectrum.
Numerical methods for palindromic eigenvalue problems: Computing the anti-triangular Schur form
(2007)
We present structure-preserving numerical methods
for complex palindromic polynomial eigenvalue problems
via corresponding palindromic linearizations.
A key ingredient is the development of an appropriate condensed form ---
the anti-triangular Schur form.
Ill-conditioned problems which have eigenvalues near the unit circle,
in particular near +/-1, are discussed.
We show how a combination of unstructured methods
followed by a structured refinement can be used
to solve such problems very accurately.
We discuss Möbius transformations for general matrix polynomials over arbitrary
elds, analyzing their in
uence on regularity, rank, determinant, constructs such as compound
matrices, and on structural features including sparsity and symmetry. Results on
the preservation of spectral information contained in elementary divisors, partial multiplicity
sequences, invariant pairs, and minimal indices are presented. The eect on canonical
forms such as Smith forms and local Smith forms, on relationships of strict equivalence
and spectral equivalence, and on the property of being a linearization or quadratication
are investigated. We show that many important transformations are special instances
of Möbius transformations, and analyze a Möbius connection between alternating and
palindromic matrix polynomials. Finally, the use of Möbius transformations in solving
polynomial inverse eigenproblems is illustrated.